Radio station plays Rage Towards the Equipment track on repeat following DJs are let go

Heather Hamilton

July 02, 06:10 AM July 02, 06:10 AM

Radio listeners who tuned in to a Vancouver, Canada, station had been bewildered this earlier 7 days as Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” performed on repeat for hours.

KiSS Radio 104.9 FM played the rap-metal track for much of the day Wednesday soon after popular DJs Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu, together with a number of other staff members associates, ended up enable go.

“KiSS is altering, and, sad to say, we were knowledgeable that we won’t be aspect of this new chapter,” Lim and Sidhu claimed in their remaining broadcast Tuesday.

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Enthusiasts had been not happy and reportedly began to speculate that the tune, which was penned to protest abuse of power next the 1991 Rodney King beating, might be relevant to an personnel protesting the current layoffs.

Rage In opposition to the Machine’s Tom Morello took recognize and retweeted just one listener’s recommendation that the layoffs were the reason for the song’s continual perform.

The radio station is reportedly switching formats, and the tune was utilized as a suggests to sign the change.

In 1992, a Milwaukee radio station performed R.E.M.’s “It’s the Conclude of the World” for an overall weekend ahead of switching to a rock structure.

The Washington Examiner has achieved out to KiSS Radio’s operator, Rogers Athletics and Media, for comment but has not obtained a response.