Seven Mountains Media has launched \u201c98 Jamz\u201d in Bowling Green, KY, replacing rock formatted \u201cThe Point\u201d across three FM translators W251BT (98.1), W252CV (98.3) and W274CD (102.7), with programming originating on WWKU (1450).<\/p>\n
Positioned as \u201cStraight Throwbacks,\u201d the new station features hip-hop, R&B and rap from the past 30 years.<\/p>\n
Bowling Green native Shawn \u201cBig Hamp\u201d Hampton anchors the weekday lineup, hosting from 10am to 3pm. Hampton, described by the company as a \u201cpositivity champion,\u201d is deeply rooted in the local community.<\/p>\n
The lineup also includes Compass Media\u2019s \u201cDeDe in the Morning\u201d and \u201cThe Baka Boys\u201d in the afternoon. \u201cSunday Night Slow Jams,\u201d which previously aired on sister CHR station WUHU (107.1), has moved to \u201c98 Jamz,\u201d while R-Dub\u2019s \u201cWeekday Slow Jamz\u201d airs weeknights from 10pm to midnight.<\/p>\n
While \u201cThe Point\u201d branding has been retired, Seven Mountains Media is retaining some of the former station\u2019s programming features. The \u201c2-Minute Promise,\u201d which limits commercial breaks to no more than two minutes outside of syndicated programming, continues on the new format. The station\u2019s commercial-free music hour has also shifted from 9am to noon and is now branded the \u201c60 Minute Flex.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company is also directing former listeners of \u201cThe Point\u201d to its classic rock station, \u201c105.3 The Goat\u201d WPTQ, which continues the legacy of the format with \u201cThe Local Show\u201d on Thursday evenings and a lineup that features Dave & Mahoney, Andy Morgan and Axe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision to flip formats was not an easy one and not made lightly,\u201d Seven Mountains Media Bowling Green said. \u201cOur ultimate goal at Seven Mountains Media Bowling Green is to provide the most in-demand music formats to best serve our local audience and business partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven Mountains Media has launched \u201c98 Jamz\u201d in Bowling Green, KY, replacing rock formatted \u201cThe Point\u201d across three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,4975,157,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-549270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}