“Gen X Radio” Coming To Louisville

Update 9/3/09: WLUE became “Gen X Radio 100.5” at 5:00pm under new WLGX Calls. Format is descibed by Clear Channel as “Music from the 80’s and 90’s with hits from Grunge, Hip Hop, Hair Bands, Boy Bands and more”. The first hour of “Gen X Radio” consisted of:

2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
No Doubt – Just A Girl
EMF – Unbelievable
Omc – How Bizarre
Blink-182 – All The Small Things
Cathy Dennis – C’mon And Get My Love
Sublime – Santeria
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch – Good Vibrations
Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
Culture Beat – Mr. Vain
Spin Doctors – Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love
Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
Aerosmith – Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

Original Entry 9/1/09: Clear Channel looks to be on the verge of flipping Variety Hits “Louie 100.5” WLUE Louisville, KY to something called “Gen X Radio”. We’re going to assume that the format will be Classic Alternative, but could also be an 80’s/90’s based Hot AC. In addition to the logo to the right appearing on the Clear Channel server today, the following domains were registered last week: GenXFM.com, GenXLou.com, GenXLouisville.com, and MyGenXRadio.com.

WSJZ Melbourne, FL Becomes “95.9 ESPN”

Cumulus has flipped Rock “Pirate 95.9″ WSJZ Melbourne, FL to Sports today as “95.9 ESPN” using the ESPN Radio feed 24/7 along with University of Florida Football PBP.

“Qwik Rock” Returns To State College

Exactly one month to the day that Forever Broadcasting flipped “QWK Rock” 103.1 WQWK to a simulcast of News/Talk 1390 WRSC, the format returns to State College, PA. Magnum Broadcasting’s Country/Classic Rock hybrid 105.9 WJOW/106.9 WZYY “Joe-FM” flipped at 5:00pm to “Qwik Rock 105.9″.

93.3 KDBN Dallas Becomes CHR I93

Update 9/4/09 1:00pm: As expected, KDBN ended its stunting at 12:00pm local time to become “I93 Hits” under the KLIF-FM calls and 93 hours of Commercial Free Music. First Song is Black Eyed Peas “I Got A Feeling”.

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105.5 Macon Becomes WROK “Quality Rock 105.5″

After a day of stunting with TV Themes, Sports “ESPN 105.5 The Fan” WIFN Macon, GA has flipped to AAA WROK-FM “Rock 105.5 – Macon’s Quality Rock“. The format is similar in vein to those run by Cumulus sister stations in Atlanta, Nashville, and Houston. Artists heard in the first hour include Coldplay, Green Day, Journey, and The Rolling Stones.

The ESPN Radio programming moves to sister 1500 WAYS.

“106.7 The Fox” Detroit Becomes Rhythmic AC “The Beat”

At 12pm today, Clear Channel flipped Country “106.7 The Fox” WDTW-FM Detroit to Rhythmic AC “106.7 The Beat“.

The first hour consisted of:
Madonna – Into The Groove
Rihanna – Pon De Replay
Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Mary J. Blige – Family Affair
Expose’ – Point Of No Return
Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
Sister Sledge – We Are Family
The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo Money Mo Problems
Prince & The Revolution – Kiss
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
TLC – No Scrubs
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
Sean Kingston – Fire Burning On The Dance Floor
Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love
Rick James – Super Freak
Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

Kiss Returns To Chattanooga

A little over two years after flipping then CHR WKXJ “98.1 Kiss-FM” to Classic Country “The Legend“, Clear Channel has returned the format and Kiss moniker to the market. At 6:00pm today, AC “103.7 The River” WURV flipped to a Rhythmic leaning CHR as “103.7 Kiss-FM”. In Kiss’ absence, Bahakel Communications’ “96.5 The Mountain” WDOD has taken the CHR mantle in the market after segueing from AAA.

KQLZ Boise Spreads “The Virus”

After three days of stunting with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on loop,
Impact Radio’s KQLZ “True Oldies 99.1” Boise flipped to Country “99.1 The Bronco” at 12pm local time today. Or so we thought. After three hours of Country, complete with local jocks and promotions, the station reached its final destination: Modern Rock “99.1 The Virus”.

Instant Insight: Love the station’s sound and imaging made to sound like the entire format is being hacked in from elsewhere. We do wonder at first glance whether Sirius/XM owns the right to “The Virus” name though. Makes us think back to when XM forced Citadel to rename KDRF Albuquerque from “Fred” to “Ed“.

Revolution Coming To San Francisco

Update 9/11/09 1:05am: After saying farewell at 3:00pm local time, “Energy 92.7″ continued jockless until 9:09pm, when the flip to CHR as “Rev 92.7” KREV took place. The first hour of music consisted of:

Pink – Get The Party Started
Livvi Franc – Now I’m That Bitch
Flo-Rida – Be On You
David Guetta – When Love Takes Over
Linkin Park – New Divide
Keri Hilson – Knock You Down
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
Crazy Town – Butterfly
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Drake – Forever
Jeremih – Birthday Sex
Ester Dean – Drop It Low
Jason DeRulo – Whatcha Say
Kid Cudi – Make Her Say
Mariah Carey – Obsessed

Original Entry 9/10/09 4:00pm: When Ed Stolz completes his purchase of Dance KNGY “Energy 92.7″ San Francisco, the station will flip to Mainstream CHR as “92.7 REV – The Revolution“. The new format looks to be a clone of Stolz’ recently purchased “104.3 Now” Las Vegas.

South Bay: 104.9 KCNL and 92.3 KSJO to swap formats

On Friday, September 18 at 5:00pm Clear Channel will swap formats on two of the stations in its Aloha Stations Trust. The Modern Rock “Channel” will move from 104.9 KCNL to 92.3 KSJO, while Spanish Oldies “La Preciosa” goes from 92.3 to 104.9. Channel is the big winner of this shift, as it goes from the 6kw at -153 feet Class A licensed to Sunnyvale to the 32kw @ 446′ Class B in San Jose.

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