[Vision2020] Station Changes Format From God to Sex

[Tom Hansen]

>From CNN.com

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Station changes format from God to sex
Fresno radio station refers to itself as 'Porn Radio'

KINGSBURG, California (AP) -- KFYE-FM hasn't budged from the Fresno-area
dial, but it's about as far as you can get from the Christian music, sermons
and Bible stories it was broadcasting until about a week ago.

Now it calls itself "Porn Radio" -- "all sex radio, all the time," with a
suggestion that people under 21 not listen.

Songs with little in common except suggestive titles and lyrics fill the
playlist, including "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" by The Beatles, "Sexual
Healing" by Marvin Gaye and "Nasty" by Janet Jackson. Tamer songs are heated
up by adding recorded moans and groans.

The change, made after the station was sold this month, was met with several
non-sexual groans from some residents.

"It would appear this is another of those promotions that are simply
designed to create controversy," longtime Fresno radio personality Ed
Beckman told The Fresno Bee. "This format belongs on Sirius or XM, not on
over-the-air."

The station tries not to cross the line, said owner Jerry Clifton.

KFYE has been playing songs in a continuous one-hour loop without
commercials. Clifton wouldn't tell the Bee whether he plans to eventually
switch to a more traditional format.

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