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WQHT (97.1 FM) – also known as "Hot 97" – is an American radio station licensed to New York City under the corporate ownership of Emmis Communications. [1]

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Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence.

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Adult hits

Adult hits (sometimes also called variety hits) is a radio format that draws from a wide variety of different musical genres.

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Al Bandiero

Al Bandiero is an American film, radio personality, and television actor, known for playing Peter Evans in the television series Desire.

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All-news radio

All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news.

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AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is a radio broadcasting technology, which employs amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike.

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Angie Martinez

Angela "Angie" Martinez (born January 9, 1971) is an American radio personality, rapper, and actress of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican heritage.

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Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and producer with a career that has spanned more than 50 years.

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BET

Black Entertainment Television (BET, stylised as BET★) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the BET Networks division of Viacom.

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Big Pun

Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Black Star (rap duo)

Black Star is an American hip hop duo formed in 1997, from Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

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Brown Sugar (2002 film)

Brown Sugar is a 2002 American romantic comedy film written by Michael Elliott and Rick Famuyiwa, directed by Famuyiwa, and starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan.

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Busta Rhymes

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive and actor.

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C+C Music Factory

C+C Music Factory is an American musical group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés.

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Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station.

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Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author.

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Cash Money Records

Cash Money Records (formerly styled as Ca$h Money Records) is an American record label founded by two brothers, Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams.

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Chuck D

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer.

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Chuck Riley (voice actor)

Charles Daniel Hanks Jr., better known as Chuck Riley, (July 21, 1940 – May 10, 2007) was an American voice-over artist, famous for recording hundreds of movie trailers, television commercials, network promotions, and children's audiobooks.

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Cipha Sounds

Cipha Sounds (born Luis Diaz on April 19, 1976 in Bronx, New York) is an American radio and television personality of Puerto Rican descent.

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City of license

In American, Canadian and Philippine broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Presents is the network's main half-hour program which highlights either one or a series of stand-up comedians each episode.

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Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music (or CCM—and occasionally "inspirational music") is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith.

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Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and the Philippines, that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts.

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Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Michael Richards.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Cumulus Media Networks

Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media.

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D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)

"D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" is a song written by American rapper Jay-Z. It was produced by No I.D. The song was released as a digital download on June 23, 2009, and as the first single from Jay-Z's 11th studio album, The Blueprint 3.

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Dan Charnas

Daniel Louis Charnas (born August 30, 1967)https://twitter.com/dancharnas/status/108638130902532097 is an American author, radio host and record company executive.

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Daniel Ivankovich

Daniel Anthony Ivankovich, MD (born November 23, 1963) is an American orthopedic surgeon, humanitarian, media personality and blues musician with the Chicago Blues All-Stars.

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David Cole (record producer)

David Bryon Cole (June 3, 1962 – January 24, 1995) was an American songwriter and record producer.

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David Morales

David Morales (born August 21, 1962) is a Grammy Award-winning American DJ and record producer.

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Debbie Gibson

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress.

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Demographic profile

Demographic profiling is a tool utilized by marketers so that they may be as efficient as possible with advertising products or services and identifying any possible gaps in their marketing strategy.

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DJ Clue?

Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975), better known as DJ Clue?, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality.

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DJ Cocoa Chanelle

DJ Cocoa Chanelle is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, producer and philanthropist best known for being a radio personality/DJ on New York City's radio station HOT 97 and Kiss FM, as well as being the first DJ ever employed by BET (Black Entertainment Television) on its teen talk show "Teen Summit.".

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DJ Enuff

DJ Enuff (born Ephram Lopez) is a DJ and radio personality from the United States.

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DJ Envy

Raashaun Casey (born September 3, 1977) is an American disc jockey (DJ) better known by his professional name DJ Envy.

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DJ Green Lantern

James D'Agostino (born July 8, 1975), professionally known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American hip hop disc Jockey (DJ) and music producer from Rochester, New York.

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DJ Jazzy Joyce

DJ Jazzy Joyce (born Joyce Spencer) in June 20, 1967 is an American hip hop DJ and producer on New York City's radio station Hot 97.

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DJ Kay Slay

Keith Grayson (born August 14, 1966), professionally known as DJ Kay Slay, is an American hip hop disc jockey (DJ) from New York City.

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DJ Megatron

Corey McGriff (August 11, 1978 – March 27, 2011), better known as DJ Megatron, was a DJ, record producer, rapper, radio and television personality.

