Affiliation Changes
On November 25, 2007, Relevant Radio's affiliate station in Chicago switched from 820 AM WAIT to 950 AM WNTD. WNTD now airs Relevant Radio 13 hours a day. Relevant Radio's lease agreement with WAIT, set to expire at the end of November, was not renewed.
Relevant Radio also lost its Appleton, Wisconsin station, 91.1 FM WOVM, in November. WOVM, which is being sold to Music That Matters, Inc., began stunting with Christmas music immediately and was set to begin beta testing a new hybrid adult hits (mixture of adult contemporary, classic rock and country) music format being developed by Music That Matters' sister company, Sovereign City Radio Group, in January 2008 (2). WisconsinBroadcasting.com reported that WOVM's new format, called "Your Oasis on the Radio," debuted on January 7, 2008. Relevant Radio will still be heard in the Appleton area on WJOK 1050 AM in Kaukauna.
Sovereign City discontinued the "Oasis" format later in 2008 and switched WOVM to "The Avenue," an eclectic mix of jazz, standards, pop and adult alternative vocals. "The Avenue" went into nationwide distribution in January 2010 and is now heard on several current and former Relevant Radio affiliates, including WOVM, WMYR/WCNZ in southwest Florida, and WNTD in Chicago (which airs the format nightly from 6 pm to 5 am).
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