ChiTownGal, they coined the "Hot talk" handle for WLS-FM when WYTZ went away. It was supposed to appeal to the younger generation of listeners that might listen to Sports or older male Demos of Top40. It failed miserably. I think Murphy from Q101 was their AM drive jock? It was gone pretty fast, with OJ trials run wall to wall after abandoning it.

Speaking of Top40 demos, the upper end was WKXK's target audience. A "Hot" country station formatted like a CHR on clock, presentation, imaging, etc. We know how well that ended. Love Nancy Turner, but man oh man, to leave US99 for this and the thing burned up nearly immediately. It changed her career trajectory. But she did great w/ Moody radio before retiring recently.

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