WOCL 105.9 Orlando Drops Alternative

[EvanJ]

CBS Radio has changed the format of struggling WOCL Orlando possibly to Classic Rock according to Radio and Records.

[American Idiot]

Oh wow. This was the station I listened to most while living in Orlando for three years and I moved about eight months ago. I'm kind of surprised by this, but I know their ratings weren't doing very well compared to the similar WJRR which plays the harder side of Alternative and IMO should be a Active Rock station. Plus Orlando doesn't really have a true classic rock station except for maybe 98.9 which from what I remember played mostly just lite rock from any time period over the past forty years.

Personally I thought O-Rock wasn't a bad station since they did play a wide variety of rock sub-genres, but their top songs were mostly recurrents and golds that I'd cringe after hearing them every hour or so because they were so overplayed.

[dth1971]

Why didn't CBS Radio make WOCL 105.9 Orlando a Jack FM station rather than Classic Rock?

[EvanJ]

All Access says WOCL may change to Country.

[American Idiot]

Jan 7, 2008 17:51:24 GMT -5 EvanJ said:

All Access says WOCL may change to Country.

Yeah, that's what I heard as well from people I still talk to in Orlando. I don't know how that would make much sense since they already have a country station K92 FM or something like that.

[EvanJ]

Plenty of places have multiple Country stations. WWKA does well in Orlando but is not dominant like many Country stations are.

[EvanJ]

Radio and Records reports that WOCL changed to Classic Hits calling themselves "Sunny 105.9 - Orlando's Greatest Hits" and the new format's first three artists played were KC & The Sunshine Band, Foreigner, and Prince.