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Athens, GA Radio Station Adopts an 'All-Obama' Format

9:00 p.m. · October 1, 2009 · by Tony Sclafani

The Daily Swarm is reporting an exclusive story: there is apparently now a radio station in Athens, Georgia that’s adopted an “all-Obama” format. According to the Web site, the station (WPUP, 101.1 FM) recently switched over from having a rock playlist to programming “a mix of (President Barack) Obama’s IPOD, Hawaiian music and clips from the President’s speeches.”

No, they’re not kidding. The question now is what is the station’s rationale? Satire? Tribute? Well, a vice president at Cox Radio, which owns the station, let on to the Daily Swarm that it's not exactly a sincere tribute to the commander-in-chief. But like anything political these days, it’s gotten people fired up. When the Daily Swarm called the station’s receptionist, she complained about all the “mean people” that were phoning in.

“This is a college town and they want their rock station,” she said. “ I had a guy call who said ‘Where’s my Motley Crue?!’” Anyone who wants to listen to what they are playing can click here and listen to the live stream.