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Atlanta lost it's one decent radio station today.
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What happened?
I am prepping for an interview later with Western Mass Legal Services and then I have another with the Hampden County DA's office on Monday. Hopefully I land one of them. I am getting a little perturbed that I haven't heard from the Northwestern Counties DA's office yet, that is the county I live in for cripes sake.Comment
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Just a continuance of all the channel shuffling that has happened over the past couple years. Atlanta radio has been total chaos for a while now, with stations flipping left and right, morning shows coming and going, pretty much you name it and it's happened.Comment
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Sounds like the Toronto radio market in the late 90s. Although it wasn't as drastic as you're making the Atlanta situation to be. There was a lot of upheavale and stations went through 2 or more format changes in the 97-98 time period.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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Yeah, it's mostly Clear Channel that's behind it all -- surprise, surprise.
Here's an example of the past three years...
When it all started, there were three major rock stations -- Z93 (classic), 96Rock (classic, with some new stuff), 99X (alternative). At this point, all three had become total crap.
Z93 played exactly what is to be expected, Zeppelin/Stones/Skynyrd/Doors at least once an hour, with Fleetwood/Eagles/Hendrix/ACDC mixed in amongst them. Seriously, that was just about all they played. Good in moderation, crap if you're wanting to listen for longer than 15 minutes.
96Rock took the classic stuff that Z93 was playing, and worked in some more classic-sounding stuff. Think Collective Soul, Pearl Jam, Kravitz, STP, etc. They at least played enough newer stuff to keep it kinda fresh. It was still pretty much classic rock overkill, however.
And 99X at this point was an absolute modern rock wasteland. We can all pretty much agree new rock radio has gone down the crapper since about 2000, right? Every song sounds the same, and nothing is actually listenable. But, 99X at least has some local music and specialty shows that made the station redeemable.
And then the chaos begins...
Z93 flips to start things off, going to the new DaveFM. Newer pop-rock meets the classic singer-songwriter type. Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Dylan, etc. "Whoa," I said, "this has potential." Yeah, it did. Then it became bland and repetitive.
To corner the classic rock demo, Clear Channel makes 96Rock strictly a classic rock station, with a playlist nearly mirroring that of the old Z93. Yawn.
But, the biggest revelation, to keep a hold of the new rock they randomly played on 96Rock, Clear Channel also introduces The Buzz (96.7). It totally took off. Just a straight-up badass station. The absolute best mix of harder modern rock and the best alternative stuff from the past decade. Soon after blowing up, it got moved to a better frequency at 105.3. Not a serious move, but channels bouncing all around = not good.
Meanwhile, 99X remained absolute crap. And it only got worse. New management came along, started cutting the staff, and soon the entire morning show was gone. Which sucked, because morning DJs Fred Toucher, Wally and Jimmy Baron made my morning drive worthwhile. Enter a horrible morning show.
Also coming along, new classic rock station to rival 96Rock, The River. The worst station in the history of all mankind. We're talking an even more limited playlist than 96Rock and Z93, only with a ****load more Elton John and Fleetwood Mac and other *****rock from the 70s. Decent music in moderation, but when you have to listen to them every 15 minutes.
And then came yesterday. Don't know if anyone heard, but Clear Channel went private. And the shakeups begin. Everyone was hoping that The Buzz would get the prestigious 96.1 spot, with 96Rock going away completely and admitting defeat at the hands of The River. Well, that kinda happened.
Yeah, 96Rock is now gone (a slow kill, years in the making). And, yes, The Buzz is no longer on 105.3. The thing, however, is that the new station on 96.1 is something called Project 961. Yeah, the playlist is similar to that of The Buzz, for the most part, everything that was there is now on Project. The thing is, alongside the MCR, Buckcherry, Stone Sour and such, are the likes of Ozzy/Sabbath, Zeppelin, Metallica and Aerosmith. Ugh. Again, like I've said all along, all excellent stuff. I went through my classic rock phase just like everyone else, still totally dig those artists deeper stuff and lesser known albums -- but the cliche stuff has to go. I don't want to go from "Through Glass" to "Dream On" to "Crazy Bitch" to "Stairway to Heaven."
If someone wants to hear the old stuff, listen to the horrible River. For those of us who want to hear new stuff, throw us an f'n bone here.
Bastards.
Ok, I'm done.
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buy an XM. Free radio is dying a slow death.NFL: Tennessee Titans
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Nice Rant
Maybe you should just get satelite radio
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Or listen to CDs.Comment
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