WSKQ
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| City | New York, New York |
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| Broadcast area | New York City |
| Branding | Mega 97.9 |
| Slogan | La Mega Se Pega |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1941 (as W47NY at 44.7) 1947 (as WGYN at 97.9) |
| Format | Tropical |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 415 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 61641 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.36″W / 40.7484333°N 73.9856556°WCoordinates: 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.36″W / 40.7484333°N 73.9856556°W |
| Callsign meaning | Super KQ (former format) |
| Former callsigns | W47NY (1941–1943) WGYN (1943–1952) WEVD-FM (1952–1989) |
| Former frequencies | 44.7 MHz (1941–1947) |
| Owner |
Spanish Broadcasting System (WSKQ Licensing, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WPAT-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WSKQ-FM, known on-air as Mega 97.9, is a radio station in New York City owned by Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS). Currently located at 97.9 FM, the station has a tropical format, which consists of such musical styles as salsa, merengue, bachata, and reggaeton. The station has a transmitter atop the Empire State Building.
The 97.9 FM facility's heritage goes back to 1941, when the Muzak Corporation went on the air as W47NY at 44.7 MHz. The call letters changed to WGYN in 1943, and the frequency ended up at 97.9 MHz on the new FM band in 1947.
In 1952 the call letters became WEVD-FM. The station was owned by The Jewish Daily Forward with brokered ethnic programming, Jewish programming, and some pop standards and big band.
Norman B. Furman was general manager of WEVD from 1968 to 1972. He initiated a variety of programs to serve the many ethnic communities in New York. The call letters were announced as WEVD, "the station that speaks your language." These languages included Yiddish, Hebrew, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, German, Russian, Japanese and Irish, all serving their various communities. The "Forward Hour", a popular variety show, was MC'd by Furman for many years. He had a major role in developing and procuring the most popular of all Jewish jingles: "Joe and Paul a fargenigen ... A suit, a coat kenst du krigen."
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