Monday, December 26, 2005

Rover Loses An Affiliate, Ready To Gain Many More

Alternative rocker WMAD/96.3 Madison WI has flipped to country as "Star Country 96.3". WisconsinBroadcasting.com has audio of the change, and of a goodbye message from station program director Brad Savage.

And yes, CBS Radio alt-rock WXTM/92.3 Cleveland's "Rover's Morning Glory" is among those mentioned in the goodbye message...as the Madison station was one of the first two affiliates for the show fronted by Shane "Rover" French. (The other - Columbus' WAZU/107.1, also known as "The Big Wazoo".)

Rover and his jolly morning gang are packing their bags for Chicago, where the Radio Dog will be barking from CBS talk WCKG/105.9 "Free FM" starting next week. While keeping WXTM on the Rover Roster as an affiliate, the show will also add a number of other stations next week...including markets such as Detroit, Cincinnati, Rochester and Memphis. The complete list is on Rover's website, though they haven't taken WMAD off the affiliate roster yet.

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