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67-561: Poleman is responsible for developing events like September 2011's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Prior to his appointment to President, National Programming Platforms, he was Senior Vice President of Programming for Clear Channel Radio, where his oversight included the New York Cluster WHTZ , WLTW , WKTU , Q104.3 , Power 105.1 , and WALK-FM . Tom joined Z100 in 1996 from KRBE Houston . Before that, he

134-729: A 14th for New York City. On June 1, 1961, WVNJ-FM signed on from the AM site in Livingston, New Jersey , moving a few years later to West Orange, New Jersey . The station, using the moniker "WVNJoy", focused on serving northern New Jersey rather than New York City. It featured an instrumentally based easy listening format (also known as beautiful music or, more commonly, "elevator music") consisting of instrumental versions of familiar songs with several soft vocal hits added per hour. In 1980, when WRVR changed from jazz to country music , WVNJ began playing jazz music after 8 pm. Its slogan

201-717: A JAP Rap that they would play. While The Anti-Defamation League criticized The Morning Zoo for their anti-semitic and sexist comments, Kingston defended the station by saying the statements were harmless. By 1991, the top 40 format nationwide was in an identity crisis due to the rise of alternative rock , hip hop and country . A major sign of this crisis came when WPLJ moved to a hot adult contemporary format by 1992. Z100 responded to this by adding some older songs and introducing an evening talk show called " Love Phones ", which began on November 2, 1992. Ratings gradually dropped during this time. In March 1993, Malrite (Z100's owners) announced it would merge with Shamrock Broadcasting, with

268-462: A Woman? " by Bryan Adams , " You Are Not Alone " by Michael Jackson , and " I Could Fall in Love " by Selena . The station also snubbed some dance hits as well, except during their Saturday night dance show, Planet Z . During this time, the station also underwent numerous airstaff and management changes; Frankie Blue left in 1995 and Sam Milkman moved up to his position. Also in 1995, Z100 stopped using

335-412: A dance music format, and WXRK adapted a full-time alternative-leaning active rock format; both stations took listeners from Z100. Steve Kingston and his assistant Sam Milkman left Z100 for WXRK in spring 1996, while music director Andy Shane left for WKTU, joining another former Z100 music director, Frankie Blue. In January 1996, Steve Cochran arrived to do mornings, but by mid-April, he was gone. Z100

402-417: A few format tweaks, Sunny played soft oldies until it became The Pink Channel. As part of Clear Channel's nationwide cost-cutting efforts, WLTW fired station veterans Bill Buchner (mornings) and J.J. Kennedy (evenings) on November 6, 2006. Buchner was replaced with Karen Carson, who co-hosted mornings with fellow WLTW staffer Christine Nagy . WLTW Program Director Jim Ryan has denied these firings were part of

469-473: A full-time simulcast on Channel 13. However, station owner Clear Channel sold off its ownership stake in Sirius XM Radio during the second quarter of fiscal year 2013. As a result of the sale, nine of Clear Channel's eleven XM stations, including the simulcast of WLTW, ceased broadcast over XM Satellite Radio on October 18, 2013. In 2018, WLTW and eight other iHeart-owned AC stations began carrying

536-545: A listener), Song Parodies, various contests, news and traffic reports. The show was simulcast on WHCY in western New Jersey from early 2003 until December 23, 2008, and then again from 2010 until the station's format switch in 2022. The show began syndication on May 22, 2006, starting with WHYI-FM in Miami, followed by WIOQ in Philadelphia on July 23, 2008, and Cleveland 's WAKS on August 25, 2008. Until May 2008,

603-527: A national trend, the station continued to make the switch earlier in the following years. By 2004, the all-Christmas format ran from Thanksgiving through Christmas, and in 2005, it began on November 18, the week before Thanksgiving (November 24). WLTW captured 7.4% of the New York radio audience during the fall of 2005, the biggest market share in WLTW's history and the highest share for all New York stations since

670-735: A new way to spell Hitz!' to advertise the new format. Within 74 days of signing on, in autumn 1983, WHTZ had climbed from last place to first in the New York Arbitron ratings book. Over the years, Z100 stayed with a top 40 format, while maintaining high ratings. Scott Shannon left Z100 on January 27, 1989, to start " Pirate Radio " in Los Angeles, which was part of Westwood One Inc. 's new radio division. Steve Kingston assumed programming/operations manager duties, Frankie Blue became assistant programming director, and Brian Wilson took over mornings. In 1983, Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton

