Format Change Archive » Amarillo http://formatchange.com Where Radio Stations Are Born Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Where Radio Stations Are Born Format Change Archive no Where Radio Stations Are Born Format Change Archive » Amarillo http://formatchange.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://formatchange.com/category/amarillo/ 93.1 KQIZ Relaunches as "93.1 The Beat" http://formatchange.com/931-kqiz-relaunches-as-931-the-beat/ http://formatchange.com/931-kqiz-relaunches-as-931-the-beat/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:31:00 +0000 Lance http://formatchange.com/?p=38 ]]>


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The original KQIZ signed on in 1975 and pretty much remained Mainstream Top 40 for its entire tenure. As the summer of 2001 ended, KQIZ was in a format many have dubbed Lillith Fair FM. Over a period of several months, ratings had gone from upwards of a 19 share 12+ to a jaw dropping 3.2. Having paid over $3 million for the property, Cumulus Broadcasting was presumably not going to let the station slip away. On or around Monday, November 3, 2001, the station suddenly stopped with the CHR/Pop format. There was no announcement, no prologue, the station just suddenly switched to stunting. The entire staff, sans one person, were fired. About a week later (4 days before sign on), announcements aired proclaiming that “something brand new is coming to 93-1, details Thursday morning.” People were obviously furiously busy behind-the-scenes to launch a new radio station.

At 9:31 a.m. on November 15, the filler and stunting suddenly stopped. The old “Z93″ was dead forever. After several seconds of silence, KQIZ signed on as Rhythmic CHR “The Beat of Amarillo, 93-1 The Beat” with Party Up by DMX.

]]> http://formatchange.com/931-kqiz-relaunches-as-931-the-beat/feed/ 0 93.1 The Beat,Amarillo,CHR,http://formatchange.com/audio/36.mp3,KQIZ,Rhythmic CHR,Z93 The original KQIZ signed on in 1975 and pretty much remained Mainstream Top 40 for its entire tenure. As the summer of 2001 ended, KQIZ was in a format many have dubbed Lillith Fair FM. Over a period of several months, The original KQIZ signed on in 1975 and pretty much remained Mainstream Top 40 for its entire tenure. As the summer of 2001 ended, KQIZ was in a format many have dubbed Lillith Fair FM. Over a period of several months, ratings had gone from upwards of a 19 share 12+ to a jaw dropping 3.2. Having paid over $3 million for the property, Cumulus Broadcasting was presumably not going to let the station slip away. On or around Monday, November 3, 2001, the station suddenly stopped with the CHR/Pop format. There was no announcement, no prologue, the station just suddenly switched to stunting. The entire staff, sans one person, were fired. About a week later (4 days before sign on), announcements aired proclaiming that "something brand new is coming to 93-1, details Thursday morning." People were obviously furiously busy behind-the-scenes to launch a new radio station. At 9:31 a.m. on November 15, the filler and stunting suddenly stopped. The old "Z93" was dead forever. After several seconds of silence, KQIZ signed on as Rhythmic CHR "The Beat of Amarillo, 93-1 The Beat" with Party Up by DMX. Format Change Archive no 1:16