WHHS (99.9 FM ) is a non-commercial educational FM radio station licensed to the School District of Haverford Township in Havertown, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia ), and run by the students of Haverford High School . Studios are located within the school, and the transmitter is located on top of the building.
9-402: Typical show formats include rock , Top 40 , classic rock , rap/hip-hop , sports talk , political talk , and sometimes more eclectic genres like classical or jazz . Occasionally, shows feature live performances from local or school-based bands. Students apply for a radio show (usually 90 minutes long), and a typical show has 2-4 hosts. On the basis of interviews and previous experience with
18-486: Is an absolute variable in each local market by each state and each franchised or locally owned radio company operation. To this day, there are a select few mainstream rock programmed stations that will purposely play any new rock artist while keeping the classics involved, which sits on a borderline scale being influenced by active rock strongly. Meanwhile, some stations consist of playing all 40 years worth of rock hits, ranging from classic hard rock and hair metal artists all
27-466: The United States and Canada. Mainstream rock stations represent a cross between classic rock , active rock and alternative rock on the programming spectrum, in that they play more classic rock songs from the 1970s and 1980s and fewer songs from emerging acts than active rock and alternative rock stations, and only rarely play songs on the softer edge of the classic rock format or the harder edge of
36-553: The active rock format. They program a balanced airplay of tracks found on active rock, alternative rock and classic rock playlists, but the music playlist tends to focus on charting hard rock music from the 1970s through the 2000s. Mainstream rock is the true successor to the widespread album-oriented rock (AOR) format created in the 1970s. However, mainstream rock can be used as a modernized update of classic rock if any radio station playlist has to cut back on some active rock artists and songs due to ratings and popularity demand, which
45-433: The mid to late 1970s to the late 1980s as well as all of the 1990s alternative and grunge artists completely highlight what mainstream rock is. It is less common to hear many newer rock artists. Mainstream rock has evolved into a sequel for the classic rock radio format. It has begun to remove hard rock and metal artists that are from the early 2000's as well as the 2010's on some rock radio stations, to avoid overlapping into
54-425: The station began broadcasting live sporting events such as football and hockey. The station has broadcast election day specials and interviews with such politicians and Congressman Curt Weldon and Congressman elect Joe Sestak . WHHS celebrated 70 years of broadcasting in 2019. Mainstream rock Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock ) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in
63-406: The station, students are chosen to fill several positions, including general manager, technical director, programming director, promotions director, music director, and sports director. The radio station provides an introduction into the radio or communications industries for students interested in careers in these fields. WHHS is the oldest high school-run radio station in the country. The station
72-483: The way to 2000s hard rock and metal artists, the format is an open variable. Acts that receive heavy airplay on classic rock stations, including The Beatles , Elton John , Fleetwood Mac , Eagles , or Supertramp receive some airplay on mainstream rock stations, albeit less frequently than acts like Green Day , Nirvana , Pearl Jam , Foo Fighters , Red Hot Chili Peppers , or Alice in Chains . Classic hard rock artists of
81-540: Was originally assigned to 89.3 MHz and was granted its first license on February 21, 1950. In 1992, the FCC forced the station to change frequencies to 107.9 MHz. In 2004, a new radio station licensed to Radio One to serve Pennsauken, New Jersey and the Philadelphia market (WRNB, now WPPZ-FM ) signed on, requiring WHHS to change frequencies again. With Radio One's help, WHHS moved to 99.9 MHz in 2005. In 2006,
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