The current[when?] WCMF morning show is now called The Break Room and features Tommy Mulé, Pat Duffy and Kimmy Bernston, with the latter fulfilling the producer role, with traffic reporting by a rotating cast. Long time co-host Sally Carpenter left the show in September 2009. She had been broadcasting remotely from Philadelphia and did not renew her contract, due to the stipulation that she move back to Rochester.[citation needed]
The Program Director and midday host, Dave Kane, returned to the station in February 2008 after Brother Wease's departure. Kane, commonly referred to as "Kane-O", retired in 2022.[citation needed]
In 2012, WCMF became one of two Buffalo Bills radio affiliates in Rochester, the other being sister station WROC.[citation needed]
The station is currently[when?] owned by Audacy, Inc. (formerly Entercom Communications), which purchased it and several other stations from CBS Radio on November 30, 2007.[citation needed]
WCMF was originally owned by Community Music Service, Inc., hence the "CM" in its call letters. In 1968, the station was owned by a handful of Rochester locals. Several were engineers at General Dynamics, including a lawyer from Harris Beech Wilcox. The station had a mish-mash of formats from Candlelight & Wine in the morning hosted by Bill Rund, to hard underground rock hosted by Bob Drake (Francati). On Friday evening, a local attorney hosted a very popular jazz show. The owners were not broadcasters and the station was searching for identity. In 1968, everything changed when the morning personality left. Drake, then program director, hired a young black DJ, Herb Hamlett, who had briefly worked at the big R&B station WUFO in Buffalo, but was tired of the commute. Hamlett took the morning slot, supposedly to play light classics, with a show called Sunup in Stereo. Realizing that the owners were not hands-on, he soon turned up the heat and started mixing in R&B, which was fine with the then GM Bill Bennett. Hamlett soon began going out and selling the time himself and was promoted to sales manager. He and Drake soon realized the emergence of a major coup, and split the format into R&B from 6a.m. to 3p.m. and underground rock from 3p.m. to sign off at midnight.
Even with this success, Drake continued to lock horns with the owners, and left in 1970 to take a position with Marine Midland Bank. He was replaced by a handful of personalities, including Bill Ardis from WHAM, the 24-hour gestation. Ardis picked up where Drake left off, and along with Hamlett, turned the station into a basic two-format power "Soul and Underground" in 1971. Hamlett made a major mistake and tried to make a backdoor purchase of the station. He took what he thought were sufficient proxies to swing a majority of the stockholders, but was defeated when one of them switched at the stockholders' meeting. Hamlett left in 1971 and a new GM, Jim Trayhearn, was brought in and was successful in putting together a buyout of the old Community Music Service stockholders to create a marketable 24-hour underground rock format. R&B WDKX FM, which was formed in 1974, unofficially took over Rochester's R&B music scene.
Hamlett teamed up with his two former WUFO colleagues, Frankie Crocker and Eddie O'Jay, and began managing and promoting R&B groups. In 1974, He joined the telecom company AT&T.
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^Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009(PDF). 2009. p. D-387. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources WCMF FM news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message WCMF FM 96 5 MHz is a radio station located in the Rochester New York area Its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton Monroe County and its studios are located at High Falls Studios in downtown Rochester WCMF FMRochester New YorkBroadcast areaRochester metro areaFrequency96 5 MHz HD Radio Branding96 5 WCMFProgrammingLanguage s EnglishFormatClassic rockAffiliationsSabres Hockey NetworkBuffalo Bills Radio NetworkOwnershipOwnerAudacy Inc Audacy License LLC Sister stationsWBEE FMWBZAWPXY FMWROCHistoryFirst air dateJune 9 1960 1960 06 09 1 Former call signsWCMF 1960 1993 Call sign meaningCommunity Music FederationTechnical information 2 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID1905ClassBERP48 000 wattsHAAT142 meters 466 ft Transmitter coordinates43 08 06 N 77 35 06 W 43 135 N 77 585 W 43 135 77 585LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebcastListen live via Audacy Websitewww wbr audacy wbr com wbr wcmfWCMF is a heritage classic rock station in the Rochester area The current when WCMF morning show is now called The Break Room and features Tommy Mule Pat Duffy and Kimmy Bernston with the latter fulfilling the producer role with traffic reporting by a rotating cast Long time co host Sally Carpenter left the show in September 2009 She had been broadcasting remotely from Philadelphia and did not renew her contract due to the stipulation that she move back to Rochester citation needed The Program Director and midday host Dave Kane returned to the station in February 2008 after Brother Wease s departure Kane commonly referred to as Kane O retired in 2022 citation needed In 2012 WCMF became one of two Buffalo Bills radio affiliates in Rochester the other being sister station WROC citation needed WCMF and WROC are affiliates of the Sabres Hockey Network citation needed The station is currently when owned by Audacy Inc formerly Entercom Communications which purchased it and several other stations from CBS Radio on November 30 2007 citation needed History EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources WCMF FM news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message WCMF was originally owned by Community Music Service Inc hence the CM in its call letters In 1968 the station was owned by a handful of Rochester locals Several were engineers at General Dynamics including a lawyer from Harris Beech Wilcox The station had a mish mash of formats from Candlelight amp Wine in the morning hosted by Bill Rund to hard underground rock hosted by Bob Drake Francati On Friday evening a local attorney 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personalities including Bill Ardis from WHAM the 24 hour gestation Ardis picked up where Drake left off and along with Hamlett turned the station into a basic two format power Soul and Underground in 1971 Hamlett made a major mistake and tried to make a backdoor purchase of the station He took what he thought were sufficient proxies to swing a majority of the stockholders but was defeated when one of them switched at the stockholders meeting Hamlett left in 1971 and a new GM Jim Trayhearn was brought in and was successful in putting together a buyout of the old Community Music Service stockholders to create a marketable 24 hour underground rock format R amp B WDKX FM which was formed in 1974 unofficially took over Rochester s R amp B music scene Hamlett teamed up with his two former WUFO colleagues Frankie Crocker and Eddie O Jay and began managing and promoting R amp B groups In 1974 He joined the telecom company AT amp T References Edit Broadcasting amp Cable Yearbook 2009 PDF 2009 p 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