WDKX

Infobox Radio Station


name = WDKX
airdate = April 6, 1974
frequency = 103.9 (MHz)
area = Rochester, New York
format = Urban Contemporary
erp = 900 watts
branding = "103.9 WDKX"
slogan = "# 1 For Hip-Hop and R&B"
class = A
owner = AP Communications, Inc.|(Langston family) website = [http://www.wdkx.com/ www.wdkx.com]
callsign_meaning = W
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
(three Black heroes)|

WDKX (103.9 WDKX) is an urban Contemporary radio station that broadcasts from Rochester, New York on a frequency of 103.9 MHz at 900 watts of power.

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 the distinction of being under the same ownership since its inception. Andrew A. Langston, founder, 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-Frederick Douglass, K-Martin Luther King Jr., and X-Malcolm X ).

Website

[http://www.wdkx.com/ http://www.wdkx.com]

Current Personalities

* Tariq
* Liz
* Andy
* Dre
* Tony
* Freddy Colon
* Atu

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