WOTT (94.1
MHz, "94 Rock") is a
commercial
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FM radio station
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licensed to
Calcium, New York and serving the
Watertown area of
New York State
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. It is owned by
Community Broadcasters, LLC
Community Broadcasters, LLC is a Watertown, New York based radio holding group that owns radio stations in its own market and surrounding areas. It was founded by media executives Bruce Mittman and Jim Leven, and started out in 2006 by buying st ...
, and it airs a
mainstream rock
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Format background
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radio format
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.
History
It was originally a
country music
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station, with the call letters WLKC, before taking the current
call sign
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as an
oldies
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station with the on-air name "WOTT (pronounced "watt") Fun Oldies."
After dropping the oldies format and nickname, the station took a
classic rock
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format as "Real Rock 100.7." In early 2007, the station began experimenting with guest DJs and announced that the station would be undergoing some changes. The station rebranded itself as "Rock 100.7".
On February 9, 2009, the station switched frequencies from 100.7 to 94.1 and boosted its power from 6,000 watts to 21,500 watts, allowing the station to reach northern Jefferson county and Lewis county, areas which could never receive the station before. The new class C3 station it moved to was put on the air by Community Broadcasters, LLC after it was purchased from LiveAir Communications, Inc. in January, 2009. The station's format and call letters are still the same, but the station's name was changed from Rock 100.7 to Rock 94.
The former 100.7 frequency now belongs to the station
WEFX, 100.7 The Fox.
References
External links
*
OTT
Ott, OTT or O.T.T. may refer to:
Entertainment
* OTT (group), a pop band from the late 1990s
* Ott (record producer), British record producer and musician
* "O.T.T" (song), a song by Fugative
* ''O.T.T.'' (television series), a UK TV programme f ...
Album-oriented rock radio stations in the United States
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