Z 100 NY Radio Station Bumper Sticker 1990s

Description

WHTZ is a commercial top 40/CHR station licensed to Newark, New Jersey and broadcasting to the New York metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, WHTZ is the flagship station for Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.
WHTZ - "Z100" (1983–present)
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Early years
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The station, which now had the callsign
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
.
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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 a new way to spell Hitz!' to advertise the new format.
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Within 74 days of signing on, in autumn 1983, WHTZ had climbed from last place to first in the New York
Arbitron
ratings book.
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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.
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Steve Kingston assumed programming/operations manager duties, Frankie Blue became assistant programming director, and Brian Wilson took over mornings.
In 1983,
Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton
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".
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On November 8, 2019, Hamilton was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
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On August 28, 1987, Epic Records sued WHTZ for playing Michael Jackson's song "
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
" the day before it was supposed to debut. The song was supposed to be released on July 21, 1987, but WHTZ played it on the afternoon of July 20.