The Beat Does Not Go On: 100.3 Done With Hip-Hop
Categories: This Just In, WTF
Big news brewing on the local airwaves: The Clear Channel-owned hip-hop/R&B station KATZ 100.3 The Beat has fired all of its on-air talent and changed formats, as of 12 p.m. today.
As the station's already re-designed website indicates, they will now play seasonal music. It's currently "stunting" (in industry parlance) as "Halloween 100.3 Scary Music for St. Louis."
See for yourself:
Expect non-stop Christmas music (perhaps the only thing more obnoxious than Soulja Boy) after this weekend.
Our sympathies go out to some of the better hip-hop DJ's in the area who are now unemployed, including DJ AJ (just named the RFT's best hip-hop DJ of 2009), Dwight Stone and KiKi the First Lady.
The move leaves Hot 104.1 as the only top 40 hip-hop station in the area.
For a little history of KATZ, check out the Wikipedia page, which has also already been edited to reflect today's big change.
More details when we can get them.
As the station's already re-designed website indicates, they will now play seasonal music. It's currently "stunting" (in industry parlance) as "Halloween 100.3 Scary Music for St. Louis."
See for yourself:
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Expect non-stop Christmas music (perhaps the only thing more obnoxious than Soulja Boy) after this weekend.
The move leaves Hot 104.1 as the only top 40 hip-hop station in the area.
For a little history of KATZ, check out the Wikipedia page, which has also already been edited to reflect today's big change.
More details when we can get them.
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