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...clock signals 11 a.m., and work-weary Dallasites bide time until their noon lunch break, a smattering of songs streams over their radios. Pink kicks off a four-song music block, followed by Lenny Kravitz, Tina Turner and Led Zeppelin. These days radio listeners usually have to surf different stations to hear those four sounds, as the range of genres doesn't fall within a typical station's playlist. But not at one Dallas station--a station that has topped the ratings charts for five of the nine months since it switched formats...
...concept of more music, fewer commercials and no DJs was birthed in Vancouver, B.C., in 2003 and later spread stateside with the formation of the first Jack FM station, in Denver, in April 2004. Last August, Dallas--Fort Worth radio listeners were baptized in the new Jack format during their 8 a.m. commute, when the former occupant of the dial space, Wild 100.3, suddenly went jockeyless and played a selection of movie theme songs and sound bites that said "Jack." The station ranked 20th in its debut, then skyrocketed to No. 1 four months later. It has been there ever...
Indeed, the randomness of the Jack format--which is spreading to stations throughout the U.S.--is its only consistent element. The typical Jack station does not rely on a 400-to-500-song playlist--the industry standard--but instead taps into a selection of 1,200 titles or more. Local station managers have autonomy to pick and choose their favorites, which is what Dallas program director Kurt Johnson is doing...
...block the view of the aluminum spaceship-- themed entrance to the Fashion Show Mall across the street. "A lot of these guys will hire architects and designers to come up with ideas. Steve is the driving force in all his buildings," says Frank Fertitta III, 43, the CEO of Station Casinos and a longtime friend, one of the group of young Vegas tycoons Wynn calls his "homeboys...
...officer tipped the station off to a possible drug transaction taking place on 1238 Mass. Ave. Additional officers, including CPD officers, responded to the scene and took Maryanne S. Hamilton, 22, and Jennifer L. Hayes, 28, into custody. Hamilton of Cambridge and Hayes of Roxbury both face charges of drug possession with intent to distribute...