… . . . The Dog Days are over . . . …
PD Paul Canon turns on the reverb and announces the change to “Today’s Top 40 Without the Rap” as WTIC-FM re-positions their format on June 15, 1994. Included: a ‘TIC jingle and music montage representing the evolution of the new format, “54 years in the making”.
This was recorded about 100 miles away from Hartford in Stoughton, MA. At the time, I had a very specialized FM antenna system for long-distance FM radio reception. I was one of the first callers to the “New 96.5, TIC-FM” and got a free T-shirt (which I still have.)
Today, WTIC-FM is known as “96.5/TIC”. The format is still very pop-based and promoted as “Today’s best music, without the rap!”