The one-song playlist comes a day after hosts Kevin Lim, Sonia Sidhu and Tara Jean Stevens introduced their departures from the radio station
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Vancouver radio station KiSS Radio was giving listeners déjà vu feels on Wednesday by enjoying a Rage In opposition to the Machine tune on repeat.
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The 104.9 FM station, owned by Rogers Sports activities and Media, began enjoying the rap-metal tune Killing within the Identify within the morning and hadn’t stopped by early afternoon.
When a listener known as in with a request for a distinct tune, a DJ ignored it and caught with the single-song playlist.
This comes a day after standard morning hosts Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu introduced their departure from the station after greater than 5 years. Afternoon host Tara Jean Stevens additionally stated she will probably be transferring on to a brand new alternative quickly.
“KiSS is altering and, sadly, we have been knowledgeable that we received’t be a part of this new chapter,” stated Lim and Sidhu of their ultimate broadcast on Tuesday and on a message posted on social media.
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They expressed gratitude to listeners and their administration crew on the station.
Early Wednesday, some folks speculated whether or not the selection of music — a protest tune in opposition to abuse of energy launched in 1992, a yr after the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles law enforcement officials — was by rogue workers making an announcement.
Rage In opposition to the Machine’s Tom Morello retweeted one native fan’s suggestion it’d associated to the workers adjustments.
Nevertheless it additionally may very well be a stunt to sign a shift in format.
Sources prompt that past the DJs who introduced their departures from the station on Tuesday, a variety of different workers have been let go. New workers members have been additionally noticed across the management room on the station’s workplaces of Ash Avenue in Vancouver.
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It additionally could be unlikely the station is being operated by rogue workers as fashionable radio stations will be operated remotely from firm headquarters, equivalent to in early 2021, when Bell Media managers in Toronto took management of TSN 1040’s controls shortly earlier than asserting the Vancouver station’s workers was being dismissed.
Speak across the native radio trade additionally prompt the station could be re-branded as Sonic, just like the Rogers-owned FM station in Edmonton, which performs a contemporary rock format.
In 1992, a station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin performed R.E.M.’s It’s the Finish of the World for a whole weekend as a precursor to switching the station to a tough rock format.
Postmedia reached out to Rogers Sports activities and Media about the way forward for the station and selection of tune on loop.
In an emailed response, a spokeswoman revealed few particulars, saying solely that “we may have extra particulars to share with you tomorrow morning on the plans for 104.9 FM in Vancouver.”
— with information from Patrick Johnston
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