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Old 12-16-2022, 02:45 PM   #1069
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89 View Post
Calgary went from having no hip-hop on the radio to too much hip-hop on the radio in 6 months back in 2002. Kiss 96.9FM went to hip hop that spring and then that fall Vibe 98.5 launched and played essentially the same play list. Kiss lost and rebranded to Jack FM. Even one full time Hip-hop station was too much for the Calgary market back then and Vibe rebranded and moved to a top 40 format and locked down the lucrative 15 - 35 year old female demographic.
I wondered if 96.9 might have been the other hip hop station - that makes sense...it looks like 107 changed to Peak at a similar time in 2002 so it must've gotten muddled in my mind to those other changes.
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