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102.5 The Bone - Tampa Bay's Best Rock

Doesn't this encroach on sister station 97X's territory, or will there be changes there as well (less 90's recurrents)?
 
Cox might further streamline their rock properties, just as they've done in Jacksonville.
 
WeekendsAdam said:
MsMusicRadio said:
That must go with the dramatic changes at the Point

Dramatic? Are you kidding me?

Please dismiss yourself.




The Point has "rebranded----------sort of--------------and DUV played Marvin Gaye yesterday------------Cox is on a roll!
 
DToTheJ said:
Cox might further streamline their rock properties, just as they've done in Jacksonville.

Haven't heard very much 90's stuff on 97X the last couple of days...seems like a slight music tweak (more focus on 00's-current). Has the same happened at their Jacksonville clone?
 
Cox is trying to do to 98Rock what they did to Thunder, and it will work... to a point. Their new imaging is ridiculous though. They keep running promos claiming that they've drastically changed their playlist, then as a sample of their "new playlist" they sample Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, and a Smashing Pumpkins song... two songs that were already in heavy rotation on their "old playlist"... who's idea was it to let "Slater" do all of the new imaging? omg this station went from bad to worse... I'd love to see 98Rock open up their playlist, or at least alter their playlist a bit, but that would be too logical...
 
Jesus Adam...W.T.F. man. No sense of humor...or just no clue which one???

r
 
BIGRIGGER said:
Jesus Adam...W.T.F. man. No sense of humor...or just no clue which one???

r

Just sick of tirades riddled with misinformation. I didn't get the impression that "Cedric" was joking in his post.

But hey, you've got work to do, my man. Time to "open up that playlist", as the great Cedric has declared.
 
Problem is Adam you can't tell what you're reading most of the time it would seem. At least in this thread anyway. MsMusicRadio does spew sarcasim ALL THE TIME..and honestly that new voice guys DOES sound like Slater....Take your meds and think before you type.

r
 
Hey now, let's not get all bent out of shape by some comments bashing the station that is more directly competing with yours. Let's all be friends and have sleepovers on the weekends.
 
Hey, I got an idea, let's all swing down to Safety Harbor and watch some guy (convicted sex fofender) break the Wheelie record!
 
BIGRIGGER said:
Problem is Adam you can't tell what you're reading most of the time it would seem. At least in this thread anyway. MsMusicRadio does spew sarcasim ALL THE TIME..and honestly that new voice guys DOES sound like Slater....Take your meds and think before you type.

r


If I spew sarcasm all the time, how come I don't have a gig as Stern's sidekick?------I'm sorry to be sarcastic. it's just that I'm like an exposed nerve since I can't relax to Smooth jazz or Classical. WDUV mellows me out until Marvin Gaye comes in. Of course I can wait until they play Sexual Healing. Big Rigger is the second coolest name on the Board next to Goat Rodeo Cowboy. I think they should flip the BONE to Soft Urban AC so I can get my Luther Fix and the airstaff from the Bone could go to the dead air on the Eagle. Bubba can do mornings with Nick, Slater can go to evenings and Cowhead can go to overnights and take calls aboyt UFO's, Vampires, and werewolves. The woman on nights can go to 94.9 to replace Delilah who gets moved to overnights. This wil effectively drop WHPT and the Eagle in the PPM's helping Q105 go to number one! I'm never sarcastic about Q105 cause they sound like Sixties Top 40.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
BIGRIGGER said:
I love this bar....... :p



Me too. You can park your rig (they have parking for really big rigs) in the concourse, fill up with Pure gas, come into the resaurant and get a burger or visit the store to buy cowboy boots. Let me know when you get there. I got my CB and the kids are waiting for your nightly call.
 
DToTheJ said:
Hey, I got an idea, let's all swing down to Safety Harbor and watch some guy (convicted sex fofender) break the Wheelie record!

This is my fav comment thus far... awesome.

But seriously, that dude on their imaging does sound exactly like Slater, whether it's "him" or not.

98 should brand themselves Tampa Bay's Worst Rock... I'd love that.
 
Wondering if we have some sort of radio record here....

can anyone comment on if this may be a record........talking about the playlist......could this be a record small playlist, (by number of artists) for station of similar format (rock/hard rock/classic rock) ?

Not kidding a bit here, take a look at the top songs.....is there a future for a station with a playlist such as this ?........or maybe it doesn't matter cause it's talk, not music.....half the day anyway

http://www.yes.com/#WHPT?chart

Really the more you study this...the more bizarre it is.

There are 0 songs by KISS in the playlist ?....huh ? 1 song by def leppard that plays over and over....oh wait.....van halen is the same.....1 song that plays over and over.....no others played ?

only 1 song by Judas Priest......1 by the scorpions and one by bon jovi.......that's all I see in the top 100......and those with one song.....yep....plays over and over each day

what sense does it make to REMOVE the kiss songs ? (and maybe a couple others that already ''fit'' before) I understand pulling the older stuff....60's stuff........yet I still see a doors song.....and a rolling stones song.....not top songs, but still there

what format do you call this wreck ?......no currents so it's not active rock........not classic rock anymore.....so it's just rock ?....huh ?......even mainstream rock has currents, so it has to be classic rock (classic rock with 2000's, but not currents)

just bizarre, isn't it ?......

really awful
 
Me thinks the poster is using Dragon too much.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
The change makes sense. "Classic Rock" is something that my generation relates to. My generation is now collecting social security and playing with grand children. Hendrix and those of that ilk were putting out music 40 or more years ago. Cow and Bubba certainly are not aiming at the folks who went to Woodstock and are devoutees of "Classic Rock". Their content and humor is aimed at a generation who didn't come into music appreciation until the 80's. Regarding "Kiss", This probably is open to other opinion, however, always thought of them as "The Monkees" of a different generation. They were the group that mothers took their kids to see in the beginning. Very commercial and put out very air-playable singles. One poster was curious as to why The Doors and Stones were played. The trick is, if you play older material, is not to sound dated and pick stuff that transcends time. It isn't uncommon while making format changes to purge your playlist and then build it back up with material that works for your listeners.
 
What's their format?

The word Retro is now being used to describe 20-25 years of music dating back from today. Classic originally was Cream, Beatles,Who,Stones etc. Then, half of that library was dropped and infused with 70's-80's guitar bands. Now, 30-55's have their version of classic.

So what is Classic? It's what you had playing on the radio, when you were knee deep in snaggle in the back seat of the ol sex wagon....it changes

Hell, Rock n Roll almost has a Chuck Berry connotation now...but in 1990, that phrase sat underneath the 98 Rock logo, with the word pure in front of it.

What you call it IS important, how you present it makes all the difference.
 
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