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WFRQ
WFRQ (93.5 FM) — branded as 93.5/94.7 Frank FM — is a radio station licensed to Harwich Port, Massachusetts. It serves the Cape Cod market with an adult hits format. The station is also heard on 102.9 WPXC-HD2 (Hyannis) via HD Radio and on 94.7 W234DP (Hyannis), a translator of WPXC-HD2. Unlike other Frank FM stations launched in the mid-2000s, this Frank FM station was patterned after Jack FM. It currently plays a broad selection of music from the 1960s to present.
WFAL (101.1) went on the air on February 12, 1987, under the ownership of Schooner Broadcasting, with principals Linda Baines and Brenda Westgate. WFXR (93.5) went on the air on May 18, 1989, with a satellite delivered soft rock format. In the fall of 1991, the owners of WFXR purchased WFAL. This deal was inked two days after a historic rule change by the Federal Communications Commission. The new rules allowed one entity to own two FM stations in the same market. This deal was the second in the nation to win FCC approval.
In the fall of 1991, WFXR and WFAL began simulcasting. The stations were then known as "Fox Radio 93-5 and 101 FM" with a soft rock format focused heavily on 1980s music. In 1993, the stations were sold to Omni Broadcasting (then owners of WCOD-FM). After stunting for a week with Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like An Eagle", the format changed to country as "Cape Country 93-5 and 101 FM". With the exception of its local morning show featuring Keith Lemire and Joe Rossetti, programming was provided by Jones Radio Networks' "U.S. Country", (what is now "Mainstream Country" by Westwood One) a live 24-hour satellite-delivered music format from Denver, Colorado.
Omni was soon sold to Paul Levesque. With the failure of country music to attract an audience, another format change was made. WFXR became WUNX, while WFAL became WUNZ. Both stations continued their simulcast as an affiliate of the "Underground Network", a network of alternative rock stations that included WIBF ("WDRE Philly") in Philadelphia and WDRE on Long Island. The stations were then known as "UN 93.5 and 101.1" with the slogan "Cape Cod's Rock Alternative".
WUNX and WUNZ were sold to Ernie Boch's Boch Broadcasting in 1995, and the stations quickly took different paths. WUNX became WJCO, and adopted a satellite-delivered adult contemporary music format as "Coast 93.5", while WUNX became WWKJ, and adopted a satellite-delivered classic rock format as "KJ-101".
In 1998, WJCO stunted for a week with Chumbawamba's hit "Tubthumping". WJCO then became WYST, relaunching as hot adult contemporary-formatted "Star 93-5" with the slogan "Continuous Hit Music". The format was again satellite-delivered by Jones Radio Networks "Adult Hit Radio" (what is now "Hot AC" by Westwood One). The station's voiceover talent was Mark Driscoll and two jingles were added from the 1989 JAM Creative Productions "Breakthrough" package. Star 93-5's morning show was provided by WPLJ New York's "Scott & Todd in the Morning". Scott & Todd's syndication attempt didn't last long, as it ended in October 1998. In 1999, after a period of a music-intensive morning show, the morning show was replaced locally with the satellite-delivered Charlotte-based "Bob & Sheri" show, and the station's slogan changed to "Today's Best Music".
In the spring of 1999, WYST dropped the satellite provided format and morning show. The station became automated locally with no DJs and a very narrow playlist of current artists from the CHR format. The hits lasted until late 1999, when the station again changed to a satellite-delivered oldies format as "Oldies 93.5".
In 2001, Boch brought in a new staff to run the Cape Cod stations. The new staff immediately changed the formats of WYST and WWKJ. WYST became WDVT and was known "93-5 The Vault", playing classic rock. WWKJ became WTWV and was known as "101.1 The Wave" with the slogan "The '80s and More". Before long, "The Vault" was closed and WDVT reverted to a simulcast of "The Wave". In 2002, WTWV began to add more current hits into the mix and it began to sound more like an adult hits station.