737-465: A non-stop music flow, and has added a jingle package for the first time in the history of the station. The station uses Reelworld One AC with its own logo. The station is also well known for having somewhat of a lean toward Rhythmic AC compared to most other AC stations owned by Clear Channel, possibly due to the younger-leaning audience in the NY market. In May 2011, WLTW returned to XM Satellite Radio , with

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804-473: A number of months. However, if a popular song is only in low to medium rotation during the later part of the year, it would often chart very low or not at all on the year-end countdown, only to appear very high on the countdown of the following year. WLTW WLTW (106.7 FM ) is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to New York, New York and serving the New York metropolitan area . WLTW

871-636: A program directorship in Canada, Jill Kempton was named Assistant Program Director/Music Director. Kempton is now the program director of sister station WASH-FM in Washington DC. Cara Hahn has stepped into the Assistant Program Director role, which she also holds at New York sister station WHTZ . Lite FM has evolved into a more upbeat "Variety" station from its earlier "Soft Rock" approach with deejays talking over intros, keeping

938-497: A show and its 10th anniversary as a syndicated program in 2016. The station annually holds popular concerts featuring the world's top-name acts: "Z100's Jingle Ball" at Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan during the winter holiday season, and Z100's Zootopia in late Spring (which was last held in 2009). The 2011 Jingle Ball was considered the biggest Jingle Ball Z100 has ever had in their existence. It drew in

1005-478: A sister station of Z100. Still, both stations continued on the same courses, moderately overlapping with music. In a 1999 merger, Z100's parent company, Chancellor, acquired Capstar, forming AMFM Inc. Shortly after the merger was finalized, AMFM was bought by Clear Channel Communications. In 2001, Clear Channel entered into an agreement with XM Satellite Radio to carry WHTZ on the satellite radio service. The station used to broadcast "mini-mixes" by DJ Spinbad ,

1072-476: A third of all radio listeners in the New York area. From 2007 to 2018, WLTW began airing Christmas music on the Friday before Thanksgiving, from 2019 to 2020, the station began airing Christmas music on the second Friday before Thanksgiving, and since 2021, the station returned to playing Christmas music on the Friday before Thanksgiving. As a mainstream adult contemporary station, WLTW has historically been one of

1139-591: A well-known DJ who created a nightly mash-up mix of the day's top songs, playing them all together, mixing, for instance, the lyrics of one with the music of another. This often lasted 15–20 minutes, and was played at seven o'clock and ten o'clock Monday through Friday. Spinbad's mix was also a part of the weekly 5 O'Clock Whistle , a tradition started in 1986 to celebrate the end of the work week. In early 2006, Z100 launched an HD Radio station that plays songs by bands who have not gone mainstream, or have very little exposure. In October 2007, after years of hovering near

1206-426: Is also hosted by Seacrest and airs Sunday mornings. In 2022, a documentary about the radio station entitled Worst to First: The True Story of Z100 New York was released. On March 13, 2024, Mark Medina announced that he would leave WHTZ for SVP/programming of the iHeart Phoenix cluster. He was succeeded by Mark Adams who is also vice president of CHR for the station's parent company on May 1. The first version of

1273-581: Is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios located at 125 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan , while the station's transmitter is located at the Empire State Building . The station first went on the air on January 1, 1961, as non-commercial WRVR, originally owned by the Riverside Church . WRVR played classical music and some jazz, along with religious programming and public affairs, broadcasting from an antenna atop

1340-529: Is owned by iHeartMedia . WHTZ is the flagship station for Elvis Duran and the Morning Show . WHTZ's studios are located at 125 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan , while the station's transmitter is located at the Empire State Building . In addition to a standard analog transmission , WHTZ broadcasts in the HD Radio format, and streams online via iHeartRadio . From 2001 to June 18, 2020,

1407-601: The Federal Communications Commission . In 1958, Newark Broadcasting, owner of WVNJ (620 AM), filed with the FCC for a new FM station on 100.3 MHz at Newark. It came up against a competing application for the frequency from WMGM, proposing operation in New York City. The FCC opted to award the station to Newark, as it found that a second major FM service for Newark was more equitable than

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1474-477: The Z Morning Zoo came together within two months of sign-on, and featured Michael Scott Shannon, Ross Brittain, Jack Murphy, John "JR Nelson" Marik, Claire Stevens, John "Professor Jonathan B." Bell, with Kevin "Captain" Smith, and Anita Bonita. It also gained rapid popularity for its use of the character "Mr. Leonard", invented by radio personality John Carrillo of KKBQ in Houston in 1986, who subsequently moved

