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The year 2000 in radio involved some significant events. ==Events== *The Real Radio & Century Radio networks become active on – air, through the United Kingdom. *The Quad-Cities' signal for 1580 AM, last holding the call letters KFQC, goes silent for the last time. To date, there has been no announcement when, or if, a station will be returning to the frequency, which had been in use since 1952. *January 27 – The City 97.9/Oklahoma City flipped from Smooth jazz to Rhythmic CHR, branded as "Wild 97dot9." *March – Connoisseur Communications, owners of Quad Cities radio stations KJOC, KORB, WXLP, KQLI and KBOB, are sold to Cumulus Media. At the same time, a series of format changes at two of the stations are unveiled. KBOB, with a country music format, is moved from 99.7 FM to 104.9 FM, replacing KQLI's light adult contemporary format. Replacing KBOB at 99.7 FM is a contemporary hit radio/Top 40 format, with the new call sign KBEA-FM. *March 17 – WFSJ Jacksonville debuts Kiss 97.9 *June 30 – KKBT 100.3 and KCMG 92.3 swapped frequencies in Los Angeles, and in Washington DC, WPLC, after being sold, flips from Modern AC as "Pulse 94dot3" to Spanish AC as "Amor 94.3". *July 18 – 94.5 The Buzz (Modern Rock) and Oldies 107.5 (Classic Hits) swapped frequencies in Houston. Chris McMurray makes the official announcement before the move to 107.5 *August 17 - Kansas City's longtime classical station KXTR 96.5 is moved to AM 1250. A modern AC format that would later evolve to modern rock as "96.5 The Buzz" replaced classical at 96.5. New calls of KRBZ arrived about a week later. *August 24 – U102/Denver launched. *August 25 – WHCY Sussex becomes Max 106.3 *September 25 – KFYI 590 and KGME 910 swapped frequencies at midnight in Phoenix *October 30 – WOCL/Orlando dropped its Rhythmic Oldies format and began stunting *October 31 – WOCL stops stunting at Noon, and launches its new modern rock format, branded as "O-Rock 105.9." *November 3 – WSUN Oldies 97.1 becomes 97X: Tampa Bay's New Rock Alternative. *November 4 – FM 106.3 WHTG becomes G 106.3 * *KKTL debuts as Hot 97.1 *November 6 – 96.5 The Point debuted in Philadelphia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2000 in radio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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