WDKX
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WDKX is an urban Contemporary
radio station
that broadcasts from Rochester, New York
on a frequency of 103.9 MHz at 900 watt
s of effective radiated power
.
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 ).
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.
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
radio station
Radio station
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that broadcasts from Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
on a frequency of 103.9 MHz at 900 watt
Watt
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s of effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
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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 ).
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.
Current on-air staff
- Tariq Spence
- Dre
- Tony
- Freddy Colon
- DJ Sight
- DJ Wizz
- GI
- Babi Katt
- Coach Sullivan
- Nikal Feildz
- Cyrus Allen