Boston radio will be really boring on July 23 when 101.7 switches to Talk and this will make it the fourth talk station there's already talk on 93.7, 96.9 and 98.5 in Boston and I would like more music to be on the radio like Urban Hip Hop or R&B, Alt. Rock, Country, or Spanish.
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Boring Boston radio
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Again there's no guarantee talk will be on 101.7 but we'll find out.
You want boring, go elsewhere. Despite WFNX, WODS, WGBH etc changes
--interesting college and public radio
--some nice small stations like WJIB
--dedicated sports stations and listeners
>> there's already talk on
There's already talk on 96.9, 680, 1200, and (partly) 1030; maybe add public radio too. The
93.7 and 98.5 are sports talk not politics
You want boring, go elsewhere. Despite WFNX, WODS, WGBH etc changes
--interesting college and public radio
--some nice small stations like WJIB
--dedicated sports stations and listeners
>> there's already talk on
There's already talk on 96.9, 680, 1200, and (partly) 1030; maybe add public radio too. The
93.7 and 98.5 are sports talk not politics
Uh, Boston already has a country station (WKLB 102.5) 
This isn't NYC... not one single country station, barring rimshots
This isn't NYC... not one single country station, barring rimshotsJimmy128 said:
To YOU, but to others, it's not.
While Boston radio has fallen into bland territory, it's not the end of the world. There are other small market stations in the area that fill the need for the average listener. I, personally like NPR, 92.5 The River, 95.9 WATD, and North Shore 104.9 (occasionally 95.3 WHRB and 91.9 'UMB). Do I miss WFNX? Sure, but unfortunately this is a business and it's the nature of the beat.
When I was younger, I used to like the old B106 (WHOB) Nashua. It was a Triple-A/MOR type of station that played some of the best music and it had a down home feel to it. But what I looked forward too was the Syndicated shows like "Rock Over London" with Paul Sexton. Then it was cancelled and turned into Hot AC. Now it's Classic Hits with a Classic Rock format. Things change and it is a business. Fortunately with the innertoobz, you can still hear WBCN and WFNX online.
Two common incorrect assumptions of some internet posters:
#1: I like it, so everyone should like it.
#2: I don't like it, so everyone shouldn't like it.
#1: I like it, so everyone should like it.
#2: I don't like it, so everyone shouldn't like it.
Eli Polonsky said:
And #3: Nobody I know likes X, therefore X isn't popular. I see this all the time and its illogicality still amazes me: one's friends somehow construed as a random sampling. I have a Dave Barry book around here somewhere in which he offers a categorized list of illogical arguments that includes this one. It ought to be required reading for anyone thinking about posting on the internet.
Urban or Spanish music would make the radio a bit funner in Boston since 101.7 WFNX is switching formats on July 23 I hope it won't be a simulcast of Talk 1200 I hope it would either be Mia 1430 or some new Urban station
>>No one wants to hear the #1 current song in America.
That's why it's called Popular Music. Maybe few in our age group wants to hear it. But as some comic said, "We have become our parents". Now we're the one shaking our heads at the teens
who love the latest hits, while we say "You call that music? And get off my lawn, you punk kids!
Oh, why oh why can't they play GOOD music, like what we grew up with!" Ha, time marches on.
(That being said, perhaps the music from our own generation will stand the test of time more
than Kitty Perry or Justin Beaver or Laugh My Furry Ass Off but who knows!
But it is true a lot of people as they age stick with what they like and tune to the same
old Springsteen or Madonna or Beatles or U2, instead of finding new (to them) styles of
music, or current artists in older types (hot new blues, folk, reggae acts)
Now you punk kids get off my lawn! I'm going to put on this chestnut from the good old days.
From before when you were born! (Adjusts glasses) Let's see, this one is..."Holiday...in...
Cambodia...by...the Dead Kennedys". Now that's music!
That's why it's called Popular Music. Maybe few in our age group wants to hear it. But as some comic said, "We have become our parents". Now we're the one shaking our heads at the teens
who love the latest hits, while we say "You call that music? And get off my lawn, you punk kids!
Oh, why oh why can't they play GOOD music, like what we grew up with!" Ha, time marches on.
