Hot 97, which thumbed its nose at FCC investigators and set up shop in Dorchester after being chased out of Hyde Park, has changed its frequency to 87.7 MHz and apparently boosted its power, too: Last week, I could barely hear it here in Roslindale; today, at the new frequency, it sounded like it was next door. It was still IDing itself as Hot 97.
An unlicensed radio station kicked out of a Hyde Park office building is now broadcasting from a house in Dorchester.
Hot 97 Boston had been serving up hip hop, reggae and gospel from the basement of One Westinghouse Plaza, but after a visit from FCC inspectors, the station shut up shop and moved to 76 Esmond St. in Dorchester.
On Sept. 3, the FCC notified owner Delroy Johnson to knock it off. He's apparently paying them as much heed as Touch 106, another Dorchester pirate: The station is still on the air this afternoon (although it's now a bit harder to hear here in Roslindale).
Via Radio-Info.com.
The Return of the all new "HOT 97.1 FM." (Formerly Hot 97.7 WILD-FM)
Boston representing today's hottest Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae, Reggaeton; Coming in November of 2008.
Question:
Will the return of "Hot 97FM" in Boston will reach out to the Eastern Massachusetts/Boston Area, like how the original Hot 97.7 FM reached out the the Hip-Hop Community of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill?
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