January 10, 1985 was the big switch from soft rock (we stop and start every hour with 5 songs in a row) to Hot 105. Congratulations on a great run!
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Happy Birthday HOT 105
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I sorta miss EZ 105.
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they should change their name dont know what hot about adult r&b and soul music
That's pretty impressive, almost 30 years in the same format. Meanwhile the station at 103.5 in that same time period has been (Original She)/Planet Radio/Mega 103.5/The Beat?/Espanol/current She 
And everything except the Original She has been within the last 15 years! But that's Clear Channel for you ;D
And everything except the Original She has been within the last 15 years! But that's Clear Channel for you ;D
WYOR, No commercials on Sundays! ;D
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transitfan said:That's pretty impressive, almost 30 years in the same format. Meanwhile the station at 103.5 in that same time period has been (Original She)/Planet Radio/Mega 103.5/The Beat?/Espanol/current She
And everything except the Original She has been within the last 15 years! But that's Clear Channel for you ;D
I am not sure you'd call it the same format all those years....ISTR when it started, it was a kind of rhythmic top 40, not unlike Power 96. It was run by Bill Tanner. I am not sure that the core audience was black at that time.
I never really followed it over the years, but I suppose it was the early to mid 90s when they adopted the format that they still have now. I did notice that even then, there was no classic Motown, so their "oldies" in their "hits and oldies" weren't that old.
And the Quiet Storm was there in that period as well. I can set my watch by Smokey....
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There have been multiple format "permutations" through the station's life.
Yes, it started as one of the first "Triethnically"-targetted CHRs, but around '86 or '87, facing competition from Power, they switched to a very mainstream CHR, complete with jingles and Bobby Ocean-voiced sweepers. "No DJs from 9...to 5"....
Keith Isley came in during late '88 and took the station to a Hit-based Urban format, which evolved to the Urban AC you have today sometime around '92....
Yes, it started as one of the first "Triethnically"-targetted CHRs, but around '86 or '87, facing competition from Power, they switched to a very mainstream CHR, complete with jingles and Bobby Ocean-voiced sweepers. "No DJs from 9...to 5"....
Keith Isley came in during late '88 and took the station to a Hit-based Urban format, which evolved to the Urban AC you have today sometime around '92....
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