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KFNY now Smooth Jazz
- Thread starter JakeMott
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This usage of a format that is not commercially viable sounds like part of the transfer of this station to the Ocean Station Trust where it will be held until sold. In other words, and has been commented by others here, the format is likely a placeholder.
There was an article in Radio Insight that said it WAS a placeholder but the article has been removed.
Gee, David, how did you know? 
From their wikipedia entry:
"On November 1, 2017, iHeart announced that they would acquire KFNQ, KJAQ and KZOK from Entercom as part of its merger with CBS Radio, and divest KFOO and KUBE to the Ocean Station Trust in preparation for their sale to a third-party (which was completed on December 19th).[7] As part of the impending divestment, the station swapped callsigns with KFNY in Riverside, California on November 14, 2017. On December 11, 2017, KFNY switched to an unbranded smooth jazz format as an interim format,[8][9] while KFOO's previous format and branding was moved to an HD Radio subchannel of KJAQ as Alt 96.5 HD2." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFNY_(FM)
From their wikipedia entry:"On November 1, 2017, iHeart announced that they would acquire KFNQ, KJAQ and KZOK from Entercom as part of its merger with CBS Radio, and divest KFOO and KUBE to the Ocean Station Trust in preparation for their sale to a third-party (which was completed on December 19th).[7] As part of the impending divestment, the station swapped callsigns with KFNY in Riverside, California on November 14, 2017. On December 11, 2017, KFNY switched to an unbranded smooth jazz format as an interim format,[8][9] while KFOO's previous format and branding was moved to an HD Radio subchannel of KJAQ as Alt 96.5 HD2." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFNY_(FM)
On the other hand, I was able to listen to it once and their music mix was quite good. KWJZ didn't even air Michael Franks' songs, and I ended up hearing 'When I Give My Love to You' on KFNY (featuring Brenda Russell). Some Boney James, older Dave Koz, also a new one from saxman Vandell Andrew, who began his SJ career a few years ago.
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