1541-609: The holiday season ( Thanksgiving through Christmas), WLTW has played Christmas music interspersed with its regular playlist. Only on Christmas Day and a few days leading up to it would the station devote all its airtime to holiday music. After the September 11 attacks , Christmas music was seen as a comforting "feel-good" format for radio listeners. Already established as a popular station for Christmas music, WLTW began to switch to an all-Christmas format earlier in 2002. After retaining its leadership in market share, and as part of

1608-547: The "Lite" branding and was simply known as "New York's 106.7". This probably took place in reaction to the "Lite" brand being associated with an older demographic turning away the younger listeners, as well as increased competition from the new Fresh 102.7 . Later in 2007, the Lite-FM branding returned on the station. This was true even though WLTW played " Livin' on a Prayer " by Bon Jovi and " Crazy " by Gnarls Barkley , just like with most AC stations today. By 2009, most of

1675-476: The "Morning Zoo" title, which was simply renamed "The Morning Show." Morning host John Lander left in November 1995 due to his contract not being renewed, with more airstaff gradually leaving the station shortly thereafter. Ratings, though nowhere near the top anymore, remained steady at the station during much of the mid-1990s. However, by March 1996, there was a steep drop after WKTU signed on at 103.5 FM with

1742-459: The "Remix at 6 with Jason Nevins", where one of Jason's remixes is played every night at 6 pm. The programming follows the Z100 playlist and gives listeners a "you heard it here first" mix premiere of projects that come straight from Jason's studio. During the 2000s, Z100's slogan "New York's #1 Hit Music Station", used in tandem on-air with "All The Hits." The long-running "#1" part of the slogan

1809-403: The "Z Morning Zoo" (which was known as "The Morning Show" for the last year), Z100's popular morning show, on April 22 of that year. Despite having shared the post with other hosts (such as Elliot Segal , now at WWDC ) through the years, Duran remains the "Head Zookeeper" to this day. By December 1996, Z100 was a full-time Top 40 station again. Chancellor merged with Evergreen in 1997, making WKTU

1876-402: The "alternative years". By 1997, more core artists began creating Christmas music. As a result, Z100 reinstated the 24 hours of Christmas that year. It continued until 2004, when it was discontinued due to the desire to counter-program other co-owned stations as well as competitors. From 1997 to 2015, the station also aired a pre-recorded countdown show of the top 100 songs for the year, based on

1943-617: The Adult Contemporary radio format. Conley had a very successful tenure at WBEB B101 FM in Philadelphia. Recently, in addition to his programming duties at WLTW-FM, Conley has been overseeing programming at sister station WKTU The Beat Of New York. Morgan Prue, winner of several Music Director of the Year Awards, stayed on as the station's Music Director and Assistant Program Director. Upon Prue's departure, to pursue

2010-491: The Carpenters. At this point, the station's ratings were at or near the top compared with other New York City radio stations. By the mid-1990s, with WPAT-FM adapting a Spanish adult contemporary format, WPLJ adapting a hot adult contemporary format, and WMXV switching to a modern adult contemporary format, WLTW segued to a mainstream adult contemporary format with a more uptempo direction than before, and phased out

2077-502: The FCC to deny the station's license renewal; ultimately the petition was denied. WKHK would suffer from low ratings, as they were unable to compete with WHN (1050 AM), which also had a country music format at the time. On January 23, 1984, Viacom dropped country music and turned 106.7 into an MOR station–with new call letters WLTW and on-air branding of "Lite FM". Initially they were an easy listening station without anything that would be classified as " elevator music ". At this point,

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2144-489: The SiriusXM platform as well, thus pushing remaining listeners to the iHeartRadio platform. Z100 broadcasts a mainstream Top 40 format. A majority of the music played on Z100 tends to be pop, R&B , alternative , hip-hop , rock, EDM , and dance. On Air with Ryan Seacrest , syndicated nationally via Premiere Networks , is heard daily. The station is the New York home for Premiere Networks' American Top 40 , which

2211-460: The WNCN/WQIV drama concluded, Sonderling Broadcasting stepped in and bought WRVR from Riverside Church for just over $ 2 million. Sonderling already owned WWRL (1600 AM), and hoped that it could move WWRL's Urban contemporary format to FM as a counter-move against WBLS (107.5 FM), which had cut into WWRL's ratings. Like the WNCN/WQIV situation, community opposition tried to stop sale of

