CHR
WWZZ Becomes Z104 Again
Previous Format: Modern AC “More Music 104” New Format: Modern AC “Z104” Date & Time Of Change: April 8, 2004 More Info: Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by David Pierce
KQKQ Relaunches As Q98Five
Previous Format: CHR “Sweet 98” KQKQ New Format: Modern AC “Q98Five” Date & Time Of Change: March 12, 2004 at 3:00pm More Info: NebraskaRadio.com, Wikipedia Related Changes: KCTY Becomes Retro 106.9 Aircheck Contributed by NebraskaRadio.com
97.1 KISN Becomes KZHT
Previous Format: Hot AC “97.1 Kiss-FM” KISN New Format: CHR “97.1 ZHT” KZHT Date & Time Of Change: December 21, 2003 More Info: Wikipedia Related Changes: 94.9 KZHT Moves To 97.1 Aircheck Contributed by UTRadioGuide.com
94.9 KZHT Moves To 97.1
Previous Format: CHR “94.9 ZHT” New Format: Stunting (Station eventually became Rock “94.9 The Blaze” KHTB) Date & Time Of Change: December 21, 2003 More Info: Wikipedia Related Changes: 97.1 KISN Becomes KZHT Aircheck Contributed by UTRadioGuide.com
WYNY Becomes K107.1
Previous Format: Spanish CHR “Rumba 107.1” WYNY New Format: CHR “K107” WXPK (simulcasting 104.7 WSPK) Date & Time Of Change: April 3, 2003 at 4:00pm More Info: Wikipedia
“Z100” 100.3 KKRZ Portland Relaunches
March 11th, the on-air staff gets fired. Z100 plays music and promotes “The Death of a Portland Institution”. KKRZ has been the Top40/CHR station since 1984. Others have tried and failed. All week, they play the regular playlist, get all the hype going and on March 15th, 4:40 PM, a heartbeat recording is played. At 5:00, they go through this montage of sounds with Bjork singing in the background and after about 2 minutes, launch into – whaddayaknow – Z100 – the local Top40/CHR outlet. Basically, they are playing a little more rhythmic to compete with KXJM “Jammin 95.5” and they are slowly bringing back the airstaff. Thank you to Aircheck Dex for supplying us with the clip, and Craig Busic with the summary.
WBVS Becomes WRXQ
Previous Format: CHR “100.7 The Bus” WBVS New Format: Classic Rock “100.7 RXQ” WRXQ Date & Time Of Change: January 13, 2003 at 7:00pm More Info: Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by DJHeadlines.com
KISX Becomes Kiss 107
Previous Format: Hot AC “Mix 107.3” New Format: CHR “Kiss 107” Date & Time Of Change: December 17, 2001 More Info: Wikipedia
93.1 KQIZ Relaunches as “93.1 The Beat”
The original KQIZ signed on in 1975 and pretty much remained Mainstream Top 40 for its entire tenure. As the summer of 2001 ended, KQIZ was in a format many have dubbed Lillith Fair FM. Over a period of several months, ratings had gone from upwards of a 19 share 12+ to a jaw dropping 3.2. Having paid over $3 million for the property, Cumulus Broadcasting was presumably not going to let the station slip away. On or around Monday, November 3, 2001, the station suddenly stopped with the CHR/Pop format. There was no announcement, no prologue, the station just suddenly switched to stunting. The entire staff, sans one person, were fired. About a week later (4 days before sign on), announcements aired proclaiming that “something brand new is coming to 93-1, details Thursday morning.”...
