Chicago Enters the 80'S Zone.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000 ABC RADIO ABC Radio is a broadcasting unit of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation.[1] ABC Radio was, from 1945 until 2007, the division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting. CHICAGO flips WXCD-FM from Classic Rock to 80's And Beyond. The all-new 94.7, The Zone - The Best of The 80's And Beyond signed on yesterday evening at 6:00 pm after months of exhaustive research and testing with INXS' "New Sensation." Playing the best of the 80's and beyond, 94.7, The Zone, the largest 80's station in the world, will target the forgotten children of the 80's. Having grown up in the decade that featured Reaganomics, parachute pants, Live Aid, the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. and the Rubik's cube Rubik's Cube (commonly misspelled rubix, rubick's or rubicscube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974[1] by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. , these young men and women have been starving for a station that plays the music they grew up with. Core artists on the all-new 94.7, The Zone, will include R.E.M., U2, the Eurythmics eurythmics or eurhythmics (both: y  rĭth`mĭks) , Genesis, Depeche Mode Depeche Mode (IPA: /dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd/) are an electronic music group that formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, England. , Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham,[1] Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. , The Police and others. 94.7, The Zone, will be the center of the universe for all things 80's and beyond. Says Bill Gamble, Program Director of 94.7, The Zone, "The 80's? Why not the 80's? It was a great decade of highly influential music. R.E.M., U2, Peter Gabriel. An entire generation grew-up on this music and we intend to give them the best and biggest 80's station in the world." 94.7, The Zone, is a music intensive station with the added benefit of one of Chicago's brightest stars in the morning, Kevin Matthews. Kevin can be heard Monday through Friday from 5:00 am to 9:40 am. Says Kevin "I absolutely dig this music. I cut my DJ teeth on this stuff and look forward to trying to relive a decade that almost killed me the first time." 94.7, The Zone, is an ABC Radio Chicago station and can be seen and heard worldwide at www.thezone947.com. For more info call Bill Gamble at (312) 984-5267. |
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