And People Wonder Why RXP Is Failing...

[DToTheJ]

So I'm sampling WRXP this afternoon at around 5 PM, when the DJ comes on after a Pink Floyd song and says the following:

"That was Pink Floyd, and before that was Pearl Jam. And this is a guy from New Jersey."

(Song starts)

If you're going to give an artist such a vague introduction, it had better be Bruce Springsteen. Or maybe Jon Bon Jovi.

As it turns out, the artist in question was one Pete Yorn.

And the fact that I had to go to Yes.com to figure out who the artist was, tells you all you need to know about how execrable that exchange was.

I know the only reason this station exists is for the advent of the PPM meters, which tend to be friendlier toward rock stations, but please... If you're going to have such vapid occurrences on this station, just turn it into a Spanish outlet and be done with it.

 

[rapking]

Why RXP is Failing ? The station S-cks ! The end.

 

[kms575]

Why RXP is Failing ? The station S-cks ! The end.

What do you know about it? Have you ever listened? You should give examples and backup your statements.
I for one will not comment on the station since I've hardly listened to it.

 

[DToTheJ]

Why RXP is Failing ? The station S-cks ! The end.

Yeah, about as much as Tom Brady's knee - ouch!

 

[cartman1964]

I like WRXP, but I only seem to listen to them when I'm somewhere away from my XM/Sirius, or my Ipod or my computer.

I've always been into the newer rock and for the past several years, there was no station in NYC that catered to my taste in music. So instead I listened to XM/Sirius, or stations in the U.K. I've become so accustomed to listening to either Squizz, or BBC Radio 1, or Virgin FM/London,just to name a couple, that I almost forget that WRXP exists now.

I think they came along just a little too late.

 

[lalumia]

we told ya why; no roots/NYC first wave rock scene stuff
NY Dolls
Psychotic Frogs
Dead Boys
Iggy & the Stooges
Wayne County
MC5
Cherry Vanilla
Johnny Thunders
and so on....

 

[NoMoreLurking]

Hasn't this station been sold yet?

 

[rapking]

Why RXP is Failing ? The station S-cks ! The end.

Yeah, about as much as Tom Brady's knee - ouch!

PATS 24 NY BRATS 10 (this Sunday )

 

[SuperRadioFan]

PATS 24 NY BRATS 10 (this Sunday )

Still smarting over the Super Bowl, eh? Here's a prediction: Red Sox go down in the first round.

And to make this radio-related: WRXP will hover where they are til at least the Spring '09. Their playlist is as bad (maybe worse) than 100.3 The Sound's (KSWD L.A.), with all the classic rock thrown in on both stations.

 

[rapking]

PATS 24 NY BRATS 10 (this Sunday )

Still smarting over the Super Bowl, eh? Here's a prediction: Red Sox go down in the first round.

And to make this radio-related: WRXP will hover where they are til at least the Spring '09. Their playlist is as bad (maybe worse) than 100.3 The Sound's (KSWD L.A.), with all the classic rock thrown in on both stations.

And The Yankee's will be at home watching the Sox on TV. SOX,PATS,and The Celtics RULES ! New York Radio Dial kills Boston . Boston Radio dial s/cks !

 

[SuperRadioFan]

And The Yankee's will be at home watching the Sox on TV. SOX,PATS,and The Celtics RULES ! New York Radio Dial kills Boston . Boston Radio dial s/cks !

HAHAHA you are slowwwww, I don't give a rat's behind about The Yankees since MY team, the LA Angels will clinch their division by beating the Yankees tonight or tomorrow.
Oh and BTW what was the Red Sox record against the Halos this season, hmmmmm? Geeeez, Lets Go Mets too (they're my 2nd favorite team... Remember '86 WS, RapKing?)

And 'RXP=The Sound= NOT AAA

 

[kms575]

And The Yankee's will be at home watching the Sox on TV. SOX,PATS,and The Celtics RULES ! New York Radio Dial kills Boston . Boston Radio dial s/cks !

