Stunting
Warm 93.9 Begins Stunting
Previous Format: AC “Warm 93.9” New Format: CHR “I94” Date & Time Of Change: July 2, 2009 at 12:00am More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
FM Talk 106.7 Debuts
Previous Format: Urban “Power 106.7” (Stunting With Christmas Music) New Format: Talk “FM Talk 106.7” Date & Time Of Change: May 28, 2009 at 12:00pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia Related Changes: Power 106.7 Signs Off
Power 106.7 Signs Off
Previous Format: Urban “Power 106.7” New Format: Talk “FM Talk 106.7” (Stunting With Christmas Music) Date & Time Of Change: May 28, 2009 at 12:00pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia Related Changes: FM Talk 106.7 Debuts
WMRN Moves To Columbus As Radio 106.7
Previous Format: Country 106.9 WMRN-FM – Stunting with TV Themes as “TV 106.7” after move-in New Format: Alternative “Radio 106.7” WRXS Date & Time Of Change: December 13, 2007 at 12:00pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
93.1 The Lake Debuts
Previous Format: Stunting “TV 93” WHIT New Format: Classic Hits “93.1 The Lake” Date & Time Of Change: July 25, 2003 More Info: Wikipedia
WBBI Becomes 107.5 The Bear
Previous Format: Stunting as Rhythmic CHR “107.5 Kiss-FM” New Format: Classic Rock “107.5 The Bear” Date & Time Of Change: April 1, 2003 at 12:00pm More Info: Fybush.com Related Changes: 107.5 WBBI Stunts As Kiss-FM Aircheck & Logos Contributed by BinghamtonRadio.com
107.5 WBBI Stunts As Kiss-FM
Previous Format: Country “B107.5” New Format: Stunting As Rhythmic CHR “107.5 Kiss-FM” Date & Time Of Change: March 30, 2003 More Info: Fybush.com Related Changes: WBBI Becomes 107.5 The Bear Aircheck & Logos Contributed by BinghamtonRadio.com
“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.
92.9 WRKW becomes “92.9 Rock”
From its launch in October 1999, 92.9 WRKW ran an automated Rock AC format that had little chance for success. With a signal 20 miles north of Poughkeepsie and varying signal problems in the southern part of the market, it struggled to find an audience with additional problems ranging from poor audio to a total lack of promotion from original owners Strauss Media. After the sale of the Strauss stations to Clear Channel closed in November 2000, rumors on the future of the station came up with WRKW struggling to build an audience to little action. On June 27, 2002 at 10:00 AM, the Rock AC format came to an end with a 26-hour loop of Eminem’s “Without Me,” coinciding with the launch of Active Rock “92-9 Rock” to counter Cumulus Media’s pair of dominant rock...
