Adiós, NUA.
Image courtesy www.411mania.com/. More like gato country. While the word on the street had Clear Channel flipping 95.5 WNUA, its veteran smooth jazz outlet, to a contemporary cowboy hat hits format known as Cat Country, the broadcast media monster today ditched the contented murmur of jazz flutes in favor of "Spanish hot adult contemporary." The new station, to be known as "Mega 95.5," will spin music from artists such as Paulina Rubio and Shakira alongside DJ duties, news, weather and traffic from a dedicated local airstaff.
Phil Rosenthal breaks down Clear Channel's reasons for the switch here, but the rub is that smooth jazz doesn't make dollars while Spanish-language formats increasingly do. We feel for you, Dave Koz fanatics. But it's time to get with the Luis Fonsi.