![]() In the Washington state city of Spokane in 1991, a station played Louie Louie for days.Ĭhristian Hall, the content director at the radio station, said the stunt signalled a change from the soft-rock and pop stylings of the former Kiss Radio to a new alternative music station called Sonic Radio. In radio, “stunting” has been used for decades to signal a change in programming. Rather, it was just one long version of Killing in the Name.Īfter a Twitter thread on the phenomenon went viral, listeners tuned in to the station from across Canada, the US, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.ĭisappointingly for some, the apparent insurrection was on Thursday revealed to be the oldest radio trick in the book: a format change. Although this comes with mixed emotions, we want to express one overwhelming feeling: gratitude,” wrote ex-hosts Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu.Ĭallers’ attempts to request anything besides Killing in the Name were denied, and between calls, the song looped several times with no discernible beginning or end. Kiss is changing and unfortunately we were informed that we won’t be part of this new chapter. ![]() ![]() “Our five years on Kiss Radio has come to an end. The incident came a day after the co-hosts of the station’s morning show posted on Facebook that they had suddenly been fired. ![]() It's the signal, comrades - James Palmer June 29, 2022
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