92 KQRS Twin Cities Re-Launch

[CD 94.7]

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Will be interesting to see how this goes. Cool idea but will it alienate long time listeners?

[GrahamWellington]

Great decision. All classic rock stations should have made this move 15 years ago.

Classic rock stations in 1995: Playlists consists of songs from roughly 1970-1985

Classic rock stations in 2025 (30 years later): Playlists consist of songs from roughly 1970-1985, with a couple hair band songs and a Foo Fighter song thrown in to sound hip.

[edj]

Prince is not rock, but Minneapolis can make an exception.

[MWmetalhead]

I like KQ's revised sound a lot. This will hopefully help them recapture some listenership that defected to 104.1 Jack FM or perhaps even 89.3 The Current.

The musical shift is risky, no doubt. I hope it succeeds for them.

KLOS in Los Angeles tried a similar sound for a brief time in the not too distant past, but they've since backed off most of the non-grunge alternative gold they had been playing.