Brad Waldo, the Alpha Dayton’s operation manager, said the switch was made to get attention to the frequency.
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The publicity stunt got the station a lot of attention, but left many people scratching their heads in confusion.
Now we know what was up.
The station re-branded itself 101.5 FM Hank: Icons of Country this morning.
“While the Miami Valley has several country hit stations, 101.5 Hank FM promises to differentiate itself by playing the iconic artists absent from Dayton radio — musicians that made country music popular — such as Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Brooks & Dunn,” a press release says.
When we spoke Wednesday, the station representatives said didn’t know when the format change would take place.
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