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'Smooth Jazz' slides over for hard rock on FM station

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 08, 2013

~~<p>Any Oahu music fan who has tuned in to get some smooth sax from Grover Washington Jr., David Sanborn or Gato Barbieri this week must have gotten quite a jolt, after what George Hochman did during his Super Bowl Sunday.</p>
<p>He changed the format that airs on 101.5 FM from &quot;Hawaii's Smooth Jazz&quot; to &quot;Hono&shy;lulu's Real Rock,&quot; and branded it &quot;K-Rock,&quot; similar to one of his stations on Maui.</p>
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Any Oahu music fan who has tuned in to get some smooth sax from Grover Washington Jr., David Sanborn or Gato Barbieri this week must have gotten quite a jolt, after what George Hochman did during his Super Bowl Sunday.

He changed the format that airs on 101.5 FM from "Hawaii's Smooth Jazz" to "Hono­lulu's Real Rock," and branded it "K-Rock," similar to one of his stations on Maui. Login for more...



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