2278-472: The biggest stars in the world including Lady Gaga , Katy Perry , Justin Bieber , David Guetta , Pitbull , and LMFAO . From 1983 to 1991 and from 1997 to 2004, Z100 aired the "24 Hours Of Christmas" from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. Sometimes it began at noon, and other years it would be as late as 2 pm. It was one of the first major-market Top 40 stations to play wall-to-wall Christmas music at

2345-483: The call sign WHTZ, went back on the air at 6:08 a.m. on August 2, 1983, with new program director and morning jock Scott Shannon . The first two songs ever played on the station were " Eye of the Tiger " by Survivor , and " America " by Neil Diamond . The station's call sign represents the word "hits" with a Z, a fact pointed out in an early station advertising campaign where it was proclaimed that 'finally, there's

2412-413: The channel name "Lite". WLTW on XM was replaced by The Blend on February 2, 2004. In 2004, all XM music channels went commercial free, and WLTW was replaced with a unique-to-XM channel called Sunny, which had an easy listening format. Since then, Clear Channel has regained the right to air commercials on their XM music channels. Sunny then began carrying commercials, but was still exclusive to XM. After

2479-407: The character to New York. As of 2020, the morning show includes Elvis Duran , Danielle Monaro, Gandhi, Froggy, Skeery Jones, David Brody, "Straight Nate" Marino, producer Sam, Garrett, Scotty B, Coaster Boy Josh, Diamond, and Producer Jake. The Z100 Morning Show features "Danielle's Entertainment Report," News Reports with Gandhi, "Phone Taps" (prank calls to an unsuspecting friend or relative of

2546-507: The church's bell tower. As time went on, WRVR was a full-time jazz station with a strong audience following but low ratings. In mid-1974 Riverside Church looked to cut its losses and sell WRVR, but with a preferred condition that the station's jazz format be preserved. At the same time, classical music-formatted WNCN (104.3 FM, now sister station WAXQ ) was in the process of a controversial format change to Album oriented rock , with new call letters WQIV. A group of WNCN audience members formed

2613-425: The company's cost cutting that were going on at all the other Clear Channel stations in preparation for their conversion the leveraged buyout that took the company from public to private ownership in 2006, but rather from their desire to improve ratings. The syndicated Delilah show, distributed by sister company Premiere Radio Networks , replaced Kennedy's local evening lovesongs show on November 20, 2006, bringing

2680-425: The end of 1994, the majority of the station's music consisted of alternative rock with only a few non-modern-rock-based songs per hour (mostly the big current hits). The station still played the current popular hits by mainstream artists such as Madonna , TLC , Janet Jackson , Mariah Carey , Seal , Bon Jovi , and others; notably, though, Z100 snubbed several big pop hits in 1995 such as " Have You Ever Really Loved

2747-481: The harder alternative songs were phased out. Though it initially seemed that Z100 was becoming a modern AC station, beginning that summer, the station gradually began to move back to a mainstream top 40 format, as it added pop music from such formats as R&B, rap, and adult contemporary . Late in July 1996, dance music returned to "Planet Z." One of Poleman's biggest moves was to switch DJ Elvis Duran from afternoons to

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2814-425: The hot AC content was toned down for competitor WWFS' (now WNEW-FM ) shift from hot AC to adult contemporary. In 2011, WWFS switched panels to the hot adult contemporary panel from the adult contemporary panel on Nielsen BDS and later Mediabase , giving WWFS more format similarity to rival WPLJ (owned by Cumulus Media ) rather than WLTW or its rimshot rivals ( WFAS-FM / WFAF , WSUS-FM , WKJY or WMGQ ,

2881-498: The latter two on 98.3 FM). Further cost-cutting efforts by Clear Channel caused the departure of longtime station favorites Al "Bernie" Berstein and Valerie Smaldone in early 2008. It was also announced that Program Director Jim Ryan would exit as of May 2008. Chris Conley took over the Program Director Position. Conley was a programming consultant with McVay Media and long-time programming veteran with years in

2948-406: The majority of its soft adult contemporary material. Chancellor Media acquired WLTW and the rest of Viacom's radio group in 1997. In 1999 Chancellor merged with Capstar to form AMFM, which retained WLTW. Finally, in 2000, AMFM merged with Clear Channel Communications, which became iHeartMedia in 2014. WLTW was simulcast nationwide on XM Satellite Radio from 2001 to the end of 2003, under

3015-470: The mid to late 1970s. In 1978 Viacom announced it was purchasing the Sonderling chain, a sale which took a year-and-a-half to become final. When Viacom took over in 1980, the call letters were changed to WKHK and the station adopted a country music format known as "Kick 106.7 FM". The format change took place in the middle of the night and brought many protests from New York jazz fans, who petitioned

