Some how I feel like we been here before right down to "The WHO" with "Long Live Rock". Correct me if I am wrong here since it was a long time ago but wasn't WAPP owned by Emmis when they switched formats from AOR to Hot AC back in the early 80s (September 84 I believe) and used that song to both open the AOR format and the last song to end it as well?
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History Repeating Itself with Emmis WAPP and WRXP?
- Thread starter mikerock
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WAPP was owned by Doubleday, the same company that co-owned the New York Mets with Fred Wilpon.
Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/piratejim/nycfmhistory2.html Scroll down to "WKTU 103.5 FM Lake Success, NY" for WAPP info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKTU#WAPP plus scroll down for more info on Emmis buying WQHT 103.5 from Doubleday in 1986 and also buying the NBC stations (WNBC 660 & WYNY 97.1) in 1987 & then transferring WYNY to Westwood One. WYNY & WQHT would then swap frequencies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKTU#WAPP plus scroll down for more info on Emmis buying WQHT 103.5 from Doubleday in 1986 and also buying the NBC stations (WNBC 660 & WYNY 97.1) in 1987 & then transferring WYNY to Westwood One. WYNY & WQHT would then swap frequencies.
Looks like I was confusing the earlier history with the 2nd time the rock stopped on 103.5 in 1986 when Emmis brought the station from Doubleday.
"Emmis Communications would buy the station from Doubleday, as Doubleday was in the process getting out of the radio business. That August, after stunting with classic rock for a 36 hour period, the station relaunched as "HOT 103", with the call letters WQHT. The new station, which played a mix of pop hits, dance songs, rap songs and r&b songs, was an instant ratings success."
How about the WHO, they did start the format from WTFM to WAPP with "Long Live Rock" and ending it as the last song as well 1984?
"Emmis Communications would buy the station from Doubleday, as Doubleday was in the process getting out of the radio business. That August, after stunting with classic rock for a 36 hour period, the station relaunched as "HOT 103", with the call letters WQHT. The new station, which played a mix of pop hits, dance songs, rap songs and r&b songs, was an instant ratings success."
How about the WHO, they did start the format from WTFM to WAPP with "Long Live Rock" and ending it as the last song as well 1984?
Kevin L. Sealy said:
In fact, WAPP's sister AM station, WHN/1050, landed the PBP rights to Mets broadcasts because of the Doubleday-Wilpon-Mets connection.
Those rights stayed on 1050 after Emmis purchased WHN and flipped it to all-sports WFAN/1050... and went with WFAN over to 660 (upon WNBC-AM's dismantlement by GE), where they have been ever since.
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