WHQT

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**WHQT**

City of license	Coral Gables/Miami/Fort Lauderdale
Broadcast area	South Florida
Branding	"Hot 105FM"
Slogan	Today's R&B Hits and Oldies
Frequency	105.1 (MHz)
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	100,000 watts
Callsign meaning	Simply translates to the brand name HoT
Owner	Cox Radio, Inc.
Website	http://hot105fm.com/

WHQT, Hot 105FM, is the top-rated Urban Adult Contemporary-formatted radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves the South Florida region. WHQT is licensed to Coral Gables, but its studios are located in Hollywood along with its sister station WEDR. It broadcasts on the class C0 105.1 MHz frequency with an ERP of 100,000 watts (100 kilowatts) from a transitter that is shares with sister station WEDR near Opa Locka. According to Arbitron, WHQT has been the top-rated radio station in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale radio market since late 2004.

1 History
2 Current Line-Up
3 Station Management
4 External links

[edit] History

In mid 1985, low-rated AC station, E-Z 105 changed format and calls to urban contemporary WHQT, Hot 105FM. It started out as a Top 40 CHR, but with fierce competition from Y-100, 96X, and I-95, Hot 105 dropped Top 40 in favor of urban hip hop in 1988. Its main competitor was future sister station, 'WEDR, 99 Jamz, and the two stations competed over the 18-49 African American demographic until the mid-1990's. Around that time Cox purchased both stations which led to the end of their competition. WHQT was then skewed more urban AC towards the 25-54 demograhic with a more current R&B and soul-heavy playlist.

[edit] Current Line-Up

Weekdays

Tom Joyner Morning Show 6-10AM
Karen Vaughn 10AM-3PM
Ken James 3-8PM
The Quiet Storm with Freddie Cruz 8PM-1AM
Ken James 1-6AM

Saturdays

Sarge 1-6AM
Kevin Powell 6-8AM
Tom Joyner's Rightbackatcha 8-10AM
Heather Martinez 10AM-2PM
Ken James 2-6PM
Old School House Party with Rob O'Snap 6-10PM
Reggae Runnin' with Tanto Irie 10PM-1AM

Sundays

Michael D'Angelo 1-5AM
Hot Mix 2-4AM
Walt Baby Love's Gospel Traxx 5-7AM
Sunday Morning Joy with Paula 7AM-Noon
Chico Plays the Blues Noon-5PM
Old School Sunday with Michael D'Angelo 5-8PM
Old School Quiet Storm with Freddie Cruz '8-11PM
Hot Talk with Chief Jimmie Brown 11PM-1AM

[edit] Station Management

General Manager Jerry Rushin
Program Director Phil Michaels-Trueba
Asst. Program Director Karen Vaughn
Music Director Ken James
Public Affairs Director Chief Jimmie Brown

[edit] External links

Hot 105FM Website

FM radio stations in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market (Arbitron #12)
By frequency: 87.7¹ \| 88.1 \| 88.3 \| 88.5 \| 88.9 \| 89.7 \| 90.3 \| 90.5 \| 91.5 \| 92.3 \| 93.1 \| 93.9 \| 94.9 \| 95.7 \| 96.5 \| 97.3 \| 97.9 (West Palm Beach) \| 98.3 \| 99.1 \|99.9 \| 100.7 \| 101.5 \| 102.7 \| 103.5 \| 104.3 (West Palm Beach) \| 105.1 \| 105.9 \| 106.7 \| 107.5 By Call letter: WAFG \| WAMR \| WBGG-FM \| WCMQ-FM \| WDNA \| WEAT \| WEDR \| WFLC \| WHDR \| WHYI \| WIRP \| WKIS \| WKPX \| WLRN-FM \| WLVE \| WLYF \| WMCU \| WMGE \| WMIB-FM \| WMXJ \| WPOW \| WRGP \| WRMA \| WRMF \| WRTO \| WTVJ \| WVUM \| WXDJ ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (NBC) See also: Miami (FM) (AM) Florida Radio Markets Daytona Beach · Fort Myers · Ft. Walton Beach · Gainesville/Ocala · Jacksonville (AM) (FM) · Key West · Miami (AM) (FM) · Orlando (AM) (FM) · Panama City · Pensacola · Sebring · Tallahassee · Sarasota · Tampa/St. Petersburg (AM) (FM) · Vero Beach · West Palm Beach Shortwave: WYFR at SW 5.950 See also: List of radio stations in Florida and List of United States radio markets

FM radio stations in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market (Arbitron #12)

By frequency: 87.7¹ | 88.1 | 88.3 | 88.5 | 88.9 | 89.7 | 90.3 | 90.5 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 93.1 | 93.9 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.3 | 97.9 (West Palm Beach) | 98.3 | 99.1 |99.9 | 100.7 | 101.5 | 102.7 | 103.5 | 104.3 (West Palm Beach) | 105.1 | 105.9 | 106.7 | 107.5
By Call letter: WAFG | WAMR | WBGG-FM | WCMQ-FM | WDNA | WEAT | WEDR | WFLC | WHDR | WHYI | WIRP | WKIS | WKPX | WLRN-FM | WLVE | WLYF | WMCU | WMGE | WMIB-FM | WMXJ | WPOW | WRGP | WRMA | WRMF | WRTO | WTVJ | WVUM | WXDJ

¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (NBC)

See also: Miami (FM) (AM)

Florida Radio Markets Daytona Beach · Fort Myers · Ft. Walton Beach · Gainesville/Ocala · Jacksonville (AM) (FM) · Key West · Miami (AM) (FM) · Orlando (AM) (FM) · Panama City · Pensacola · Sebring · Tallahassee · Sarasota · Tampa/St. Petersburg (AM) (FM) · Vero Beach · West Palm Beach Shortwave: WYFR at SW 5.950

See also: List of radio stations in Florida and List of United States radio markets

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