UPDATE: DAVID LEE ROTH TO REPLACE STERN IN PITTSBURGH!
Flamboyant former Van Halen frontman Roth debuts Jan. 3 on seven of its stations; the flagship WXRK-FM in New York, WBCN-FM in Boston, WYSP-FM in Philadelphia, WRKZ- FM in Pittsburgh, WNCX-FM in Cleveland, WPBZ-FM in West Palm Beach, Fla., and KLLI-FM in Dallas.
I WILL BE OPENING A SPANDEX OUTLET MALL ACROSS THE STREET!
Could the wish of so many who have rallied against him for years be granted? Will Howard Stern be off the air as early as tomorrow? Even Stern is wondering.
He was set to depart after the first of the year and move to satellite radio and out of the reach of the FCC. PowerBlog reported last week his ratings continue to drop. (However not as bad as Air America!)
His current employer may cut their losses much sooner then expected. Locally, that leaves one radio station up a creek. This is going to get very interesting. Does anyone smell a format change cooking?
3 comments:
Bummer. I like a lot of the music that K-Rock plays. The other stations don't play enough early-90's grunge/alternative.
It's just a prediction but here is what my sources are saying:
Infinity has unveiled its Howard Stern "replacement strategy," including the official announcement of David Lee Roth and Adam Carolla's shows, the flip and rebranding of several stations to Talk "Free FM". That means format changes to talk at rockers like WXRK, New York, WYSP, Philadelphia and KPLN, San Diego.
Me thinks Pittsburgh is on that list!
WYSP?!? That station's been playing rock for as long as I can remember! When I'm at my parents' home, listen to either WYSP or WMMR. The latter is better, but WYSP (at least as I remember it) ain't too shabby.
Post a Comment