Where has The Shark jumped and what will alternative rock fans do now that the station has abruptly switched formats to sports talk?
Beginning immediately, all sports programming on WQAM 560 will be simulcast on Audacy-owned sister station 104.3 FM, which switches formats from alternative rock music to sports, Miami Herald sports writer Barry Jackson reported in his Sports Buzz column on Thursday.
“It was literally a rock station when I went to lunch and sports talk radio when I got back in my truck,” a Reddit user named RonmanEarl posted Thursday.
What happened to The Shark?
Reportedly, the switch happened after 1 p.m. Thursday, right after 104.3 The Shark broadcast Green Day’s 1997 rock ballad “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” and the opening moments of the 1990 oldie, “Man in the Box” by Alice in Chains. The plug was pulled on the Seattle grunge rockers as Miami sports chatter from a WQAM simulcast took over…