Edited sentence: (WCXR), Buffalo (WHTT), New York (WXRK), Portland, Oregon (KMJK), Phoenix (KSLX) and Seattle (KZOK).After immediate success in Philly, the new format migrated next to KQRS, Minneapolis in the fall of 1981, under the late PD Doug Sorensen.America's first "classic rock" station was WYSP, Philadelphia beginning in January of 1981, when legendary radio consultant Lee Abrams teamed with industry vet and program director Dick Hungate in a brain-storming session for a format featuring 100% familiar, established, older album rock (no new tracks mixed in).In quick succession, others followed under Jacobs' mentoring such as Kansas City (KCFX), Washington, D.Next came an AM outlet in Dallas and a very small handful of other early classic rock success stories.Not until 1985 did programming consultant Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media spur the format's widespread growth at WKLH/Milwaukee, WMMQ/Lansing and WZLX/Boston.Such alternate describers as "vintage rock " and "timeless rock" also were considered.Within the next two years, there were an estimated 40+ stations, nationwide, who called themselves "Classic Rock" or "Classic Hits"