HAHAHA you are slowwwww, I don't give a rat's behind about The Yankees since MY team, the LA Angels will clinch their division by beating the Yankees tonight or tomorrow.
Oh and BTW what was the Red Sox record against the Halos this season, hmmmmm? Geeeez, Lets Go Mets too (they're my 2nd favorite team... Remember '86 WS, RapKing?)

And 'RXP=The Sound= NOT AAA

Children, please.

 

[SuperRadioFan]

And The Yankee's will be at home watching the Sox on TV. SOX,PATS,and The Celtics RULES ! New York Radio Dial kills Boston . Boston Radio dial s/cks !

HAHAHA you are slowwwww, I don't give a rat's behind about The Yankees since MY team, the LA Angels will clinch their division by beating the Yankees tonight or tomorrow.
Oh and BTW what was the Red Sox record against the Halos this season, hmmmmm? Geeeez, Lets Go Mets too (they're my 2nd favorite team... Remember '86 WS, RapKing?)

And 'RXP=The Sound= NOT AAA

Children, please.

;D

 

[SoulCrusher]

NYC Radio kills Boston? Is that meant to be funny? While NYC has utterly embarrassing excuses for rock stations, Boston has station that serve as models for the right way to program a station in this format, especially Alternative WFNX. Here in NYC, there's a tired classic rocker, a safe timid chicken rocker, and a kitchen sink rocker that's too inconsistent to be listenable for more than 10 minutes at a time. The hip-hop stations here are also terrible because they're virtually identical - tired new school music, including some stuff that doesn't even belong (Justin Timberlake? Rihanna?), and practically nothing from previous decades. Let's not even get into all the tired female-targeting stations that this market is full of. What exactly does NYC have going for it in terms of radio? Other than a good solid AM dial with all kinds of talk programming, not much.

 

[kms575]

NYC Radio kills Boston? Is that meant to be funny? While NYC has utterly embarrassing excuses for rock stations, Boston has station that serve as models for the right way to program a station in this format, especially Alternative WFNX. Here in NYC, there's a tired classic rocker, a safe timid chicken rocker, and a kitchen sink rocker that's too inconsistent to be listenable for more than 10 minutes at a time. The hip-hop stations here are also terrible because they're virtually identical - tired new school music, including some stuff that doesn't even belong (Justin Timberlake? Rihanna?), and practically nothing from previous decades. Let's not even get into all the tired female-targeting stations that this market is full of. What exactly does NYC have going for it in terms of radio? Other than a good solid AM dial with all kinds of talk programming, not much.

tired classic rocker = Q 104.3?
safe timid chicken rocker = K-Rock?
kitchen sink rocker = RXP?

Please clarify.

BTW, what's wrong with Hot 97?
And, Z100 is the best CHR in the country IMHO.

 

[Indielover]

PATS 24 NY BRATS 10 (this Sunday )

Still smarting over the Super Bowl, eh? Here's a prediction: Red Sox go down in the first round.

And to make this radio-related: WRXP will hover where they are til at least the Spring '09. Their playlist is as bad (maybe worse) than 100.3 The Sound's (KSWD L.A.), with all the classic rock thrown in on both stations.

Agreed Sox go down in first round...Pats are going NOWHERE this year...Go Mets (my team) and Angels (second favorite)...

At this point it seems RXP is staying with the train wreck mix of music which will ultimately be the death of the station... too bad... with an adjustment in music, this station could be so good.

 

[p_herring]

NYC Radio kills Boston? Is that meant to be funny? While NYC has utterly embarrassing excuses for rock stations, Boston has station that serve as models for the right way to program a station in this format, especially Alternative WFNX. Here in NYC, there's a tired classic rocker, a safe timid chicken rocker, and a kitchen sink rocker that's too inconsistent to be listenable for more than 10 minutes at a time. The hip-hop stations here are also terrible because they're virtually identical - tired new school music, including some stuff that doesn't even belong (Justin Timberlake? Rihanna?), and practically nothing from previous decades. Let's not even get into all the tired female-targeting stations that this market is full of. What exactly does NYC have going for it in terms of radio? Other than a good solid AM dial with all kinds of talk programming, not much.

tired classic rocker = Q 104.3?
safe timid chicken rocker = K-Rock?
kitchen sink rocker = RXP?