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DJ Skribble

DJ Skribble (born October 10, 1968) is an Italian-American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor.

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DJ Whoo Kid

Yves Mondesir (born October 12, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Whoo Kid, is an American–Haitian Hip Hop DJ.

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Doctor Dré

André "Doctor Dré" Brown (born December 5, 1963) is an American radio personality and former MTV VJ.

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music.

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Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter.

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Dr. Dre

Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Dr.

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Eagles (band)

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.

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East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a regional sub genre of hip hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s.

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East Rutherford, New Jersey

East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Easy listening

Easy listening (sometimes known as mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s.

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Ebro Darden

Ibrahim "Ebro" Darden (born March 17, 1975) is an American media executive and radio presenter.

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Ed Lover

James Roberts (born February 12, 1963), better known as Ed Lover, is an American rapper, actor, musician, radio personality, and former MTV VJ.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actor.

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Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications is an American media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Fatman Scoop

Isaac Freeman III (born November 28, 1971), also known as Lawrence Park and better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop, is an American hype man, hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage loud, carrying voice.

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.

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FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.

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Foxy Brown (rapper)

Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand (born September 6, 1978), better known by her stage name Foxy Brown, is a Trinidadian American rapper.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Warren Knuckles Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), was an American DJ, record producer and remixer.

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Freestyle music

Freestyle is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the United States in the 1980s.

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Friscia & Lamboy

Friscia & Lamboy are an electronic music duo.

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Funkmaster Flex

Aston George Taylor Jr. (born August 5, 1968), professionally known as Funkmaster Flex, is an American disc jockey, rapper, record producer, actor, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station.

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Gothamist

Gothamist LLC was the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of 8 city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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HD Radio

HD Radio is a trademarked term for iBiquity's in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data by using a digital signal embedded "on-frequency" immediately above and below a station's standard analog signal, providing the means to listen to the same program in either HD (digital radio with less noise) or as a standard broadcast (analog radio with standard sound quality).

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Hello, Goodbye

"Hello, Goodbye" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Hip hop

Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.

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House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s.

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Howard Hoffman

Howard Hoffman (born October 6, 1954) is an American voice actor and a broadcast branding producer in Portland, OR.

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Hudson Square

Hudson Square is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, approximately bounded by West Houston Street to the north, Canal Street to the south, Varick Street to the east and the Hudson River to the west.

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Hudson Street (Manhattan)

Hudson Street is a north-south oriented street in the New York City borough of Manhattan running from Tribeca to the south, through Hudson Square and Greenwich Village, to the Meatpacking District.

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HumDesi Radio

HumDesi Radio, a division of WorldBand Media, was a South Asian national radio network that broadcast around the clock in New York-New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Inspectah Deck

Jason Hunter (born July 6, 1970), better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the groups Wu-Tang Clan and Czarface.

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J. Paul Emerson

Jimmy Coleman (b. - d. April 9, 2001 in Carlsbad, New Mexico), known professionally as J. Paul Emerson, was an American talk radio personality who held time slots at several big market American radio stations over the course of his career.

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Ja Rule

Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actor from Queens, New York.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969) known professionally as Jay-Z (stylized JAY-Z), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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Jimmy Howes

Jimmy Howes Award Winning radio host and disc jockey personality, Talk Show Host, Chief Engineer, at WGHT Radio, he is also a Musician and Stand-Up Comedian.

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Johnny Vicious

Johnny Vicious (born John Coles) is an American house DJ, producer and remixer.

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Kool DJ Red Alert

Kool DJ Red Alert (born Frederick Crute on November 27, 1956) is an American disc jockey who rose to fame on 98.7 Kiss-FM in New York City, and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of hip hop music and culture.

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Koreans

Koreans (in South Korean; alternatively in North Korean,; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group originating from and native to Korea and southern and central Manchuria.

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KPWR

KPWR (105.9 FM, Power 106) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on an analog signal and in HD Radio.

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La La Anthony

Alani Nicole "La La" Anthony (née Vázquez; born June 25, 1979) is a television personality, New York Times best-selling author, business woman, producer and actress.

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Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.

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Lil' Kim

Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1975 or 1976), known professionally by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, model, and actress.

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Lisa Evers

Lisa Evers (born June 15, 1953) is an American general assignment reporter for FOX 5 News, host of the Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers TV and radio show in New York City, a former high-ranking Guardian Angel, and a long-time community volunteer for urban, youth and children's charities.

