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Rockin' hard.


When KCBS-FM (93.1), formerly known as "Arrow 93," changed formats last month--adding music by Prince, Bruce Hornsby, New Order and others to its previous steady servings of Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin, English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944–), singer Robert Plant (1948–), bassist John Paul Jones (1946–), and drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham (1948–80).  and other classic rock--the station now known as "Jack FM" adopted the slogan "We Play What We Want," a dig at the concept of heavy rotation that dominates most pop music radio.

Since then, listeners of classic rock station KLOS-FM (95.5) have noticed the DJs shoot back by saying "We Play What You Want" after a set culminating with, say, Black Sabbath's anthem' 'Paranoid."

Officials at KLOS KLOS Kill and Loot on Sight (gaming guild)  didn't return a phone call to discuss the dueling The fighting of two persons, one against the other, at an appointed time and place, due to an earlier quarrel. If death results, the crime is murder. It differs from an affray in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden quarrel, while the former is always the result of design.  slogans. Jeff Federman, vice president and general manager at KCBS KCBS Kansas City Barbecue Society
KCBS Korea Christian Book Service (now called KCB; Seoul, Korea)
KCBS Kerala Catholic Bible Society (Kerala, India) 
, said he didn't consider KLOS any more of a competitor than other music broadcasters, and that he hadn't heard about the dueling slogan and didn't care, either.
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Title Annotation:KCBS-FM, services of radio music station
Comment:Rockin' hard.(KCBS-FM, services of radio music station)
Author:Silkin, Steve
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Apr 4, 2005
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