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Stations that have had "format tweaks."

tall_guy1

tall_guy1

These are stations that didn't change formats from one to another, but moved around its own format to have completely different or different enough sounds to be noticeable. Here are some:

1. Mix 93.3 (KMXV) Kansas City. This station has moved around the CHR grid, from being a very strong Adult CHR in the late '90s and '00s to being a mainstream CHR from the late '00s and early '10s to being close to being a Rhythmic CHR once Steel City took over, playing songs like "i" by Kendrick Lamar, "Hood Go Crazy" by Tech N9ne, and "Tuesday" by ilovemanoken in power rotation. It has since become mainstream again.

2. 99.7 The Point Kansas City. This station debuted when Entercom closed the door on both Gen X radio and a mainstream AC, so it sounded very much on the AC side while technically being a Hot AC, and morphed into a full fledged Hot AC compete with even songs like "Thrift Shop" in rotation.

3. Star 104.3 Joplin. This station started out very rhythmically for a Hot AC, playing songs like "What's Luv" by Fat Joe and "Don't Wake Me Up" by Chris Brown. Then, it shifted into a more AC style presentation before settling into a more standard Hot AC sound.

Have any other examples?
 
Lite 100.5 in Hartford, CT. They play stuff now that's not so "lite". Some examples? "Bad Romance" and "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, a Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it) by Beyonce, a heavily edited version of that song "New York".

When Full-Power Radio took over Oldies "Kool Radio" in Southern New England they phased out the 50s music and replaced it with 80s music.
(Note: In July 2015 DMG launched the Oldies format on 990 in the Hartford Market and 1490 in the Springfield Market. Oldies 990 and 1490 WXCT. It featured 50s, 60s, and 70s. In November 2015 Full-Power Radio began LMAing the stations as they announced they were buying the stations. The only changes they made was changing the name of the stations to "Kool Radio" to match their existing 1180-AM in the Westerly Market. It was in January 2016 when the sale closed that they made the music changes above). All 3 stations are now on FM translators and the Springfield station changed from 1490 to 1270.
 
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WZJZ-FM switching from Top 40 to Hot AC (downgrading formats), and added a ".1" to their name, changing their name from Y100 to Y100.1. I still think of it as a downgrade and a tweak, because their name hasn't changed that much, putting WZJZ in a unique situation.:confused:
 
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