This move is a first step in a plan to create internship opportunities for students throughout BCPS to get training and practical experience in radio as well as television and video production.
[10] On September 4, 1998 Nova Southeastern University's student run radio station, WNSU, went on from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. through the transmitter of 88.5 FM WKPX, while Piper High School continued to use the frequency from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily.
"[15] Between 1996 and 2006, the station was recognized for its highly popular weekend hip-hop programs which included: Sichop and, later, The Asylum, hosted by Sydney Crawford, Curtis Steele, and Gerald Dagher.
Serena Milisci conceived the show Current Impulse, in the early 1990s; a dance music program that aired Tuesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. when school was in session; and from 1 to 4 p.m. during the summer and holidays.
The upbeat dance tunes aired for two years on Current Impulse proved popular enough with the listeners, that the show continued with new, up and coming DJs from the high school program.
The format flip was inspired by such "alternative bands" as the Cure, Jane's Addiction, Alice in Chains, and Love and Rockets gaining airplay on the then glam-rock leaning AOR radio stations in the United States, such as the local, dominate rocker in South Florida, WSHE 103.5 FM.
Also contributing to the format flip was the growing alternative music scene and the popularity of unsigned local bands in the South Florida area, which began to gain interest from major-label record companies.
[20][21] Steven Robertson, who works in Atlantic Records' A&R department,[22] along with Gregg Stewart and Todd Allen, both currently on the air locally at WMXJ 102.7 FM "The Beach.