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Favorite Rock station?

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K-RockFan

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Which is your favorite? 937k-rock,1059thex and 102.5 wdve?Mine is 937k-rock why cause it plays all of what 1059thex and dve does. And plus they have hairbands on it classic rock and new hard rock. Not just 1 type like dve does and 1059thex does.
 
There's not too much to choose from as the X is an alternative rock station. Out of the two rock stations, DVE is my favorite by a mile. However, DVE plays more than just classic rock.
 
Todd said:
There's not too much to choose from as the X is an alternative rock station. Out of the two rock stations, DVE is my favorite by a mile. However, DVE plays more than just classic rock.
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Every once in a while play new songs but mainly classic rock like channel97 did.
 
Frankly, I think all of the above are poor choices for pure rock. The X is more alternative-classic than alternative--when was the last time you heard a new Franz Ferdinand (they had an intervening album since the self-titled debut), new Strokes (there's been one in the last 6 months), or Jets Overhead? The GO! Team? Greenhornes? DVE is a classic rocker--which means 60s through the 00s. If it's classic, it will be on there. K-Rock is trying to be relevant by being cool--and that's by adopting a safe programming philosophy. If you want anything out of the ordinary, don't turn to K-Rock. It's predictable. The X and even DVE are more experimental than K-Rock is.Point in fact: my girlfriend, for whom K-Rock would be tailor-made (her favorite bands of all time are Aerosmith, Journey and Pearl Jam), hasn't listened to 93.7 in months. When SHE stops listening to a rock station, I KNOW it's in trouble.
 
I'd Rather listen to bobfm before i would listen to dve And 1059thex.
 
Now if k-rock dies what format do you think they will change too?
 
Frankly, I think all of the above are poor choices for pure rock. The X is more alternative-classic than alternative--when was the last time you heard a new Franz Ferdinand (they had an intervening album since the self-titled debut), new Strokes (there's been one in the last 6 months), or Jets Overhead? The GO! Team? Greenhornes? How do you figure that? They play the same songs over and over again. Tell me what should have been in the list?DVE is a classic rocker--which means 60s through the 00s. If it's classic, it will be on there. K-Rock is trying to be relevant by being cool--and that's by adopting a safe programming philosophy. If you want anything out of the ordinary, don't turn to K-Rock. It's predictable. The X and even DVE are more experimental than K-Rock is.Point in fact: my girlfriend, for whom K-Rock would be tailor-made (her favorite bands of all time are Aerosmith, Journey and Pearl Jam), hasn't listened to 93.7 in months. When SHE stops listening to a rock station, I KNOW it's in trouble.[/quote]
 
K-Rock Fan:I'm not exactly sure what you want me to tell you. Please explain what reposting my entire post had to do with anything, and what your question is and what you want me to answer.Please articulate better in your posts. Proofread.
 
Frankly, I think all of the above are poor choices for pure rock. The X is more alternative-classic than alternative--when was the last time you heard a new Franz Ferdinand (they had an intervening album since the self-titled debut), new Strokes (there's been one in the last 6 months), or Jets Overhead? The GO! Team? Greenhornes? U think so huh. Yea so.DVE is a classic rocker--which means 60s through the 00s. If it's classic, it will be on there.true there. K-Rock is trying to be relevant by being cool--and that's by adopting a safe programming philosophy. If you want anything out of the ordinary, don't turn to K-Rock. It's predictable. The X and even DVE are more experimental than K-Rock is.Which i like betterPoint in fact: my girlfriend, for whom K-Rock would be tailor-made (her favorite bands of all time are Aerosmith, Journey and Pearl Jam), hasn't listened to 93.7 in months. When SHE stops listening to a rock station, I KNOW it's in trouble.Oh yea whatever.
 
You seem a little testy at any K-Rock criticism...perhaps partisanship should be defended with more than just "I like it, and they play music I like...although not all that I like because they don't play hairbands" on a radio discussion board.Just a suggestion. Now what time does the bus come in the morning?
 
I have defended K-Rock and believe Opie and Anthony will, in time, do great things for them. It IS fresher than WDVE. Give K-Rock time and it will grow. The songs seem harder on K-Rock. I can't put my finger on it, but I like that. I DEFINITELY think the songlist was better than the old WRRK. Since when is Billy Joel's "Piano Man" classic rock? Now- that said- Johnny. 91.7- ay?I drive through Washington a lot and there were enough Iron Maidens and Ozzys on that station when I was listening to it that I put it on my pre-set. But I found it interesting- a college radio station and playing classic rock? You're warming my 30 something heart! How did that format come about?
 
