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Atlanta Format Changes

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trusty

As we know, over the years, some FM stations in ATL have changed formats (some drastic – some subtle) and spurred quite a few comments on this board.

Below is an incomplete list of Atlanta FM format changes that I quickly remember since I moved back to the area. Feel free to correct any mistakes and add stations as I surely don’t guarantee accuracy. ;)

92.9 Classic Rock – AAA
94.9 Soft _____ – Country
95.5 The Beat – NewsTalk
96.1 Rock – Project (What “format” is Project anyway?)
97.1 Oldies – Urban – Classic Hits
99.7 Alternative – Top-40
104.1 (with 106.7?) Country – Urban?
104.7 ? – Christian Contemp
105.3 80’s – Spanish
105.7 Oldies – WGST – Spanish – Urban?
106.7 (with 104.1?) Country – Oldies (Classis Rock) – News
107.7 Smooth Jazz – Urban

What is your opinion of the format change itself?
What is your opinion of how the station has executed the new format?
1-Great
2-Good
3-OK
4-Don’t Care
5-Don’t Like
6-Hated with a vengeance / Drove me up a wall.

Add another class of opinions if you wish.
 
92.9 Classical (WGKA-FM) - Top 40 - CHuRban - Classic Rock – AAA
94.9 Religious - Beautiful Music - AC – Country
95.5 Country - The Beat – WSB simul
96.1 Beautiful Music - AOR – Active Rock
97.1 Top 40 - AC - Oldies – Urban – Classic Hits
98.5 Beautiful Music - AC - Hot AC
99.7 Beautiful Music - AC - Top 40 - Alternative – Top 40
103.3 Country - AOR - Country - Urban
104.1 Nostalgia (WJYF Joy FM) - (with 106.7) Country – Urban - Urban AC
104.7 Urban AC – Christian Contemp
105.3 80’s – Hot Talk - Spanish
105.7 Country - WGST simul - Oldies - Spanish – Rhythmic CHR
106.7 Top 40 (Wide 107) - AC (Lite 106) - (with 104.1?) Country – Oldies - Classic Hits – News
107.5 Smooth Jazz – Urban
 
Seems like I did this about a week ago...
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Similar. Mater of fact, I was going to add this to your thread, but the subject was just different enough to not be comfortable there :) (greatest stations vs format changes).

My focus was on the number of format changes as the market has grown. Logic would say that as Atlanta has "matured", there should be a need for more oldies, but there's something more than logic happening here. ::) (Maybe younger move-ins.) Just trying to spot a trend.

Thanx for the corrections. I guess we could add some fringe stations like 100.1 and 102.3, both from Oldies to Spanish.
 
92.9 Classical (WGKA-FM) - Top 40 (Z-93) - CHuRban - Classic Rock (Z93) – AAA
94.1 Beautiful Music (WKXI/WQXI-FM) - Finance News - Top 40 (94Q) - AC - Top 40 - Hot AC
94.9 Religious (WAVQ/WAVO-FM) - Beautiful Music (WPCH Peach FM 95) - AC (Peach then Lite WLTW) – Country
95.5 Country (WNGC) - CHR/R – WSB simul
96.1 Beautiful Music (Klass 96) - AOR (96 Rock) – Active Rock
97.1 Top 40 (97 FOX) - AC - Oldies (Fox 97) – Urban (97.1 Jamz) – Classic Hits
98.5 Beautiful Music (Great 98) - AC (99FM then B98.5) - Hot AC
99.7 Beautiful Music (WLTA) - AC (Warm 100/99.7) - Top 40 (Power 99) - Alternative (99X) – Top 40
101.5 Beautiful Music (WBIE) - Country (WBIE Georgia's Country Giant then WKHX Kicks)
103.3 Country (WPLO) - AOR - Country - Urban
104.1 Nostalgia (WJYF Joy FM) - (with 106.7) Country (WYAI Y104) – Urban - Urban AC
104.7 Urban AC (Love 104.7 then Kiss 104.7) – Christian Contemp
105.3 80’s (WMAX) – Hot Talk (Real Radio) - Active Rock (WBZY The Buzz) - Spanish
105.7 Country (WCHK) - WGST simul - Classic Hits (WMXV Mix 105.7) - Oldies (WLCL Kool 105.7) - Spanish (Viva) – Rhythmic CHR
106.7 Top 40 (Wide 107) - AC (Lite 106) - (with 104.1) Country (Y106 then Eagle) – Oldies (TOC) - Classic Hits (AGH) – News
107.5 Smooth Jazz (WJZZ) – Urban
107.9 Alternative/Active Rock (The End) - Urban
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I just noticed that WSB-FM and WKLS are the only 2 commercial FM stations in ATL that have never changed their call letters (although WKLS did append an "-FM" when they had the AM simul on 970).

