Background Info*
Background Info
WJHT (92.1 FM, "Hot 92 & Hot 100") is a radio station licensed to serve Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Broadcasting, LLC. It airs a Contemporary Hit Radio (Top 40) music format.[2] This station was assigned the WJHT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 13, 2006.[1]
There is no relation with WWKL ("Hot 93.5") in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. However, the station is related to WWOT ("Hot 100") in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as they are also owned by Forever Broadcasting and the stations simulcast.
In the early 1980s 92.1 was a rock format station WGLU, Johnstown "GLU 92". In September 1987, the rock format was canned for a Johnstown, PA first. Targeting younger listeners WGLU became "Power 92" keeping the same call letters for the newly created Top 40 format.
On July 31, 2000, WGLU and sister station WQWK licensed out of Ebensburg, PA swapped frequencies. WQWK prior to this flip was an active rock station programmed out of State College, PA known as "QWK Rock". WQWK became "92.1 The Rock" and WGLU adjusted its name to include the entire frequency "Power 99.1" however still kept the heritage calls.
In November 2000, Dame Broadcasting of Mechanicsburg, PA acquired WSRA Central City, PA and WYSN Somerset, PA. WSRA soon stunted a format change with all-Christmas music through the new year. In January 2001 the call letters were traded for WCCL and the AC to Christmas format was switched for Oldies. WYSN continued with News/Talk as their format through the transition.
In March 2005, Dame Broadcasting sold all four properties to 2510 Associates out of Pittsburgh, PA.[3] Changes quickly occurred for "Power 99.1" the following Monday morning (three business days after the sale closed) they went on the air as "Hot 99" with the same air staff and format. WPRR in Altoona, PA "Hot 100" at the time began a simulcast of the "Hot Morning Show" with Jonathan Reed & Amy Wright from "Hot 92" each morning from 5:30am to 9am. Both stations shortly after the sale gave up their calls for new call letters to fit the HOT moniker, WYOT, Johnstown & WWOT, Altoona. The WPRR call letters were salvaged for a sister 2510 Associate station.
Within a few months WYOT "Hot 92" & WQWK "The Rock" were sold from 2510 Associates to Forever Broadcasting, Inc. WQWK forfeited its call letters and moniker "92.1 The Rock" to become WRWK "Rocky 92". After being under the rein of Forever Broadcasting for a few months WYOT and WRWK flipped frequencies yet again to become "Rocky 99" and "Hot 92" respectively. Within a few more months of that change WYOT "Hot 92" would go through another call letter switch, acquiring new calls from former Top 40 sister station in State College, PA (that was taken off the air "Hot 103"). WJHT became the new call sign for "Hot 92". In the coming months WWOT lost a few employees and decided to extend the simulcast from just morning drive to cover most of the day, 5am to 6pm and most weekend shifts. This prompted the station to re-image itself as "Hot 92 & Hot 100". Nights remained separate shows hosted by Chad Bennett on WJHT and Rob Z on WWOT.
In March 2008, Mitch Edwards, program director of WJHT for eight years and a staple to the station for more than a decade, left for sister station WFGI "Froggy 95" as co-host of the Morning Splash with Niki Wild. This move also encouraged Forever Broadcasting to make WJTH and WWOT a complete simulcast. Eliminating the dual night show split to being broadcast from the WJHT studio with Bennett as the host and replacing Edwards vacant position with Forever Broadcasting Altoona employee Paige Foxx.
In April 2008, Rob Z returned to nights temporarily filling in when Bennett resigned to move for a new opportunity with Jones Radio Networks in Seattle, Washington. In June 2008, Amy Wright was promoted to program director of "Hot 92 & Hot 100". After a five years as co-host of "The Hot Morning Show" Wright resigned in November 2008 for a position out of radio. Programming duties were being split between morning host Jonathan Reed and Mid-day gal Paige Foxx.
In October 2009, Forever Broadcasting hired "Justin Kase" to oversee programming of Hot 92 and Hot 100, in addition to doing the morning show.
On January 20, 2010, Justin Kase (Program Director/Morning show host) exits the station and company. Former morning show host Jonathan Reed renegotiated a return to the station, "The Hot Morning Show" and began over-seeing the stations day-to-day operations.
In April 2011, Paige Foxx opts to exit radio after many years with the company. The move allows Hot 92 and Hot 100 to re-schedule the line-up. Hot welcomed "JoJo in the Morning" to the Stations. JoJo previously worked at BOB 93.3 North Carolina, WILD 95.5 West Palm Beach, WDRQ Detroit, and FM97 WLAN Lancaster. Jonathan Reed moved to Middays, replacing Paige.
Jonathan Reed's Spring 2012 exit from the company brings another line-up change, moving Russ Beckett to middays and new hire Em Star to nights.
Weekday programming, as of August 2012, is JoJo In The Morning, Russ Beckett Middays, Rob Z on afternoons, and Em Star on Nights.
Events
5 P.M. EST Weekdays - Hot Happy Hour
7:30 P.M. EST Weekdays - Jam It Or Slam It
Brand new music, basically the add of the day
9:00 P.M. EST Weekdays - Hot 9@9
Top 9 requested songs of the day.
Links
Website:
http://hot92and100.com/
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