Re: 91.7.I wish I could warm your heart--but I was LONG GONE from W&J by the time it came about. They do lean heavy on the Ozzy/Maiden, but you're right--I was apprehensive at first with my college station going classic rock. But it has been well-received in the community. Wish I had something to do with it, but my input was about two years previous--and mostly tower funding and construction. C'est la vie.And, after 7pm, they turn it over to the students, so you get a bit of the eclectic as well.Jack Wheeler was consulting for a bit--he proposed big-band and standards. We would have made a killing at fund drive time...but I was lukewarm to the idea, as was administration.When I was GM, we were doing more of a variety format during the day--think "Jack" or "Bob" before it was cool. And catering to a 20-25 year old college unisex, not a 38 year old female. Essentially, imagine looking through students' MP3 and "peeking" at what they were listening to. Then, accounting for naughty language and other incendiaries, we scheduled it all by hand every week. THAT was also a well received format.But I will pass along your comments to whoever's in charge there now!
 
Johnny Morgan said:
You seem a little testy at any K-Rock criticism...perhaps partisanship should be defended with more than just "I like it, and they play music I like...although not all that I like because they don't play hairbands" on a radio discussion board.Just a suggestion. Now what time does the bus come in the morning?
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Am I the only one having serious deja vu reading K-Rock Fan's posts? cough cough radio730 cough coughThe X needs to stop with the Bob Marley and Metallica - I don't consider either of those "alternative." (I would be happy if I never heard Metalllica anywhere ever again, but that's just my preference.) I also agree they need to update their playlist and make it not so screaming-hard stuff heavy.K Rock just doesn't do a good job of fitting things together. You can play 80's, 90's and current rock on the same station, but they just don't seem like they think it through at all - it's like a rock BOB.
 
"a college radio station and playing classic rock?"That shouldn't surprise anyone. I've read more than a few newspaper and magazine articles about how Generation Y has been exposed to all the music that's out there since the advent of high fidelity stereo recording, and many of them simply like the sound of classic rock better than the sound of the newer stuff. It has nothing to do with when something was recorded. They just like the music Jimi Hendrix made better than they like the music that Greenday makes.My own experience with kids at my church, in my neighborhood, and with talking to my grandson confirms what I've read. Generation Y simply doesn't care whether a particular song is new or old, they only care if they like it or not. They're also the same people who don't care if a TV show is something brand new on a broadcast network or a vintage oldie on Nick at Nite. If they find it entertaining, they'll watch it. If it isn't entertaining, they won't. Isn't that a strange concept for a radio station programmer to try to deal with? Imagine dealing with listeners who choose whether or not they like the sound of a song by listening to the sound of it, instead of reading the label to find the copyright date.
 
Hey johnny listen to the music they play on K-Rock and then turn the dial to 1059thex you here the same stuff on k-rock same with dve they mainly play classic rock but at one time they were rock dve that is. But i said Favorite rock station. I know for a fact i wouldn't compare it to wltj,bobfm,star1007,country stations Bobfm was classic rock when they were the new rrk DVE changed cause to classic rock format cause wrrk was there now it isn't.
 
K-RockFan said:
Hey johnny listen to the music they play on K-Rock and then turn the dial to 1059thex you here the same stuff on k-rock same with dve they mainly play classic rock but at one time they were rock dve that is. But i said Favorite rock station. I know for a fact i wouldn't compare it to wltj,bobfm,star1007,country stations Bobfm was classic rock when they were the new rrk DVE changed cause to classic rock format cause wrrk was there now it isn't.
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Please slow down for a few seconds and try some proper english and punctuation.
Whewww!
 
I just wanted to talk about it again cause Johnny morgan said the stations i had listed were poor choices? And it wasn't
 
I said those were poor choices for rock on May 14, 2006--and in the immediately following day(s), you took not one but TWO opportunities to entirely re-post my statement without the benefit of a quote function.

The first re-posting you added "How do you figure that? They play the same songs over and over again. Tell me what should have been in the list?" in the middle of my reproduced post, without so much as a functioned set off or other marking material depicting it as your own words and not mine.

It wasn't until the second re-posting that you added the enormously elegant, productive, debate-enhancing, and assumedly correct/conclusory "Oh yea whatever".

Point is, your questions and discussion have been asked and answered. You don't like and cannot live with the fact that someone may possibly dislike K-Rock. So, you want to stir the pot again.

I already answered you--and you had TWO opportunities to respond back to me and do 4 months ago. I have nothing to add; but apparently you do, and you again have fashioned more conclusory statements, to wit: "And it wasn't"

By the way, my statement from May on proofreading still stands.

Now, isn't the bell about to ring for study hall to end? Let the grown-ups talk (to quote James Woods in "Casino").
 
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