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3WL Becomes Hot 103.7
Previous Format: Talk/Sports “1350 3WL” WWWL New Format: Urban AC “Hot 103.7” Date & Time Of Change: February 10, 2017 at 12:00pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
WRKO Flips To Talk
Previous Format: Top 40 New Format: Talk Date & Time Of Change: September 27, 1981 at 6:00pm More Info: Wikipedia, WRKO.org Aircheck Contributed by Airchexx.com
K242CC Becomes 96.3 RNB
Previous Format: Talk (Simulcasting 1370 KJCE) New Format: Urban AC “96.3 RNB” Date & Time Of Change: July 29, 2013 at 12:00pm More Info: RadioInsight Aircheck Contributed by MeAgainstMarconi.com
Comedy 1200 Debuts
Previous Format: Conservative Talk “Talk 1200” New Format: Comedy “Comedy 1200” Date & Time Of Change: August 13, 2012 at 8:30am More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
MTR Signs Off
Previous Format: Talk “MTR 1377” 3MP New Format: Soft AC “MyMP” 3MP Date & Time Of Change: April 2, 2012 at 5:00pm More Info: Sydney Morning Herald, Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by Rick Schwarz
WCAR Becomes ESPN 1090
Previous Format: Talk “1090 The Car” New Format: Sports “ESPN 1090” Date & Time Of Change: February 1, 2012 at 12:00am More Info: Michiguide, Wikipedia Aircheck Contributed by Mark David
1500/107.7 WTOP Becomes Washington Post Radio
Previous Format: News New Format: News/Talk Date & Time Of Change: March 30, 2006 at 5:30am More Info: Wikipedia
WJHR Flemington becomes “ChatRadio 1040”
After years of silence, 1040 WJHR Flemington returned to the air in 1996 with a Full Service Hot AC format as “Jersey’s Hometown Radio”. As the only commercial station licensed to Hunterdon County, WJHR had a nice niche in a rapidly growing area. Nassau Broadcasting attempted to increase that niche when they took over the station. Flipping the station to News/Talk was intended to increase the local niche of the station in the market, while removing the music that competed with Nassau’s WPST. Unfortunately, the station did not succeed enough as was expected, which is not surprising given the amount of money needed to operate an all local News/Talk operation. In 1999, the station flipped to a simulcast of 1350 WHWH in Princeton, NJ and both air a satellite Business Ta...
660 WNBC Bids Farewell
In 1988 General Electric purchased RCA and with it NBC. Due to FCC ownership fules at the time, GE could only keep either the NBC Television stations or its Radio stations. Obviously the radio stations were the ones to go. Emmis Broadcasting, which owned 1050 WFAN and 103.5 WQHT saw this as a perfect opportunity to upgrade the signals of its New York outlets and triggered one of the most complex frequency swaps in radio history. WFAN moved from 1050 to 660, WUKQ debuted on 1050 with a non-commercial Spanish format, but only until Spanish Broadcasting could complete the swap for 97.9 WEVD, while 97.1 WYNY and 103.5 WQHT swapped as well. In the end, this deal was most important for the demise of WNBC and NBC Radio in general. What was once the flagship station of the biggest network in Ameri...
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