Big Changes at Clear Channel Atlanta, Oldies drought begins
Monday was a whirlwind day at Clear Channel Atlanta. Here are the changes CC made:
- Oldies station Cool 105.7 (WLCL) is dead. Viva 105.3 (WWVA-FM) moves up to 105.7. Viva will simulcast on both 103.5 and 10.57 for a week, when a new format will launch on 105.3.
- Randy and Spiff, the morning show from Cool, went to lite rock station 94.9 Lite FM (WLTM), replacing Gene and Julie, who left the station after less than a year. Gene and Julie are now at lite rock KVIL-FM in Dallas, TX.
- The Regular Guys return to 96 Rock (WKLS) almost a year after they were fired from the station due to a stunt gone awry. In a move that killed Clear Channel's zero-tolerance policy on indecency, they were hired back at CC, this time to host a talk show on 640 WGST. They started their talk show on April 4, but it was a failure from the start. They started the morning by playing the stunt that got them fired, an adult actress talking about suggestive matters played backwards.
- Bill Cuningham, talk show host on WLW 700 Cincinatti, will use advanced Clear Channel technology to host a live talk show for WGST, from Cincinatti. He replaces the Regular Guys in the 9AM to Noon time slot. Tom Hughes will host "AM Atlanta" from 5AM-9AM.
The only station not affected by any change is the low-powered alternative rock 96.7 the Buzz (WBZY), which is rumored to move to 105.3. Jerry Del Core, VP/GM for Clear Channel Atlanta has not announced the new format for 105.3 just yet.
On a side note, Big John Wetherbee, former Cool PD and Meterologist for Lite FM and WGCL-TV CBS 46, pulled down the Cool 105.7 sign from the wall of the Clear Channel Atlanta lobby to have as a souvenir, reports Rodney Ho of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Wetherbee told him that he recieved over 500 E-Mails, and that he was "Gratified and sad" about the loss of oldies in Atlanta
The oldies drought begins in Atlanta
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