K-Tel said:
The station you want, SoulCrusher was WFNX at one point. They're no longer doing that type of format because their numbers were below Hades. Balance my friend.
Good observation on WFNX. While they still seem to play a good selection of new music (Spoon, Tokyo Police Club, and Hard-Fi among acts that G Rock won't touch) the library seems to be leaning toward the soft Adult Alternative sound of stations like Radio 104.5 rather than the eclectic approach featured on stations like Indie and Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando.
As far as G Rock goes, there does seem to be inequity. The balance is shifted toward the sounds of Seattle and neo-arena rock acts like Puddle Of Mudd and Velvet Revolver (you know, the mainstream MOR rock that is WRAT's bread & butter), the bubblegum pop of Fall Out Boy, Plain White T's, Paramore and Sum 41, and the Adult Alternative sounds of new Silverchair, new Modest Mouse, The Killers, and Counting Crows. When you count all of this and similar bands, it really doesn't leave much room for post-punk or the edgier acts on the Alternative format - the former is represented but the latter really isn't. And sometimes you really wish it was there, especially after hearing a procession of songs in the teen pop and Adult categories. What made FM 106.3 great is that you could hear everything that was Alternative, along with a large selection of currents and a deep library. G Rock still only plays about 40 Currents and even plays some older tracks more than some of their currents, like Chevelle's "Send The Pain Below". They're promoting a concert from them on air, but STPB is the
only song they play. What's wrong with the new song, "I Get It"? Doesn't make sense why they would only play one track from them, and an older one at that.
Finally, G Rock is different in that they seem to take the opposite approach from other Alternative stations. With the majority, when a song starts to cross over to CHR and AC formats, the station will start to play the song less often. With G Rock, they seem to play the tracks that cross over more than ever. Case in point: Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" and Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" have been in the playlist for
months, but continue to get played
constantly. Just an interesting fact. I'm all for going against the status quo, but not in this sense. I would like to see G Rock become more aggressive with moving titles in and out to keep themselves from sounding stale. And that especially goes for the crossover titles.
Despite the critiques, they're still light years better than the virtually unlistenable K-Rock and the bland and extremely predictable Radio 104.5.