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WFRQ
WFRQ (93.5 FM) — branded as 93.5/94.7 Frank FM — is a radio station licensed to Harwich Port, Massachusetts. It serves the Cape Cod market with an adult hits format. The station is also heard on 102.9 WPXC-HD2 (Hyannis) via HD Radio and on 94.7 W234DP (Hyannis), a translator of WPXC-HD2. Unlike other Frank FM stations launched in the mid-2000s, this Frank FM station was patterned after Jack FM. It currently plays a broad selection of music from the 1960s to present.
WFAL (101.1) went on the air on February 12, 1987, under the ownership of Schooner Broadcasting, with principals Linda Baines and Brenda Westgate. WFXR (93.5) went on the air on May 18, 1989, with a satellite delivered soft rock format. In the fall of 1991, the owners of WFXR purchased WFAL. This deal was inked two days after a historic rule change by the Federal Communications Commission. The new rules allowed one entity to own two FM stations in the same market. This deal was the second in the nation to win FCC approval.
In the fall of 1991, WFXR and WFAL began simulcasting. The stations were then known as "Fox Radio 93-5 and 101 FM" with a soft rock format focused heavily on 1980s music. In 1993, the stations were sold to Omni Broadcasting (then owners of WCOD-FM). After stunting for a week with Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like An Eagle", the format changed to country as "Cape Country 93-5 and 101 FM". With the exception of its local morning show featuring Keith Lemire and Joe Rossetti, programming was provided by Jones Radio Networks' "U.S. Country", (what is now "Mainstream Country" by Westwood One) a live 24-hour satellite-delivered music format from Denver, Colorado.
Omni was soon sold to Paul Levesque. With the failure of country music to attract an audience, another format change was made. WFXR became WUNX, while WFAL became WUNZ. Both stations continued their simulcast as an affiliate of the "Underground Network", a network of alternative rock stations that included WIBF ("WDRE Philly") in Philadelphia and WDRE on Long Island. The stations were then known as "UN 93.5 and 101.1" with the slogan "Cape Cod's Rock Alternative".
WUNX and WUNZ were sold to Ernie Boch's Boch Broadcasting in 1995, and the stations quickly took different paths. WUNX became WJCO, and adopted a satellite-delivered adult contemporary music format as "Coast 93.5", while WUNX became WWKJ, and adopted a satellite-delivered classic rock format as "KJ-101".
In 1998, WJCO stunted for a week with Chumbawamba's hit "Tubthumping". WJCO then became WYST, relaunching as hot adult contemporary-formatted "Star 93-5" with the slogan "Continuous Hit Music". The format was again satellite-delivered by Jones Radio Networks "Adult Hit Radio" (what is now "Hot AC" by Westwood One). The station's voiceover talent was Mark Driscoll and two jingles were added from the 1989 JAM Creative Productions "Breakthrough" package. Star 93-5's morning show was provided by WPLJ New York's "Scott & Todd in the Morning". Scott & Todd's syndication attempt didn't last long, as it ended in October 1998. In 1999, after a period of a music-intensive morning show, the morning show was replaced locally with the satellite-delivered Charlotte-based "Bob & Sheri" show, and the station's slogan changed to "Today's Best Music".
In the spring of 1999, WYST dropped the satellite provided format and morning show. The station became automated locally with no DJs and a very narrow playlist of current artists from the CHR format. The hits lasted until late 1999, when the station again changed to a satellite-delivered oldies format as "Oldies 93.5".
In 2001, Boch brought in a new staff to run the Cape Cod stations. The new staff immediately changed the formats of WYST and WWKJ. WYST became WDVT and was known "93-5 The Vault", playing classic rock. WWKJ became WTWV and was known as "101.1 The Wave" with the slogan "The '80s and More". Before long, "The Vault" was closed and WDVT reverted to a simulcast of "The Wave". In 2002, WTWV began to add more current hits into the mix and it began to sound more like an adult hits station.