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carson
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response 112 of 145:
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Oct 16 17:42 UTC 1999 |
<agrees with the plug for college radio>
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kewy
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response 113 of 145:
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Oct 17 04:45 UTC 1999 |
and while were plugging college radio... MSU has a splendiferously
wonderful college radio station. You can listen to them using real
audio. The webpage is http://wdbm.msu.edu
It really is a great radio station, I listen to it all the time at work.
Other than that, Ive just in general become so sick of most new radio.
When in the car or at home, I usually listen to 94.7, the local classic
rock station.
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lumen
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response 114 of 145:
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Oct 20 23:03 UTC 1999 |
resp:112 I forgot to mention that I mentioned high school vocational
radio because my hometown had one at the vocational school. It was
fairly comparable to college radio, and for the Tri-Cities, it's the
only station of its kind since there is no university that has one
there. The closest college radio station is 45 mins away in Walla
Walla-- KWCW for Whitman College, and the transmitter is more or less
limited to that area.
However, it is a free-format station, which offers listeners quite a
variety of music.
You can listen to the station via RealPlayer G2 at
http://www.whitman.edu/student_orgs/kwcw
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gypsi
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response 115 of 145:
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Nov 5 12:18 UTC 1999 |
I'm glad 96.3 went back to their old format, but they're hyping it quite a
bit. It's at the point where I expect to hear, "*We're* the *best* station
because *we* play cool stuff. Nyah Nyah Pbbbttt!!!" =)
And I *like* Gary Numan's "Cars"...
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otaking
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response 116 of 145:
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Nov 5 13:41 UTC 1999 |
I like the song too, but there is too much of a good thing. I've heard a lot
of good songs played to death to the point where I never want to hear them
again. Gary Numan's "Cars" is a good example of that.
I switched to Alice, just so I can hear some different stuff. It's great to
hear early 80s Genesis again.
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carson
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response 117 of 145:
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Nov 5 19:17 UTC 1999 |
(are you sure it isn't the Coal Chamber version? Gary Numan remade
"Cars" with them, and we played it a lot over the summer at the
college radio station.)
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otaking
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response 118 of 145:
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Nov 5 20:39 UTC 1999 |
I like the Coal Chamber version, but the Planet never played it.
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gypsi
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response 119 of 145:
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Nov 5 20:40 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, I liked that version too. I'm really picky when it comes to covers,
so I was impressed.
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krj
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response 120 of 145:
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Nov 7 06:25 UTC 1999 |
What does it mean, "96.3 went back to their old format"? What was the old
format, and what was the new format?
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gypsi
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response 121 of 145:
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Nov 7 18:03 UTC 1999 |
Old format: Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, some "newer
alternative"
New format: Same, but with crappy new alternative thrown in
New new format: Station director got bitch-slapped and went back to the old
format
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kewy
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response 122 of 145:
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Nov 8 17:40 UTC 1999 |
96.3 has had so many formats over the years. It was jams for the longest
of long times, then changed to "the planet" back in 93 or so, ever since
then, they've been slightly modifying the type of stuff on their playlist,
but recently the rule seems to be, we can't play anything that's come
out in the last 2 years or so.
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otaking
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response 123 of 145:
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Nov 8 18:57 UTC 1999 |
I've almost given up on radio, since I much prefer to listen to my tapes and
CDs. The radio stations don't keep my interest as much as they used to.
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mcnally
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response 124 of 145:
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Nov 8 20:15 UTC 1999 |
In the past couple of weeks I've caught the tail end of the
"Big Sonic Heaven" show on (I think) 88.7 (aka CIMX / 89X) and
enjoyed it. The show's on on Sunday nights and plays a lot of
a particular type of music I enjoy, though I'm not sure I can
currently think of a good name for the category..
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otaking
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response 125 of 145:
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Nov 8 21:46 UTC 1999 |
"Big Sonic Heaven" is a good show. So is the Midnight to 5AM slot on WDET.
Unfortunately, both are at times where it's hard for me to listen to the
radio.
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gnat
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response 126 of 145:
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Nov 8 22:19 UTC 1999 |
All they ever seem to play on "Big Sonic Heaven" is Dead Can Dance.
I have nothing against DCD, but I do like some variety...
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mcnally
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response 127 of 145:
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Nov 8 23:01 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of stuff I like on WDET late at night, too,
but it never seems to be there when I tune in deliberately. Is the
programming you speak of on every night during that time slot or just
certain nights of the week?
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gypsi
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response 128 of 145:
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Nov 8 23:25 UTC 1999 |
Gnat - you need to listen to Big Sonic Heaven more often. They play quite
a variety, not just DCD. =)
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otaking
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response 129 of 145:
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Nov 9 13:24 UTC 1999 |
I like the Liz Copeland show that airs on Sun-Thurday (or Mon-Fri)
midnight-5AM. She plays stuff that interests her. If it's someone's birthday,
like Elvis or Mick Jagger, she'll devote an hour to their music.
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kewy
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response 130 of 145:
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Nov 26 19:15 UTC 1999 |
Big sonic Heaven is on 96.3.
I try to catch the late morning/early afternoon shows on WCBN in Ann
Arbor. Its mostly a variety of middle eastern music, at 1, theres a
show with music from francophone countries. I got into the shows
because I helped out there one Sunday, the DJs are really cool, and
have so much knowledge about their specialty music. If youre in the
area, Id really recommend giving them a listen. Oh yeah, 88.3 on the
dial.
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orinoco
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response 131 of 145:
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Nov 27 19:04 UTC 1999 |
They also do webcasts - www.wcbn.org is their main page. I just found this
out myself, so I haven't yet had occasion to check it out, but it's good to
know....I've been going into withdrawl.
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krj
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response 132 of 145:
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Nov 27 05:06 UTC 2000 |
We heard a nice program out of Kalamazoo as we drove back from
Chicago tonight. The Sunday Blues Show, on WRKR, 107.7 FM.
A few acoustic blues numbers, lots of electric blues. The best electric
number, with loads of shimmering guitar, came just before we lost the
station around Chelsea, and I'll probably never figure out who it was.
birdy or anyone else, do you know what this station usually plays?
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tpryan
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response 133 of 145:
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Nov 27 17:32 UTC 2000 |
I would suspect it being a RocKeR.
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krj
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response 134 of 145:
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Dec 2 23:04 UTC 2000 |
resp:132 has a happier ending. A google search turned up the show's
web page, http://www.sunday-blues.com . E-mail with the program's
host gave me a short list of songs which my favorite could have been,
all by Robert Ward; from amazon.com I was able to determine that the
song I wanted was "Your Love Is Amazing," from the album FEAR NO EVIL.
Which I now have. Yay.
This is so much easier then when I was a kid.
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krj
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response 135 of 145:
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Apr 20 18:44 UTC 2001 |
Salon continues it's muckraking series on why pop radio is so bad.
Basically the problem is that radio playlists are now controlled
through corruption and legalized bribery. And as the stations
are agglomerated into larger corporations with fewer owners,
even the local program director, who used to choose the songs to
be played, is being stripped of his autonomy.
http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/04/03/payola2/index.html
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krj
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response 136 of 145:
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Apr 20 18:45 UTC 2001 |
(( Clear Channel Communications now owns 1200 radio stations, according
to the article. ))
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