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Dallas has some great stations

TheRover said:
Lancer said:
Stations like Q102 & KZEW were great back 20 years ago.

RIP

???

2008-20 years = 1988

I'd say that Q102 and KZEW both were lame 20 years ago.

Yeah.... they had there moments..... especially late at night....

But.... during the day... They Paid their Bills, with the same over-played same songs, on a very Regular routine. YAWN....

Methinks your continued whining disdain over terrestrial rock radio is the same "1" song over and over.... YAWN...... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
 
I tried listening to Lex and Terry on XM. They seem kind of interesting, but then I realized they are on the Eagle, I felt depressed for Russ' career because what he has turned out to be.
 
Dndsh237 said:
TheRover said:
Lancer said:
Stations like Q102 & KZEW were great back 20 years ago.

RIP

???

2008-20 years = 1988

I'd say that Q102 and KZEW both were lame 20 years ago.

Yeah.... they had there moments..... especially late at night....

But.... during the day... They Paid their Bills, with the same over-played same songs, on a very Regular routine. YAWN....

Methinks your continued whining disdain over terrestrial rock radio is the same "1" song over and over.... YAWN...... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ohhhh, I'll NEVER get tired of telling it like I think it is . :D
 
TheRover said:
Dndsh237 said:
TheRover said:
Lancer said:
Stations like Q102 & KZEW were great back 20 years ago.

RIP

???

2008-20 years = 1988

I'd say that Q102 and KZEW both were lame 20 years ago.

Yeah.... they had there moments..... especially late at night....

But.... during the day... They Paid their Bills, with the same over-played same songs, on a very Regular routine. YAWN....

Methinks your continued whining disdain over terrestrial rock radio is the same "1" song over and over.... YAWN...... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ohhhh, I'll NEVER get tired of telling it like I think it is . :D

My point is, you're putting us all to sleep with the same line over and over. Do you have anything NEW to bring to the table?
 
Dndsh237 said:
TheRover said:
Dndsh237 said:
TheRover said:
Lancer said:
Stations like Q102 & KZEW were great back 20 years ago.

RIP

???

2008-20 years = 1988

I'd say that Q102 and KZEW both were lame 20 years ago.

Yeah.... they had there moments..... especially late at night....

But.... during the day... They Paid their Bills, with the same over-played same songs, on a very Regular routine. YAWN....

Methinks your continued whining disdain over terrestrial rock radio is the same "1" song over and over.... YAWN...... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ohhhh, I'll NEVER get tired of telling it like I think it is . :D

My point is, you're putting us all to sleep with the same line over and over. Do you have anything NEW to bring to the table?
Yes, ANYTHING, but the SAME Corporate Radio/Billboard "HiTS" from the last 40 years, would be Great.

Instead of Playing Deep Purple'shighly commercial tracks, like "Tokyo Woman", you would instead play "Lazy" (from Machine Head).

And a hundred hundred examples --- Just like that Dndsh237.

You don't play this song ... and you do play this one . . .

That's My "Formula" for great ROCK FM.

Now, the the Corporate Hits radio has got nothing "New" to offer, musically, so all of their energies are around EVERYTHING ELSE. Keeps you BUSY, doesn't it ! ;D
 
snoman said:
DFW used to have some GREAT radio stations...

RIP :'( :
KLIF (when it was Top 40 on 1190)
KNUS
KBOX
KVIL (the REAL KVIL, not KVIL Lite)
KJMZ (100.3 JAMZ)
KZEW (98 The Zoo)
KTXQ (when it was Q102, not Jammin' Oldies)
KDGE (when it was 94.5 The Edge, signal sucked, but the music was great)
KKDA-FM (K104, when it was R&B, instead of mostly Rap, but that's just about any Urban station in the country these days)
KOAI (106.1 or 107.5 The Oasis)
KPLX (99 and 1/2 K-Plex)
KHYI (Y95)


Right now, the "Great" choices would be
KLUV
KTCK
KSCS
WBAP
KRLD
KHKS (sometimes, not all the time)
KDMX (sometimes, not all the time)
but even this list does not compare, to the RIP list.

