radio station . for the ann arbor michigan television station see wpxd tv . wiht city washington d.c. broadcast area washingtonian metropolitan area branding hot 99.5 slogan d.c. s 1 hit music station frequency 99.5 mhz also on hd radio hd 2 pride radio first air date 1960 ; 56 years ago 1960 as wgay april 6 2001 as wiht format top 40 chr erp 22 000 watts haat 229 meters class b facility id 25080 callsign meaning washington s hot or washington is hot . former callsigns wgay fm 1960 1993 wgay 1993 1995 webr 1995 1996 wgay 1996 1999 wgay fm 1999 wjmo fm 1999 2001 owner iheartmedia amfm radio licenses l.l.c. sister stations wash wbig wmzq wwdc webcast listen live website hot995.com wiht 99.5 fm branded as hot 99.5 is a top 40 chr formatted radio station that serves the greater washingtonian metropolitan area . located on the fifth floor of 1801 rockville pike in rockville maryland the station broadcasts 24 hours a day and is licensed to and owned by iheartmedia . the transmitter is located in bethesda maryland . contents 1 history 1.1 early years 1960s 1999 1.2 jam n 99.5 1999 2001 1.3 hot 99.5 2001 present 1.4 hd programming 1.4.1 the kane show 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit early years 1960s 1999 edit long known as wgay and located in silver spring maryland the station ran a beautiful music format in the 1960s and 1970s which evolved to an easy listening format by the 1980s though it would initially air a country format for a year when it signed on in 1960 . wgay would often finish at number one in the persons 12 arbitron radio ratings for the washington d.c. area during the 1970s and 1980s . television ads for the station in the 1970s and 1980s featured station programmer bob chandler relaxing in a recliner while listening to his station s light mix of music playing in the background . during the 1980s wgay was reported to be then president ronald reagan s favorite radio station . wgay was one of the last remaining major market easy listening stations in the united states as the format which targeted older demographics evolved towards a more mainstream adult contemporary format or was dropped altogether . at midnight on december 26 1991 wgay changed branding to easy 99.5 and shifted towards mainstream ac . david burd of wash fm and beverly fox of warw became the new morning hosts in 1994 replacing steve schy . 1 on september 1 1995 wgay re branded as bright 99.5 with new call sign webr and shifted towards hot ac but listeners didn t accept the more up tempo music and the station switched back to branding themselves under the wgay calls though with a soft rock format on june 24 1996 . 2 jam n 99.5 1999 2001 edit wgay switched from the still ratings successful format permanently by the late 1990s although not because its listeners were too few but because demographically they were getting too old and therefore less desirable for radio advertisers . at 2 00 p.m. on april 13 1999 evergreen by barbra streisand was faded out with a liner touting a change bringing the end to wgay . after three days of simulcasting sister stations wtjm in new york city kcmg in los angeles and wubt in chicago the station changed to an urban oldies format at 3 00 p.m. on april 16 known as wjmo fm jam n 99.5 . 3 at the time they were co owned with am station wjmo in cleveland ohio . the format lasted for almost two years . however with ratings on the decline due to the arguable burnout factor of the music combined with competition from wbig fm which at the time played an oldies format ; they now play a classic rock format clear channel communications who acquired the station in 2000 due to a merger with amfm media and had dropped the format in other markets due to similar factors decided to take the station in a different direction . unlike other stations that dropped the format however wjmo gave its listeners the weekend to say goodbye . hot 99.5 2001 present edit wiht s station logo from april 2001 to september 2014 . jam n signed off at 7 00 a.m. on april 2 2001 ; the last song played on jam n was last dance by donna summer . that was followed by a survivor radio 99.5 stunt before the current chr format debuted as hot 99.5 at 5 00 p.m. on april 6 . the first song on hot was survivor by destiny s child . 4 with the change of format came a change in call sign to the current wiht on april 18 2001 . 5 wiht s full market signal helped competitor 104.1 wwzz z104 evolve into a more modern ac direction in late 2001 ; wwzz would be driven out of the format entirely in 2006 as a result of wtop moving to wgms former 103.5 fm frequency . the station was also considered to be baltimore s default top 40 station since their previous top 40 station wxyv 102.7 fm now wqsr would flip in september 2001 . baltimore finally got a top 40 station in november 2009 when sister station wchh flipped from modern rock to top 40 as z 104 3 . the station s main competitors are cbs radio urban leaning rhythmic contemporary wpgc fm 95.5 cbs radio s adult top 40 wiad 94 7 fresh fm and cumulus media s adult top 40 wrqx mix 107.3 . hd programming edit wiht fm s hd radio hd2 format was flipped to iheartmedia s successful pride radio format at midnight on july 16 2013 replacing the hot spot branded new music format that had been running on the hd2 signal since 2007 . 