Q104.3 Rockin’ For A Quarter Century
• iHeartMedia Classic Rock WAXQ (Q104.3)/New York is celebrating 25 years as New York’s Classic Rock Station. The station kicked off the quarter-century celebration Thursday morning with original morning team Donna Donna and Steve Morrison, former PD and morning personality Bob Buchmann and original jock and long-time metal guru Eddie Trunk joining the show, along with well wishes from celebrities including Gilbert Gottfried, the Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, actress Jill Hennessy, the Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson, The Sopranos veteran Steve Schirripa and Billy Joel!
Radio Hall of Fame member Jim Kerr leads the station’s current air staff, partnering with Shelli Sonstein on the Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show, followed by Maria Milito, Ken Dashow, Carol Miller, Marc Coppola, Gerry Martire, Doc Reno, Jonathan Clarke, Ian O’Malley and Ralph Tortora. “When Q104.3 signed on in July of 1996, I knew I wanted to be a part of it,” Kerr. “It took me seven years, but I was finally able to join this incredible on-air staff with the most talented and experienced people in the business. What a great team, and I’m so proud to be a part of it!”
Q104.3 PD Eric Wellman remarked, “I’ve been here for 21 of the 25 years that we’ve been bringing Classic Rock to the tri-state area. Not a day goes by where I don’t walk out of Penn Station, see the Empire State Building, and think how lucky I am to run a station that gets to broadcast the best music on earth from the top of that iconic building. I can’t believe it’s been 25 years already; it feels like yesterday. Here’s to 25 more!”
In celebration of 25 years rocking New York, Q104.3 will be giving away $25,000 to one lucky listener. To qualify, listen weekdays at 9am during Q104.3’s “Free Music Mornings.” When you hear the 25th song in the commercial-free set, visit q1043.com, share the song’s title and artist and automatically qualify to win the $25K.
Pictured, (l-r): PD Eric Wellman, Carol Miller, Jim Kerr, Shelli Sonstein, Ken Dashow, Ian O’Malley, Gerry Martire, Maria Milito (holding a picture of Marc Coppola) and Jonathan Clarke.
