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Changing the Format But Not The DJs

most recently in Dallas, with KEGL

2022: the station as "97.1 The Eagle" flips from Mainstream Rock to Sports/Guy Talk "The Freak", Ben & Skin were retained but everyone else was let go in advance, especially The Treehouse (FKA The Russ Martin Show) crew.

2024: after The Freak Failed, KEGL reverts back to "97.1 The Eagle" and once again, Ben & Skin were retained for the new 3rd incarnation of this mainstream rock format on 97.1 in Dallas under "The Eagle" branding.
 
KeithE4 said:
But jocks that were still under contract were kept on. Notably, Larry Lujack, who had to endure Mantovani et al until he was able to return to WLS that fall after his contract expired.
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Superjock was smart to not try to get out of his contract. Reportedly, it cost the Chicago Federation of Labor all of the ad revenue they billed all day just to pay him. He remained professional on the air, so they couldn't fire him, and the amount of work he had to do was considerably less.

And his contract didn't expire ... WLS bought it out, much to the relief of "The Voice Of Labor".

If you would like to hear something surreal from the WCFL flip, there is an aircheck at ReelRadio in which Uncle Lar reads (in perfect beautiful music style) an announcement for a promotion involving the band Kiss which still had a few weeks to run when the decision was made to change formats:
 
WCBS-FM (101.1 New York) switched from progressive rock to oldies on July 7, 1972 and the entire staff remained.

en.wikipedia.org

WCBS-FM - Wikipedia

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K.M. Richards said:
Superjock was smart to not try to get out of his contract. Reportedly, it cost the Chicago Federation of Labor all of the ad revenue they billed all day just to pay him. He remained professional on the air, so they couldn't fire him, and the amount of work he had to do was considerably less.

And his contract didn't expire ... WLS bought it out, much to the relief of "The Voice Of Labor".

If you would like to hear something surreal from the WCFL flip, there is an aircheck at ReelRadio in which Uncle Lar reads (in perfect beautiful music style) an announcement for a promotion involving the band Kiss which still had a few weeks to run when the decision was made to change formats:
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Unfortuntely you have to be a subscriber and download a weird audio player to hear it. It's likely online elsewhere.
 
gr8oldies said:
Unfortuntely you have to be a subscriber and download a weird audio player to hear it. It's likely online elsewhere.
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The subscription is free and the files play fine on VLC (which is quickly becoming popular as a media player).
 
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