Editing KDWB-FM (section)

===Stereo 101===
[[File:Stereo101 Billboard.jpg|thumb|Stereo 101 FM billboard in 1982]]
With the active competition gone, KDWB-FM split apart from the AM station's Top 40 simulcast in September 1979, and became a pop/rock hybrid as "K101 FM", with a new separate air-staff. K101 FM was met with mixed reviews and less than hoped for ratings in the Fall 1979 Arbitron ratings. KDWB management opted for a change between the last week of December 1979 and New Year's 1980, by replacing the Program Director. The station immediately morphed into "Stereo 101, The Twin Cities Rockin' Best", then "KDWB Twin Cities' 101, The Home Of Rock 'N' Roll", and then "Real Rock 101 KDWB", an [[album rock]] station designed to go up against [[KQRS-FM|KQ92]], which had recently dumped its [[Freeform (radio format)|freeform rock]] presentation and adopted a stricter playlist in reaction to a drop in ratings. Stereo 101 would be successful in its four-year run, topping KQRS in the Arbitron ratings many times, but KQRS would endure and prevail. By the summer 1983, KDWB-FM began to move from [[album rock]] to a pop/rock hybrid again, and eventually evolved into [[contemporary hit radio|CHR]] the following year. KDWB's AM signal continued with the Top 40 format during this time, although it softened to [[adult contemporary]] in 1984.