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The article Color television has a lead section that is way too big for the article. In order to make the lead section shorter, I would cut out all the other paragraphs in the lead section except the first one. The following paragraphs in the lead section go into specific details about certain years that color television has existed. These details could easily fit into the already existing subtitles within the article. Therefore, moving these more specific details to other places in the article will make the lead section what it should be: a general overview of the topic.

Early Years
Shannon has been credited for bringing WHTZ from "worst to first," as he was the person who changed the station from jazz to new, more pop-oriented format.

WHTZ reached No. 1 in overall ratings by fall of 1983 with the help of Scott Shannon's "Morning Zoo."

Scott Shannon left Z100 on January 27, 1989 to start "Pirate Radio" in Los Angeles, which was Westwood One Inc.'s new radio division.

Z100 Today
Mark Medina, program director of WHTZ, has been named top pop programmer of the year by Billboard. He succeeded programmer Sharon Dastur, as Dastur took on a position at iHeartRadio, Z100's parent company.

Ryan Seacrest has his show On Air With Ryan Seacrest daily. While radio personality Mo' Bounce was originally on Z100 from 6 to 10 pm, today he can be heard on the station from 2-6 pm due to staff changes Radio personality Maxwell now takes over Z100 at night due to these staff changes.

Mornings
Elvis Duran and the Morning show had both its 20th anniversary as a show and its 10th anniversary as a syndicated program in 2016.

Public Controversy
On August 28, 1987, Epic Records sued WHTZ for playing Michael Jackson's song "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" the day before it was supposed to debut. The song was supposed to be released on July 21, 1987, but WHTZ played it on the afternoon of July 20.

On June 6, 1997, WHTZ was accused of making sexist and racist comments when Steve Kingston told listeners to "be a JAP [Jewish-American princess] for a day." The station also played games with viewers such as "JAP trivia" and they also created a JAP Rap that they would play. While The Anti-Defamation League criticized The Morning Zoo for their anti-semitic and sexist comments, Kingston defended the station by saying the statements were harmless.