In DFW's defense, Houston is just as bad.

Great list - and I mostly agree. Jody Dean, Mark Davis - doing great.

Houston is really boring - Austin s u c k s.

But I'm curious what everyone in this discussion of great/bad Dallas radio thinks of KEOM????
 
DFWPT said:
But I'm curious what everyone in this discussion of great/bad Dallas radio thinks of KEOM????

I'll bite here. I like KEOM. It fills a nice little niche and unlike 90% of the crap above 92.1 it doesn't pretend to be a major market radio station.
 
TheRover said:
So, tell us critic319, what do you think makes KEGL "Great Radio" ? ? ?

I'd like to know what you think ? ?
Rover,

As far as The Eagle goes, I personally enjoy the range (new, old, not much repetition) of music on the playlist, but that's just my taste. I travel quite a bit and compared to some of the other major markets, Dallas offers some overall good radio. I take it that you have an issue with KEGL? Things were better in years past in my opinion but could be worse now. :-\
 
DFWPT said:
snoman said:
DFW used to have some GREAT radio stations...

RIP :'( :
KLIF (when it was Top 40 on 1190)
KNUS
KBOX
KVIL (the REAL KVIL, not KVIL Lite)
KJMZ (100.3 JAMZ)
KZEW (98 The Zoo)
KTXQ (when it was Q102, not Jammin' Oldies)
KDGE (when it was 94.5 The Edge, signal sucked, but the music was great)
KKDA-FM (K104, when it was R&B, instead of mostly Rap, but that's just about any Urban station in the country these days)
KOAI (106.1 or 107.5 The Oasis)
KPLX (99 and 1/2 K-Plex)
KHYI (Y95)


Right now, the "Great" choices would be
KLUV
KTCK
KSCS
WBAP
KRLD
KHKS (sometimes, not all the time)
KDMX (sometimes, not all the time)
but even this list does not compare, to the RIP list.

In DFW's defense, Houston is just as bad.

Great list - and I mostly agree. Jody Dean, Mark Davis - doing great.

Houston is really boring - Austin s u c k s.

But I'm curious what everyone in this discussion of great/bad Dallas radio thinks of KEOM????

Other than the fact they are still stuck in the 70's? It's a nice station. They needed to open up their playlist to the 80s, like three or four years ago.
 
Yeah, I agree. I used to listen to KEOM all the time a couple of years ago, but their playlist is SO tired and threadbare. It's the same few songs from the Bee Gees and Kool and the Gang. If I wanted that kind of predictability, I might ast well listen to one of Clear Channel's stations.

We need a good 80s station... 80s pop, that is. No whitetrash hair bands allowed. Something somewhere between New York (Billy Joel) and New Wave (Nena.)
 
I learned from an acquaintance this morning that KEOM is doing some sort of listener survey or something. If that's true, sounds like they might have some format changes in mind, maybe?
 
Cracker Jack said:
Yeah, I agree. I used to listen to KEOM all the time a couple of years ago, but their playlist is SO tired and threadbare. It's the same few songs from the Bee Gees and Kool and the Gang. If I wanted that kind of predictability, I might ast well listen to one of Clear Channel's stations.

We need a good 80s station... 80s pop, that is. No whitetrash hair bands allowed. Something somewhere between New York (Billy Joel) and New Wave (Nena.)

The advertisers know that if the station, through reptitive playlists, keeps a certain kind of "average" listener.... well then.... That's exactly who the advertisers hope to pawn their "products" to..... If you've got more refined tastes than a reptitve shallow playlist.... then you're porbably not the kind of listener that the advertisers want to hawk to....

When they say average..... they mean Real AVERAGE ! ! !

I'd love to listen to a station that played most of what was aired on MTV minues the hair bands, the 'metal', and the slick pop of Madonna and Sting......

I'm talking Go Gos
Devo
A Flock of Seagulls
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
even David Bowie.....