3082-488: The most listened-to top-40 station in the United States . He also brought all five New York City Clear Channel stations into the top 15. This United States biographical article related to radio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . WHTZ WHTZ (100.3 FM ) is a commercial top 40 station licensed to Newark, New Jersey , and broadcasting to the New York metropolitan area . It

3149-586: The non-profit WNCN Listeners Guild and attempted to block the station's then-owner, Starr Broadcasting, from making the format switch. After their efforts failed, the WNCN Listeners Guild partnered with GAF Corporation and briefly entered negotiations with Riverside Church to purchase WRVR and switch its programming to classical. The rock format on 104.3 FM would last less than a year, as GAF announced it would purchase WQIV in July 1975 and restore 104.3 FM to its former call sign and programming. As

3216-408: The sale closing that August. In July, Bryan left the morning show; in November, John Lander became morning show host. Also that year, Z100 dropped the older songs and began mixing in a moderate amount of rock music which wasn't normally being played on top 40 stations. Initially, the station had a rock lean, but during the course of 1994, alternative rock began to become prevalent on the station. By

3283-422: The show was known as Elvis Duran and The (Y/Z) Morning Zoo . By July 2008, the "Zoo" references were later replaced with "Show". In March 2009, Clear Channel subsidiary Premiere Radio Networks added Elvis Duran and the Morning Show to its blue-ribbon lineup of nationally syndicated radio programs and is now heard coast to coast on over 70 stations. Elvis Duran and the Morning Show had both its 20th anniversary as

3350-433: The show. In June 2006, Cubby left Z100 to co-host the nationally syndicated " Wake Up With Whoopi " Goldberg program, which was heard on WKTU until Goldberg left that station. Songs that were released in the final quarter of the year could have been problematic; if a song is very popular during the last three months of the year and is in high rotation, it would often peak higher than a song that had been in medium rotation for

3417-773: The station played music from such artists as Barbra Streisand , Frank Sinatra , the Carpenters , Dionne Warwick , Kenny Rogers , Tony Bennett , Andy Williams , Barry Manilow , Simon & Garfunkel , James Taylor , and the Stylistics . The station also played softer songs from such artists as Elton John , Elvis Presley , the Beatles , the Everly Brothers , the Righteous Brothers and Billy Joel . The station would not play any new music except for new songs by artists that were familiar to listeners of

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3484-682: The station was additionally simulcast on SiriusXM satellite radio channel 12; the station remained available on its streaming service until 2022. The first station to operate on 100.3  MHz was New York's fourth FM radio station, which signed on the air June 1, 1942, as W63NY at 46.3 MHz in the old FM band. The station, which had become WHNF when it moved to 100.3, was co-owned with WHN and played easy listening music. After WHN changed its call sign to WMGM in 1948, WHNF followed suit by changing their call letters to WMGM-FM. The station shut down in February 1955 and surrendered its license to

3551-484: The station. Sonderling ultimately took control of WRVR in October 1976 after over a year of delays. The listeners' protests did prevent the proposed change, and WRVR remained a jazz station under Sonderling ownership. At that time it developed the precursor to what would later become known as the " smooth jazz " format. While it played Jazz music, it was allowed to report to Radio & Records Album Oriented Rock chart in

3618-534: The station. With this format change, ratings did increase from its previously low levels. By the late 1980s, WLTW started to play songs from such artists as Whitney Houston , Chicago , Foreigner , the Doobie Brothers and Bruce Springsteen . As other competing New York City stations changed their focus, the station stayed with their soft adult contemporary format, even though they were phasing out songs from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, and

3685-489: The syndicated show to the full New York market for the first time. Prior to WLTW picking her show up, Delilah was only heard in outer portions of the New York market from stations in neighboring areas, such as WEZN-FM . In a departure from her normal format, Delilah and her syndicator are allowing Ryan to program the music on the WLTW's version of Delilah, instead of the selections that are sent to her other affiliates. On April 2, 2007, just after April Fool's Day, WLTW removed

3752-500: The syndicated weekend program Ellen K Weekend Show hosted by KOST 103.5 Los Angeles radio personality and former On Air with Ryan Seacrest co-host Ellen K . A link to 106.7 FM's days as Riverside Church-owned WRVR remains on WLTW in the present day. A recorded sermon from Riverside Church airs on the station at 5:00 am on Sunday mornings, as part of WLTW's non-music public affairs programming. Like-other Lite FM-branded and iHeartMedia-owned mainstream AC stations, during

