End of an era - 95.5 PLJ goes off the air (Friday, May 31, 2019)

A magnet from 2014, sheet measures approximately 22.5 cm by 7.5 cm.
Front side: background: black; grey; text: "Listenin' to The Todd Show in the Morning", WPLJ logo.
Back side: black. 


It's a special stuff on my WPLJ collection, The Todd Show magnet, received in 2014.

On February 7, 2014, Scott Shannon announced his retirement from WPLJ after 22 years. Co-host Todd Pettengill immediately took control of the morning show, which re-branded as "The Todd Show" on February 24. Shannon is currently at WCBS-FM.

On January 5, 2015, "The Todd Show" was re-branded to "Todd & Jayde in the Morning" due to low ratings. Jayde Donovan, also known as Patricia Sweet, from Sacramento's KDND joined Pettengill as a co-host.

Update about WPLJ:
On Friday, May 31, 2019.. 95.5 WPLJ -- one of the most transformative radio stations in the New York market over the last four decades -- will fade to black after 48 years on the air when it switches over to a contemporary Christian music station called K-LOVE following the frequency's sale by Cumulus Media.

WPLJ signed off commercial operations on May 31, 2019 at 7 p.m., with "Imagine" by John Lennon (the final song now-former sister station WABC ended their Top 40 format with in 1982), a live version of "W-P-L-J" by Hall & Oates, and a goodbye from current and former staffers. Shortly after 7 p.m.

WPLJ 95.5 New York - End of PLJ & Launch of K-Love - May 31 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQHKLxNQWk

More update:
Cumulus’ 95.5 WPLJ New York went out with a bang. In its final full monthly (counting for all but its final week on air), WPLJ rose from a 2.5 share in April to a 3.1 in May. Ratings expert Chris Huff notes that this was WPLJ’s best performance in two and a half years. WPLJ also held a three month trend of 2.3 – 3.3 – 3.8 in the embedded Middlesex/Somerset/Union NJ book.

Thank you WPLJ for the great memories.

Please check out my other WPLJ sticker collection on:
1) http://radiostickers.blogspot.com/2014/01/955-wplj-new-york-usa.html 
2) http://radiostickers.blogspot.com/2016/10/955-wplj-new-york-1991.html

*source:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPLJ
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Pettengill
- dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/05/24/ken-foote-pays-tribute-to-new-yorks-wplj-fm/
- radioinsight.com/headlines/177648/may-2019-4-25-5-22-nielsen-audio-ppm-ratings-day-1-wplj-goes-out-with-a-bang/