Boring Boston radio

[mgpt6]

Thankfully, Boston has what it has between 88-92 on FM. The trend is for less music between 92-108 FM in the years ahead.

 

[Baholden1994]

Thankfully, Boston has what it has between 88-92 on FM. The trend is for less music between 92-108 FM in the years ahead.

I know they used to have music like 93.7 Mike FM, 104.1 WBCN, and if Talk 1200 goes on 101.7 WFNX this would make it the third station less than a decade from music to talk I sure hope it becomes an Urban Contemporary station or any other music format.

 

[Baholden1994]

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

At least the WODS change was a great hit music station not a boring news or sports station to be honest its better just watching the news and the sports on TV.

 

[Baholden1994]

It's funner watching sports on TV like seeing what the team players are doing. NYC only has one sports talk station on the FM dial and Boston has two on the FM dial I'm like there's more teams in New York City than Boston. The news is more interesting to watch on TV than listening to it on the radio.

 

[raccoonradio]

Though speculation has The Fan in NYC going to FM eventually...see various spots on web

 

[Jimmy128]

Has anyone mentioned the idea of Mia going to 101.7 and 1430am becoming Spanish sports talk?

 

[NHRadio]

Has anyone mentioned the idea of Mia going to 101.7 and 1430am becoming Spanish sports talk?

Yes. I predicted Mia going to 101.7 when this whole thing broke. Joseph Gallant agrees with me, although I'm not sure if that's good or not ) Many others disagree. Guess we'll see in a couple of weeks.
As for AM 1430, Boston may be ready for ESPN Deportes, but not sure if 1430 is the right signal to do it with. Especially at night it misses most large Hispanic areas.

 

[notlob]

...this will make it the fourth talk station...

You omitted 89.9 WGBH and 90.9 WBUR, Boston's "single format" (news and talk) "public" radio stations, including those would bring your count to six stations.

 

[ROBGv1]

...this will make it the fourth talk station...

You omitted 89.9 WGBH and 90.9 WBUR, Boston's "single format" (news and talk) "public" radio stations, including those would bring your count to six stations.

WGBH is on 89.7.

 

[WNTIRadio]

You want boring? Head down the coast to NYC. One classic rock station. One classic hits station. 2 CHR's, and whatever PLJ is right now. Two "lite/mix" stations and then a whole bunch of Spanish formats. 2 talk stations that are mostly syndicated or infomercials for prostate pills.

 

[carmen]

You want boring? Head down the coast to NYC

nYC has proably 5x the pirates of boston. great radio city

 

[CTListener]

You want boring? Head down the coast to NYC

nYC has proably 5x the pirates of boston. great radio city

Not wise to bring them up on a board populated by radio professionals.

How's the low end of the FM dial in NYC? I'm familiar with the outstanding AAA outlet WFUV; how do the city's other noncomms stack up against WMBR, WUMB, WERS, WHRB, etc?

 

[uncamark]

How's the low end of the FM dial in NYC? I'm familiar with the outstanding AAA outlet WFUV; how do the city's other noncomms stack up against WMBR, WUMB, WERS, WHRB, etc?

WFMU is beloved of the hipsters, who jerryrig antennas to pick up the Jersey City signal. Columbia University's WKCR is classical/jazz/indie rock and jazz jock Phil Schapp is infamous for seemingly lecturing on the music more than playing it. Metal fans love WSOU at Seton Hall and the NY Board of Ed's WNYE devotes some of its time to simulcasting WFUV's HD-3 indie rock channel, which is harder and less mainstream than the mothership. And there's good old WBGO, one of the best jazz stations in the country (and even though Steve Inkseep used to work for them, they haven't carried the NPR drive time shows for years--they are a member station and produce "JazzSet" for the net). Of course the big NPR stations and the Pacifica station are all above 92 in New York.

 

[WNTIRadio]

WBGO and WFUV are good stations. WFMU is mostly unlistenable, but there are a small group of people that support it and are true fans. WKCR is hit and miss... during PM drive they play what amounts to mostly sound effects on a loop, some kind of extreme John Cage type of stuff. Hardly fare for the ride home.

WBAI is the Pacifica station and in the last published PPM they scored a whopping 98k cume. Yup, that's 98k without the zero afterwards. So it may as well not even be there when you consider the metro has 14+ million people in it.

There is NO new rock station. If you want to hear rock music past 1995, no dice. No country station either. Local talk? Barely.

 

[HHH]

How about WNYU? I know they are only on air for certain hours a day, but what they did sounded interesting.

 

[carmen]

How about WNYU? I know they are only on air for certain hours a day, but what they did sounded interesting.

at NYU it was impossible to actually rx them on campus, about a decade ago, nor was wifi/3G-data as prevalent as today. wikipedia is claiming theres now a 'booster' transmitter near the campus. WNYU, WKCR , WBGO, WFMU, WFUV. WBAI.. even Hot97 is pretty good. concise AM news formats on 880/1010. if you can't find something listenable there you're proably really picky and better of with an iPod

 

[Uncle Kaimbridge]

At Large: Where Have All The Oldies Gone?

Here is an op-ed piece from Wicked-Local (not to be confused with Wikipedia ;D) by Peter Chianca from a couple of weeks ago:

Where Have All The Oldies Gone?

I can only imagine what Boston radio listeners thought last week when they turned on Oldies 103 with the full expectation of hearing “Brandy” by Looking Glass and instead heard the opening rap of “Starships” by Nicki Minaj. They probably figured the funky sugar cubes they ingested at that Iron Butterfly concert in 1968 were finally catching up with them...

 

[Eli Polonsky]

Re: At Large: Where Have All The Oldies Gone?

Here is an op-ed piece from Wicked-Local (not to be confused with Wikipedia ;D) by Peter Chianca from a couple of weeks ago:

Where Have All The Oldies Gone?

I can only imagine what Boston radio listeners thought last week when they turned on Oldies 103 with the full expectation of hearing “Brandy” by Looking Glass and instead heard the opening rap of “Starships” by Nicki Minaj. They probably figured the funky sugar cubes they ingested at that Iron Butterfly concert in 1968 were finally catching up with them...

Especially if they still expected to hear the slogan "Oldies 103.3". They dropped that in 2008.

 

[haverhill01835]

Re: At Large: Where Have All The Oldies Gone?

Especially if they still expected to hear the slogan "Oldies 103.3". They dropped that in 2008.


If Pete (who falls close or into the WODS demo if I recall...) thinks that way, imagine how many listeners still thought that? Says something for branding if you ask me.

Marc

 

[CTListener]

Re: At Large: Where Have All The Oldies Gone?

Especially if they still expected to hear the slogan "Oldies 103.3". They dropped that in 2008.


If Pete (who falls close or into the WODS demo if I recall...) thinks that way, imagine how many listeners still thought that? Says something for branding if you ask me.

Marc

WODS stopped saying "oldies" and replaced it with, basically, nothing. The industry term is "classic hits" but WODS never used the phrase to describe the most basic thing: the kind of music it was playing. No surprise, then, that it was still thought of as "Oldies 103.3" to so many non-radio geeks.


Now that I think about it, are there any former oldies stations actually using the term "classic hits" or is the phrase akin to "CHR" or "adult contemporary": industry jargon that never is mentioned on air?