WBLS
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WBLS is an Urban Adult Contemporary FM radio station that is licensed to New York City, operating on 107.5 MHz.
WBLS first broadcast in the summer of 1972, with Frankie Crocker as the Program Director. Crocker redefined R&B radio with the term Urban contemporary targeting listeners 18-34 years of age. It was a combined format that included R&B, jazz, pop, reggae, gospel, dance music, and later, rap. WBLS is owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corporation. Its city of license is New York City and its tower is located on the Empire State Building, which is also home to the majority of the New York area television and radio station towers since September 11, 2001. WBLS is also the home and flagship station to both The Steve Harvey Morning Show and The Wendy Williams Experience, often being advertised as the King and Queen of New York Radio.
