management staff hosting shows), ran countdowns that at times featured hundreds of songs, and was the Connecticut home of New England Patriots football games and an overflow home of Hartford Whalers hockey games. By 1998, "Classic Hits" had run its course, and rumors of a format change circulated. After CBS Radio took over the ARS stations that spring, WZMX's format evolved into a broad-based, classic-leaning, rock format as "The Point". This format never had any sort of success, and on May 6, 1999, at 10:00 a.m., WZMX flipped to a "Jammin' Oldies"-style format as "Dancin' Oldies Z93.7". The first song on "Z" was "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang. As with other stations in that format (and as with past formats of 93.7's existence), the format had early success, but soon dropped in the ratings, and was still the lowest-rated station in the Hartford market. On March 16, 2001, at 5:00 p.m., WZMX flipped to an urban-leaning rhythmic format as "Hot 93.7", based on that of sister station WPGC-FM in Washington, D.C. The last song on "Z" was "Last Dance" by Donna Summer, while the first song on "Hot" was "Stutter" by Joe. The first station playing such a format on FM in the Hartford, New Haven and Springfield markets, WZMX would soon become a regular Top 5 station and often has been the #1 station in the market. Coincidentally, that same format had been proposed as a replacement twice before, but was rejected for fear that it would not work in the Hartford market. The success of "Hot 93.7" led to the launch of rival WPHH ("Power 104.1") in 2003, which had a limited effect on WZMX's success. WPHH was the sister station of Mainstream Top 40-formatted WKSS, whose once-dominant hold on Hartford's Top 40 scene would take a major beating in the wake of WZMX's arrival, which in turn may have served as one of the reason behind WPHH's debut. WZMX also has competition with WKSS and WPHH's sister station in New Haven, Top 40-formatted WKCI-FM, which has also seen its listener base erode slightly after Hot 93.7's debut. In August 2006, R&R moved WZMX from the Rhythmic Airplay panel to the Urban Contemporary Airplay panel, but in May 2007, placed the station back on the Rhythmic panel due to a shift in its direction which now favors a more broader Rhythmic playlist. This format redirection was done