WRED was a good station and I was sad to see them go.
However I have to argue that there was definately pop in their playlist. WRED was an Urban-leaning Rhythmic, so there was select pop hits in their playlist, but not many.
I last heard/listened to WRED July 2008 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire under a pretty strong finge signal (at my sister in laws lakehouse at lake winnipesaukee) and they were playing pop tracks like Jordan Sparks "One Step At A Time" and a remix of "I Kissed a Girl", so in long story short they sprinkled on the pop hits, however the playlist was very Urban-ish.