> > > Why would WDIY want to grab yet another frequency? Who
> > > elected them to be the Valley radio cops? WXLV was just
> > > another outlet to beg for their membership pledges,
> > > specifically in the north and west of the Valley, where
> > > there pathetic signals didn't already reach. They had
> > their
> > > eyes on 90.3 for YEARS, waiting to pounce on that
> > frequency
> > > at the earliest chance. As far as I'm concerned, the are
>
> > > wasting enough radio spectrum in the Lehigh Valley
> > > already...in a meeting with Burr Beard a few years back,
>
> > he
> > > told me that WDIY's recording tape (yeah, analog tape!)
> > was
> > > $10K a year. What? Were they not able to bulk erase
> reels?
> >
> > > Talk about fleecing the public. They make so much with
> CPB
> > /
> > > federal grants and corporate underwriting, to more than
> > pay
> > > the rent, utilities, people on the payroll, etc., and
> yet
> > > they still cry poverty. Beware a wolf in sheep's
> clothing,
> >
> > > Dr. Buffoon... Kudos to 92.1 for having the guts to do
> > real
> > > programming for an underserved, increasing minority
> > > population ignored by so-called real radio stations in
> > this
> > > area. Would WDIY have the guts to do a rap show on
> their
> > > stations? Probably not, since they couldn't pick the
> > already
> > > empty pockets of the minority audience members...
> >
> > if i said it once i have said it 100x wdiy is a bunch of
> > left wing socialist and elite thinking folk that put out
> npr
> > garbage sucky music and love the clinton regime. let's
> all
> > complain to the fcc and give there frequencies to local
> high
> > schools or colleges. i think they would do a hell of a
> > better job!!!
> > >
> >
>
>
> I know for a fact that the staff at WDIY are fairly
> moderate. The Underwriting salesman is a Republican. And
> they play great music. They play Neko Case and other fine
> artist. In a nutshell the music programming is top notch
> and music from fine artist is being showcased. They do not
> have the false attitude that no good music has been made
> since 1981. There is plenty of great new music and you hear
> it on WDIY. The station lives in 2006. It is the hippest
> most vibrant station in the area. Outside of satellite
> tadio there is no other station worth listening to.
>
Also, of course WGPA on the AM is the only other station to listen to.