WNYJ-FM

WNYJ-FM (89.7 FM) is an adult hits-formatted commercial FM radio station, licensed to, a satellite city of. WNYJ-FM is owned by and broadcasts from studios in the  in ; it's transmitter is located at the former.

Origins as WMQL
On July 3, 1990, WNYJ-FM would launch as WMQL. The station was originally by Entertainment Communications (or Entercom for short; later known as Audacy). When it launched, WMQL had an urban adult contemporary format branded as Maqic 89.7. The station mostly aimed at an older audience, compared to WKTU, WQHT and WUBX's more youth based demographic. The first song to play on Maqic 89.7 was "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force. Besides WKTU, WQHT, and WUBX, WMQL's main competitor was WRKS.

In 1994, Entercom would sell WMQL to Capital Cities-ABC, which owned WABC (AM) and WPLJ. The purchase was done to help complement WPLJ's Hot AC format. On September 19, 1996, Capital Cities-ABC would merge with The Walt Disney Company, who integrated all of its radio stations into a new subsidiary known as ABC Radio.

Ratings started to decline after WQUI and WWPR switched to urban formats during 2002. In response to this, ABC Radio would drop WMQL's Urban AC format on May 1, 2003, and switched the station to a simulcast of recently purchased WEPN (1050 AM). The final song to play on Maqic 89.7 was "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" by Snoop Dogg. Despite simulcasting WEPN, it strangely did not adopt the WEPN call-letters.

On April 19, 2005, WMQL would drop its simulcast from WEPN and would switch to a modern rock format, using the recently launched "Sharp" branding as 89.7 Sharp, serving as the east coast flagship of the format. The first song to play on 89.7 Sharp was "Best of You" by Foo Fighters. The format was a massive success in the ratings, and allowed ABC Radio to officially launch the "Sharp" brand. On June 12, 2007, Disney would sell its non-Radio Disney or ESPN related radio assets to Citadel Broadcasting, the deal also included ownership of the Sharp brand.

Citadel would then merge with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.

WNYJ-FM under Family Radio
On October 16, 2012, Cumulus Media made a deal with Family Radio, in which Cumulus would purchase WFME, in exchange for Family Radio purchasing WYMK and the licensee rights to WMQL. During the first few months of the purchase, WMQL would retain its modern rock format, however it would switch to a brokered talk format on January 5, 2013, as WMQL's intellectual rights to its format and branding were moved to WNSH's HD2 subchannel (WNSH is the former WFME). The final song to play on 89.7 Sharp was "Bye Bye Bye" by NSYNC.

On November 1, 2013, the station would change its call-letters to WNYJ-FM, the call-letters originated from WNYJ-TV (also owned by Family Radio) which changed its call-letters the same day as WNYJ-FM's call-letter switch.

Sale to Radio One, flip to Jack FM
On July 23, 2016, Family Radio sold WNYJ-FM to for $5.2 million. On August 1, 2016, WNYJ-FM abruptly ended it's brokered programming format and started stunting with a "wheel of formats", which was spun every few hours. The "wheel of formats" included "KISS 89.7" (all-Kiss, a band from New York City), "89 W-THC" (marijuana-themed music), "Booty 89.7" (crunk and Miami bass music), "Boom 89.7" (classic hip-hop), "89 WNYJ" (oldies), "89.7 Conet" (all-numbers station recordings), "89.7 The Queen" (all-ABBA), "Indie 89" (all-indie music), "Pump 89.7" (dance/EDM), and "89.7 The Bone" (classic rock). The wheel of formats was spun for several days until August 8 at 3 p.m., when, after playing "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen (as part of "89 WNYJ"), (which had previously run on  to great controversy) returned to New York City, launching with 89,700 songs in a row played commercial-free, with "We Want the Airwaves" by the Ramones being the first song played. WNYJ-FM primarily competes with WQUI.