KCAL-FM pivots to all-music automated classic rock, axes on-air staff

TL;DR
KCAL-FM 96.7 in the Inland Empire is shifting to an All Music, All the Time classic rock format starting Aug. 1 and will run with automated, human-free broadcasting, resulting in the layoffs of its entire on-air staff, including longtime evening host and program director John DeSantis.
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