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WEDR (99.1 FM, "99 Jamz") is a radio station serving the South Florida region and licensed to Miami, Florida. WEDR has an unusually wide music selection for an urban contemporary-formatted radio station that ranges from typical hip-hop and R&B to afro beat. This is because South Florida is a very diversified region that has various music tastes.
WEDR – 99 Jamz – Urban contemporary; WHQT – Hot 105 – Urban adult contemporary; WXBN - Miami's BIN 880 - Black-oriented news; WEXY - AM 1520 - Urban contemporary gospel/Brokered programming; WPOW - POWER 96 - Rhythmic Adult Contemporary; WZTU - Tu 94.9 - Spanish Top 40; WRMA - Ritmo 95.7 - Cubatón; WRTO-FM - Mix 98.3 - Spanish tropical ...
He started his career in the mid-1980s, during a time when Miami bass—a high-energy, bass-heavy style of hip-hop—was gaining popularity, and worked as a broadcaster, hosting radio shows on local stations like WEDR 99 Jamz and Mixx 96. His shows, which often featured live mixing and freestyle sessions, became essential listening for fans of ...
Ace Hood in 2008. In 2007, he met DJ Khaled outside the office of the WEDR 99 Jamz radio station. After Hood gave Khaled an autobiography and his demo tape, Khaled asked Hood to do a freestyle over the instrumental of his song "I'm So Hood" from his second album, We the Best, and later signed Hood to his We the Best Music Group label. [6]
Khaled Mohammed Khaled (/ ˈ k æ l ɪ d /; born November 26, 1975), [3] known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ and record producer.Originally a Miami-based radio personality, Khaled has since become known for enlisting high-profile music industry artists to perform on singles and albums, for which he often serves as producer and hype man.
The main competitor was soon to be future sister station, WEDR (99 Jamz). The two stations competed for the 18-49 year old African-American demographic until 1992, when WHQT evolved to Urban Adult Contemporary. Around that time, Cox purchased both stations, which led to the end of their competition.
It has since been played on major stations including Sirius Sat Radio, WEDR Miami 99 Jamz, Chicago radio, Underground radio & college radio. The single made a huge impact on the South Florida streets; it achieved over 170,000 plays on MySpace in just 4 weeks and was the top independent release in USA record pools for June 2008.
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