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The playlist for a song comes a day after hosts Kevin Lim, Sonia Sidhu and Tara Jean Stevens announce their departures from the radio station.
KiSS 104.9 FM has been playing a single song all day Wednesday. Photo by Tony Caldwell / Postmedia
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Vancouver radio station KiSS Radio gave listeners a feeling of déjà vu on Wednesday by playing a repeated Rage Against the Machine song.
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The 104.9 FM station began playing the rap-metal song Killing in the Name in the morning and had not stopped in the early afternoon.
When a listener called to order a different song, a DJ ignored it and was left with the single song playlist.
This comes a day after popular morning hosts Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu announced their departure from the resort after more than five years. The afternoon presenter, Tara Jean Stevens, also said she will soon move on to a new opportunity.
“KiSS is changing and we were unfortunately informed that we will not be part of this new chapter,” Lim and Sidhu said in their final broadcast on Tuesday and in a message posted on social media.
(MIR) For all those who ask, here is our latest farewell announcement on KiSS RADIO where we explain what happened and what awaits us.
Thank you for your support during the last day. It means the world. @KevinLimOnAir https://t.co/asU9xHlSAa
– Sonia Sidhu (@Sonia_Sidhu) June 29, 2022
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They expressed gratitude to the listeners and their management team of the station.
In the early hours of Wednesday, some people speculated whether the choice of music – a protest song against the abuse of power released in 1992, a year after the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers – it was by rogue employees who made a statement.
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine retweeted a local fan’s suggestion that it could be related to staff changes.
But it could also be a trick to signal a format change.
In 1992, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin station played REM’s It’s the End of the World for an entire weekend as a precursor to changing the station to a hard rock format.
Postmedia contacted Rogers Sports and Media about the future of the station and the choice of the loop song.
In an email response, a spokeswoman revealed few details, saying only that “we will have more details to share with you tomorrow morning about the 104.9 FM plans in Vancouver.”
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