sentences:  These shoes were more tailored to an active rock audience and the blaze started playing a large amount of heavy metal product not heard in the alternative format.The current based playlist direction changed in the wake of their acquisition by Townsquare Media from Clear Channel.In the past year, for a time in the late 2000s, Townsquare has changed their alternative stations into active rock, with 96.3 The Blaze being one of them.