Colorado Media Newsroom
May 24th, 2024, 02:51 PM
From Radio Insight:
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wwct-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1Advanced Media Partners shifted AAA 99.9 WWCT Bartonville/Peoria IL to Alternative “CT 99.9 (https://wwctfm.com)” this morning.
Now positioning as “Peoria’s Alternative”, the flip marks the third time an Alternative Rock format was featured on the frequency. Cumulus Media Rock “105.7 The X (https://www.1057thexrocks.com)” WIXO originally launched on 99.9 as an Alternative station before moving to 105.7 and gradually moving to Rock in the 2000s. The 99.9 frequency would briefly return to Alternative as “The Buzz” from 2008-10 between stints as AAA.
WWCT had a 2.0 share in the Fall 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings.
The 11am hour of “CT 99.9” featured:
Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire
Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
Green Day – Dilemma
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Everclear – I Will Buy You A New Life
Blink 182 – One More Time
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Cannons – Bad Dream
Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Muse – Uprising
Offspring – Come Out and Play
David Kushner – Daylight
Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
Cake – Short Skirt/Long Jacket
Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/269778/wwct-moves-to-alternative/)
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wwct-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1Advanced Media Partners shifted AAA 99.9 WWCT Bartonville/Peoria IL to Alternative “CT 99.9 (https://wwctfm.com)” this morning.
Now positioning as “Peoria’s Alternative”, the flip marks the third time an Alternative Rock format was featured on the frequency. Cumulus Media Rock “105.7 The X (https://www.1057thexrocks.com)” WIXO originally launched on 99.9 as an Alternative station before moving to 105.7 and gradually moving to Rock in the 2000s. The 99.9 frequency would briefly return to Alternative as “The Buzz” from 2008-10 between stints as AAA.
WWCT had a 2.0 share in the Fall 2023 Nielsen Audio ratings.
The 11am hour of “CT 99.9” featured:
Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire
Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
Green Day – Dilemma
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Everclear – I Will Buy You A New Life
Blink 182 – One More Time
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Cannons – Bad Dream
Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Muse – Uprising
Offspring – Come Out and Play
David Kushner – Daylight
Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
Cake – Short Skirt/Long Jacket
Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/269778/wwct-moves-to-alternative/)