6 the kane show edit kane resigned from his programming position at wflz tampa on october 31 2006 to start the kane show during the morning drive programming block on wiht . he replaced the existing show the hot morning mess with mark kaye kris gamble and producer ron ross which exited the station on november 1 2006 . the kane show officially hit the washington d.c. area airwaves on november 13 2006 . the show originally started off with kane as the host and sarah fraser and samy k as his co hosts . after samy left the show in august 2011 to work on his musical career with his band bonnie rash he was replaced by intern john in 2012 who got his stage name from the intern position he was holding at the time . 7 during this time period melanie glazener joined the show as a fourth co host operating remotely out of tampa florida . sarah announced she was leaving the show in january 2013 to pursue a tv career in new york . 8 she officially left the show later that spring and was soon replaced by danni starr . after a period of absence on january 20 2014 melanie announced on instagram that she had left the show due to workplace differences . 9 10 soon after she was replaced by rose . on february 11 2016 danni starr left halfway during the show . after 3 1 2 weeks of being off air and many speculations on multiple media sites program director tommy chuck confirmed that danni had left the show . 11 the full lineup as it stands today is kane with intern john erick and rose as co hosts . the show was named best local morning show in 2009 by industry magazine fmqb . the kane show is broadcast on seven additional radio stations such as wnrw radio now 98.9 louisville and kwnw memphis . after 18 years wflz s mj morning show ended on february 17 2012 . it was announced that the kane show would replace that show three days later . the kane show debuted on iheartradio as a 24 hour on demand channel in january 2010 . listeners are able to stream the kane show through both the iheartradio website and its respective smartphone applications . 12 kane whose real name is peter deibler was arrested on june 17th 2016 on allegations he assaulted his estranged wife in front of their children . 13 as of june 29 2016 records show that the charges were dropped . 14 see also edit maryland portal radio portal washington d.c. portal wkys wpgc fm references edit stark phyllis june 4 1994 . vox jox . billboard . 106 23 129 . http www.americanradiohistory.com archive randr 1990s 1996 r & r 1996 06 28.pdf http www.americanradiohistory.com archive randr 1990s 1999 rr 1999 04 16.pdf station information profile . arbitron . retrieved june 28 2009 . call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . retrieved june 28 2009 . http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 8 hd radio guide for washington d.c. swartz daniel 31 august 2012 . samy k toasted at jack rose during surprise good bye kane show s rose farewell party . revamp . retrieved 21 june 2016 . regan tim 22 january 2013 . sarah fraser leaving the kane show . northern virginia magazine . retrieved 21 june 2016 . http instagram.com p jzze5iw wn modal true drama at the kane show . pulsefeedz . 21 january 2014 . retrieved 21 june 2016 . danni starr exits as the kane show co host . all access music group . 7 march 2016 . retrieved 21 june 2016 . archived copy . archived from the original on august 16 2011 . retrieved may 4 2011 . drama at the kane show . fox 5 news . 20 june 2016 . retrieved 21 june 2016 . belt deb 24 august 2016 . kane show radio host s assault charge dropped . the patch . retrieved 30 august 2016 . external links edit official website kane show official site wiht hd2 wiht at facebook wiht at twitter iheartradio hot995 mobile query the fcc s fm station database for wiht radio locator information on wiht query nielsen audio s fm station database for wiht wiht s top of the hour sounder in july 2003 wiht at the wayback machine archived april 7 2001 wqmr wgay memories at the wayback machine archived december 6 2008 v t e radio stations in the washington d.c. market by am frequency washington d.c. 630 980 1120 1260 1340 1450 1500 maryland 540 570 900 950 1030 1050 1160 1540 1560 1580 1600 northern virginia 730 780 920 1190 1220 1250 1310 1390 1460 1480 by fm frequency washington d.c. 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.9 93.9 96.3 97.1 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 103.5 107.3 maryland 88.1 91.9 92.7 94.3 94.7 95.5 99.1 99.9 102.3 104.1 107.9 northern virginia 87.7 89.9 94.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.7 noaa weather radio 162.45 162.55 by callsign khb36 w249be waca wamu wash wava wava fm wbig fm wbqh wcrw wcsp fm wctn wdch fm wdcn lp wdct wera lp weta wfax wfed wfre wgop wgts whur fm wiad wiht wilc wjev lp wjfk wjfk fm wkdv wkik wkik fm wkys wlxe wlzl wmal wmal fm wmet wmmj wmuc fm wmzq fm wng736 wol wowd lp wper wpfw wpgc fm wprs fm wpwc wrcw wrqx wspz wtem wtnt wtop fm wura wust wwdc wwgb wwrc wwwt fm wwxt wwxx wycb wzhf defunct stations wcap wgms wtwp wwzz wgtb whfs fm satellite radio local traffic weather xm channel 214 sirius channel 152 washington d.c. metro markets frederick md fredericksburg va baltimore see also list of radio stations in washington d.c. list of radio stations in virginia list of radio stations in maryland v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff