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WHQT
Coral Gables, Florida;
Broadcast area	South Florida
Frequency	105.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Hot 105
Programming
Format	Urban adult contemporary
Subchannels	HD2: Gospel/Inspirational
Ownership
Owner	Cox Media Group; (Cox Radio, LLC);
Sister stations	WEDR, WFLC, WFEZ
History
First air date	November 15, 1958 (as WVCG-FM)
Former call signs	WVCG-FM (1958–1968); WYOR (1968–1983); WEZI (1983–1985)
Call sign meaning	W HQT (Disambiguation of the word "Hot")
Technical information
Facility ID	72982
Class	C0
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	307 meters (1,007 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	hot105fm.com

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WHQT (105.1 FM, "Hot 105") is a commercial radio station owned by Cox Media Group and airing an urban adult contemporary radio format. The station is licensed to Coral Gables and it serves South Florida including the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood radio market.

WHQT's studios and offices are located in Hollywood along with its sister stations WEDR, WFLC, and WFEZ. It is licensed as a Class C0 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, broadcasting from a transmitter site in Miami Gardens, which also serves as the site for eleven other FM radio stations and five TV stations. The station uses HD Radio technology and offers contemporary Gospel music, branded as "Joy 105", on the HD2 channel.

"Hot 105" airs the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show from 6 to 10 a.m.

History

Early years

On November 15, 1958, 105.1 FM signed on as WVCG-FM.^[1] It simulcast its AM sister station, 1070 WVCG (now 1080 WQOS), the "Voice of Coral Gables." WVCG was the first classical music station in Florida, and was the first FM station in Florida to broadcast in stereo. In 1968, the station became WYOR, "YOuR beautiful music station", airing mostly instrumental versions of popular songs and music from Broadway and Hollywood. WYOR promoted itself using an FM radio dial card, listing WYOR at 105.1 along with the dial positions of other FM stations in the Miami radio market. The card was updated each year.

The station enjoyed a grandfathered license, allowing it to transmit with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 160,000 watts while most Miami FM stations ran with much less power. Its signal really wasn't much stronger than other stations because its antenna was under sixty meters (200 feet) height above average terrain (HAAT). The grandfathered power ended when the transmitter was relocated to a 600-foot tower in downtown Miami in the early 1970s. The station's power then dropped to 100,000 watts, similar to other Miami FM outlets.

In 1983, the station was sold to EZ Communications, which changed its call sign to WEZI, and rebranded as "E-Z 105." The station continued with its easy listening format, although it began making the transition to a soft adult contemporary format by reducing the instrumentals and adding more vocals. By the mid 1980s, the audience for the easy listening format was aging, while advertisers prefer younger to middle-aged listeners.

Hot 105

On January 10, 1985, at 6 a.m., the station changed to a hybrid CHR/Urban Contemporary (or "CHUrban") format as WHQT under the new moniker "Hot 105". "Yo Little Brother" by Nolan Thomas was the first song for WHQT. The station's initial musical slant was described as "triethnic", playing a mix of R&B, Freestyle Dance, Hip-Hop, and Pop hits, all targeted at Miami's young black, white, and Hispanic audience, but by 1987, WHQT moved a bit closer to Mainstream Top 40, playing a larger dose of contemporary artists popular at the time such as Rick Astley, Madonna and Def Leppard. Another notable feature of the station during this era was a no DJ music intensive daypart from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., predating the current trend in automated jockless radio.

With fierce competition from Y-100 and Power 96, Hot 105 dropped their highly successful Mainstream Top 40/CHUrban format and went into a full-fledged Urban Contemporary format in September 1988 with the new slogan The fresh new sound of Hot 105. The main competitor was soon to be future sister station, WEDR (99 Jamz). The two stations competed for the 18-49 year old African-American demographic until 1992, when WHQT evolved to Urban Adult Contemporary. Around that time, Cox purchased both stations, which led to the end of their competition.

