WRXP Cancels Its 1st Multi-Stage Rock Festival

[DToTheJ]

So, remember that big concert featuring Coldplay that WRXP announced not too long ago?

The Village Voice reports that Emmis has canceled it "due to unforeseen circumstances" (read: station sale).
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/06/rxp_takliberty_festival_canceled.php

[Barry]

It was so strange that the concert was announced a day before the news that WRXP was being sold. Then it was promoted for over a week. I'm surprised Emmis let this happen.
This must represent a lot of work down the drain for some of WRXP's staff. I feel bad for them.

[altexpert]

I was working for an alternative rock station in Pittsburgh when a similar thing happened.  The concert festival was set up, heavily promoted, AND THEN WE GOT SOLD!  Fortunately for the listeners, the promoters went on with the show, albeit unbranded and devoid of the name we gave to it.

[Mike]

they should have let the station go out the way 103.9 WDRE in philly did back in 1997 hold one big concert then @ midnight let a lucky listener  pull the plug

[DToTheJ]

@Barry: I was reading on the Houston board about how Cox planned to kill the alternative "Zone" in favor of a simulcast of the classic rock "Eagle", which they did - but proceeded to let the "Zone", er, zone out the entire weekend following the announcement. Your guess is as good as mine as to why the concert wasn't scrapped immediately after the sale of the station, Coldplay be damned...

@AltExpert: One must wonder why the Coldplay concert wasn't planned to go on "unbranded" like your defunct station's did - I guess WRXP was that much of an influence of the event to warrant ultimately pulling the plug...

@Mike: It always has to come back to WDRE with you, doesn't it? 

[Rich]

WHFS has been Spanish for years now and they still do the "HFStival"...  If the money is there, they will milk it!

[Radaioman]

So, remember that big concert featuring Coldplay that WRXP announced not too long ago?

The Village Voice reports that Emmis has canceled it "due to unforeseen circumstances" (read: station sale).
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/06/rxp_takliberty_festival_canceled.php

I liked RXP but in my opinion, it jumped the shark as a rock station when it started playing Adelle "Rolling in The Deep Pandering to the charts is sad.

[Mark Jeffries]

So, remember that big concert featuring Coldplay that WRXP announced not too long ago?

The Village Voice reports that Emmis has canceled it "due to unforeseen circumstances" (read: station sale).
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/06/rxp_takliberty_festival_canceled.php

I liked RXP but in my opinion, it jumped the shark as a rock station when it started playing Adelle "Rolling in The Deep Pandering to the charts is sad.

Why?  *Adele* is an established AAA act and she will never be mistaken for Gaga or Katy Perry.  Or did you want RXP to be a RAWK station like WSOU?

[Barry]

According to AllAccess.com, PD Leslie Fram said she worked on the now cancelled concert for a year.

[frozenfiresb]

According to this article, 'RXP will be gone before the end of summer.