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WIYY (97.9 FM, "98 Rock") is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland.It is owned by Hearst Communications and broadcasts a mainstream rock radio format.WIYY shares studios and offices with sister stations WBAL (1090 AM) and WBAL-TV (channel 11) on Television Hill in the Woodberry section of Baltimore.
The station signed on the air in December 1967 as WQXM with a beautiful music format with owners John T. Rutledge and Joseph S. Field, with Jerry Reeves as music director and station manager until the sale of the station to Plough Broadcasting in 1975, switching to an AOR format under the name 98 Rock, Your Album Station in 1977.
There are several radio stations with the branding of 98 Rock: KRXQ in Sacramento, California; WIYY in Baltimore, Maryland; WXTB-FM in Tampa, Florida; KTAL-FM in Shreveport, Louisiana (98 Rocks) WACL in Elkton, Virginia; Actual Rocks: The 98 Rock - A stone on Wake Island marked after a massacre of 98 American POWs by the Japanese
Another person at the Crest that night, 98 Rock on-air personality and Girls Rock Sacramento board member Myki Angeline is hopeful about what younger generations will be able to do for inclusivity ...
So it has owned WYBB for all its years on the air. The station was known as "98 Rock" and Lynn Martin (the initials in L.M.) served as president. WYBB took on a more classic rock sound in the 1990s. 98 Rock was able to hold its own against newcomer classic rock station 104.5 WRFQ throughout the 1990s.
In the spring of 1988, at Baltimore radio station "98 Rock" WIYY-FM, as a lead morning show personality between 1987 and 1989, Bob Rivers gained national attention for an 11-day, on-the-air marathon during a Baltimore Orioles losing streak. He vowed to remain on the air until the Orioles won a game.
While at 98 Rock, Ondayko was a four-time co-nominee (with Kirk McEwen and R. Edward Lopez) for Active Rock Morning Show Personality of the Year. [1] Following Lopez's death from cancer, Kirk and Mark remained at 'IYY for several years before moving across town to CBS Radio's FM Talk station, WHFS (105.7). [2]
The swap occurred on March 4, 1998 at 3 p.m., sending the KRAK call letters to 93.7 FM and KRXQ to 98.5 FM, now called "98 Rock". [24] [25] Now on a better signal as a result of the swap, KRXQ continued its active rock format, focusing on the top 25–30 rock singles while mixing in recurrent and classic tracks. Generally, the station had a ...