 The format shifted to modern rock in early 2003, adding hard rock acts like System of a Down and Korn, but also keeping bands like Coldplay from its old format and also playing 1990s alternative bands like Green Day and Bush as well as modern bands like The White Stripes, Modest Mouse and The Killers which were not heard on other local stations.It also held an annual "Battle of the Bands" competition for local bands.The winner would receive regular airplay on the station.