92.3 K-Rock to 92.3 Now

The switch from 92.3 K-Rock to 92.3 Now is being made to better target “teen demographics,” a CBS exec tells Billboard, as well as increase appeal to the typical 18-34 market. The station’s new focus is describing as “contemporary hit music.” The station already has a new Web site up with a countdown to Wednesday night.

Opie and Anthony Fired

As for Opie and Anthony — aka Greg Hughes and Anthony Cumia — the DJs have confirmed that their show is coming to an end.

“It’s official,” Opie announced in a message on his Twitter profile. “KROCK has just informed us that our services are no longer needed.#2 M18-49,#3 M25-54. This is really bad for our show,PERIOD!”

An hour later, another tweet followed: “It’s officially over. Extremely bummed. This is not good for our show, period!”

The Latest Change

The 92.3 K-Rock change is only the latest shift enacted by CBS Radio this year. Just last month, CBS announced plans to change its L.A. talk station, 97.1 KLSX, to a new top 40 format under the name “AMP RADIO.” The move resulted in on-air personality Adam Carolla losing his job, along with DJ Tom Leykis and other staff members. Needless to say, people were upset over the decision. Our story about the news was flooded with comments for days.

As for 92.3 K-Rock, the station took on the name in 2007. Opie and Anthony had been on-the-air there, however, for about three years, dating back to when the station was called Free FM.

92.3 K-Rock Going Top 40; Opie and Anthony Going Away is a post from: The Inquisitr

Update (Thursday, 2/19): CBS Radio has now officially confirmed all of the information reported here. KLSX will change to “AMP RADIO” this Friday, February 20, at 5 p.m. The new format is described as “playing all the hits.” Friday will mark the final broadcasts for Adam Carolla, Tom Leykis, and Frosty, Heidi, and Frank. Thus far, none of them has discussed their plans for the future.

Earlier in the week, multiple sources had corroborated reports that Carolla’s radio show had been cancelled and that Carolla had been let go. Some rumors correctly suggested his home station, Los Angeles’s 97.1 KLSX, was preparing to switch from its current talk format to a more top-40-style format. Other speculation correctly suggested the change would leave KLSX personality Tom Leykis out of a job as well.

As for the format shift, radio gossip site RadioInsight first discovered that the domains AmpRadioLA.com, Amp971.com, and Amp971fm.com were all registered anonymously on February 9. Additionally, AmpRadio971.com and 971AmpRadio.com were registered in the name of programming consultant Anthony Acampora about a month ago. (Amp Radio is evidently a youth-oriented format that’s been used in other markets.)

Carolla, interestingly, signed a “multiyear extension” for his “Adam Carolla Show” program at the end of 2007. A CBS Radio exec said at the time that the show had “far exceeded [CBS's] expectations and proven to be a listener favorite,” even adding that he “anticipate[d] even more success for the program in the years to come.”

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