RADIO

Straight from the gospel to the Pelvis . . . such is the overnight odyssey of radio station WHOS in Decatur, Ala., which switched formats overnight from gospel music and religious programming to an all-Elvis format Monday morning. The format is similar to that adopted recently by Cincinnati station WCVG-AM. “It was just suddenly sprung on us,” said station employee Gary Kaye, who was music director under the old gospel format, but hasn’t been assigned new duties yet. About a dozen callers Monday said they preferred the old format, Kaye said, while more than two dozen said they liked the Elvis. “For the first day, that isn’t a bad response,” he said.