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Joe

Yeh...sounds similar to what the classic rock stations are trying to do down here lately too...PROMOTE that they are going deep into the vaults...but in reality still playing the same stuff (funny, almost exactly the same stuff you listed, we heard on the way home from the airport the other night!)

I've heard of a new format making its way across country from Seattle they are calling 'Jack' which sounds similar, but will be a total mish-mash of classic rock, MTV-era tunes, and some '90s, mixed in with jazz, newage, world music. Sounds like trying to program like satelitte...which is a word that I can never spell correctly.

Dave

We have the same frigging problem out here in Arizona, even among the stations that haven't been swallowed by Clear Channel.

An old friend of mine from high school DJ's for the local "classic rock" station here in Tucson - a station that once took it upon itself to proclaim ZZ Top as the city's official "house band". Every time I see him he asks me if I've been listening and I always tell him the same thing: I can't bear to listen to the same damn thing day in and day out. At any rate, it's all become what I like to call "Groundhog Day Radio".

However, I have recently stumbled across an interesting station that's based here in AZ and boasts a commercial-free format with a rather eclectic mix of tunes both old and new. While they do occasionally spin tunes that have been worn the f#$& out on mainstream radio, they also pull relatively obscure stuff out of nowhere and solicit suggestions from listeners on what to add/remove from the play list.

Here's the url if you're curious: http://www.kcdx.com

Take care,

Dave

Bob

Whoa -- I just took the advice of "Dave" above, and checked out kcdx. Right now, they're playing Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Get Down," and in the past half hour they've played The Knack "Good Girls Don't," a Talking Heads album track, and ELO song that I've never heard, and Jet (the band, not the McCartney song.)

Love it.

I should've mentioned in today's entry that I do enjoy and appreciate WYEP (www.wyep.org), but dammit I wish they'd play something with an electric guitar from time to time. There's only so much Indigo Girls and I can take. And I LIKE Indigo Girls.

Julie

When they were taking their time promoting the "new" format, RRK mixed things up by playing some Duran Duran, INXS, U2 and other 80's new wave. I thought finally there might be a station that I can stand to listen to without having to change the channel constantly. I should have known better...stupid Julie.

Alas, I shall continue to drive home from work desperately trying to find a decent song but ending up hitting the "seek" button for the entire 40 minute drive. Or just popping in a CD. Sad :-(

Pete

You should be glad you have classic rock, man. In New York there's only one station and I am starved.

I never thought I'd say it, but I'd kill for some Fog Hat or Boston.

I like the idea of the "deeper cuts"...DVE always claimed they play them, but continued to play the typical sludge.

Anyway...what's my point? Revel in your classic rock...if for no other reason than for those that don't have it!

Cheers,

The Schnupp

pointy stick

This is the primary reason I never turn my car radio past WDUQ, and when I get home, I fire up iTunes and either one of my custom playlists (this week it's The Cure) or listen to one of a hojillion internet broadcasts.

Someone needs to find a way to cover the planet with wifi, and then hand out capable iPods to everyone. Boom, terrestrial radio's dead, because now everyone can listen to Groove Salad wherever they happen to go.

Sarah

The two people I know who have satelite are loving it so far. Says coworker, "There is one station that plays deep cuts and they are DEEP. They get some really obscure stuff on there." Says my father, "I'll never have to listen to DUQ again!" As an added note, coworker has XM, father has Sirius.

I turn off WYEP when they start to sound too folk/country and pop in a cd. I think I have more cds in my car than my house now.

jet

WYEP drives me crazy because I can't help but think of what it could be. The only time I try to make sure I tune in is for the Soul Show on Saturday afternoons, but that's as much to hear Stephen Chatman ramble on about his mom & his buddies as it is to hear the music. My recent favorite has been KCRW from Santa Monica via iTunes. I also dig hearing the weather forecasts in the mornings on these dark winter days.... '& today it'll be sunny & 65 - 68 at the beaches...' What a life.

brad norton

i have been listening to kcdx in arizona for 2years now
95.1 @103.1 fm i hear songs that i have not heard in 20
plus years, old doors and who songs that these classic
stations never play. I will not listen to any other stations.

thanks

Steve

On top of all that - now it's BOB. A mishmash of awful music. Bob - the director's name (Robert).

I miss the Classic that WRRK used to play. I remember nights that it was so good it sounded like heaven. In fact, 18 years ago RRK was was a catalist in my getting married. For 16 of those years it was RRK at home, in the car, at work. Now it's just CD's. Pittsburgh badly NEEDS a Classic Rock Station.

Thanks for reading, Steve

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