The Infinite Dial

With the recent news that longtime KEEY (K102) Minneapolis APD/MD Travis Moon is headed for the PD job at WUBE/WYGY Cincinnati comes this reminder to check out two of the stations he's leaving behind. Although best known in trade publication world for K102, Moon is also PD of sister KQQL (Kool 108) and its HD-2 multicast channel Kool-1-0-Eighties. As reported earlier this year, Kool has evolved from Oldies to Classic Hits to what can best be described as a "party songs" format that ranges from "Time Won't Let Me" to "You Shook Me All Night Long," while the '80s channel can usually be relied on for some impressive depth two or three times an hour (they've just segued from Tracy Ullman's "They Don't Know" to Tom Petty's "Jammin' Me"). While I doubt that Moon's replacement is going to immediately turn his attention to weeding a HD-2 station's Selector, both stations are worth a listen in their current pre-PD-change form.