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Y100ROCKS.COM IN PHILLY EDGE!
The March 22nd edition of Philly Edge paper featured a Q&A with Y100Rocks.com's Josh T. Landow. You can still check out the article online.

BUNKER v. 3.0 Article in CITY PAPER!
The December 22nd edition of the City Paper featured an article all about Y100Rocks.com Bunker V. 3.0 and the really cool complex of music things that we now reside in. Or you can read the article online here. Thanks to A.D. Amorosi for stopping by to check the place out.

Y100ROCKS.com RECEIVES CITY PAPER CHOICE AWARD!
The November 3rd edition of the City Paper featured the annual CP Choice Awards and Y100Rocks.com proudly accepts the the award for Best Obi-Wan Kenobi Move!

"No, Y100 did not return from death more powerful than we could possibly imagine, but it did turn into a hungry, free-format Web station, Y100Rocks.com, unfettered by the FCC, payola and Hoobastank."

Thanks, City Paper!

NBC 10
Popular Local Radio Station Goes Off The Air
Y100 Radio Fans Have New Alternative
Video Feed of 10!

FOX 29
Video from 3/3/05

Philly.com (Inquirer / Daily News)
Goodbye, Y100; hello, The Beat
Y100 is No Longer a Rock Station
Radio One turns off Y100; Beat moves in
Y100 fans refuse to go quietly
Some people claim Buffett wins game (2nd 1/3 of the article)
In the Mix | Alas, alt-rock is off the air
Rhea Hughes to wed (1st 1/3 of the article)
ROCKERDAMMERUNG IN PHILLY
WHY100Rocked
Lack of air talent cited as Y100's undoing
Money drives the shift in FM's broadcast mix

City Paper
Buried Alive

WHYY
Radio Program Tuesday 3/8/2005, Hour Two
Listen to this show via Real Audio

Courier Post
Move to rap format riles Y100 listeners
Fans rally around defunct station

Burlington County Times
Death of Y100 leaves alt-rock fans fuming

Comcast CN8
Video from 3/3/05

Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh)
Y100 ripped from airwaves in Philly, help needed

Delaware Online
Radio One killed some radio stars
Y100 Format Change another Small Death for Rock
Rock Music Menu: Demise of Y100 format leaves hole in local radio
Rock Music Menu: Berating 'Idol' chicanery, missing Y100 & go Stephanie

News of Delaware County
Hundreds attend Y100 protest; concert in works

AmendOne.org
The Case for Saving Y100

The Triangle (Drexel Student Newspaper)
Radio Y100 off airwaves, alive in hearts of supporters

The Morning Call Online
Urban format supplants alt-rock at WPLY-FM

The Website of the Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania
Gone but not forgotten, Y100 gains support

The Student Publication of West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Radio One Company axes Y-100 FM

mxdwn.com - All That Matters in Music
Devil's Advocacy for Y100

The Hawk (Saint Joseph University)
Y100's end begins a new era

The Stony Brook Press Online
Rock Radio Rolls Over: WillIt Play Dead?

Offical Student Newspaper of Yeshiva College & Syms Schools of Business
Goodbye Y100

National News

Rolling Stone
Rock Radio Not Rolling

The New York Times
Fade-Out: New Rock Is Passe´ on Radio

Elites TV
Y100 One of Philadelphia's Top Rock Stations Disbanded - It Can Happen in Any City

SFGate.com
All Hail The Death Of Radio Clear Channel suffers and rock radio is gasping its last and, more importantly, does anyone care?

Clevescene.com
Wanna know what Radio One is like?
Hip-Hopcrisy: Allegations of payola and corporate cruelty crack the glossy facade of Radio One.

The Journal Times (Racine, WI)
The end of the rock age

WiredReport.com
Y100 One of Philadelphia's Top Rock Stations Disbanded - It Can Happen in Any City

Radio Industry Press

Friday Morning Quartback (FMQB)
Y100's McGuinn: "Format's Viability" Not Reason For Flip
W*** Embraces Y100 Staff, Listeners
Radio One Displaces Y100 Philly With The Beat
Y100Rocks.com Takes Aim At Radio One
Save Y100 Petition Grows As Morning Show Introduced At W***
Y100/Philly Final Trend Rolls
Modern Rock Pulse
Y100Rocks.com Racking Up Listeners, Ad Dollars
Y100 FEZtival Returns Despite No FM Home
Y100Rocks.com Now Over Half-Million Webcast Streams

The Tripwire
Is There Hope For Y100?
RIP Y100 - Philadelphia Left Without A Modern Rock Outlet
Y100 FEZtival Lives On

Billboard Magazine
Philly's Y100 Gone, The Beat Moves In
W*** Trumpets Arrival Of Former Y100 Morning Show
Philly's Y100Rocks.com Wraps Up Strong First Week
You Can't Keep A Good FEZtival Down

Radio & Records (R&R)
Radio One Moves WPHI/Philly To 100.3; Displaces WPLY
Street Talk (4/13/05)

Jacobs Media
The Death of Alternative ("Oh, no! not again!")

Music Biz
Jim McGuinn's Virtual Alternative

Other Press

Alternative Addiction
Philly Radio Station Tries to Save The Music

About.com
Y100 Listeners: Mad as Hell And They're Not Going to Take It Anymore!

Salon.com
Help Save Y100

Hypno Pudding
Y-100 Radio Station Blown Up. Web Station Takes Root in its Place.

Blogcritics.org:
Philly Has No Alternative: Interview with Y100Rocks' Jim McGuinn

Answers.com
Y100

 
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