WHOT-FM

This article is about the FM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, in operation since 1984. For the station's history from 1955 to 1963 on the Campbell, Ohio-licensed 1570 kHz frequency, see WHTX (AM). For the station's history from 1963 to 1990 on the Campbell, Ohio-licensed 1330 kHz frequency, see WGFT. For the station's history from 1990 to 1995 on the 1390 kHz frequency, see WNIO. For the television station formerly used WHOT-TV callsign, see WUVG-DT.

WHOT-FM

Broadcast area	Youngstown, Ohio
Branding	HOT 101
Slogan	"Today's Hottest Music"
Frequency	101.1 (MHz)
First air date	February 1, 1984 (at 101.1 MHz) October 16, 1955 (at 1570 kHz)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	24,500 watts
HAAT	215 meters
Class	B
Callsign meaning	HOT Music
Owner	Cumulus Broadcasting (Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	www.hot101.com

WHOT-FM (101.1 FM, "Hot 101") is a commercial radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, USA, broadcasting at 101.1 MHz with a Top 40 (CHR) format. It is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Broadcasting. Its transmitter is located in Youngstown. WHOT's main competition is 95.9 KISSFM and Mix 98.9. Other nearby competitions includes WLER/Butler, WDJQ/Alliance & WKDD/Canton.

On August 15, 2006 WHOT became the first station in Eastern Ohio to broadcast in HD, the HD feed has since ceased.

The connection between the WHOT callsign and the Top 40/CHR format is one of the longest running in modern radio history, dating back to 1955. WHOT is one of the first Top 40 stations in the country, as an daytime-only signal licensed to Campbell, Ohio on the 1570 kHz facility (currently home to the Warren, Ohio-licensed WHTX). Despite its technical limitations, the station attained high ratings in the Youngstown, Ohio market, which has lasted after frequency moves; first to 1330 kHz in 1963 (now WGFT), then to 1390 kHz (now WNIO) in 1990.

By 1991, the AM and FM stations broke into separate programming with the 1390 kHz facility taking an adult standards format (one that would be revisited in 1999 when WNIO's call letters and format moved to that dial position), while the 101.1 MHz taking the Top 40 format. Excluding a period of several months when WHOT-FM carried a rock music format in late 1991-early 1992, the station has since continued with a Top 40/CHR format.

Since 1995, the WHOT calls has existed exclusively on the FM dial. Prior to becoming WHOT-FM on February 1, 1984, the station used the call letters WSRD. WSRD, nicknamed "The Wizard", featured an Album-oriented rock format that was established back in the late 1970s. Known for many years as HOT-FM 101, the branding was changed to HOT-101 in the 1990s.

Programming

Weekday on-air personalities include AC McCoullough and Kelly Stevens on mornings, program director J-Dub on afternoons, and Zach Sang & The Gang on evenings. McCoullough, Stevens, and J-Dub broadcast from the Thom Duma Fine Jewelers Studio.

Alumni

Tom Pappas - Now in Las Vegas
John Trout - Now in Ocean City, MD
Jim Loboy - Now Meteorologist at WYTV/Youngstown
Kasper - Now Afternoons at WKDD
Jonny Hartwell - Now Mornings WWSW-FM/Pittsburgh
Jagger (known as Mike "Kidd" Thomas at WHOT) now Nights at WKTU-FM/New York, as well as Music Director for Z100/New York
Joe Bevilaqua - Now an RVPP with Clear Channel/Denver
Scott Adams - Now Weekends at WDJQ/Canton
Brandy Johanntges - Now known to be acting into stage plays
Chase - Now Operations Manager at Emmis/Austin
Jay Kline - Now PD/Mornings at WLER/Butler
Jordan Kline - Now Nights at WSNY/Columbus
Justine Thomas - Now self-employed at JT Marketing & Promotions
Bob Popa - Now at WPIC/Sharon
Aaron Tyler (known as Cooper at WHOT) now APD/Afternoons at WBNQ/Bloomington
Hunter Quinn - Now PD/Afternoons at WZEE (Z104)/Madison
Greg Roth
Kerrie Evans
Amy Dunn
Cat Shannon ( aka Gene Gonda )- Now at Walt Disney World - Artist
Todd Allen
Brandon Kage
Matt Blade - Now at Media General/Massachusetts
J.C. Simon - Now Evenings at WLER/Butler
Kelin Bannon - Now in Georgia
Kyle Schrom - Now in Los Angeles
Paul Knight - Now Nights at KYCE/Las Vegas
Karl Bloom-Now at WKBN-TV Youngstown, Ohio
DC Bradley- Now in Phoenix

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHOT

Radio-Locator information on WHOT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHOT

