Format Change – Page 2

Program Director Larry Berger Explains New Format, WPLJ New York | July 1983

By Steve West December 17, 2017

Those who've been in the radio industry for a long time probably remember the day WPLJ flipped from Rock to CHR. Many even remember former WPLJ jock Carol Miller's comments…

Format Change – 103.3 WKDF Nashville Flips from Rock to Country | April 1, 1999

By Steve West May 1, 2016

Description from Karl Phillips... WKDF-FM 103.3 (Formerly WKDA-FM - see Bill Berlin) Nashville flips from Rock to Country as "Music City 103" and returns Carl P. Mayfield and the "P-Team"…

99.7 FM Atlanta WAPW WARM WNNX WWWQ Power 99 99x

Format Change: “New Rock” 99X Atlanta is Born | October 26, 1992

By Steve West October 24, 2014

Courtesy of Karl Phillips, who sent in a ton of airchecks on reel, here's one on cassette captured when former Atlanta CHR WAPW "Power 99" flipped to New Rock as…

Format Change: Mellow Rock KNX-FM Los Angeles flips to CHR as HitRadio 93 | August 25, 1983

By Steve West October 19, 2013

Perhaps the most coveted aircheck on this site from Los Angeles is this format change of 93.1 FM from 'Mellow Rock' KNX-FM to "HitRadio 93" KKHR. Your webmaster's experience with…

Frequency Swap in Boston – Part 2: WCRB from 102.5 to 99.5 | 12:00 PM December 1, 2006

By Steve West August 29, 2013

..."Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa, and his name is Greater Media!" Now on to part two of this simultaneous aircheck. Just for fun I thought it would be cool…

102.5 FM Boston, 99.5 FM Lowell, 105.7 FM Framingham, WBCS, WOAZ, WVBF, WKLB, WCLB, WCVB, WSSH, WTTK, WJIB-FM, WCRB

Frequency Swap in Boston – Part 1: WKLB from 99.5 to 102.5 | 12:00 PM December 1, 2006

By Steve West August 11, 2013

Writeup forthcoming - While I usually try to have a comment to go along with things we post here, the explanation of the WKLB/WCRB frequency swap is far too involved…

Format Change: Standards WJCE Flips to Progressive Talk 680 WWTQ Memphis | January 28, 2005

By Steve West June 23, 2013

With ratings continuing to slowly fall, aging demos and a business core becoming more unwilling to advertize to persons over 55, Entercom pulled the plug on its AM Standard's outlet…

98.5 WROR Boston becomes WBMX Mix 98.5 | 1991

By Steve West June 23, 2013

Your webmaster has always wondered why it is that radio companies can't respect heritage call letters. Well, here's another set of calls that went away in 1992-- at least off…