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| Broadcast area | New York, New York |
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| Branding | Mega 97. The City of New York 9 |
| Frequency | 97. Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 9 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1941 |
| Format | Tropical |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 415 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 61641 |
| Owner | Spanish Broadcasting System |
| Website | www.lamega.com |
WSKQ-FM, known on-air as Mega 97. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Musica tropical or tropical music (Música tropical is a broad term for vocal and instrumental music with "tropical" flavor usually associated with the Afro-Caribbean In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international Spanish Broadcasting System Inc ( NASDAQ: SBSA is one of the largest owners and operators of Radio stations in the United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages 9, is a radio station in New York City owned by Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS). The City of New York Spanish Broadcasting System Inc ( NASDAQ: SBSA is one of the largest owners and operators of Radio stations in the United States. Currently located at 97. 9 FM, the station has a tropical format, which consists of such musical styles as salsa and merengue and some Reggaeton. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that Musica tropical or tropical music (Música tropical is a broad term for vocal and instrumental music with "tropical" flavor usually associated with the Afro-Caribbean Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Latin American Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad Merengue is a type of music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic. Reggaeton (also spelled reggaetón, and known as reguetón and reggaetón in Spanish) is a form of urban music which became popular
The station's heritage goes back to 1941, when the Muzak Corporation went on the air as W47NY at 44. 7 MHz. The call letters changed to WGYN in 1943 and the frequency ended up at 97. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise 9 on the FM band in 1947.
In 1952 the call letters became WEVD-FM. The station was owned by the Jewish Daily Forward with brokered ethnic programming, Jewish programming, and some big band music. The Forward (פֿאָרווערטס Forverts) is a Jewish-American weekly Newspaper published in New York City. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late
The WSKQ days begins in 1983 as Super KQ and founded by Rafael-Diaz Gutierrez, Raul Alarcon(former DJ in Cuba), and Adriano Garcia Sr. Spanish Broadcasting System Inc ( NASDAQ: SBSA is one of the largest owners and operators of Radio stations in the United States. (CEO of SAR Records and father of lead vocalist A.G.(Adriano Garcia Jr. SAR Records was a Record company founded by Soul music legend Sam Cooke in 1959. of New York Hardcore band Against The Grain). New York Hardcore ( NYHC) refers to Hardcore punk and Metalcore music created in New York City and to the Subculture associated with SBS brought the 620 AM frequency in Newark, New Jersey and made that station a Spanish adult contemporary music station with the callsign of WSKQ. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in In 1988, SBS negotiated a deal that would enable them to acquire the 97. 9 FM frequency that was occupied by ethnic WEVD. SBS had acquired the 1050 AM frequency in October of 1988, as the frequency's previous occupants, WFAN had just replaced WNBC on the 660 AM frequency. WFAN (660 AM) also known as "Sports Radio 66" or "The FAN", is a Radio station in New York City. WNBC (AM was a Radio station that operated in New York City from 1922 to 1988. Since it was illegal in 1988 for the same company to own two AM stations in a market, there was a problem in regards to what to do with the 1050 frequency. To solve this problem, the FCC allowed SBS to operate the 1050 frequency as a non-commercial station. The call letters would be WUKQ, and would play Spanish adult contemporary music without commercial interruptions, while 620 AM would become a Spanish oldies station. Finally, on February 1, 1989, the deal between SBS and WEVD closed, and SBS instituted a Spanish music format with the call letters WSKQ-FM on 97. 9 FM, while WEVD moved to 1050 AM.
The Spanish oldies music format on 620 AM would remain for several years after the deal, and in 1995, that station would take on a tejano format as WXLX. Tejano or Tex-Mex music is also a kind of music originating in Texas A couple of years later, SBS would sell the station to One-on-One Sports (now Sporting News Radio), and it would become a sports-talk station. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports
As for WSKQ-FM, the Spanish adult contemporary format would initially obtain mediocre ratings. Then in 1993, with the hiring of radio executive Alfredo Alonso the station moved to an upbeat tropical format playing a lot of salsa, merengue, and dance music. Alfredo Alonso is a Cuban born media executive who works as Senior Vice President for Clear Channel Radio. At that point the station would flourish; as of 2005, it is one of the highest rated radio stations in New York City. In fact, its morning show, the syndicated El Vacilón de la Mañana, has sometimes reached number one out of all morning shows in New York. El Vacilón de la Mañana was New York 's top Spanish language morning radio show
The shows, such as El Vacilon and its Sunday night programs "On Fuego: The Daddy Yankee Show" and TRL Latino are syndicated by CBS Radio and ABC Radio Networks. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network. ABC Radio Networks, known as ABC Radio for short is an American Radio network.
The Spanish adult contemporary format would be resurrected in January of 1996, when SBS would acquire WPAT-FM's license and transmitter. WPAT-FM, known on-air as " 931 Amor ", is a Radio station with a Spanish-language Adult contemporary format
External links
- Mega 97.9 website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSKQ
- Radio Locator information on WSKQ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WSKQ
| Preceded by WEVD |
FM 97.9 in New York, New York 1952 - February 1, 1989 |
Succeeded by WSKQ |
| Preceded by WSKQ |
AM 620 in New York, New York 1983 - 1995 |
Succeeded by WXLX (now WSNR) |
| Preceded by WUKQ |
AM 1050 in New York, New York February 1, 1989-Present |
Succeeded by WEVD (now WEPN) |
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