As of Friday February 18, 97.1 WSUN-FM, or 97X, has replaced its radio personality with a vote based system to choose music. The popular morning show, The Morning X, had a strange final day, starting with the hosts, Danielle McBroom, Drew Garabo, and Seth Kushner refusing to play caller requests and even skipping usual segments like “Stuff You Should Know” and speaking with guests. The format change also affected Fisher and Geo, who took care of afternoons and nights respectively.

  They switched the songs chosen by the station and either played an older song by the band, or even by bands never heard on the show before. But as the show drew to an end, the announcement was given that the show was being cancelled. The hosts gave emotional farewells to each other and took a few calls before signing off. Danielle will stay on 97.1 as the face of the new format. 102.5 The Bone has taken most of the former hosts. Drew has a talk show that has been extended by an hour. Fisher has become the overnight host. Geo is now a co-host with Spice. Seth will be in the Cox radio network, but where has not been disclosed. The new format involves choosing from 1800 songs on a playlist and voting for the next played. New songs have been added to the usual list, including newer pop, like fun. And older rock, like Queen.

  The service is available online and on as an app for smartphones. As of January 28, the service has reported 1.7 million votes. Early reactions were negative, especially on the Morning X Facebook page. Posts on the 97X page are more positive, as people either become used to the change or have started listening because of the new voting system. Posts made the day of the last show have hundreds of comments and thousands of likes. Many posts were specifically about finding new stations or deleting 97.1 from their presets. Automating a station may give more power to the listener, but a lively cast of friends cannot be replaced by a robot.