For some time, Hot 105 was the only Adult R&B/Soul station in the market until October 2006, when it gained competition from WMIB, a former Hip Hop station that moved to Urban AC under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia, Inc.). WMIB returned to Urban Contemporary in late 2008.

Tom Joyner

Hot 105 was one of the original affiliates of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show when it debuted in 1994. The show now has about 100 affiliates around the U.S. Joyner announced he would retire from the show in 2019.

NAB Radio Award

WHQT has been committed to public service and excellence in the Miami community for over three decades. WHQT has won the prestigious NAB Marconi Radio Award for "Urban Station of the Year" under Director of Branding and Programming Phil Michaels-Trueba, 4 times, starting in 2014, and then again in 2017, 2019, and most recently in 2023. Michaels-Trueba has been associated with Hot 105 on and off since 1991 when he started as an intern and rose through the ranks thru 1999 and returned as Program Director in March 2006. In 2023, Phil Michaels-Trueba was promoted to Director of Operations.

Former program directors

Previous program directors include Jeff Tyson, Bob McKay, Bill Tanner, Keith Isley, Hector Hannibal, Tony Kidd, Derrick Brown, Tony Fields and Duff Lindsey.

References

^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-130

External links

Hot 105 FM Website
Facility details for Facility ID 72982 (WHQT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WHQT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

