- published: 25 Mar 2016
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WWPR-FM, also known as "Power 105.1", is an urban contemporary radio station that features hip hop and R&B licensed to New York City that serves the Greater New York area.
The WWPR call letters were also previously used for one year (starting in December 1987) by WPLJ.
The first station to sign on to this frequency was WWRL-FM in 1953. It became WRFM in 1957, breaking away from simulcasting its AM sister station with a diversified and classical music format. Bonneville International, the broadcast arm of the LDS Church, purchased WRFM in 1963.
In 1968 WRFM, billing itself "Stereo 105", adopted a beautiful music format. The format was mostly instrumental with about one vocal every 15 minutes. Their music featured the works of such artists as Mantovani, Henry Mancini, John Fox, Percy Faith, Hollyridge Strings, Leroy Anderson, Frank Mills and Richard Clayderman. Mixed in were vocals by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Kenny Rogers, Nat King Cole and Barbra Streisand. Ratings for the station were high, and a couple times they hit number one overall. A pair of rival stations, the simulcast of then-co-owned WPAT-AM-FM, tended to do slightly better in the ratings, but both outlets held their own.
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), better known as LL Cool J (an abbreviation for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor from Bay Shore, New York. He is known for romantic ballads such as "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover" as well as pioneering hip-hop such as "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", and "Mama Said Knock You Out". He has released thirteen studio albums and two greatest hits compilations, including 2008's Exit 13, the last for his record deal with Def Jam Recordings. He has also appeared in numerous films, and currently stars as NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
As he grew older, Smith found a way to escape the effects of his abuse, and his bullying attitude: hip-hop music. He fell in love with it at the age of nine, and by 11 he was writing lyrics and making his own songs with some DJ equipment his grandmother gave him to stop him riding motorcycles or doing karate. Before too long, LL was an established member of the Hip-Hop community in his area. He gained notoriety through his many rap battles against well-established MCs, including the battle against Chicken and Porn that rocketed him to fame.
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2 Chainz Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/09/2016)
Jay Pharoah Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/18/2016)
Maino and Uncle Murd Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/24/2016)
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Anthony Hamilton Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/21/2016)
Cardi B Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/08/2016)
Dascha Polanco Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/11/2016)
Audio Push Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/17/2016)
Plies Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (02/25/2016)
Remy Ma and Fat Joe at Power 105.1 - The Breakfast Club [Full Interview]
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/22/2016)
Akon and Young Greatness Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (03/11/2016)