In 1942…Capitol Records opened for business, becoming the first major record label based on the U.S. west coast. The company had been established earlier in the year – by songwriters Johnny Mercer and Buddy De Sylva with Glenn Wallichs – as Liberty Records. It was Wallichs, Capitol's manager, who invented the art of record promotion by sending free copies of new releases to disc jockeys.
In 1963…"Pop Go the Beatles" was first broadcast on BBC radio.
Each edition of Pop Go The Beatles began and ended with a
rock ‘n’ roll version of the nursery rhyme Pop Goes The Weasel recorded by The
Beatles.
In 1973…WNBC 97.1 FM
switched format to “The Rock Pile”
In 1998… WNWK NYC changes call letters to WCAA
The station first came on the air on 105.9 FM in 1964 as
WHBI, which was originally owned by Hoyt Brothers Inc.. In the 1980s, the
station - by then property of Multicultural Radio Broadcasting - went by the
call letters WNWK, and aired leased-access ethnic programming.
In 1998, the station, under new ownership, started playing
hit Spanish music as "Caliente 105.9" ("Hot 105.9"), with
the call letters WCAA. In September 1999, the station changed its slogan to
"105.9 Latino Mix" ("105.9 Latin Mix"). In February 2004,
the station's owner, Univision Communications bought the 92.7 FM frequency in
Garden City, New York which was the home of WLIR-FM and made it a western Long
Island simulcast of 105.9 under the call letters WZAA.
In 1998…WPAT 930 AM
in NYC Market sold to Multicultural Broadcasting.
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