Favorite Out-Of-Area Station?¿

[DaveWilliams]

Its interesting to see the stations out of the area that are streaming their audio that have been listed. Think someone might think "hey, what are we doing WRONG?" Nah.....never happen. A couple of ones I listen to on a regular basis WLNG 92.1 (www.wlng.com), WXHC 101.5 (www.wxhc.com, home of Bobby Comstock, Jr., son of the "You Can't Sit Down" guy) and www.soulclassics247.com.
I'm in southern York County and WSOX isn't even noticed anymore And add WDJO (www.oldies1160.com) to the list.

 

[DStroyer]

When I was living in Philly in 1993, after Eagle 106 went away, and I was looking for a nice "colorless" hit music station, and "The All New Y100, with no rap, no hard stuff, and no sleepy elevator music" started to get boring and repetitious, I was all about 97.5 WPST in the car, and tried everything possible to get it on my home stereo even though I lived right in Philly, right next to the Rox. antenna farm. Some days, the reception was better than others. Mostly, my family thought I was ..umm.. "special" for always listening to stations FILLED with static. It was still 100 times better than anything on the Philly dial.

When 'PST went almost completely alt. rock, WSTW became my new "reception project". Also, there were exactly 2 days in the Summer of 1994 when I could get WRFY at the house.

93.7 and 94.5 are still my go-to stations when I make my monthly trips down the 'Pike.

And I guess, if we're talking "out-of-area", I'd also have to include XM's 90s On 9, 20 On 20, Mix 22, Flight 26, Hitlist, Lucy, The Rhyme, The Virus, and Slacker's "80s, 90s, & Today" and "Today's Hits" channels.

Oh, and the obligatory mention: Club Ben @ 95.7 HD-2, Classic Hip-Hop @ 98.9 HD-2 (Although I wish they would play more 90's music... Maybe I should ask them to? I'm probably the only person listening to it), and B101's 80's Channel I've also found that by bouncing between Q102's 2 channels, I can get a decent current hit music experience, and be able to avoid having to hear what I like to call "lawn sprinkler hip-hop", which is anything recorded by any artist with "Yung" in their name.

In the words of George Carlin: "Too many choices, America! NOT HEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[eyg2181]

When I was living in Philly in 1993, after Eagle 106 went away, and I was looking for a nice "colorless" hit music station, and "The All New Y100, with no rap, no hard stuff, and no sleepy elevator music" started to get boring and repetitious, I was all about 97.5 WPST in the car, and tried everything possible to get it on my home stereo even though I lived right in Philly, right next to the Rox. antenna farm. Some days, the reception was better than others. Mostly, my family thought I was ..umm.. "special" for always listening to stations FILLED with static. It was still 100 times better than anything on the Philly dial.

When 'PST went almost completely alt. rock, WSTW became my new "reception project". Also, there were exactly 2 days in the Summer of 1994 when I could get WRFY at the house.

93.7 and 94.5 are still my go-to stations when I make my monthly trips down the 'Pike.

And I guess, if we're talking "out-of-area", I'd also have to include XM's 90s On 9, 20 On 20, Mix 22, Flight 26, Hitlist, Lucy, The Rhyme, The Virus, and Slacker's "80s, 90s, & Today" and "Today's Hits" channels.

Oh, and the obligatory mention: Club Ben @ 95.7 HD-2, Classic Hip-Hop @ 98.9 HD-2 (Although I wish they would play more 90's music... Maybe I should ask them to? I'm probably the only person listening to it), and B101's 80's Channel I've also found that by bouncing between Q102's 2 channels, I can get a decent current hit music experience, and be able to avoid having to hear what I like to call "lawn sprinkler hip-hop", which is anything recorded by any artist with "Yung" in their name.

In the words of George Carlin: "Too many choices, America! NOT HEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!"

i use to live on Culp Street in roxborough... as close to the antenna farm as you could possibly get. thats weird that you couldnt pick up pst or stw.... their both considered local stations, and i could get 945 the hawk in the basement of the house.

 

[imhomerjay]

When I was living in Philly in 1993, after Eagle 106 went away, and I was looking for a nice "colorless" hit music station, and "The All New Y100, with no rap, no hard stuff, and no sleepy elevator music" started to get boring and repetitious, I was all about 97.5 WPST in the car, and tried everything possible to get it on my home stereo even though I lived right in Philly, right next to the Rox. antenna farm. Some days, the reception was better than others. Mostly, my family thought I was ..umm.. "special" for always listening to stations FILLED with static. It was still 100 times better than anything on the Philly dial.

When 'PST went almost completely alt. rock, WSTW became my new "reception project". Also, there were exactly 2 days in the Summer of 1994 when I could get WRFY at the house.

93.7 and 94.5 are still my go-to stations when I make my monthly trips down the 'Pike.

And I guess, if we're talking "out-of-area", I'd also have to include XM's 90s On 9, 20 On 20, Mix 22, Flight 26, Hitlist, Lucy, The Rhyme, The Virus, and Slacker's "80s, 90s, & Today" and "Today's Hits" channels.

Oh, and the obligatory mention: Club Ben @ 95.7 HD-2, Classic Hip-Hop @ 98.9 HD-2 (Although I wish they would play more 90's music... Maybe I should ask them to? I'm probably the only person listening to it), and B101's 80's Channel I've also found that by bouncing between Q102's 2 channels, I can get a decent current hit music experience, and be able to avoid having to hear what I like to call "lawn sprinkler hip-hop", which is anything recorded by any artist with "Yung" in their name.

In the words of George Carlin: "Too many choices, America! NOT HEALTHY!!!!!!!!!!"

But the way Scott Shannon delivered the no rap, no hard stuff and no sleepy elevator music line was pretty good.


The first out of area station I listened to regularly was WSTW, thanks to hearing it visiting my sister at the University of Delaware (I actually remember listening to WIP and the AC version of the National Music Survey and enjoying noticing the differences compared to WSTW running the CHR version).

After Y-100 moved to more alternative, I went back to listening to WSTW most often of any station, in- or out-of-market for a while.

Now up in Montco, and with PST moving to a more adult sound, I do tune them in some, but my main out-of-market stations are WRFY and WLEV.