(That being said, perhaps the music from our own generation will stand the test of time more
than Kitty Perry or Justin Beaver or Laugh My Furry Ass Off
but who knows!But it is true a lot of people as they age stick with what they like and tune to the same
old Springsteen or Madonna or Beatles or U2, instead of finding new (to them) styles of
music, or current artists in older types (hot new blues, folk, reggae acts)
Now you punk kids get off my lawn! I'm going to put on this chestnut from the good old days.
From before when you were born! (Adjusts glasses) Let's see, this one is..."Holiday...in...
Cambodia...by...the Dead Kennedys". Now that's music!
raccoonradio said:>>No one wants to hear the #1 current song in America.
That's why it's called Popular Music. Maybe few in our age group wants to hear it. But as some comic said, "We have become our parents". Now we're the one shaking our heads at the teens
who love the latest hits, while we say "You call that music? And get off my lawn, you punk kids!
Oh, why oh why can't they play GOOD music, like what we grew up with!" Ha, time marches on.
(That being said, perhaps the music from our own generation will stand the test of time more
than Kitty Perry or Justin Beaver or Laugh My Furry Ass Off
But it is true a lot of people as they age stick with what they like and tune to the same
old Springsteen or Madonna or Beatles or U2, instead of finding new (to them) styles of
music, or current artists in older types (hot new blues, folk, reggae acts)
Now you punk kids get off my lawn! I'm going to put on this chestnut from the good old days.
From before when you were born! (Adjusts glasses) Let's see, this one is..."Holiday...in...
Cambodia...by...the Dead Kennedys". Now that's music!
lock this thread up^^^
Did it get boring? )
)Remember when you were a kid and you were just learning how to read? You'd use your "pointer" finger, point at the word, sound it out and then say it.......well..........the newsreader on talk1200 - Jessica Fuller sounds just like that AND she recorded the news earlier and was pronouncing Teixeira (as in Mark, baseball player) correctly, she rerecorded the news and now she's mispronouncing it.......????????????????
Back in my day... WRKO played the BEST music! ;D
My kids think *my* music is boring, I tell them what they listen to is junk. There are actually a handful of songs they listen to that are not that bad. I have to wonder if it was not for some of these big hit factories manufacturing "the right sound" if Justin Bieber, Katie Perry, One Direction and such would even get out of their mothers basement. Will any of these "artists" or songs be played on what ever passes for radio in 40 years? I personally don't think so. Hell just Blame it on the rain...
Oh yeah and GET OFF MY LAWN!
My kids think *my* music is boring, I tell them what they listen to is junk. There are actually a handful of songs they listen to that are not that bad. I have to wonder if it was not for some of these big hit factories manufacturing "the right sound" if Justin Bieber, Katie Perry, One Direction and such would even get out of their mothers basement. Will any of these "artists" or songs be played on what ever passes for radio in 40 years? I personally don't think so. Hell just Blame it on the rain...
Oh yeah and GET OFF MY LAWN!
Cueburn said:
raccoonradio said:...perhaps the music from our own generation will stand the test of time more than Kitty Perry or Justin Beaver or Laugh My Furry Ass Off
....Now you punk kids get off my lawn!
DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!
Give these fellow out of demographic vogue listeners a free LP——they get it!
And HEY! How many times do we have to keep telling you:
STAY OFF THE LAWN!!! ;D
Cueburn said:
This really sums it up well. There is a lack of tolerance on all sides with regards to musical taste. We've become a country of cultural Balkinists, who like what we like, and say everything else is crap.
That's bad for radio. Radio isn't an individualized music service like Pandora, where I can create my own playlist made up of artists that I like. At radio, the goal is to build a playlist that a large number of people will like. At one time, the way to attract an audience was to play music. Now, there are songs or artists I can play that will empty a room. Those same artists are very popular with their audience. And we think only politics in this country is polarized.
This is why radio companies are looking to things other than music for radio programming. One example is sports. In the last few weeks, both NBC and CBS have announced radio networks that will supply programming to local stations. The great thing about sports is it appeals to a broad range of ages, unlike political talk or certain genres of music. Plus, stations don't have to pay royalties, and that's significant when we include digital platforms. So get ready for less music and more information on the radio in trhe future.
I think what you are saying is absolutely true. We will hear more talk than ever on broadcast radio because of Pandora and the thousands of specialized internet stations. People who listen to Rihanna won't want to listen to the Rolling Stones and vice versa, to put it in simple terms. It wasn't that way years ago.
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