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Lisa Glasberg

Lisa Glasberg (born June 6, 1956), better known as Lisa G, is an American radio news personality.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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MARRS

MARRS (stylised M|A|R|R|S) was a 1987 recording collective formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox, which only released one commercial disc.

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Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress.

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McDonald's

McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Media in New York City

The media of New York City are internationally influential and include some of the most important newspapers, largest publishing houses, biggest record companies, and most prolific television studios in the world.

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Mediabase

Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets.

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MetLife Stadium

MetLife Stadium is an American sports stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Middle of the road (music)

Middle of the road (MOR) loosely describes any type of music that falls between popular music and art music, and includes the work of serious composers who write in a lighter style than normal.

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Miss Info

Minya Oh, known by the stage name Miss Info, is a radio presenter.

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Miss Jones (radio personality)

Tarsha Jones, better known as Miss Jones, is a former R&B artist and radio personality.

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Mister Cee

Calvin LeBrun, better known as Mister Cee or DJ Mister Cee (born August 17, 1966), is an American hip hop DJ, and radio personality on New York's RADIO 103.9, and a record producer.

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Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep was an American hip hop music duo from Queens, New York.

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Monitor (NBC Radio)

Monitor was an American weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955 until January 26, 1975.

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Mos Def

Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), best known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American hip hop recording artist, actor, and activist.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Moviefone

Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

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New Jersey State Police

The New Jersey State Police (NJSP), is the official state police force of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area, also referred to as the Tri-State Area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at 4,495 mi2 (11,642 km2).

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Newsday

Newsday is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

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Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actress.

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Nielsen Audio

Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences.

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Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections.

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Peter Rosenberg

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PR Newswire

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Prodigy (rapper)

Albert Johnson (November 2, 1974 – June 20, 2017), better known by his stage name Prodigy, was an American rapper who was one half of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep with Havoc.

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Public Enemy (band)

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Pump Up the Volume (song)

"Pump Up the Volume" is the only single by British recording act S. Recorded and released in 1987, it was a number-one hit in many countries and is regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British acid house music and music sampling.

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R&R (magazine)

R&R (also known as the "new" Radio & Records) was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes.

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Radio format

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Radio station

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Ralph McDaniels

Ralph McDaniels (born February 27, 1962) is a music video director, DJ and VJ.

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Raqiyah Mays

Raqiyah Mays (born November 11, 1975 in Piscataway, New Jersey) is an author, journalist, radio personality, stepmother, and activist.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rhythmic (chart)

The Rhythmic chart (also called Rhythmic Songs, and previously named Rhythmic Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40 and CHR/Rhythmic) is an airplay chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine.

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Rhythmic adult contemporary

Rhythmic adult contemporary is the name of a popular format used on radio stations in the United States and Canada.

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Rhythmic contemporary

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Rick Del Gado

Rick Del Gado is an American radio personality and producer.

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Robert Clivillés

Robert Manuel Clivillés (born July 30, 1964 from About.com) is an American record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole.

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Rock and roll

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Rod Stewart

Sir Roderick David Stewart, (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and songwriter.

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Ruth Westheimer

Ruth Westheimer (born June 4, 1928), better known as Dr.

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Sean Combs

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Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that ran for nine seasons on NBC, from 1989 to 1998.

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Simulcast

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Sklar Brothers

Farrell Randal "Randy" Sklar and Jason Nathan Sklar (born January 12, 1972), professionally known as the Sklar Brothers, are American identical twin comedians and actors.

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Spin (magazine)

Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. The magazine stopped running in print in 2012 and currently runs as a webzine.

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Sprint Corporation

Sprint Corporation is an American telecommunications company that provides wireless services and is an internet service provider.

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Starships (song)

"Starships" is a song by American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her second studio album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012).

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Stephanie Miller

Stephanie Catherine Miller (born September 29, 1961) is an American political commentator, comedian, and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a liberal talk radio program produced in Los Angeles, California by WYD Media Management and syndicated nationally by Westwood One.

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Sunny Anderson

Sunny Anderson (born April 9, 1975) is a Food Network personality.

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Swizz Beatz

Kasseem Dean (born September 13, 1978), better known by his stage name Swizz Beatz, is an American hip hop rapper, DJ and record producer from New York City, New York.

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T-Pain

Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1985), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Carpenters

The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo of Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (b. 1946).

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The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band from San Jose, California.

