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100.5 KMZQ becomes Jack-FM
Throughout the spring and early summer of 2005, Infinity spread the highly publicized “Jack FM” brand to many of the company’s less successful FM outlets, citing early success at KJKK “100.3 Jack FM” in Dallas. Las Vegas was just one of many markets targetted by Infinity for “Jack FM”. One of Infinity’s stations in Las Vegas was KMZQ, which began as soft AC “Klassy 100” in 1989 before evolving into “Lite 100” a few years later. However, despite additions such as the John Tesh Radio Show and consulting by industry expert Gary Berkowitz, KMZQ was unable to beat Clear Channel’s market leader, KSNE “Sunny 106.5”. These factors and others led KMZQ to become Infinity’s weakest Las Vegas outlet, making...
Light 97.3 WLTQ becomes The Brew
As Soft AC started becoming more and more popular in the 80s, many stations began flipping to the format. In mid 80s, CHR station WBTT “B97″ became “Light 97 WLTQ” with the soft AC format. Through the years, WLTQ was Milwaukee’s premiere Soft AC station. When it came to the well known syndicated show Delilah, WLTQ was there running it back in the 90s before the show expanded to the way it is now. WLTQ was also known for running all Christmas music during the season. During 2003 and 2004, the station’s ratings have been falling considerably. Rumors have been flying that the station was going to flip to Air America. On September 17th 2004, the 11:00AM Hour was filled with songs hinting that the end was coming. The last 2 songs on Light 97.3 were Green Da...
WLLI Becomes Star 96.7
Previous Format: Rock “96.7 Will Rock” WLLI New Format: AC “Star 96.7” WSSR Date & Time Of Change: February 2, 2004 at 7:00pm More Info: Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by DJHeadlines.com
Blink 102.7 Relaunches As Mix 102.7
Previous Format: AC “Blink 102.7” New Format: Rhythmic AC “Mix 102.7” Date & Time Of Change: December 26, 2003 at 10:27am More Info: Wikipedia
WWYY Becomes Lite 107
Previous Format: Spanish CHR “Rumba 107.1” WWYY New Format: AC “Lite 107” Date & Time Of Change: April 7, 2003 More Info: Wikipedia
“Mix 100.7” WLEV relaunches as “My 100.7”
With only 5 in-market commercial FM’s, the Lehigh Valley is a highly competitive market. Since the early 90’s when Beautiful Music WFMZ began its gradual evolution to Hot AC, 100.7 has been the 4th or 5th rated station in the market. In the final months of the “Mix 100.7” incarnation, the station’s playlist was very broad. In an attempt to start with a clean slate, the “Mix” tag was dropped, the music refocused, and the station was relaunched as “My 100.7” with a more music/less talk philosophy.
Lite 101.9 Debuts
Previous Format: Classic Hits “101.9 The Fox” KZFX New Format: AC “101.9 Lite-FM” KLTQ Date & Time Of Change: February 4, 2002 at 9:00am More Info: NebraskaRadio.com, Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by NebraskaRadio.com
The Groove Magically Changes
Previous Format: Rhythmic Oldies “105.1 The Groove” WGRV New Format: AC “Magic 105.1” WMGC Date & Time Of Change: June 30, 2001 at 9:00am More Info: Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by Brandon Knoll
KKJO moves from 105.1 to 105.5
In order to make room for 105.1 KGAR, a new station coming to Kansas City, KKJO was moved to 105.5. This allowed better coverage within the four state region (Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma). KKJO, which was originally on AM 1550, has been a well known CHR/Hot AC station in northwest Missouri for decades.
