An article yesterday about a plan to end broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry on WSM-AM in Nashville after 76 years misstated the name of a Chicago radio station that is among famous Top 40 stations that changed their formats.
The inevitable decline came and Hammer, despite notable successes like The Devil Rides Out, began to try almost anything to change their format (it usually involved lesbian vampires and big breasts, neither of which you see much of these days).
While XM may only have to compete directly with a single competitor, Sirius Satellite Radio, which offers similar products and services at identical price points, it will soon faces competition from Internet sites and traditional radio stations as they change their formats and mount campaigns to maintain and gain listeners.
Here is a good reason to let you know that YouTube changed their viewer format to accommodate widescreen content last week.
By Sasha Frere-Jones December 1, 2008 Here is a good reason to let you know that YouTube changed their viewer format to accommodate widescreen content last week.
These pictorial records of arrests, usually showing the full face and profile of the accused, are employed by police agencies the world over, and have barely changed their basic format since being introduced in the 19th century.
Due to the exclusion of pornography from the App Store, YouPorn and others changed their video format from Flash to H.264 and HTML5 specifically for the iPad.
During the course of this study, Illumina changed their chip format such that the saliva DNA samples were genotyped on HumanHap300 Duo BeadChips (total 318,511 SNPs) while the matched blood DNA samples were genotyped on HumanHap550 Duo BeadChips (total 555,352 SNPs).
When the NBA changed their first round playoff format in 2003 from a five game series to a seven game series, arguably the greatest league in the world opened the door for historic first round playoff match-ups to occur, which was not possible prior to the change.
Another popular BBC business-focussed TV show, The Apprentice, also changed its format recently to reward the winning contestant with investment into their business, rather than a job.
4. Go with your gut Sometimes a big site with big readers (and big writer paychecks!) will want you to change an article to fit their format.
