October 26, 1992

[JoeyMills]

12pm - WAPW-POWER99 became 99x.
http://formatchange.com/chr-power-99-wapw-becomes-alternative-99x-wnnx/

It will be interesting to see how they celebrate.

 

[JoeyMills]

Power99 Aircheck
This is a sample of Atlanta’s Power 99 — which, according to Wikipedia, was the “dominant top-40 station in the Southeast” at the start of the 90′s — about a year before it flipped to Modern Rock as 99x.
The personality is Telephone Tony — later known as Tone E. Fly. Before Power 99, Telephone Tony was Kid Kelly’s producer/sidekick at Z100/NY and now hosts mornings at KTWN “96.3 K-Twin” in Minneapolis-St. Paul (under the name Tony Fly, according to ktwin.com) Perhaps somewhat ironically, this aircheck was recorded during one of the games of the 1991 World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins. Telephone Tony was apparently filling in for personalities Domino and Crash, who were suspended for an incident related to the World Series.
http://airchecked.com/2012/07/22/wapw-power-99-atlanta-oct-91-telephone-tony/

 

[RadioFreeAtlanta]

It is hard to believe Power 99 turned the switch to 99X 20 years ago.

I still remember where I was when I was listening to the flip and the first time they uttered the words "99X."

 

[BIGSTICK]

It is hard to believe Power 99 turned the switch to 99X 20 years ago.

I still remember where I was when I was listening to the flip and the first time they uttered the words "99X."

This was the true beginning of the downfall of local radio............

 

[acheron1982]

99X, in the beginning, was THE alternative station according many across the nation. I did not even grow up around Atlanta and knew about this station. Remember all the free, free, free concerts and the I AM 99X freeloader cards. I remember when 99x went off the air, I was actually excited because I felt 99X had lost its way and a new station would try alternative and make it sound just as good as 99x did during the beginning. I was badly mistaken. Alternative did not die, the 4 c's killed it! I think the only way to get a station similar to how 99x use to be and how many alternative stations are today would be if one of the college stations go strictly alternative & independent OR Lincoln Financial running for it. I don't see STAR going anywhere though thanks to fair ratings.

 

[electroboy73]

Now, today...we have a super-duper, major market, Top 40 station playing 96,000 watts of Train followed by Matchbox 20! :

 

[bclark71.]

Now, today...we have a super-duper, major market, Top 40 station playing 96,000 watts of Train followed by Matchbox 20! :

Word.

I just heard that WWWQ might be changing their branding to "99.7 Rob FM." Anyone else heard this?

 

[electroboy73]

Now, today...we have a super-duper, major market, Top 40 station playing 96,000 watts of Train followed by Matchbox 20! :

Word.

I just heard that WWWQ might be changing their branding to "99.7 Rob FM." Anyone else heard this?

Wonderful! Then, Atlanta really will be the only major market without a CHR.....at all! And just when CHR has become so big on radio. ???

 

[bclark71.]

Now, today...we have a super-duper, major market, Top 40 station playing 96,000 watts of Train followed by Matchbox 20! :
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I just heard that WWWQ might be changing their branding to "99.7 Rob FM." Anyone else heard this?
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Wonderful! Then, Atlanta really will be the only major market without a CHR.....at all! And just when CHR has become so big on radio. ???
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I was kidding. Rob Thomas is the singer in Matchbox Twenty. Q100 has been obsessed with him/them for years. "99.7 Rob FM" seemed like a funny dig what with 92.9 Dave FM biting the proverbial Big One soon.

 

[crashWBCN]

We were suspended because Twins fan had a giant billboard/good luck card on a tractor trailer parked outside the Embassy Suites hotel in Buckhead and we kinda encouraged Braves fans to "handle it" any way they could. The old, "I wonder what would happen if" scenario and WOW did the listeners respond. They defaced it, lit it on fire, chainsawed it in pieces and of course we were the guilty party for inciting a riot. Cool thing was we got tickets to the game but also had to film an apology for a Minnesota TV crew which we laughed our way through. Ahhh, radio back in the day, nuff said.