Happy Big 28 Kiss

[CrazeeCarroll2]

At 5PM may 31st 1996 the station we know today as Kiss 95.1 was born. The first song with the launch was Hootie & The Blowfish'es I Go Blind. The first live jock was Danny Wright.

 

[CLTRadio]

Do radio stations even celebrate milestones anymore? V101.9 celebrated 30 years in January, but I didn’t hear anything about it

 

[CrazeeCarroll2]

Good question? Their birthday was January 24th.

 

[Radio_Alex_1990]

Ah the 90s were a great time for music! Miss it.

 

[tylerSC]

Do radio stations even celebrate milestones anymore? V101.9 celebrated 30 years in January, but I didn’t hear anything about it

WBT does. Big 100 back in 2022.

 

[tylerSC]

At 5PM may 31st 1996 the station we know today as Kiss 95.1 was born. The first song with the launch was Hootie & The Blowfish'es I Go Blind. The first live jock was Danny Wright.

Great station and good music back then. They were previously several variations on the hit music format before rebranding to Kiss 95.1. They were 95Q-WROQ rock format, then moved more CHR under several other names before WNKS.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Great station and good music back then. They were previously several variations on the hit music format before rebranding to Kiss 95.1. They were 95Q-WROQ rock format, then moved more CHR under several other names before WNKS.

There were other formats besides CHR.

Rock 40 in the late 80s, back to CHR, then oldies during the early 90s. Then they tried to say they weren't "Top 40" and called it "none of the above" but it was sort of alternative leaning. There was Double Q and then The Edge.

 

[JLBCLT]

There were other formats besides CHR.

Rock 40 in the late 80s, back to CHR, then oldies during the early 90s. Then they tried to say they weren't "Top 40" and called it "none of the above" but it was sort of alternative leaning. There was Double Q and then The Edge.

A friend Reggie Blackwell programmed 95.1 at first when it switched from AOR to top 40 and the Kaplan's still owned it. I remember billboards saying "We got the Led (Zeppelin) out" Seems after the Kaplan's sold the stations (AM 610 as well) they went through many different owners. I remember one time they used a different satellite format each day asking listeners which format they preferred. I was one of the mix show DJs on the Edge. Recorded the show on VCR tape which they played back in the studio.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I remember one time they used a different satellite format each day asking listeners which format they preferred.

I was listening when they did that. They also simulcast talk station WCNT for a day.

And after that they said listeners wanted "none of the above", though one format got repeated because it was so popular.