I can't remember which NYC station carried him when I first heard the show. Later it was carried on "The Apple" which was a 'new' station that was sortof AOR.
WPLJ had been the big album oriented station for a while but kind of turned top 40 around the time there was a bunch of moving around of DJs and station sales.
Looking at Blotto's website I'm sure it was WNEW out of NYC that gave them frequent airplay. They had been around for a while and kept it fairly real, although slightly mellower, not too badly playlisted, and some decent DJs with their own shows.
Of course whem I was younger, music was still on AM - WNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNBC with IMUS in the morning. But he talked too much - at least thats what I thought as a 5th or 6th grader. LOL