WBLS

WBLS is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station that is licensed to New York City operating on 107.5 MHz frequency.

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WBLS first broadcast in the summer of 1974, with Frankie Crocker as the Program Director. Crocker redefined R&B radio with the term Urban contemporary targeting listeners 18-34 years of age. It was a combined format that included R&B, jazz, pop, reggae, gospel, dance music, and later, rap. WBLS is owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corporation. Its city of license is New York City and its tower is located on the Empire State Building, which is also home to the majority of the New York area television and radio station towers since September 11, 2001.

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Urban Adult Contemporary: Urban Adult Contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast Partner...

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