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FOX's "No. 1" weekend sounds like number 2

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radiojuan

I turned on the radio this afternoon, and this is what I hear:
Pure Prairie League, "Aimee", followed by REO Speedwagon, "Can't fight the feeling" then James Taylor, "Going to Carolina".

What the f***??? Who switched my dial to WARM 98? No, sure enough it's FOX.
If it wasn't for Mary and Butch on Sunday nights, FOX would lose it's place on my dial.

This town is so ripe for a real Classic Rock station. I can pick up Dayton's WTUE in most parts of town, and hear Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper and Classic Van Halen. THAT, my friends, is classic rock. I don't listen enough to know if they go deeper than that, but it is a refreshing change from what we have here, if you like the genre. A Cincy station (MAX? 97.3??)could fill a huge void by putting something well-thought and executed on the local waves.

While I'm posting, may I also say that I'm tired of reading the posts that end by saying something along the lines of, "I'm just glad I got XM". If that is the attitude of people in the terrestrial radio business, you deserve your pink slips. DO SOMETHING to make radio worth listening to, or you may end up like JC McCoy and TANK...I mean Tim Closson, selling condos and haunting the radio board, pining for your former lives.

Happy New Year.
 
I've been saying that for years now. Cincinnati needs a hard rocking Classic Rock station. With CC owning so many stations on the FM dial The Fox would not go in that direction as it would take away listeners from 102.7 WEBN. It may happen with one of the other non CC station or move In's but until then, your better off I hate to say it Sirius or XM or you could wait for HD Radio in the next few years to see what it will offer.










> This town is so ripe for a real Classic Rock station. I can
> pick up Dayton's WTUE in most parts of town, and hear Ted
> Nugent, Alice Cooper and Classic Van Halen. THAT, my
> friends, is classic rock. I don't listen enough to know if
> they go deeper than that, but it is a refreshing change from
> what we have here, if you like the genre. A Cincy station
> (MAX? 97.3??)could fill a huge void by putting something
> well-thought and executed on the local waves.
>
> While I'm posting, may I also say that I'm tired of reading
> the posts that end by saying something along the lines of,
> "I'm just glad I got XM". If that is the attitude of people
> in the terrestrial radio business, you deserve your pink
> slips. DO SOMETHING to make radio worth listening to, or
> you may end up like JC McCoy and TANK...I mean Tim Closson,
> selling condos and haunting the radio board, pining for your
> former lives.
>
> Happy New Year.
>
 
Satellite may teach some lessons

I got Sirius for Christmas and the selection of music on the Classic Rock channels is incredible. They also have limited talk and very clean imaging on all of their channels. I did hear an interview with Steve Winwood that went on for half an hour, but when I got bored with it, I went to the next CR channel. It sounds great. The HD channels of terrestrial radio offer lots of possibilities, so I hope we can learn the lessons and compete with satellite. I will say that $12.98 per month is a small price to pay, but if we as regular broadcasters can offer something compelling for FREE, we should have no trouble competing.
 
Re: Satellite may teach some lessons

Maybe it's just the radios I've had but to me Sirius sounds like MP3's at 64megs. XM for the most part sounds like decent audio but I wouldn't take the audio quality (?) I get from Sirius for free.
 
Re: Satellite may teach some lessons

That's true. It doesn't sound quite as crisp as FM, but it's close. And sometimes it's not. It's pretty weird. It also gets stuck on "Acquiring Signal" during the first few minutes I get in the car, but then it's usually pretty good. It does drop out under overpasses occasionally. My install is kinda half-assed so it's not a perfect situation.
 
This town is so ripe for a real Classic Rock station. I can pick up Dayton's WTUE in most parts of town, and hear Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper and Classic Van Halen. THAT, my friends,is classic rock.


I couldn't agree with you more. How can you have sweepers that say "Classic Rock that really rocks!" and then go into a Jim Croce song? The fact that Van Halen, Scorpions, Def Leppard, KISS, et al are absent from their playlist makes them pretty much an oldies station in my book. But if they switched to a heavy rotation of acts like those then EBN would lose a huge chunk of their audience. An audience who listens for bands such as those rarely sprinkled in between the garbage that passes for new rock today. (I'm not the only one who finds today's new rock extremely lacking, am I?)
 
Re: Satellite may teach some lessons

We already get XM on our DirecTV at home. I'll admit the Stern factor had something to do with it. I'm curious as to what he'll do. I've heard Opie and Anthony on XM and was bored. HOWARD 100 News is also very boring. I like Howard's show (when I can hear it...I'm working at the same time), but a whole channel devoted to "news" about him and the "Wack Pack" gets pretty dull.
 
Re: Satellite may teach some lessons

I have both XM and Sirius. We ordered Sirius with a new car and so it is
integrated with the car's factory-installed system and therefore sounds
really good -- as good as or better than FM. Later on I had XM installed
in our other car. It is a separate receiver -- the Delphi SkyFi 2 -- run
through the car's FM tuner. It does not sound nearly as good. However, my
neighbor has XM integrated with his new car's factory system and it sounds
great.

I've come to the conclusion that the audio quality of both is excellent if
the service is purchased with a new car and integrated with the car's
factory-installed AM-FM-CD sound system. The add-ons don't seem to fare
quite as well.

From a programming standpoint, I prefer XM to Sirius because they go much
deeper musically and offer a wider variety of music styles, especially for
middle-aged and even older demos. I suppose if you are in your teens or
20s it might be a draw, but for this 40s-something baby-boomer, I find
myself getting frustrated with the music channels on Sirius and punch
around quite a lot. XM on the other hand has more music channels that
appeal to me and every channel just seems to go deeper than Sirius.

Overall, Sirius sounds commercial and FMish while XM has more of an
eclectic or early FM feel to it, which I kind of like. Sirius has some
good jocks and the presentation is slick, but I have sat radio primarily
for the music, so I prefer XM.

The talk and sports options are about even, imho. I'm a football junkie so
Sirius has the edge here with the NFL games and an all NFL sports talk
channel. But an all Howard Stern channel, all Opie & Anthony on XM,
etc.....I could care less. These don't sell me on sat radio. Stupid FM
morning shows are one of the things I am trying to get away from.

Apologies to the board mod for getting a little off topic. But thanks for
letting us share.
 
What Is Your Dream Format (was Satellite may teach some lessons)

OK. Let me get in on this one. What would be your "Perfect" Classic Rock station? Would it sound like WEBN did in the early 70's? Classic Charted hits along with the album cuts from that era? That's what I REALLY miss. Back then artists had record deals because they were incredibly talented. Nowadays the music is out the door, only looks count. If you aren't good looking enough for a video, forget it. The talent, for the most part is gone, or at least quite different from when I grew up (am I showing my age?).

So educate me. What do you want to see in a Classic Rock station? Complete details please and why? Is Neil Young & Joni Mitchell acceptable along with your Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Foreigner, Kiss and other rockers. Will you take the mellow Classic Rock along with the Heavy Classic Rock. I love the rocking stuff but I also really enjoy the mellow classic rock as well. How about throwing in Classic Jan Akkerman & Focus and maybe even play the feature Classic Album of the week. How about the feature Progressive Rock album of the week featuring a different album each week from foreign Progressive bands from the late 60's and early 70's. I'm full of ideas (but will they appeal to you?). Are there volunteers out there that would do a weekly show during the day or evening to help make the station what it needs to be (DJ talent-wise).

If there was a chance for your dream Cincinnati station, what would your ideal format be. Please go in detail. I wanna know.<P ID="signature">______________
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