25°58′05″N 80°12′32″W / 25.968°N 80.209°W / 25.968; -80.209

[1] Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-130

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-| name      = WHQT
+| name             = WHQT
-| image     = WHQT-FM Hot 105.svg
+| logo             = WHQT-FM Hot 105.svg
-| city      = [[Coral Gables, Florida]]
+| city             = [[Coral Gables, Florida]]
-| area      = [[South Florida]]
+| area             = [[South Florida]]
-| branding  = ''Hot 105''
+| branding         = ''Hot 105''
+| frequency        = 105.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
-| slogan    = ''Today's R&B and Old School''
+| airdate          = November 15, 1958 (as WVCG-FM)
-| frequency = 105.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
+| format           = [[Urban adult contemporary]]
-| airdate   = November 15, 1958 (as WVCG-FM)
+| subchannels = HD2: Gospel/Inspirational
-| format    = [[Urban Adult Contemporary]]<br>HD2: Classic Soul
-| erp       = 100,000 [[watt]]s
+| erp              = 100,000 [[watt]]s
-| haat      = 307 meters (1007 ft)
+| haat             = {{ Convert|307| meters}}
-| class     = C0
+| class            = C0
-| facility_id = 72982
+| facility_id      = 72982
 | callsign_meaning = '''W HQT''' (Disambiguation of the word "Hot")
-| former_callsigns = WVCG-FM (1958-1968)<br>WYOR (1968-1983)<br>WEZI (1983-1985)
+| former_callsigns = WVCG-FM (1958–1968)<br>WYOR (1968–1983)<br>WEZI (1983–1985)
-| owner     = [[Cox Enterprises|Cox Media Group]]
+| owner            = [[Cox Media Group]]
-| licensee  = Cox Radio, Inc.
+| licensee         = Cox Radio, LLC
-| affiliations = [[Westwood One (current)|Westwood One Network]]
 | sister_stations  = [[WEDR]], [[WFLC]], [[WFEZ (FM)|WFEZ]]
-| webcast   = [http://www.hot105fm.com/stream/ Listen Live]
+| webcast          = [https://www.hot105fm.com/stream/ Listen Live]
-| website   = [http://hot105fm.com/ www.hot105fm.com]
+| website          = [https://www.hot105fm.com/ hot105fm.com]
 }}
-'''WHQT''' (105.1 [[Hertz|MHz]] "Hot 105 FM"), is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[FM radio|FM]] [[radio station]] owned by the [[Cox Enterprises|Cox Media Group]] and airing an [[urban adult contemporary]] [[radio format]].  The station is [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] and it serves [[South Florida]] including the [[Miami]]-[[Fort Lauderdale]]-[[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]] [[media market|radio market]].
+'''WHQT''' (105.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "Hot 105") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] owned by [[Cox Media Group]] and airing an [[urban adult contemporary]] [[radio format]].  The station is [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] and it serves [[South Florida]] including the [[Miami]]-[[Fort Lauderdale]]-[[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]] [[media market|radio market]].
-WHQT's studios and offices are located in Hollywood along with its [[sister station]]s [[WEDR]], [[WFLC]], and [[WFEZ (FM)|WFEZ]].  It is licensed as a [[List of broadcast station classes|Class C0]] station with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 100,000 [[watt]]s, broadcasting from a [[transmitter]] site in [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]], which also serves as the tower for ten other FM radio stations and several TV stations.  The station uses [[HD Radio]] technology and offers traditional (1950s, 60s and 70s) [[rhythm and blues]] music, branded as "Classic Soul," on the HD2 channel. Jerry Rushin handles imaging [[voice-over]] announcements.
+WHQT's studios and offices are located in Hollywood along with its [[sister station]]s [[WEDR]], [[WFLC]], and [[WFEZ (FM)|WFEZ]].  It is licensed as a [[List of broadcast station classes|Class C0]] station with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 100,000 [[watt]]s, broadcasting from a [[transmitter]] site in [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]], which also serves as the site for eleven other FM radio stations and five TV stations.  The station uses [[HD Radio]] technology and offers contemporary [[Gospel music]], branded as "Joy 105", on the HD2 channel.
-Hot 105 airs the [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] ''[[Tom Joyner Morning Show]]'' from 6 to 10 a.m. and the ''[[Michael Baisden]] Show'' in afternoon [[drive time]].
+"Hot 105" airs the [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] ''[[Rickey Smiley]] Morning Show'' from 6 to 10 a.m.
 ==History==
-===Early Years===
+===Early years===
