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WDAS-FM (105.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station, licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It carries an urban adult contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia . WDAS-FM is widely regarded as one of the originators of the Urban AC format, mixing R&B hits of the last 40 years with contemporary R&B.
WDAS (1480 kHz) is an AM radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, the station airs a sports radio format as an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. WDAS's studios and offices are located in Bala Cynwyd. WDAS's transmitter is located near Fairmount Park, off West Ford Road. [2]
In 2008, three other stations joined in, giving Philadelphia four all-Christmas stations and forcing B101 to share. On August 23, 2006, at noon, after 13 days of shadowcasting the 106.1 FM signal, 104.5 FM became a Spanish-language radio station branded as Rumba 104.5 . [ 10 ]
Hyman Aaron "Hy" Lit (May 20, 1934 – November 17, 2007) was an American disc jockey based in the Philadelphia area from the 1950s until 2005. In his 50-year career, Hy Lit broadcast from WIBG, WDAS/WDAS-FM, WKBS-TV, WIFI, WSNI/WPGR, KPOL, WKXW, among many others.
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Henderson into their Hall of Fame in 2004. [11] In a 2013 interview, Questlove described Jocko Henderson as "unofficially the first MC" (adapting a jazz style of scat singing in the late disco era), and stated that he was a major influence on the earliest rap and hip-hop in Philadelphia in the ...
WTEL (610 kHz), branded "Philadelphia's BIN 610", is a commercial all-news AM radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.While owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group, the station is currently operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. as part of their Philadelphia cluster under a long-term local marketing agreement.
The new format was designed to better compete with the dominant Urban AC station in Philadelphia, WDAS-FM. In November 2014, sister station WPHI-FM moved to a classic hip-hop format. In response, WRNB re-added some current music, although the station continued to focus on older urban hits.
LIN Broadcasting decided to target Philadelphia's growing African-American community with a new radio station, challenging the long-established leader in R&B music, WDAS-FM. WUSL flipped to a CHR / urban contemporary hybrid format (also known as "CHUrban", a forerunner to the rhythmic contemporary format) as "Kiss 99FM".