8 April – As part of a series of format changes at
Cumulus Media-owned stations in the
Quad Cities,
KORB (93.5 FM) switches from
active rock to
hot adult contemporary, adopts the former call sign KQCS (which had been used at frequency from 1989 to 1995) and adopts the slogan "Star 93.5." The active rock format is moved to
WXLP (96.9 FM), which dumps its longtime
classic rock format as a result, and adopts the slogan "97 Rock."
[1]
May – Westwood One ends production of "NBC Radio News"-branded morning-drive newscasts, produced by
CBS Radio personnel, one of the few remaining links to the original
NBC Radio Network. The move came a year after the launch of the non-related "NBC News Radio" in an arrangement with NBC and Westwood One (that service would be expanded to a round-the-clock basis on 1 April 2012). Usage of the NBC Radio "Hotline" satellite chirp was also retired.
^Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.
^"Frances Chaney". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 15 December 2004. p. 8B. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
8 April – As part of a series of format changes at
Cumulus Media-owned stations in the
Quad Cities,
KORB (93.5 FM) switches from
active rock to
hot adult contemporary, adopts the former call sign KQCS (which had been used at frequency from 1989 to 1995) and adopts the slogan "Star 93.5." The active rock format is moved to
WXLP (96.9 FM), which dumps its longtime
classic rock format as a result, and adopts the slogan "97 Rock."
[1]
May – Westwood One ends production of "NBC Radio News"-branded morning-drive newscasts, produced by
CBS Radio personnel, one of the few remaining links to the original
NBC Radio Network. The move came a year after the launch of the non-related "NBC News Radio" in an arrangement with NBC and Westwood One (that service would be expanded to a round-the-clock basis on 1 April 2012). Usage of the NBC Radio "Hotline" satellite chirp was also retired.
^Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.
^"Frances Chaney". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 15 December 2004. p. 8B. Retrieved 4 October 2016.