-On November 15, 1958, 105.1 FM [[sign-on|signed on]] as '''WVCG-FM'''.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1960/B%201%20Radio%20Yearbook%201960.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-130]</ref>  It [[simulcast]] its AM [[sister station]], 1070 WVCG (now 1080 [[WKAT]]), the "Voice of Coral Gables."  WVCG was the first [[classical music]] station in Florida and WVCG-FM was the first FM station in Florida to broadcast in [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]].  In 1968, the station became '''WYOR''', "YOuR [[beautiful music]] station," airing mostly instrumental versions of popular songs and music from [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Hollywood]].   WYOR promoted itself using an FM radio dial card, listing WYOR at 105.1 along with the dial positions of other FM stations in the Miami radio market.  The card was updated each year.
+On November 15, 1958, 105.1 FM [[sign-on|signed on]] as '''WVCG-FM'''.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1960/B%201%20Radio%20Yearbook%201960.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-130]</ref>  It [[simulcast]] its AM [[sister station]], 1070 WVCG (now 1080 [[WQOS (AM)|WQOS]]), the "Voice of Coral Gables."  WVCG was the first [[classical music]] station in Florida, and was the first FM station in Florida to broadcast in [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]].  In 1968, the station became '''WYOR''', "YOuR [[beautiful music]] station", airing mostly instrumental versions of popular songs and music from [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].   WYOR promoted itself using an FM radio dial card, listing WYOR at 105.1 along with the dial positions of other FM stations in the Miami radio market.  The card was updated each year.
 The station enjoyed a [[Grandfather clause|grandfathered]] license, allowing it to transmit with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 160,000 watts while most Miami FM stations ran with much less power.   Its signal really wasn't much stronger than other stations because its antenna was under sixty meters (200&nbsp;feet) [[height above average terrain]] (HAAT).  The grandfathered power ended when the transmitter was relocated to a 600-foot tower in downtown Miami in the early 1970s.  The station's power then dropped to 100,000 watts, similar to other Miami FM outlets.
-In 1983, the station was sold to [[EZ Communications]] which changed its [[call sign]] to '''WEZI''' as "E-Z 105."  The station continued with its [[easy listening]] sound, although it began making the transition to a [[soft adult contemporary]] format by reducing the instrumentals and adding more vocals.  But by the mid 1980s, the audience for the easy listening format was aging, while advertisers prefer younger to middle-aged listeners.
+In 1983, the station was sold to [[EZ Communications]], which changed its [[call sign]] to '''WEZI''', and rebranded as "E-Z 105."  The station continued with its [[easy listening]] format, although it began making the transition to a [[soft adult contemporary]] format by reducing the instrumentals and adding more vocals.  By the mid 1980s, the audience for the easy listening format was aging, while advertisers prefer younger to middle-aged listeners.
 ===Hot 105===
-On January 10 of 1985 at 6 a.m., the station changed to a [[Contemporary Hit Radio|CHR]]/[[Urban Contemporary]] or CHUrban format as '''WHQT''' under their new moniker ''"The All New Hot 105"''. "Yo Little Brother" by [[Nolan Thomas]] was the first song for WHQT. The station's initial musical slant was described as "triethnic," playing a mix of [[R&B]], [[Latin Freestyle|Freestyle]] [[Dance Music|Dance]], [[Hip Hop Music|Hip-Hop]], and CHR hits, all targeted at Miami's young black, white, and Hispanic audience, but by 1987, WHQT moved a bit closer to Mainstream Top 40, playing a larger dose of contemporary artists popular at the time such as [[Rick Astley]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Def Leppard]], another notable feature of the station during this era was a no [[Disc Jockey|DJ]] music intensive daypart from 9am to 5pm, predating the current trend in [[automation|automated]] jockless radio.
+On January 10, 1985, at 6 a.m., the station changed to a hybrid [[Contemporary Hit Radio|CHR]]/[[Urban Contemporary]] (or "CHUrban") format as '''WHQT''' under the new moniker "Hot 105". "Yo Little Brother" by [[Nolan Thomas]] was the first song for WHQT. The station's initial musical slant was described as "triethnic", playing a mix of [[R&B]], [[Latin Freestyle|Freestyle]] [[Dance Music|Dance]], [[Hip Hop Music|Hip-Hop]], and [[Pop Music|Pop]] hits, all targeted at Miami's young black, white, and Hispanic audience, but by 1987, WHQT moved a bit closer to Mainstream Top 40, playing a larger dose of contemporary artists popular at the time such as [[Rick Astley]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Def Leppard]]. Another notable feature of the station during this era was a no [[Disc Jockey|DJ]] music intensive daypart from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., predating the current trend in [[Broadcast automation|automated]] jockless radio.
