BEST OF 2006: KZLA Dumps Country

It was our biggest scoop of the year here at Franklin Avenue: We were the first to report anywhere that KZLA had switched formats, leaving the nation's No. 2 radio market without a country music station. (It also signaled the return of Rick Dees.) The news hit the country music industry hard: Even the New York Times weighed in. A pair of AM stations have stepped in to play country music, but L.A. still is without country on FM. Here's my August 17 post, which I managed to get up just an hour or so after KZLA surprised everyone with the swap:





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