Please clarify.

BTW, what's wrong with Hot 97?
And, Z100 is the best CHR in the country IMHO.

You nailed the three rockers. I think between K-Rock and RXP we only have about 20 currents currently circling market #1 in terms of alternative/active rock. Pathetic and boring.

 

[kevinsealy]

It has been posted numerous times on the NYRMB that New York is NOT a rock town. Therefore, the audience for rock is limited.

It's reflected in the ratings. The last time NY had three rock stations was nine years ago, WNEW-FM, WXRK and WAXQ-104.3. And for the most part Q-1043 who had the best ratings out of the three stations had numbers that were a little better than mediocre.

Out of the three rock stations we have now, Q-1043 is the only one succeeding. K-Rock's number outside of O & A are near the bottom.




Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy

 

[SoulCrusher]

It has been posted numerous times on the NYRMB that New York is NOT a rock town. Therefore, the audience for rock is limited.

It's reflected in the ratings. The last time NY had three rock stations was nine years ago, WNEW-FM, WXRK and WAXQ-104.3. And for the most part Q-1043 who had the best ratings out of the three stations had numbers that were a little better than mediocre.

Out of the three rock stations we have now, Q-1043 is the only one succeeding. K-Rock's number outside of O & A are near the bottom.




Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy

The non-rock music fans, especially the dance nuts (of which I think you may belong to) post the same argument over and over again.

Q 104.3 is what it is - a meat and potatoes classic rocker. It's good if that's what you're into, but I'm not and I imagine many others are not as well.

K-Rock is just garbage. Period. That's why no one listens to the station at all outside of O&A. I mean, seriously, listen to the station. They play maybe 200, 300 songs tops and it's all the same old tired songs that they've been playing for years. Wouldn't you get tired of hearing the same thing every day for 10 or 20 years ... because that's essentially what K-Rock brings to the table. I looked at their airplay charts recently and noticed that Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani California" - a two year old song - ranked #5 overall. Do you see what's wrong with this picture? K-Rock is a safe, boring, and extremely tired station - I'm a rock fan, and on my NYC presets, the only rock station I have up there is WRXP. That should tell you something about K-Rock.

As for RXP - they're a station with tons of potential that wastes it on too many played out songs. Yes, they spin lots of great Alternative acts you can't hear anywhere else other than possibly on the left of the dial, but they also play predictable classic rock (Boston, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin) and dreadful modern steakhead rock (Nickelback, Daughtry). The station's definition of rock literally seems to be "anything that has a guitar in it", and that's the station's weak point - they're all over the place musically. If they focused on bringing the market what it sorely lacks, I don't see why this station couldn't succeed. Simply put, let Q 104.3 have Boston and all the soccer mom stations can have Nickelback and focus on being a good solid Alternative station. Take the R.E.M., Beck, Cake, Radiohead, etc. songs that are receiving airtime and just go on from there. NYC has never had a real Alternative station (K-Rock was close at one time, maybe around '95-'97, but they still played acts like Metallica), so I don't understand the reluctance to try such an approach, especially when bands like Arcade Fire and Kings Of Leon can sell out some pretty impressive venues despite limited airplay in the area.

 

[WBIMDJ]

*shakes head* Don't mind Rapking. He's...well he's not representative that much of us other Bostonians.
Anyways, WRXP from what I've seen is all over the place. Someone brought up that the people that want to hear Aerosmith aren't gonna wanna hear Oasis & Interpol and vice versa. They need to pick a niche and stick with it. I'd say go similar to maybe alternative as mentioned before, since the classic and harder edged rock seems to be filled already with Q-104 and K-Rock. Similar to WFNX in Boston or WBRU in Providence, or even the new FM 104 WURH in Hartford.