3819-407: The time. The music consisted of Christmas songs by the station's core artists mixed with well-known Christmas music by oldies artists and some traditional easy listening type artists. The station played about 125 songs in total, which were repeated over this 24-hour period. When Scott Shannon arrived at WPLJ, he began the same tradition there in 1991. Z100 discontinued the tradition in 1992 and during

3886-489: The top, Z100 once again became the highest-rated station in New York City, scoring a 5.1 rating in persons 12+ in the Summer book. That marked the first number-one finish for the station since the 1980s, according to Clear Channel New York programming guru Tom Poleman. It also scored a first-place among the 18-34 demographic in the book, as well as a second place in the 25–54 demo. In 2008, remixer Jason Nevins joined Z100 for

3953-504: The total number of song spins, listener requests, and weekly playlist success (peak position, weeks on). The show was then repeated an average of once a day over the following week, with a final broadcast airing in January. Between 1997 and 2004, the countdown began at noon on Christmas Day after the "24 Hours Of Christmas"; the start date moved to Christmas Eve in 2005, which was the last year where Elvis Duran and Paul "Cubby" Bryant hosted

4020-474: The winter of 1995. On November 18, 2006, for the second year in a row, the station switched to all Christmas music on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, becoming the first station in the New York media market to do so. They did so the same day as WALK-FM , a Long Island -based station which shares a good portion of their listening audience. At some points during the 2008 holiday season, WLTW would draw as much as

4087-530: Was "WVNJoy's beautiful music by day, jazz by night". In May 1983, plans were made for 100.3 FM to be purchased by Cleveland-based Malrite Communications. Malrite moved the station's studios to Secaucus, New Jersey and the transmitter to the Empire State Building. In addition, new management announced plans for a top 40 format. The sale became final on August 1, 1983, and WVNJ-FM ceased broadcasting on 100.3 that night. The station, which now had

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4154-482: Was brought in to be WHTZ's first night jock. His show became a huge success, mainly due to his feature called "Hollywood's Midnight Lovelines". On November 8, 2019, Hamilton was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. On August 28, 1987, Epic Records sued WHTZ for playing Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett's song " I Just Can't Stop Loving You " the day before it was supposed to debut. The song

4221-462: Was employed at WKCI-FM and WAVZ New Haven and WALK Long Island . Poleman started as a DJ at Cornell University 's commercial, student-owned radio station WVBR-FM in Ithaca and served as its program director during his senior year, prior to graduating in 1986. Tom Poleman is credited with bringing Z100 from #18 in the market to the top five, doubling its ratings in two years, and making it

4288-542: Was named top pop programmer of the year by Billboard . He succeeded programmer Sharon Dastur, as Dastur took on a position at iHeartRadio, Z100's parent company. On June 18, 2020, SiriusXM removed the WHTZ simulcast from its satellite radio service, continuing to offer the station on streaming packages. This was followed by its removal from the SiriusXM service altogether in June 2022, alongside corporate sibling KIIS-FM leaving

4355-655: Was removed in 2007, then brought back during spring 2014. Another former slogan was "Today's Best Music". In 2010 WHTZ changed its own logo. WHTZ-HD2 was the flagship station for Nick Radio , a top 40 station aimed at children and pre-teens which broadcasts nationwide through iHeartRadio's app and uses WHTZ personnel. The station was launched in late September 2013 and was quietly shut down in late July 2019. On September 16, 2014, Clear Channel, WHTZ's owners, renamed themselves to their current name of iHeartMedia after its increasingly successful iHeartRadio Internet radio platform. In 2017, Mark Medina, program director of WHTZ,

4422-422: Was supposed to be released on July 21, 1987, but WHTZ played it on the afternoon of July 20. Wilson was replaced in July 1990 with Gary Bryan , who came over from WPLJ. On June 6, 1991, WHTZ was accused of making sexist and racist comments when Steve Kingston told listeners to "be a JAP (Jewish-American princess) for a day." The station also played games with viewers such as "JAP trivia" and they also created

4489-480: Was undergoing a crisis at this point. The station was sold in a corporate deal to Chancellor Media. In April 1996, the station brought in Tom Poleman as its new programming director. Initially, at that point, Z100 dropped all non-modern rock titles and began playing strictly pop alternative. (In addition, "Planet Z" became a new wave show as well.) By May 1996, Z100 began gradually replacing its on-air staff, and

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