{"id":4107,"date":"2009-04-02T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/94-7-dropping-classic-rock-format.html"},"modified":"2009-04-02T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T14:15:00","slug":"94-7-dropping-classic-rock-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/94-7-dropping-classic-rock-format\/","title":{"rendered":"94.7 dropping classic rock format"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.DCRTV.com\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">DCRTV.com<\/span><\/a> reported that WTGB 94.7 FM is dropping its classic rock format and going to adult contemporary, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.947freshfm.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">FRESH 94.7<\/span><\/a>. Now I will have one less station to listen to on my commute. This will be particularly tough in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>I liked 94.7&#8217;s &#8220;world class rock&#8221; format of last year. It was flawed yes &#8212; (can you really play New Order and Led Zepplin back-to-back?), but overall it was pretty good. Initially, the return to a straight classic rock format was not something I was too enthusiastic about because who needs to hear more .38 Special? However, it got better and for a couple of months I could count on hearing either Bruce Springsteen and\/or Rush on my commutes. Perhaps that is why they had trouble attracting listeners.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Marc Fisher<\/span> of <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/rawfisher\/2009\/03\/bye_bye_classic_rock_again.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">was not too happy<\/span><\/a> about the change either.<\/p>\n<p>One bright spot if you have HD Radio (does anybody) they have something more like &#8220;The Globe&#8221; format running on the second 94.7 channel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WTGB\" rel=\"tag\">WTGB<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/classicrock947\" rel=\"tag\">classic rock 94.7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/radio\" rel=\"tag\">radio<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCRTV.com reported that WTGB 94.7 FM is dropping its classic rock format and going to adult contemporary, FRESH 94.7. Now I will have one less station to listen to on my commute. This will be particularly tough in the morning. I liked 94.7&#8217;s &#8220;world class rock&#8221; format of last year. 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