Radio Power Inc. launches Urban AC “107.3 The Beat” 660 WAMO/107.3 W297BU Wilkinsburg PA at 11am today.
Positioned as “Pittsburgh’s Old School & Today’s R&B”, the station resurrects the “Beat” branding utilized on 104.7 WJJJ from 1999 through 2004 as both Jammin Oldies and then Urban AC. The Beat lists core artists as Michael Jackson, Prince, Usher, Bruno Mars, TLC, New Edition, Notorious B.I.G., 2-Pac, Destiny’s Child, Janet Jackson, Aaliyah, and Chris Brown and is launching with the usual 10,000 songs commercial-free.
The Urban “WAMO 100.1” format that had been on the stations remains on 100.1 W261AX Pittsburgh and Entercom’s 100.7 WBZZ-HD3.
Old School and Today’s R&B are back in the Burgh as 107.3 THE BEAT launched today with 10,000 jams in a row commercial free.
The new 107.3 THE BEAT features all of your favorite hits from Michael Jackson, Prince, Usher, Bruno Mars, TLC, New Edition, Notorious B.I.G., 2-Pac, Destiny’s Child, Janet Jackson, Aaliyah, Chris Brown and more!!! It has been a long time since Pittsburgh has had a station playing many of these artists so to reintroduce them to the Burgh, 107.3 THE BEAT debuts with 10,000 songs in a row commercial free.
107.3 THE BEAT joins sister station WAMO 100.1 – PITTSBURGH’s #1 FOR HIP-HOP in WAMO’s stable of radio stations serving Pittsburgh.