V-103 is the longest running moniker (since 1977, IIRC) on an ATL commercial FM station.

And, as I said in another post, country on 101.5 is the longest running format (since 1968).
 
96.7 had a satellite Hot AC format. Was it Jones? Then it was CHR/Urban. It was also Classic Country.
97.5 had a country format before becoming Hot 97.5.
104.1 and 106.7 had the pop country or young country format in the 1990s. Young Country didn't last long.
104.7 was WALR Atlanta's Lite Rock the first year after moving in. This one time AC seems forgotten.
107.5 was a religious translator for 88.9 in Chattanooga. It was later a Jammin Oldies format.

What was the weak signaled AC around 107 in the 1990s? Was it 107.1?
 
97.5 was on 97.7 and licensed to Griffin as oldies WQUL. When class A 97.7 Griffin moved to class C3 97.5 Fayetteville the 97.5 licensed to Hogansville had to move to 98.1fm.
 
I believe your right trusty. When Hot 97.5 became Hot 107.9, 97.5 was flipped to Praise.

102.5 was a college translator in Cobb County. When 102.5 signed on as Majic or Magic IIRC, the translator moved. I think to 100.? And Q-100 blocked it and it had to move again. Do you remember when everyone thought 102.5 would become Atlanta's first Regional Mexican formatted station? That was when it was still a CP.
 
Mr_Winston-Salem said:
I believe your right trusty. When Hot 97.5 became Hot 107.9, 97.5 was flipped to Praise.

102.5 was a college translator in Cobb County. When 102.5 signed on as Majic or Magic IIRC, the translator moved. I think to 100.? And Q-100 blocked it and it had to move again. Do you remember when everyone thought 102.5 would become Atlanta's first Regional Mexican formatted station? That was when it was still a CP.
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WGHR, the Southern Tech radio station. It was not a translator but a class D LPFM. It tried to move to 100.7 and also 101.1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGHR
 
jabba17 said:
92.9 Classical (WGKA-FM) - Top 40 (Z-93) - CHuRban - Classic Rock (Z93) – AAA
94.1 Beautiful Music (WKXI/WQXI-FM) - Finance News - Top 40 (94Q) - AC - Top 40 - Hot AC
94.9 Religious (WAVQ/WAVO-FM) - Beautiful Music (WPCH Peach FM 95) - AC (Peach then Lite WLTW) – Country
95.5 Simulcast w/WGAU (WGAU-FM 102.5) - Country (WNGC) - CHR/R – WSB simul
96.1 Beautiful Music (Klass 96) - AOR (96 Rock) – Active Rock
97.1 Simulcast w/WLBA (WLBA-FM) – Country (WFOX) - Top 40 (97 FOX) - AC - Oldies (Fox 97) – Urban (97.1 Jamz) – Classic Hits
98.5 Beautiful Music (Great 98) - AC (99FM then B98.5) - Hot AC
99.7 Beautiful Music (WLTA) - AC (Warm 100/99.7) - Top 40 (Power 99) - Alternative (99X) – Top 40
101.5 Beautiful Music (WBIE) - Country (WBIE Georgia's Country Giant then WKHX Kicks)
103.3 Country (WPLO) - AOR - Country - Urban
104.1 Simulcast w/WLAG (WLAG-FM) – Country (WWCG) - Nostalgia (WJYF Joy FM) - (with 106.7) Country (WYAI Y104) – Urban - Urban AC
104.7 Simulcast w/WDOL (WDOL-FM) – Top-40 (WJSR) - Urban AC (Love 104.7 then Kiss 104.7) – Christian Contemp
105.3 80’s (WMAX) – Hot Talk (Real Radio) - Active Rock (WBZY The Buzz) - Spanish
105.7 Country (WCHK) - WGST simul - Classic Hits (WMXV Mix 105.7) - Oldies (WLCL Kool 105.7) - Spanish (Viva) – Rhythmic CHR
106.7 Simulcast w/WDUN (WDUN-FM 103.9) – Beautiful Music (WDUN-FM) – MOR (WWID) - Top 40 (Wide 107) - AC (Lite 106) - (with 104.1) Country (Y106 then Eagle) – Oldies (TOC) - Classic Hits (AGH) – News
107.5 Smooth Jazz (WJZZ) – Urban
107.9 Alternative/Active Rock (The End) - Urban
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107.5 first debuted in 1998 as a "Jammin Oldies" station, then became Smooth jazz when Cox dumped WJZF for Kiss 104. I remember when they first signed on in 1998, they stunted with Stevie Wonder "Just Enough for The City" for about a week. It was actually a good station. Prior to this, there was a Moody Babble Institute Translator licensed to Roswell (think it was on Sweat Mtn) on that frequency.
 
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