5.25.2007
Will WYSP/Philly Be In "The Zone"?
In my best Randy Jackson voice: Yo, dawg, check it out.
In Rochester, there is a station known as 94.1 The Zone, which was recently sold from CBS Radio to Entercom, and is in fact currently pending a sale from Entercom.
Meanwhile, WYSP is seeking to drop its "Free-FM" identity and likely rebrand itself to a format retaining Opie & Anthony in the morning, and rock, talk and God knows what the rest of the day.
Look no further than down the Turnpike in Pittsburgh, where CBS recently flipped to an all-talk format, though not as "Free-FM", but as "The Zone".
Meanwhile, notice that you can access WZNE's website via thezone941.com, but recently, not via 941thezone.com, which is still owned by "Infinity Broadcasting".
Stand back, because 94.1 is about to blow WYSP out of the box, dawg.
5.24.2007
K-Rock Is Back
Not that much to add... The stunting was interesting, to say the least... But realize this is the same exact format that was on 92.3 (remember "Great Rock, Period", kids?) in the final days of Stern on radio. The return of K-Rock is simply the need to have a format compatible with Opie & Anthony, who might be able to expand their show during the next few weeks while they sit out their XM suspension. And now I have to wonder if Q104's shaking in their boots.
