Seattle Gets Third Country Station
Just four hours after Hubbard returned Country to KPNW/Seattle, Lotus Hot AC KPLZ will flip to gold-based Country at 2pm PT as "Hank FM" with Alan Jackson's "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" as the first song. Lotus owns 34 stations in Western states. This is just its second Country outlet following Classic Country KXZZ/Reno, NV, which just adopted the format last week (CAT 3/26). No word yet on staff for KPLZ.
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