WDKX
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| Broadcast area | Rochester, New York |
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| Branding | "103.9 WDKX" |
| Slogan | # 1 For Hip-Hop and R&B |
| Frequency | 103.9 (MHz) |
| First air date | April 6, 1974 |
| Format | Urban Contemporary |
| ERP | 900 watts |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | W Frederick Douglass Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X (three Black heroes) |
| Owner | AP Communications, Inc. |
| Website | www.wdkx.com |
WDKX (103.9 WDKX) is an urban Contemporary radio station that broadcasts from Rochester, New York on a frequency of 103.9 MHz at 900 watts of effective radiated power.
[edit] History
Monroe County Broadcasting Co., LTD. formed a corporation in 1968 to compete for the available FM frequency 103.9 in Monroe County, Rochester NY. WDKX commenced broadcasting on April 6, 1974 at 5:30 AM and has been broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week ever since. WDKX has been under the same ownership since its inception. Andrew A. Langston, founder and former owner and general manager of 103.9 WDKX FM, received the "Rochester Radio Broadcaster of the Year" Award, the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters "Pioneer" Award and was inducted to the "New York State Broadcasters hall of Fame" inaugural class.
Keeping with its Urban Contemporary format, WDKX chose its call letters to honor Black heroes ( D-Fredrick Douglass, K-Martin Luther King Jr., and X-Malcolm X ).Blackwell, Jeffrey. "WDKX founder Andrew Langston dies". Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York: Gannett Company). Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5qPUgmEbB. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
The station currently places first in Arbitron ratings of under-35 listeners, both urban and suburban, and has ranked second overall in the Rochester market (and first among music stations) in recent ratings surveys.
[edit] Current on-air staff
- Tariq Spence
- Dre
- Tony
- Freddy Colon
- DJ Sight
- DJ Wizz
- GI
- Babi Katt
- Coach Sullivan
- Nikal Feildz
- Cyrus Allen
- DJ JustinCredible
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WDKX
- Radio-Locator information on WDKX
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WDKX
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Coordinates: 43°09′18″N 77°36′14″W / 43.155°N 77.604°W
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