I wish they would bring back KRock, but make it an alternative rock station like WRRV in Middletown, NY WRXP is horrible and they don't know how to make themselves a rock station before online I was listening, I heard a new rock song from Hockey and then Gin Blossoms which is fine but then I heard some 80s song. That doesn't belong on there the 80s song isn't right for alternative rock music it doesn't fit. Although Gin Blossoms is 90s they are more alternative than pop. And we also need a country music station
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Bring Back KRock
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XCountry285 said:
So, basically, you're essentially saying that bands like Devo, Blondie, Talking Heads, The Smiths, and - wait for it - U2, too! Artists like these that basically paved the way for the alternative rock format as we know it today, should be kicked to the curb. Using your logic, there would be no need for them to play the Gin Blossoms effective this decade.
A word of advice for you: Goom.
Didn't K-Rock play trance music or a trance mixshow at night???
If 'RXP can focus their sound on alternative (by cutting down on AC/DC, GNR, Aerosmith, etc. and some of the late 90s bubblegum like Third Eye Blind and adding some harder alternative like Tool, NIN, QOTSA, and Rage Against The Machine), they could be something close to what you are looking for.
I would like a hard/active rock station akin to what 98.5 the Bone on eastern LI was or something like WCCC in Hartford or even 98 Rock in Baltimore. And, no K-ROCK in their later days does not fit that description as they basically a mainstream rock station like I-95 in Danbury, CT (which I can pick up in Westchester)- a classic rock station that plays some 90s grunge and newer songs by classic rock artists.
I would like a hard/active rock station akin to what 98.5 the Bone on eastern LI was or something like WCCC in Hartford or even 98 Rock in Baltimore. And, no K-ROCK in their later days does not fit that description as they basically a mainstream rock station like I-95 in Danbury, CT (which I can pick up in Westchester)- a classic rock station that plays some 90s grunge and newer songs by classic rock artists.
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I'd rather listen to WRXP than KROQ.
IMO I'm not sure that there are enough listeners for a niche rock station in N.Y...... and a "mainstream"(modern) rock station isn't niche enough for the rock fans in New York.
IMO I'm not sure that there are enough listeners for a niche rock station in N.Y...... and a "mainstream"(modern) rock station isn't niche enough for the rock fans in New York.
How would that station survive? You might not care for the music on 92.3 Now, but it appears to be reaching a demographic advertisers want.
The Post-Stern K-Rock was a ratings failure, and advertisers did not buy it. The only reason it lived as long as it did was because of Stern in the morning.
The Post-Stern K-Rock was a ratings failure, and advertisers did not buy it. The only reason it lived as long as it did was because of Stern in the morning.
They had Solid State with Liquid Todd on Saturday nights, which featured electronic music. It wasn't a mixshow, and from what I remember, the music he played was harder, darker, and more experimental than what you'd hear on KTU back then or on Pulse now. Someone who knows more about the genre and listened more regularly could elaborate.
It's hard to judge how an alternative or current-oriented active rock station would do without Stern, considering that the post-Stern incarnation featured a heavy dose of classic rock and a very small, safe mix of new music. ButI think such a station would do at least as well as RXP nowadays, which isn't too far behind Now.
It's hard to judge how an alternative or current-oriented active rock station would do without Stern, considering that the post-Stern incarnation featured a heavy dose of classic rock and a very small, safe mix of new music. ButI think such a station would do at least as well as RXP nowadays, which isn't too far behind Now.
I have nothing against the people at RXP or 923 Now FM. I don't hate Now FM, I just wish that RXP could fix itself or just bring back KRock. It to me was a hieritage New York Station.
K-Rock will never come back. Rock and Roll is just too far fragmented. What someone calls alternative is what another calls active. Its all just too far subjective and impossible to please the few remaining people in New York who choose rock over hip-hop and pop/dance.
Furthermore, there needs to be a clear distinction between modern and alternative. Alternative goes back to punk and new-wave (maybe earlier if you want to throw in the psycadelia period from 65-69), but had peaks in the late 70's and early 80s, the late 80's, the mid nineties, and the mid-oughts; and Active has currency from '68 to now, with peaks in the late 60's and early 70's, the early and mid 80s, the late 90's and early oughts, and it looks like active rock is trying to rear its ugly head again.
Modern should be anything released in the last six months.
My question: why did progressive rock only have a single heyday in the mid 70s?
Furthermore, there needs to be a clear distinction between modern and alternative. Alternative goes back to punk and new-wave (maybe earlier if you want to throw in the psycadelia period from 65-69), but had peaks in the late 70's and early 80s, the late 80's, the mid nineties, and the mid-oughts; and Active has currency from '68 to now, with peaks in the late 60's and early 70's, the early and mid 80s, the late 90's and early oughts, and it looks like active rock is trying to rear its ugly head again.
Modern should be anything released in the last six months.
My question: why did progressive rock only have a single heyday in the mid 70s?
lalumia said:
About 10 million purchasers of Dark Side of the Moon will disagree with you. In fact, progressive rock was the only sub-genre of rock music that appealed to what would become both alternative and active fans.
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