WNEW
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| Radio station ( private ) | |
| reception | terrestrial ( VHF ) |
| Reception area | New York City |
| Start of transmission | 1940 |
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WNEW-FM is an old radio station in New York City. It broadcasts in a hot adult contemporary format and is owned by CBS Radio . The studios are located in the CBS Radio Facility in the West Soho part of Manhattan . WNEW broadcasts from the Empire State Building . "Fresh 102.7" is broadcast with an output of 6 k W at 102.7 M Hz .
WNEW-FM was best known for being one of the first to play progressive rock. From 1967 until the 1990s, WNEW was the avant-garde rock music broadcaster. The station played a huge role in the development of US rock music in the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, the well-known presenter Dennis Elsas worked for the station. WNEW had the brand "Where Rock Lives."
WNEW-FM broadcasts on HD radio and operates four HD channels: HD2 Smooth Jazz, HD3 News (simulcast from WINS) and HD4, the Russian program “Russkaya Reklama”.
history
The FM 102.7 MHz frequency was licensed to WNJY-FM from Newark , New Jersey in the mid-1940s , but the station never went on the air. In 1953, the station returned its license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). After some confusion, WNEW-FM started operating on this frequency in 1958.
In 1966, WNEW-FM advertised an "all-girls" -MOR format, which consisted of the all-female presenters Alison Steele, Nell Bassett, Arlene Kieta, Ann Clements and Margaret Draper. The format did not exist for very long and was related to the launch of the first rock'n roll station in New York , WOR-FM . Between 1958 and 1986 the station shared the callsign WNEW with the former AM sister station WNEW-AM (on 1130 kHz) and the TV station WNEW-TV (Channel 5), all of which belonged to Metromedia . WNEW-TV was sold to News Corporation in 1986 and became WNYW . The AM station went to Bloomberg LP in 1992 and became WBBR .
Dennis Elsas made WNEW known through creative music programs and in-depth musician interviews. Elsas first worked as a presenter for WNEW-FM, then as a presenter and music director for the station. He was instrumental in making the station one of the most prestigious progressive rock radio stations in the country. He interviewed Pete Townshend , Mick Jagger , Paul McCartney and John Lennon . After 25 years at WNEW , he switched to the public radio station WFUV . With the new owner CBS Radio, the station plays a hot adult contemporary format.
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- ↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wnew&nav=&x=0&y=0
- ^ NY Radio Archive - WNEW-FM 102.7. In: www.nyradioarchive.com. Retrieved September 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Dennis Elsas: Rock'n'Roll Never Forgets at Landmark on Main Street. In: www.landmarkonmainstreet.org. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.wfuv.org/users/dennis-elsas