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kjstech OP t1_j7khq6m wrote

Reply to comment by LibraOnTheCusp in When did WOGL 98.1 Philadelphia change formats from oldies? by kjstech

Wow I never knew they shared the same call letters as channel 10. I guess that’s legal because there’s a KYW news radio and KYW CBS 3 TV. Were they owned and operated by the same broadcaster than? Fun fact, back then channel 10 was CBS and channel 3 was NBC. They swapped sometime in the 90s.

They are playing some of those 80’s songs now. Maybe not as energetic/ enthusiastic as they were when it was considered top hits. There’s a good mix 70s-90s.

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LibraOnTheCusp t1_j7kli2o wrote

I remember the absolute confusion when CBS and NBC switched. 😂😂 I sometimes still have trouble remembering which is which now.

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LibraOnTheCusp t1_j7kmkk1 wrote

There have been a lot of format changes in the Philly radio market.

104.5 has changed formats so many times that I can’t keep up. It used to be Sunny 104.5 when I was a younger kid, then it was Star 104.5 (I listened to the nightly Between The Sheets program with Christopher Knight religiously as a teenager). Then it changed back to Sunny easy listening. Now it’s something else. I think an alternative rock station?

100.3 used to be KISS, playing basically elevator music, before it became Y100.

Similarly, 101.1 used to be Eazy 101. Now it’s B101, much more upbeat stuff.

105.3 has been Smooth Jazz/adult R&B for as long as I can recall. And 102.9 has been classic rock for as long as I remember too.

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