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2 unusual facts about WKTU


New York Hot Tracks

The original host was WKTU disc jockey Carlos DeJesus who would introduce the videos from various locations in and around New York City; usually dance nightclubs.

Sylver Logan Sharp

In 2005, her song "All this time", written by Jonathan Peters, became a huge hit in clubs and dance stations in large cities such as WKTU in New York, KNHC in Seattle or KNGY in San Francisco.


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Joe Crummey

Earlier in his career, Crummey was a disc jockey at New York's WNBC and WAPP (where he briefly partnered on-air with Mark McEwen) in the 1980s, before moving to talk radio at stations such as KFI and KABC in Los Angeles, and KFYI in Phoenix.

The Raes

After the record was added by influential radio stations on the East Coast such as WKTU in New York and WRKO in Boston, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went on to peak at #61 (reportedly it would have charted higher but for a typographical error which showed the song dropping down the chart after a promising start, leading the label to pull all promotion on the record).

The Underdog Project

The biggest dance radio station in New York City, WKTU, also expressed support for the record and added it to their playlist, as well as market leader Power 96 in Miami.

Wake Up With Whoopi

Cubby Bryant, who had been Goldberg's co-host, left the show in January 2008, staying on WKTU's morning drive.


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