Update 12/9: After stunting for an hour with a block of goodbye songs and songs with Star in the title, KBZC has made the flip to Hot AC as “Star 106.5“. Branded as “Today’s Music Variety”, the station is promoting the station as featuring music mainly from the 21st century.
The station is launching with the usual array of 10,000 songs commercial free. Listen to the launch of Star 106.5 at FormatChange.com.
The first hour on Star 106.5 consisted of:
The Script – For The First Time
Pink – Just Like A Pill
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Katy Perry – Waking Up In Vegas
Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
The Fray – Heartbeat
Owl City – Fireflies
Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats
Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All
Daughtry – What About Now
U2 – Beautiful Day
Christina Perri – Jar of Hearts
Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A.
Matchbox 20 – 3AM
Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
KT Tunstall – Black Horse & the Cherry Tree
Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah
Original Report 12/7: Following last week’s flip of Hot AC “My 92.5” KGBY Sacramento to News/Talk KFBK-FM last week, Entercom is preparing to take on the format.
“Buzz 106.5” KBZC, which just revamped from 90s Hits to Rhythmic AC over Labor Day Weekend, will soon rebrand the station as “Star 106.5” with a turn towards Hot AC.
Registrations were made on Monday for the following domains: 1065Star.com, Star1065.com, and StarSacramento.com along with their .net variants. SacStar.net was also purchased by Entercom.