Hours after Townsquare Media flipped Classic Hits 104.9 KIIK-FM DeWitt IA to Country “US 104.9“, iHeartMedia has moved to fill the vacated Classic Hits position.
Classic Rock “Q106.5” KCQQ Davenport flipped to Classic Hits as “Big 106.5” at 1pm today, just three hours after KIIK-fM made its move. The station is listing core artists as Billy Joel, Elton John, Journey, Queen, Aerosmith, Prince, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi, and Def Leppard with a Rock leaning 1980s based playlist.
KCCQ will retain the syndicated Bob & Tom Show in mornings and local host Mark Manuel in afternoons.
KCCQ ranked fourth in the Quad Cities market with a 4.8 share in the Spring 2021 Nielsen Audio ratings. It however trailed Townsquare Media’s Classic Rock “97X” WXLP’s 9.9 share.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com