Radio stations in the Youngstown-Niles-Warren, Ohio market

Note: This market also includes New Castle, Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency	570 600 790 830 940 1200 1240 1280 1330 1390 1440 1470 1490 1500 1540 1570

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 90.1 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.9 96.7 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.5 102.9 103.9 105.1 106.1 107.1 107.9

By callsign	WAKZ WASN WBBG WBBW WDJQ WGFT WGRP WHBC-FM WHKZ WHOT-FM WHTX WJST WKBN WKPL WKTL WKST WKTX WLLF WLOA WSHH WLVX WMXY WNCD WNIO WOHI WPIC WQXK WSAJ-FM WSOM WVMN WWGY WWIZ WWNW WYCL WYFM WYLR WYSU WYTN W234CH W263CL

Defunct stations	WSAJ/1340

Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Pittsburgh market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.1 90.5 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.3 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.7 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	540 590 620 660 680 730 770 810 860 910 940 970 1020¹ 1080 1150 1210 1250 1280 1320 1360 1380 1410 1450 1460 1480 1490 1510 1550 1570 1640 ¹ Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

Digital Radio	89.3-1 89.3-2 90.5-1 90.5-2 90.5-3 91.3-1 92.9-1 92.9-2 92.9-3 92.9-4 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.5-1 94.5-2 96.1-1 96.1-2 96.9-1 96.9-2 96.9-3 96.9-4 99.7-1 100.7-1 100.7-2 100.7-3 102.5-1 102.5-2 104.7-1 104.7-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 107.9-1 107.9-2

By callsign	KDKA¹ KDKA-FM KFX300 KIH35 KQV W261AX WAMO WANB WAOB WAOB-FM WAVL WBGG WBJV WBUT WBVP WBZZ WCAL WCNS WCYJ WDIG WDSY-FM WDVE WEDO WEGW WESA WFSJ-LP WFGI WGBN WGLZ WHJB WISR WIUP WJAS WJPA WJPA-FM WJST WKBN WKFB WKGO WKHB WKPL WKST WKST-FM WKVE WLCY WLER WLSW WLTJ WMBA WMBS WMNY WHOT WMUG-LP WNJR WOGG WOGH WOGI WOHI WORD WPGB WPGP WPGR WPHP WPIT WPKL WPKV WPTS-FM WQED WQMU WQTW WRCT WRRK WSHH WSRU WTYM WUKL WVKF WVNP WWCS WWNL WWSW WWVA WXDX WYEP WYFU WYZR WZUM

Defunct	WKZV 1110 AM WASP 1130 AM WBGI 1340 AM WSTV 1340 AM WZUM 1590 AM

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren Mass media in the Pittsburgh Area Radio stations TV stations Newspapers See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Ohio

By frequency	88.1 92.5 92.5 92.7 93.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.9 98.1 99.9 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.1 105.3 107.1

By callsign	WAKS WAKZ WBKS WCHD WDJQ WHIZ-FM WHOT-FM WKDD WKEE-FM WKFS WKRQ WNCI WRVB WVKF WVKS WWSR WXZQ WYHT WZIP

By city	Akron (WKDD) Akron (WZIP) Ashland Canton Cleveland Cincinnati (WKFS) Cincinnati (WKRQ) Columbus Dayton Lima Mansfield Marietta (Parkersburg, West Virginia) Piketon Shadyside (Wheeling, West Virginia) South Zanesville Toledo (WVKS) Youngstown (WAKZ) Youngstown (WHOT)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Cumulus Media

AM radio stations	KAAY KABC KAOK KARN KBED KBGG KBOI KCMO KCSF KCUB KESP KFAY KFNZ KFRU KGO KIKR KKAT KKOB KKOH KLIF KLIK KMAJ KMJ KNBR KNEK KNML KNSH KPUR KPZK KRMD KRUZ KSCR KSFO KTBL KTCK KTCT KTIK KTOP KTUC KUGN KVEN KVOR KWPN KXZZ KYNG WAAV WABC WALG WAPI WARM WAYS WBAP WBBF WBBW WBMQ WCOA WDDO WDUZ¹ WFAS WFNC WFNR WFTW WGLD WGOC WGOK WGOW WGPC WHBT WHGB WHLD WHLL WHSC WIBR WICC WIOV WISW WJBC WJCW WJLG WJOX WJR WJRW WJWF WKLQ WKY WLBY WLQR WLS WLTI WLWI WLZR WMAC WMAL WMSP WNAM WNML WOSH WPIC WPRO WPRV WRAD WRIE WSBA WSKO WSOM WSSO WTKA WTMA WTOD WTRX WUMP WVEL WVLK WVNN WWCK WXLM WXOK WXQW WXSM WYMB WYNN