-But with fierce competition from Y-100 [[WHYI]] and Power 96 [[WPOW]], Hot 105 dropped their highly successful Mainstream Top 40/CHUrban format and went into a full-fledged Urban Contemporary format in late 1988 with the new slogan ''"The fresh new sound of Hot 105"''. The main competitor was soon to be future sister station, [[WEDR]] a.k.a. ''"99 Jamz"''  The two stations competed for the 18-49 [[African-American]] [[demographic]] until 1992, when WHQT evolved to Urban Adult Contemporary.  Around that time Cox purchased both stations which led to the end of their competition.
+With fierce competition from [[WHYI|Y-100]] and [[WPOW|Power 96]], Hot 105 dropped their highly successful Mainstream Top 40/CHUrban format and went into a full-fledged Urban Contemporary format in September 1988 with the new slogan ''The fresh new sound of Hot 105''. The main competitor was soon to be future sister station, [[WEDR]] (''99 Jamz''). The two stations competed for the 18-49 year old [[African-American]] [[demographic]] until 1992, when WHQT evolved to Urban Adult Contemporary.  Around that time, Cox purchased both stations, which led to the end of their competition.
-For some time Hot 105 was the only Adult R&B/Soul station in the market until October [[2006 in radio|2006]] when it gained competition from 103.5 [[WMIB]], a former [[Hip Hop]] station that moved to Urban AC under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications (now [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]).   WMIB returned to Urban Contemporary in late [[2008 in radio|2008]].
+For some time, Hot 105 was the only Adult R&B/Soul station in the market until October [[2006 in radio|2006]], when it gained competition from [[WMIB]], a former [[Hip Hop]] station that moved to Urban AC under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications (now [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]).   WMIB returned to Urban Contemporary in late [[2008 in radio|2008]].
 ===Tom Joyner===
-Hot 105 was one of the original [[network affiliate|affiliate]]s of the nationally syndicated ''[[Tom Joyner Morning Show]]'' when it debuted in 1994.  The show now has about 100 affiliates around the U.S.  Joyner has announced he will be retiring from the show in 2019.
+Hot 105 was one of the original [[network affiliate|affiliate]]s of the nationally syndicated ''[[Tom Joyner Morning Show]]'' when it debuted in 1994.  The show now has about 100 affiliates around the U.S.  Joyner announced he would retire from the show in 2019.
 ===NAB Radio Award===
-WHQT has been committed to public service in the Miami community for over three decades. In 2014, WHQT won a prestigious [[NAB Marconi Radio Award]] for "Urban Station of the Year" under Program Director Phil Michaels-Trueba.  He has been associated with Hot 105 on and off since 1991 when he started as an intern and rose through the ranks thru 1999.  He returned as Program Director in March 2006.
+WHQT has been committed to public service and excellence in the Miami community for over three decades. WHQT has won the prestigious [[NAB Marconi Radio Award]] for "Urban Station of the Year" under Director of Branding and Programming Phil Michaels-Trueba, 4 times, starting in 2014, and then again in 2017, 2019, and most recently in 2023.  Michaels-Trueba has been associated with Hot 105 on and off since 1991 when he started as an intern and rose through the ranks thru 1999 and returned as Program Director in March 2006. In 2023, Phil Michaels-Trueba was promoted to Director of Operations.
-===Former Program Directors===
+===Former program directors===
 Previous program directors include Jeff Tyson, Bob McKay, Bill Tanner, Keith Isley, Hector Hannibal, Tony Kidd, Derrick Brown, Tony Fields and Duff Lindsey.
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 ==External links==
 *[http://hot105fm.com/ ''Hot 105 FM'' Website]
-*{{FM station data|WHQT}}
+*{{FM station data|72982|WHQT}}
 {{Miami Radio}}
+{{Urban Radio Stations in Florida}}
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+{{COXMG}}
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 [[Category:Radio stations in Florida|HQT]]
-[[Category:Urban adult contemporary radio stations]]
+[[Category:Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States]]
-[[Category:Cox Radio]]
+[[Category:Cox Media Group]]
 [[Category:Radio stations established in 1958]]
 [[Category:Coral Gables, Florida]]

v t e Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of Florida
By frequency	900 980 1230 1330 1350 1390 1490 90.5 91.1 93.3 94.5 96.1 98.5 99.1 99.1 99.3 101.5 101.5 102.3 103.5 104.7 105.1 106.1 106.5 107.3
By callsign	WAJD WANM WCFB WEBZ WEDR WFFY WFLM WHBX WHJX WHQT WJBT WMBX WMIB WMOP WQCP WRBD WRGV WRNE WRRX WRWS-LP WSIR WSOL-FM WTBV WWAB WZKO
By community of license	Callahan Coral Gables Daytona Beach (WCFB) Daytona Beach (WRWS-LP) Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers Fort Pierce Gainesville (WAJD) Gainesville (WRBD) Gulf Breeze (WRNE) Gulf Breeze (WRRX) Jensen Beach Lakeland Mexico Beach Miami Ocala Palm Beach Shores Pensacola Ponte Vedra Beach San Carlos Park St. Petersburg Tallahassee (WANM) Tallahassee (WHBX) Winter Haven Yulee
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida