that used the wwht calls see wfut tv . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message wwht city syracuse new york broadcast area central new york branding hot 107.9 slogan all the hits frequency 107.9 mhz also on hd radio 107.9 hd 2 for gen x radio first air date 1956 as wono format top 40 chr erp 50 000 watts haat 152 meters class b former callsigns wono 1956 1979 wrrb 1979 1988 wrhp 1988 1993 when fm 1993 1996 owner iheartmedia cc licenses llc webcast listen live website hot 107.9 s website wwht is an fm top 40 chr radio station licensed to syracuse new york . the station is owned by iheartmedia and broadcasts at 107.9 mhz wwht airs a top 40 chr format branded as hot 107.9 . history edit the station signed on the air as wono in 1956 with a classical music format . that format and call letter assignment remained in place until 1979 when new owner roy h. park broadcasting changed the station s format and call letters . since that time 107.9 fm has had several different formats and call signs ranging from adult contemporary rock country as wrrb easy listening classical as wrhp and lastly hit country 108 when fm . in 1996 107.9 fm was sold again this time to cox communications the owners of country format competitor wbbs b104 .7 . it was then that it switched to its current format and the wwht call letters on june 10 of that year . 1 wwht was one of a group of five stations that was included in a swap between cox and jacor communications in 1999 when cox exited the syracuse market altogether . 2 when clear channel communications completed its acquisition of jacor in april 1999 wwht passed to the new owner . 3 although its music and direction is heavily focused on rhythmic and dance hits it does plays a few mainstream pop rock acts which they primarily target towards young adults . in 2010 wwht increased the rhythmic content while reducing the non rhythmic product a trend that several top 40 chr have been adopting and by january 2011 made the shift to rhythmic top 40 altogether . the move to rhythmic resulted in wwht being moved from both bds and mediabase s top 40 chr panels to their rhythmic panels in november 2011 . as of october 2012 wwht returned to mainstream top 40 dropping almost all rhythmic only content but because most of their programming is voice tracked nielsen bds did not include the station s playlist in their top 40 chr panel . hot 1079 s main competition is wntq the market s other mainstream top 40 chr outlet and for whom wwht had battled since its 1996 debut . references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com archive randr 1990s 1996 r & r 1996 06 14.pdf cox radio to exchange radio stations with jacor and clear channel . pr newswire . 11 february 1999 . retrieved 9 october 2016 . hofmeister sallie 5 october 1999 . clear channel to buy radio leader amfm in 15.9 billion deal . los angeles times . retrieved 9 october 2016 . external links edit official website wwht s station history at cnymedia.com query the fcc s fm station database for wwht radio locator information on wwht query nielsen audio s fm station database for wwht radio locator information on wwht v t e radio stations in the syracuse new york market by am frequency 570 620 1050 1070 1200 1260 1300 1340 1390 1440 1490 1540 1570 by fm frequency 87.71 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.9 by callsign w231cs w237ay w243ab w249bc w252ac w254ci w256ac w267al w278ah waer waqx fm wbbs wbxl wcio wcis fm wcit fm wcny fm werw wfbl wfrg wgkv when wiii wjpz fm wkll wkrh wkrl fm wkvu wlzw wmhr wmvn wmvq wndr wntq wnyo wolf wolf fm wosw wrvd wrvo wscp wsen wsen fm wsgo wsiv wsko wsyr wsyr fm wtkv wtkw wtla wtmi wumx wwht fm wxtl wyyy wzun new york radio markets albany schenectady troy binghamton buffalo niagara falls elmira corning hudson valley nassau suffolk long island new york city olean plattsburgh poughkeepsie rochester syracuse utica rome watertown other new york radio regions ithaca jamestown dunkirk north country saratoga see also list of radio stations in new york 1 audio for tv channel 6 wvoa lp ind v t e chr top 40 radio stations in the state of new york by frequency 1450 89.1 92.3 92.3 93.1 94.3 94.7 95.5 96.1 96.7 96.7 97.9 97.9 98.5 100.31 101.5 104.1 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.1 106.7 107.1 107.9 by callsign wbdr wbli wbmp wbnw fm wfiz wfly whdl whtz1 wjpz wkbe wkse wlvy wmxo wnki wntq wpkf wpxy wsks wsku wspk wwht wwyl wxzo wysx wyul by city chateaugay chenango bridge copenhagen corinth corning elmira endicott little falls morristown newark1 new york niagara falls odessa olean whdl olean wmxo patchogue poughkeepsie wpkf poughkeepsie wspk rochester syracuse wwht syracuse wjpz syracuse wntq troy whitesboro willsboro 1 although whtz is licensed to newark new jersey it also serves the new york city area with both its studios and its transmitter atop the empire state building in new york city . see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new york see also contemporary hit radio rhythmic kiss fm movin radio disney v t e elvis duran and the morning show affiliate stations wgex wjjs wjjx wrvq wnoh wazr wrvb wkxj w293ah wzbq wkzp wchd waks wgmy wksl wrgv whyi fm kmxf kslz wlan fm wioq wvrt wvrz whtz wpkf wbnw fm wkkf wwht wkci fm werz wrnw wzee kuul kosy fm kkdm ksft fm ktbt kzch kwtx fm kazx kiso fm kyyy v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services coordinates 42 57 22 n 76 06 36 w 42.956 n 76.110 w 42.956 ; 76.110 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wwht & oldid 743329722 categories hd radio stationsradio stations in syracuse new yorkcontemporary hit radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19561956 establishments in new yorkiheartmedia radio stationshidden categories articles lacking sources from april 2014all articles lacking sourcescoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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