FM radio stations	K279BI KAMO-FM KARN-FM KARX KATC-FM KATM KATT-FM KAYD-FM KBBM KBBQ-FM KBBY-FM KBCY KBEE KBER KBIU KBUL-FM KBXR KBZU KCDD KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCMO-FM KDJK KDRF KDVB KDVV KEHK KESN KENZ KFFG KFOG KGGO KHAY KHKI KHKK KHOP KHTB KHXS KHYT KIIM-FM KIPR KIZN KJJY KJMO KJOY KKEG KKFM KKGB KKGL KKMG KKND KKOB-FM KKPK KKWD KLAL KLIF-FM KLOS KLSZ-FM KLUR KMAJ-FM KMCK-FM KMEZ KMGA KMGV KMJ-FM KMJJ-FM KMJK KNEK-FM KNEV KNRQ KOLI KOMS KOQL KPLA KPLX KPUR-FM KQFC KQHN KQIZ-FM KQLK KQOB² KQRS-FM KQSM-FM KQXC-FM KQXL-FM KQXY-FM KRBE KRMD-FM KRMW KRRF KRRQ KRST KRWP KSAN KSCS KSKS KSMB KSZR KTCK-FM KTCX KTIK-FM KTLT KTOP-FM KUBL-FM KUJZ KURB KVMA-FM KVYB KWIC KWIN KWNN KWQW KWYE KWYL KXKC KXXR KYIS KYKZ KYYI KZEL-FM KZJF KZRK-FM W264AK WABD WAOA-FM WAQX-FM WARM-FM WBBL-FM WBHD WBHT WBLX-FM WBNQ WBRW WBSX WBWN WBZE WBZF WCMG WCTO WCYN-FM WDAI WDEN-FM WDLT-FM WDRQ WDUZ-FM¹ WDVD WDZZ-FM WEAN-FM WEAS-FM WEBE WEDG WEGC WEMX WFBE WFMS WFTK WFYR WGFX WGKX WGLF WGLO WGNI WGOW-FM WGRF WGRR WGVX WGVZ WHBX WHHY-FM WHKR WHLZ WHNN WHOT-FM WHRP WHTS WHTT-FM WILZ WIOG WIOV-FM WIVK-FM WIWF WIXO WIXV WJAD WJBC-FM WJCL-FM WJEZ WJJK WJOX-FM WJQX WJTQ WKAK WKDF WKHX-FM WKIM WKKO WKOR-FM WKOS WKQZ WKRU WKSM WKXS-FM WLAV-FM WLAW WLCS WLEV WLFF WLLF WLQR-FM WLS-FM WLTO WLWI-FM WLXC WLXX WLZN WMAL-FM WMAS-FM WMDH-FM WMEZ WMGB WMGL WMGS WMGU WMIM WMNX WMOS³ WMXS WMXT WMXU WNBM WNCV WNKT WNML-FM WNMQ WNMX WNNF WNNK-FM WNNX WNSH WNTQ WNUQ WOFX-FM WOGB¹ WOGT WOKI WOMG WORC-FM WPCK¹ WPEZ WPKR WPLJ WPRO-FM WPSK-FM WQGN-FM WQHZ WQKL WQLH¹ WQQK WQSM WQUT WQVE WQXA-FM WQXK WRBO WRCQ WRKN WRQN WRQQ WRQX WRRM WRRX WRWM WRXP WSEA WSJR WSJZ-FM WSKZ WSM-FM WSMS WSOX WSSX-FM WSYN WTCB WTNR WUHT WVBO WVIB WVLK-FM WVNN-FM WWBU WWCK-FM WWFF-FM WWFN-FM WWFX WWIZ WWKI WWKL WWKX WWLD WWLI WWLS-FM WWQQ-FM WWSN WWTN WWWM-FM WWWQ W255CJ/WWWQ-HD2 WWWW-FM WWWZ WXBM-FM WXFX WXKC WXKR WXKR-HD2/W265CB WXLO WXMX WXTA WXTL WXZZ WYAY WYFM WYNN-FM WYZB WZAT WZCY-FM WZNS WZPW WZRH WZRR WZYP

Radio networks	Arkansas Radio Network CBS Sports Radio* Titans Radio Network Westwood One (see navpage)

Online assets	iHeartRadio¹

Television-related assets	Nash TV

Other assets	Broadcast Software International CumulusJobs.com San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also	Citadel Broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks Susquehanna Radio Corporation

¹ = Owned by iHeartMedia; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. ² = Co-owned with Champlin Broadcasting under an LMA. ³ = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA. AaBbCc = Owned by The Walt Disney Company; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. * = Owned by CBS Radio, operated by Cumulus.

Coordinates: 41°03′25″N 80°38′20″W / 41.057°N 80.639°W / 41.057; -80.639

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