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On February 25, 2013, at 2:00 pm the station dropped its oldies and classic hits format, and adopted a classic rock format branded "103.9 The Fox". [57] The last song as Y103.9 was Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye , while the first song on 103.9 The Fox was Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix .
The original WOAP-FM began broadcasting in April 1948 at 103.1 on the FM dial. Although the station's owner, The Owosso Argus-Press, which also owned AM station WOAP 1080, heavily promoted its new FM station, WOAP-FM was a failure and went off the air by 1953. WOAP-FM resurfaced on its current 103.9 frequency on December 2, 1965.
The Q104 format was abandoned in November 2004 to become a mix of classic hits and sports as 103.9 The Fox. The station aired 18 to 20 hours a day of music plus key Fox Sports Radio programs and local and national sports play-by-play. [11] The Fox lasted until January 2015, when the Q104 name and adult contemporary format were restored. [12]
What would eventually become WCOP began at a time when Kane, Pennsylvania, the station's original city of license, was experiencing a sharp decline in its local economy.. Originally assigned the call letters WRXZ and going on the air December 22, 1981, 103.9 came on the air at a time of extensive expansion of the FM radio band; the FCC's Docket 80-90 resulted in a boom of new FM stations in ...
WDBT (103.9 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to serve Fort Novosel, Alabama, United States, part of the Dothan market. [4] In addition, the station's digital FM signal transmits an adjacent channel, 103.9 HD2, which is also broadcast in analog on a translator signal on 107.7 FM as "Music 107.7".
WTOP-FM (103.5 FM) – branded "WTOP Radio" and "WTOP News" – is a commercial all-news radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, [4] the station serves the Washington metropolitan area, extending its reach through two repeater stations: WTLP (103.9 FM) in Braddock Heights, Maryland, [5] and WWWT-FM (107.7) in Manassas, Virginia. [6]
On February 10, 1997, after a weekend of stunting with classic soul music, the station flipped to urban contemporary, branded as "Philly 103-9". [14] [15] [16] The call letters were soon changed to WPHI. When the station rebranded as "The Beat" in April 2002, it shifted to rhythmic top 40. [17]
The rock music proved popular and WQBK-FM flipped to a full-time progressive rock format in August 1975. The original broadcast day was 7 a.m.-1 a.m., with WQBK-FM signing off overnight. The station began promoting itself as WQBK-FM... The Progressive 104. Two years later, WQBK-FM debuted the simpler Q104 branding for the station.