With Independence Day falling in the middle of the week this year, there is no holiday weekend to expect most of the format changes to take place on this week. This log will be updated all week as changes take place.
Completed Changes
7/5 – 93.7 WQGR North Madison, OH signed on and began stunting with non-stop John Mellencamp on its way to becoming Hot AC “Cougar 93.7”
7/5- 97.3 WZNN Birmingham may have flipped to Variety Hits “Y’All 97.3”
7/4- 1550 WZUM Pittsburgh returned to the air with Urban Oldies
7/4- 102.7 KTBH Hilo returned as Alternative “102.7 The Beach”
7/3 – Cumulus AC “B98.7” KBEE Salt Lake City revamped as Adult CHR under the same moniker
7/3 – Cumulus has relaunched 93.7 WSJR Scranton PA, 100.5 WHLZ Florence SC, 101.7 KAYD Beaumont TX, 102.7 WHKR Melbourne FL, and 104.9 WKOS Kingsport TN as “Nash FM”
7/3 – Clear Channel AC “Lite 94.5” WLQT Dayton goes Country as “Hot Country B94.5”
7/3 – After stunting with Christmas music, Townsquare Media Classic Hits “K-Bear” KKBR Billings flips to CHR “Pop Crush 97.1”
7/3 – Davidson Media has broken up its Tampa Bay area simulcast as 96.1 WTMP-FM Dade City shifts to Regional Mexican “96.1 La Mexicana” while 1150 WTMP Egypt Lake remains Tropical “Bahia 1150“.
7/3 – Mollman Media has launched Country “106.1 The Ranch” K291BR Chickasha, OH via KWCO-HD2.
7/3 – 92.3 KQRK and 99.7 KKMT Kalispell, MT swap frequencies as 92.3 becomes CHR “Star 92” and 99.7 becomes “Q Country 99.7”
7/3 – PMB Broadcasting has launched Spanish AC “Unidos 107.7” W299AX Columbus, GA via 99.3 WKCN-HD3
7/2 – Rogers Media has rebranded three stations in Kingston, Ottawa, and Sault Ste. Marie, ON as “Country“.
7/2 – AAA “Birmingham Mountain Radio” moves from online only to being heard on Summit Media’s 107.3 W297BF Birmingham replacing the national ESPN Radio feed heard on it and 1320 WENN. 1320 is now rebroadcasting Classic Hip-Hop “Power 102.1” W270BW.
7/2 – Clear Channel has launched Active Rock “Planet Radio 106.9” W295AZ Jacksonville
7/1 – Classic Rock “106.9 The Q” KVGQ Las Vegas flipped to Hot AC “Q106.9”
7/1 – Classic Hits “94.1 The Sound” KTSO Tulsa flipped to AC “94.1 The Breeze”
6/28 – Classic Rock “89.5 The Hawk” CHWK Chilliwack, BC flipped to Classic Hits “89.5 The Drive”
Pending Format Changes
- Results Radio’s 92.1 KMJE Placerville/Sacramento, CA has dropped its simulcast of Classic Hits “101.5 K-Hits” KCCL and is running a loop redirecting listeners to the new frequency
- Sports/Active Rock “103.9 The Game” KCJF Earle/Jonesboro, AR will debut a new format on July 1 as MOR Media assumes operations of the station
Potential Format Changes
- Cumulus’ Salt Lake City stations could see a shake-up based on recent domain registrations
- Radio Fargo-Moorhead has registered domains for a pair of its Fargo, ND stations
