KiSS FM has been playing Rage Against the Machine on repeat. Why? & More Trending News

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Vancouver radio station KiSS Radio was giving listeners déjà vu on Wednesday by playing a Rage Against the Machine music on repeat.

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The 104.9 FM station, owned by Rogers Sports and Media, began playing the rap-metal music Killing in the Name in the morning and hadn’t stopped by early afternoon.

When a listener known as in with a request for a unique music, a DJ ignored it and caught with the single-song playlist.

This comes a day after well-liked morning hosts Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu introduced their departure from the station after greater than 5 years. Afternoon host Tara Jean Stevens additionally mentioned she will probably be shifting on to a brand new alternative quickly.

“KiSS is changing and, unfortunately, we were informed that we won’t be part of this new chapter,” mentioned Lim and Sidhu of their ultimate broadcast on Tuesday and on a message posted on social media.

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They expressed gratitude to listeners and their administration staff at the station.

Early Wednesday, some individuals speculated whether or not the alternative of music — a protest music in opposition to abuse of energy launched in 1992, a 12 months after the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles law enforcement officials — was by rogue workers making a press release.

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello retweeted one native fan’s suggestion it’d associated to the employees modifications.

But it additionally might be a stunt to sign a shift in format.

Sources prompt that past the DJs who introduced their departures from the station on Tuesday, a variety of different workers had been let go. New employees members had been additionally noticed round the management room at the station’s workplaces of Ash Street in Vancouver.

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It additionally could be unlikely the station is being operated by rogue workers as fashionable radio stations will be operated remotely from firm headquarters, similar to in early 2021, when Bell Media managers in Toronto took management of TSN 1040’s controls shortly earlier than asserting the Vancouver station’s employees was being dismissed.

Talk round the native radio business additionally prompt the station could be rebranded as Sonic, just like the Rogers-owned FM station in Edmonton, which performs a contemporary rock format.

In 1992, a station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin performed R.E.M.’s It’s the End of the World for a whole weekend as a precursor to switching the station to a tough rock format.

Postmedia reached out to Rogers Sports and Media about the way forward for the station and selection of music on loop.

In an emailed response, a spokeswoman revealed few particulars, saying solely that “we will have more details to share with you tomorrow morning on the plans for 104.9 FM in Vancouver.”

— with recordsdata from Patrick Johnston

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