Update 3/13/08 5:00pm: Hot 95.7 debuted at 3:00pm CDT as expected. The station has a Rhythmic lean, but will most likely be classified as Mainstream CHR. The first hour on the station consisted of:
Nelly – Hot In Herre
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Miley Cyrus – See You Again
T-Pain – Buy You A Drink
Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
Webbie – Independent
Fergie – Clumsy
Soulja Boy – Crank Dat
Chris Brown – With You
Cascada – What Hurts The Most
Flo-Rida – Low
Kanye West – Stronger
Jordin Sparks – No Air
Sean Kingston – Take You There
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
Update 3/12/08 7:00pm: At 5:37pm CDT, KHJZ began stunting with a loop of Freestyler’s “Don’t Stop” and Rhianna’s “Don’t Stop The Music” interspersed with announcements proclaiming something new Thursday March 13, at 3:00pm.
Original Entry 3/12/08 4:00pm: CBS Radio’s Smooth Jazz “95.7 The Wave” KHJZ Houston will be flipping to CHR as “Hot 95.7”. The logo above appeared on the CBS Radio webserver earlier today. Net Gnomes have discovered the anonymous registrations of Hot957fm.com and HotHits957.com, along with .net and .org variations which fit with the proposed format. When the flip occurs, Houston will join New York, Washington D.C., and Denver as major markets that have lost Smooth Jazz in the past few weeks.
The full version of the logo linked above can be seen on the CBS Server here.
