Q104.3's Kerr Locks In Another Half Decade Of Waking Up NYC

Q104.3's Kerr Locks In Another Half Decade Of Waking Up NYC

Radio Hall of Famer Jim Kerr is staying put at iHeartMedia New York’s Q104.3 (WAXQ). The morning host signed a five-year contract extension, which will be added to his more than five decades on air in America's largest market and time at Q104.3 since 2002.

NYC Icon Jim Kerr Extends For Five Years

• Jim Kerr‘s remarkable half-century radio career will continue for at least another five years, as iHeartMedia Classic Rock WAXQ (Q104.3)/New York announced a five-year contract extension for the market’s already longest-running morning radio personality. Radio Hall Of Famer Kerr has done mornings on six New York City stations, most notably 23 years at Q104.3 and 15 years before that at the late WPLJ, where he became the market’s youngest morni…

A Gotham On-Air Morning Veteran Stays Put

He competed against the likes of Scott Shannon, Don Imus and Howard Stern. And, he’s still at it, serving as the cornerstone of a radio station that was born out of a forlorn Classical FM as a hard rocker that today serves as the leading Classic Rock outlet for the New York Tri-State region. You can count on Jim Kerr to continue greeting listeners in morning drive on the station through early 2031. That’s because Kerr has signed a five-year exte…

Jim Kerr To Extend His 50+ Year Run In New York For Five More

Jim Kerr will continue as the longest-running morning radio personality in New York City history as he has signed a five-year extension to remain in mornings at iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q104.3” WAXQ. Kerr began his run in mornings in New York in 1974 when he joined then-Rock 95.5 WPLJ at the age of 21. He would remain at WPLJ through its move to Top 40 in the 1980s until 1989. After stints in mornings at Hot AC “Mix 105” WMXV, Smooth Jazz “CD 1…