AK R ▁Ak ron , ▁and ▁then ▁W J W ▁Cleveland ▁— ▁the ▁station ▁where ▁Fre ed ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁first ▁using ▁and ▁popular izing ▁the ▁term ▁" rock ▁and ▁roll " ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁music ▁genre . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁W K ST ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁F aye ▁and ▁Her b ▁Scott , ▁formerly ▁based ▁in ▁P ott st own , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁and ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Great ▁Scott ▁Broadcast ing . ▁ ▁Great ▁Scott ▁purchased ▁FM ▁station ▁W F EM ▁in ▁Ell wood ▁City , ▁and ▁it ▁became ▁W K ST - FM ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁Scot ts , ▁Great ▁Scott ▁decided ▁to ▁concent rate ▁on ▁its ▁radio ▁hold ings ▁in ▁Del aware , ▁and ▁it ▁sold ▁W K ST ▁and ▁W K ST - FM ▁to ▁Jac or ▁for ▁$ 2 . 5 ▁million ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁November ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁ 1 2 0 0   k Hz ▁frequency ▁was ▁occupied ▁by ▁W B Z Y . ▁ ▁W B Z Y ▁began ▁broadcast ing ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁W B Z Y ▁was ▁sold ▁by ▁Lawrence ▁County ▁Broadcast ing ▁Cor p . ▁to ▁a ▁partners hip ▁called ▁W B