Tampa Bay's Longest Running Radio Formats

[smedge2006]

Formats that have gone the longest without a wrenching change and discontinuity of station identity:

WTMP, Urban, 50 + years

WKES-FM, 101.5 now 91.1, Religious, began as WGNB-FM, 40 + years

WQYK-FM, Country, 36 years

WDUV-FM, 103.3 then 103.5 now 105.5, Soft AC segue from B/EZ, 33 years

WRXB, Urban, 30 years

WTIS, Religious, 29 years

WQBN, Hispanic aimed at Caribbean listeners, 24 years (including WSOL, would be the oldest if not for the interruption of the WTYM "Time Machine" format in the early 80's)

WFLA, Talk, 20+ years

WXTB, 98 Rock, 16 years (not counting the original 70's version or the brief 80's classic rock with a symbolic gray background instead of black)

Any additions/ deletions/ arguments?

 

[David Sharp]

Just wondering about WRXB. Haven't they "gone gospel" a couple of times (or maybe still are)? I realize it would be "black gospel" but to me an urban format connotes secular music. Nitpicking on my part, perhaps, and certainly not a wholesale change in station presentation or 'philosophy.'

I'd also think 97 Country WPCV would be in the running?

 

[BJohnson]

WRXB sells itself aa "The Best R&B" and Gospel. They're Gospel in the morning, secular R&B the rest of the day.