In Cincinnati, Cumulus competes with Hubbard’s ’80s-gold-based WREW (Rewind 94.9). In Atlanta, it’s just rolled out an '80s-based station of its own. Journey 97.9 is the combination of HD multicast WWWQ-HD-3 and an FM translator just vacated because Cumulus got yet another translator for its 99X. The launch comes just as the market’s heritage AC WSB-FM (B98.5) goes somewhat more contemporary.

As the first group to deploy an HD/X combo, Cumulus has rolled out some fairly elaborate ones in recent years. 99X is hosted in mornings and manages to get acts for station shows. Journey 97.9, as heard earlier this week, was more Spartan—brief drops, but one of them from “American Idol” judge and one-time Journey bassist Randy Jackson. (About a day later, word broke that the station was adding Rick Dees for afternoons.)

Here’s Journey 97.9 just after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 19:

Michael Jackson, “Beat It”
Corey Hart, “Sunglasses At Night”
Katrina & the Waves, “Walking On Sunshine”
Counting Crows, “A Long December”
Duran Duran, “Hungry Like The Wolf”
Jesus Jones, “Right Here, Right Now”
Bananarama, “Venus”
Journey, “Open Arms”
Prince, “Raspberry Beret”
Sugar Ray, “Every Morning”
Paula Abdul, “(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me”
Heights, “How Do You Talk To An Angel”
Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”