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Grex > Music2 > #283: Rock 103 gone, W4 Country now at 102.9fm, Ann Arbor |  |
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twinkie
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response 50 of 60:
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Oct 4 16:28 UTC 2000 |
I used to theink Dick Purtain was a riot when he was on 95.5, but since he
moved to the oldies station, he seems to cater almost exclusively to
fifty-somethings.
Granted, that is the audience that 104.3 caters to, but Dick Purtain used to
be way funnier.
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jerryr
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response 51 of 60:
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Oct 4 17:25 UTC 2000 |
i'm a fifty-something and i find him boring as hell.
i listen to imus in the morning while in a car or watch him on msnbc when i
am at my desk.
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krj
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response 52 of 60:
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Oct 4 21:54 UTC 2000 |
I guess I have reached the point where there is no commercial music radio
in the area which I'm willing to tolerate for long. There is a classic
"classic rock" station in Livingston County at 95.5 which I'll listen to
when Leslie is in the car. It's not bad, I guess I'm the perfect
classic rock demographic.
I listen to a lot of news/talk stuff: WJR for anything but Dr. Laura; WWJ-AM;
WUOM-FM though I am still annoyed they dropped classical music; WKAR from
MSU. I guess I'm the mirror image of polygon, who doesn't like radio
talk.
For music, there is the student station at MSU at 89.9, which is
mostly only enjoyable when the Progressive Torch & Twang show is on,
Tuesday nights; WKAR-FM for classical music outside of the drive-time blocks;
WCBN in Ann Arbor for folk / country / world music on weekends.
That's about all the music I play in the car. I'd listen to WCBN more
if they had a stronger signal.
At night I listen to the AM news stations from New York and Philadelphia,
and the Crazy Radio Preachers on 870 and 1530.
I play a lot of CDs in the car. I'm awaiting the arrival of digital
satellite radio, or else Real Audio over wireless internet.
Every time we travel, the radio stations seem better when we get there.
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eeyore
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response 53 of 60:
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Oct 5 04:19 UTC 2000 |
This is the second time that I've gone out of town, only to come back to find
that WIQB has changed formats.
I really don't think that the country format will last long....it's not what
the area needs.
Dear gods and goddesses and all the little faeries, I want Rob Reinhart back
in the mornings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*WAAAAAAHHHHH*
I want my 93.9 to play all of my funny folk stuff again, I want my IQB to play
Rush and Floyd and full-length Iron Butterfly, with a 6 hour no-commercial
zone in the middle of the night. I want 95.5 to play Purtin in the Morning.
I want my 89X to not play Metallica (much as I love them), and to *really*
play the heavier alternative oddities. I want my 96.3 to *not* be the
Planet...and play the funky, fun, and upbeat. I want my 97.1 to play rock.
I want my 101.1 to play hard rock and metal....*only* Well....with a few
Floyd and Rush here and there. But only the 80's stuff. I want my 94.7 to
only play Classic Rock....and much as I love them, U2 doesn't count. I want
my 95.5 to not be the slaves to top 40 - what ever happened to the old Q95.5?
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senna
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response 54 of 60:
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Oct 5 04:35 UTC 2000 |
I've found 870 to be a valuable sports resource, because every big LSU game
suddenly finds its way onto my radio dial. Never underestimate a foreign
station's ability to keep you abreast. The rest of their programming,
however, tends to leave me a bit under the weather.
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brighn
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response 55 of 60:
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Oct 5 14:54 UTC 2000 |
Why would you want a rock station to air Limbaugh's shows, meg?
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jep
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response 56 of 60:
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Oct 5 15:35 UTC 2000 |
Before the previous W4 Country changed format, Detroit was the #1
country music market in the nation. There's still Young Country, but a
lot of country music listeners don't like it much -- those over the age
of 14, I think.
I've tuned in to the new W4 Country, and heard the kind of music I used
to hear on the old W4 Country. There's an Adrian station that plays
country, but I can't get that in my car when I'm in Ann Arbor. I'm
happy for the change in format for the former WIQB. Maybe they can
boost their signal if it's successful enough, and then serve the Detroit
market.
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jerryr
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response 57 of 60:
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Oct 6 13:15 UTC 2000 |
not quite accurate, john. the larget country market is the greater nyc area.
i always found that amusing. sheer numbers are responsible - 16 million
potential listeners.
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bru
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response 58 of 60:
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Oct 6 15:30 UTC 2000 |
I don't care what format they run, I just wish someoine would runn Dr. Demento
again.
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tpryan
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response 59 of 60:
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Oct 6 16:00 UTC 2000 |
I miss hearing Dr. Demento shows. Then again I have a ten year
supply of tapes.
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mwg
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response 60 of 60:
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Oct 6 18:39 UTC 2000 |
The only truly interesting radio station I ever heard was WOW-FM, 99.5.
After about six months it turned into young country, and the radio went
off again.
As for Dr. Demento, I download MP3s off the net and listen to them, as I
suspect I'll not hear them any other way for quite some time.
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