Let's Dance ! :)
 
TheRover said:
Cracker Jack said:
Yeah, I agree. I used to listen to KEOM all the time a couple of years ago, but their playlist is SO tired and threadbare. It's the same few songs from the Bee Gees and Kool and the Gang. If I wanted that kind of predictability, I might ast well listen to one of Clear Channel's stations.

We need a good 80s station... 80s pop, that is. No whitetrash hair bands allowed. Something somewhere between New York (Billy Joel) and New Wave (Nena.)

The advertisers know that if the station, through reptitive playlists, keeps a certain kind of "average" listener....

You are aware that KEOM is a non-comm, right?
 
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The advertisers know that if the station, through reptitive playlists, keeps a certain kind of "average" listener.... well then.... That's exactly who the advertisers hope to pawn their "products" to..... If you've got more refined tastes than a reptitve shallow playlist.... then you're porbably not the kind of listener that the advertisers want to hawk to....

When they say average..... they mean Real AVERAGE ! ! !


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For the most part, I agree with your thoughts on this. However, the fact remains that mass appeal (mostly average listeners) is what generates revenue. Fortunately, today we have the option of purchasing sattelite radio or high capacity music devices if terrestrial stations are too average for us.
 
I'm also a Sirius subscriber and I've never been impressed with their 80s station. It's actually kind of a let-down. I've noticed that KLUV has been sprinkling in some pretty good stuff here and there... but I think Jack FM has the most by way of good 80s... If you're willing to sit through the other stuff.

There's a place in Denton that has 80s night every Thursday night (I think.) Some of the best stuff you'll ever hear in one evening.
 
TheRover said:
Cracker Jack said:
Yeah, I agree. I used to listen to KEOM all the time a couple of years ago, but their playlist is SO tired and threadbare. It's the same few songs from the Bee Gees and Kool and the Gang. If I wanted that kind of predictability, I might ast well listen to one of Clear Channel's stations.

We need a good 80s station... 80s pop, that is. No whitetrash hair bands allowed. Something somewhere between New York (Billy Joel) and New Wave (Nena.)

The advertisers know that if the station, through reptitive playlists, keeps a certain kind of "average" listener.... well then.... That's exactly who the advertisers hope to pawn their "products" to..... If you've got more refined tastes than a reptitve shallow playlist.... then you're porbably not the kind of listener that the advertisers want to hawk to....

When they say average..... they mean Real AVERAGE ! ! !

I'd love to listen to a station that played most of what was aired on MTV minues the hair bands, the 'metal', and the slick pop of Madonna and Sting......

I'm talking Go Gos
Devo
A Flock of Seagulls
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
even David Bowie.....

Let's Dance ! :)

What if KEOM started adding 60s?
 
Nah... better left to kluv and platinum. it's 2008. isn't it time to have a place on the dial that devotes itself mostly to the music from 20-25 years ago?
 
DFWPT said:
TheRover said:
Cracker Jack said:
Yeah, I agree. I used to listen to KEOM all the time a couple of years ago, but their playlist is SO tired and threadbare. It's the same few songs from the Bee Gees and Kool and the Gang. If I wanted that kind of predictability, I might ast well listen to one of Clear Channel's stations.

We need a good 80s station... 80s pop, that is. No whitetrash hair bands allowed. Something somewhere between New York (Billy Joel) and New Wave (Nena.)

The advertisers know that if the station, through reptitive playlists, keeps a certain kind of "average" listener.... well then.... That's exactly who the advertisers hope to pawn their "products" to..... If you've got more refined tastes than a reptitve shallow playlist.... then you're porbably not the kind of listener that the advertisers want to hawk to....

When they say average..... they mean Real AVERAGE ! ! !

I'd love to listen to a station that played most of what was aired on MTV minues the hair bands, the 'metal', and the slick pop of Madonna and Sting......

I'm talking Go Gos
Devo
A Flock of Seagulls
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
even David Bowie.....

Let's Dance ! :)

What if KEOM started adding 60s?

That is complete opposite direction that KEOM needs to be moving in. That would cause them to maintain the older adults who are moving out of their demo. They need to be focusing on the folks moving into their demo.
 
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