(FOX 2) - After weeks of rumors, alternative rock station 89X is back on air and fans of the 90s scene are gleefully going back in time.

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So many have turned the radio dial to 88.7 and immediately took that drive down Memory Lane with 89X back on the air. That legendary alternative rock station out of Windsor disappeared five years ago and went to a country format. But this was the big change they heard in the 8 a.m. hour this morning.

For weeks, rumors had been swirling in the radio world that Bell Media was bringing CIMX-FM back to the alternative format before the station started teasing it on social media on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's launch.

Local perspective:

Before changing back to rock, four Johnny Cash songs played in a row with "The Man Comes Around" en

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