WCAA

Infobox Radio station


name = La Kalle 105.9 New York
city = Newark, New Jersey
area = New York, New York
frequency = 105.9 (MHz) HD Radio
105.9-2 FM for Tropical
airdate = 1964
slogan = "El Movimento Latino"/"Yo Soy "La Kalle"
format = Tropical
erp = 610 watts
haat = 373 meters
class = B1
facility_id = 46978
owner = Univision Radio
webcast = [http://wmlive.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_univision-wcaa-fm-fast Listen Live]
website = [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9486&schid=9497 Univision.com - Uniclave: La Kalle 105.9]
coordinates = coord|40|44|54.00|N| 73|59|10.00|W|region:US_type:city

WCAA, known on-air as 105.9 La Kalle, is a radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey that airs in the New York City metropolitan area. Broadcasting at 105.9 FM, the station has a Spanish Tropical format. It is the New York affiliate of Univision's La Kalle brand.

History

The station first came on the air in the 1960s as WHBI, which was originally owned by Hoyt Brothers Inc.. In the 1980s, the station - by then property of Multicultural Radio Broadcasting - went by the call letters WNWK, and aired leased-access ethnic programming.

In 1998, the station, under new ownership, started playing hit Spanish music as "Caliente 105.9", with the call letters WCAA. A year later, the station changed its slogan to "Latino Mix 105.9". In early 2004, the station's owner, Univision Communications bought the 92.7 FM frequency in Garden City, New York which was the home of WLIR-FM and made it a western Long Island simulcast of 105.9 under the call letters WZAA. Some criticized this move because there are sections of the signal of 92.7 which overlap with the weak signal (in relation to other New York City stations) of 105.9.

On May 27, 2005, WCAA adapted its current reggaeton format. "La Kalle" is a fanciful spelling of "La Calle", Spanish for "the street."

The station's HD2 station, which it was launched in 2006, airs the original "Caliente/Latino Mix" format (The Tropical music format).

In the summer of 2006, Univision launched the National Affiliates page for its "La Kalle" stations around the United States, the Mini-Page also includes Quick-Links to live audio streams of other La Kalle stations including this affiliated station.

Also in mid-2006, the station adopted its current slogan "Yo Soy La Kalle!", Thus Replacing The "Reggaeton y Mas" Slogan From Its Format Change. The New Slogan Is Also Part Of A Nationwide Promotional Campaign That Univision Adopted For Most Of Its Other La Kalle Affiliates.

In late December 2006, the station dropped the "Yo Soy La Kalle" slogan for their current slogan "El Movimento Latino" (in English, "The Latino Movement".) In February 2007, the La Activaeda Block and SUBELO Midday Mix switched DJs, DJ Kazzanova now runs the 5 p.m. mix programming, and station resident DJ, DJ SpinOne, mixes the Midday Mix, however, some of the DJs are still in the station mixing in club broadcasts and mix shows, notably DJ Presice, who is still doing the Saturday "The Show" block and DJ Rey-Mo Who still mixes on La Kalle 105.9 during select live club mix broadcasts. On mid-April 2007, the regular La Activaeta Block returned with the same schedule before the Kazzanova-SpinOne switch.

On January 11, 2007 Univision dropped the La Kalle simulcast by flipping 92.7 WZAA to a regional Mexican format. The station is now known as 92.7 Qué Buena. [http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/Search.aspx?search=WZAA#] 92.7 has been removed from the logo on La Kalle 105.9's website, however it is still mentioned on the site.

In an unprecedented decision by station executives in Mid-February 2007, the station started playing more of their old format as opposed to just Reggaeton 24/7. Some of the schedule changes were to blame for this format mix-up. The station now airs a mix of Bachata and Salsa, with Reggaeton to still be a primary format. These changes had no effect on the mix shows, but DJ Kazzanova plays some Bachata/Salsa sometimes during his mix shifts. (not "SUBELO Reggeaton Radio", his syndicated Reggaeton show airing on this station.) Also, in a recent TV advertisement spot, the new format mix was shown when one of the Bachata songs were shown in the ad.

On February 18, 2007, "Los Coco Clásicos Del Domingo" is back on this station with Coco Cabrera.

On May 6, 2007, "Señora Música" is back on the this station with Douglas Peña.

These changes culminated on January 17, 2008 when Luis Jimenez returned to New York airwaves with his nationally-syndicated morning show, The Luis Jimenez Show. The format is now similar to the Latino Mix format that dominated the station before 2005.

tation management team

Station Manager: Joe Pagan

Sales Managers: Rob Corr & Gary Pacheco

Program Director: Pete Manriquez

Promotions Director: Edwin García

Music Director: DJ Kazzanova

Concerts

Past concerts

*La Kalle Block Party Concert '05 - September 28, 2005 At The Madison Square Garden In New York City

*Spring Bling Blineo '06 - April 21, 2006 At The Nassau Coliseum In Long Island

* "La Kalle Presents: The Jersey Jump-Off" June 30, 2006 At The Continental Airlines Coliseum In The Meadowlands In New Jersey.
** " The concert was moved to Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ due to the high capacity of fans. "
*** " The concert was postponed on June 30, 2006 due to rain, the concert happened on July 3, 2006

*La Kalle Block Party Concert 2006 - Date: September 23, 2006 - Venue: Madison Square Garden In New York City

* "La Kalle's Bling Blineo Concert '07" - June 9, 2007 at Shea Stadium in the Queens Section of New York City

All shows (except "Jersey Jumpoff") were sold out shows.

Canceled concerts

* "A La Kalle Kristmas" (it is spelled Kristmas, Christmas) (December 14, 2006 at the Madison Square Garden) (canceled, scheduling conflict with Z100's Jingle Ball 2006 concert.)

Logo gallery

External links

* [http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=6061&schid=10660&cid=877441 The offical nationwide page for this and other La Kalle affiliates]
* [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9486&schid=9497 WCAA La Kalle 105.9 Homepage]
*FMQ|WCAA
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* [http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/piratejim/njfmhistory9.html Information from New Jersey FM radio history]
* [http://www.subelo.fm DJ Kazzanova's homepage]
** [http://www.myspace.com/djkazzanova DJ Kazzanova's MySpace page]
* [http://www.djspinone.com DJ SpinOne's Homepage]
** [http://www.myspace.com/djspinone DJ SpinOne's MySpace page]
** [http://www.myspace.com/laurastylez Laura Stylez myspace page]
** [http://www.djreymo.com DJ Rey-Mo's Official site]
*** [http://www.myspace.com/djreymo DJ Rey-Mo's MySpace Page]
** [http://www.djpreciseny.com/ DJ Precise's website]