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The Fader

The Fader (stylized as The FADER) is a NYC-based music magazine launched in 1999 by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen, covering music, style and culture.

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The Game (rapper)

Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979), better known by his stage name The Game (or simply Game), is an American rapper and actor.

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The Lettermen

The Lettermen are an American male pop vocal trio.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Pool Guy

"The Pool Guy" is the 118th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld.

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The Source

The Source is a United States-based monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988.

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The Source Awards (30 Rock)

"The Source Awards" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock.

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Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)

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Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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Toyota

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Tracy Jordan

Tracy Jordan is a fictional character in the American television series 30 Rock, played by the actor Tracy Morgan.

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Travis Scott

Jacques Webster (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format.

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USA for Indonesia

"USA for Indonesia" is a parody sung to the 1985 tune "We Are the World," which was performed by USA for Africa.

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Vic Latino

Vic Latino (born Victor J. Canales in Long Island, New York) is an American radio and television personality of Spanish descent.

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Watt

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Wayne Howell

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We Are the World

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Wendy Williams

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WEPN (AM)

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WEPN-FM

WEPN-FM (98.7 MHz) branded as "ESPN New York 98.7 FM", is an all-sports radio station licensed to New York City.

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WFAN (AM)

WFAN, (660 AM, also known as Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM or The FAN) is a radio station licensed to New York City and is owned and operated by Entercom.

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WFAN-FM

WFAN-FM (101.9 MHz), also known as "Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan", is a commercial FM sports radio station licensed to New York City.

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WHTZ

WHTZ (100.3 FM) – branded Z100 – is a commercial Top 40 (CHR) radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey and serving the New York City metropolitan area.

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WKTU

WKTU (103.5 FM) – branded "103.5 KTU" – is a Rhythmic Hot AC-formatted radio station licensed to Lake Success, New York, a suburb of New York City. WKTU is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios in the AT&T Building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan; its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.

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WLTW

WLTW (106.7 FM, "106.7 Lite FM") is a Mainstream AC formatted radio station licensed to New York City.

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WNBC

WNBC, virtual channel 4 (digital channel 36 (sharing with WNJU)), is the flagship station of the NBC television network, licensed to New York City and serving the New York City metropolitan area. It is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal and operates as part of a television duopoly with WNJU (channel 47). WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC's corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan and its transmitter is located at One World Trade Center. WNBC holds the distinction as the oldest continuously operating commercial television station in the United States. In the few areas of the eastern United States where an NBC station is not receivable over-the-air, WNBC is available on satellite via DirecTV. It is also carried on certain cable providers in markets where an NBC affiliate is unavailable and Dish Network. DirecTV also allows subscribers in Greater Los Angeles to receive WNBC for an additional monthly fee.

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WNBC (AM)

WNBC (660 kHz) was a commercial AM radio station licensed to New York City from 1922 to 1988.

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WNYL (FM)

WNYL is an FM radio station licensed to New York City and owned by Entercom.

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World Trade Center (film)

World Trade Center is a 2006 American disaster drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center.

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WorldBand Media

WorldBand Media Inc. is a North American media company specializing in the production and distribution of ethnic based media content.

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WPAT (AM)

WPAT (930 AM) is the callsign of a radio station licensed to Paterson, New Jersey.

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WPAT-FM

WPAT-FM, known on-air as "93.1 Amor", is a FM radio station with Bachata music of Romeo Santos & Aventura, today's Reggaeton songs, & a couple Spanish AC songs format.

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WPLJ

WPLJ (95.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to New York City and owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media.

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WPWR-TV

WPWR-TV, virtual channel 50 (UHF digital channel 51), is a primary CW-affiliated and secondary MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated television station serving Chicago, Illinois, United States that is licensed to Gary, Indiana.

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Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group from Staten Island, New York City, originally composed of East Coast rappers RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa.

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WWPR-FM

WWPR-FM (105.1 MHz), better known by its branding Power 105.1, is an Urban Contemporary radio station licensed to New York City.

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WYNY (defunct)

WYNY was the call sign of radio stations on three different FM frequencies in or around New York City.

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Yo! MTV Raps

Yo! MTV Raps is a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995.

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2 Chainz

Tauheed Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (formerly Tity Boi), is an American rapper.

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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30 Rock

30 Rock is an American satirical television sitcom created by Tina Fey that ran on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013.

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50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, businessman, and investor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQHT

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