WHBT-FM (92.1

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formatted

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licensed to

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, serving

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. WHBT-FM is owned and operated by

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. WHBT-FM broadcasts in the

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(hybrid) format.

History

The station originally signed on October 17, 1974, as WJLY, which played a variety of genres, but signed off in 1978 due to financial issues. It signed back on as

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-formatted WQZQ in 1989. It later changed to

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adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

as WOFM and

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formats. On July 16, 1990, it flipped to the satellite-fed

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network as WTZR. In June 1991, the station was sold to Willis Broadcasting who changed the calls to WMYK and instituted an

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format as ''"The New 92.1 Kiss FM"''. On August 9, 1996, after Clear Channel purchased the station, WMYK flipped to a

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format, which failed in the ratings; after this, the format shifted to a harder-edged urban as ''"The New K92"'' not to be confused with Roanoke's K92. On July 3, 1997, WMYK flipped to a simulcast of sister station WSVY, which aired a

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format, and was branded as "Vibe 107.7 and 92.1". The format would later shift back to their

roots. On February 1, 2001, 92.1 split from the simulcast and returned to urban as WBHH, "92.1 The Beat". On March 1, 2003, the station dropped its hip hop format and started simulcasting a

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format with former

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sister station WJCD; the two stations together were known as "Lite FM", and WBHH adopted the call letters WCDG on March 9, 2004. On August 12, 2005, to fill the hole left when crosstown oldies WFOG switched to adult contemporary the month prior, WCDG broke away from the simulcast and became

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-formatted "Cool 92.1". The first song played was

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". On October 11, 2010, WCDG and WJCD became simulcasts again when WKUS moved from 105.3 to 107.7 and the 105.3 frequency became "Magic 105.3" with an AC-themed

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format. The move meant the end for WCDG's Oldies format and WJCD's smooth jazz format. On October 27, 2010, WCDG changed their call letters to WKSA. On March 31, 2011, WKUS broke away from its simulcast of WKSA to become

Rhythmic AC Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format. The format focuses primarily on rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the classic hits and hot adult ...

WMOV ( MOViN' 107.7) after that station received a signal upgrade to cover the area. On December 26, 2014, at 10 a.m., WKSA began stunting as "Missy FM," featuring music recorded by

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-born artist

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, who also did imaging and voice overs, as well as

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and

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. On January 5, 2015, at 9 a.m., WKSA flipped to

and returned to the "Beat" branding. On January 22, 2015, WKSA changed their call letters to WHBT-FM to match the "Beat" branding.

References

External links

92.1 The Beat Online
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