Good markets for rock....

[SoulCrusher]

Cape May, New Jersey used to be a great place from rock stations a few years back......It's still reasonable today but no where near as good it once was:

Rock Stations a few years ago:

93.5 WZBH - Georgetown, DE - Active Rock - "The Beach"
94.7 WRDX - Dover, DE - Classic Rock - "WRDX"
95.9 WOSC - Bethany Beach, DE - Active Rock "96 Rock"
100.7 WZXL - Wildwood, NJ - AOR - "ZXL"
102.7 WJSE - Petersburg, NJ - Alternative - "Digital 102.7"
103.5 WJNE - Bethany Beach, DE - Alternative - "Jane @ 103-5"
103.7 WMGM - Atlantic City - Classic Rock - "The Shark"
106.7 WDOX - North Cape May - Alternative - "DOX"

Rock Stations Today:

93.5 WZBH - Georgetown, DE - Active Rock - "The Beach"
94.7 WRDX - Dover, DE - Classic Hits/Hot AC - "The River"
95.9 WOSC - Bethany Beach, DE - Active Rock "96 Rock"
100.7 WZXL - Wildwood, NJ - AOR - "ZXL"
102.7 WJSE - Petersburg, NJ - Active Rock - "The Ace"
103.7 WMGM - Atlantic City - Classic Rock - "The Shark"

I'll second that. It's still a good market if you're a rock fan. WOSC is a hit-intensive Active Rocker (about a year ago, it was a killer heavy Active Rocker that I would listen to whenever I got the chance), WZBH is an edgy, modern-leaning Active Rocker, and WJSE is just an excellent diverse Rocker that will play everything from AC/DC to Underoath to Blue October within the course of an hour.

I'm just north of this market in Ocean County - we have two rock stations that, while good, are very timidly programmed, with either a very small amount of currents (Active Rocker 95.9 WRAT, "The Rat") or a very safe library that relies too much on crossover titles (Alternative 106.3/106.5 WHTG/WBBO, "G Rock Radio"). I like a more adventurous, eclectic approach to these formats, and we're not getting that - instead, we're getting the generic Greater Media Rock station and a lighter version of your token Clear Channel Alternative station (despite the owners being Press Communications, and not Clear Channel).

 

[GSP163]

Once again we can add 103.5 WJKI back onto the Cape May list......I just read that they dropped the AC format & is now simulcasting Classic Rock 98.5 WGBG Seaford, DE "Big 98.5".

 

[Itchisakimoto]

Seattle / Tacoma has a few good stations that do pretty well...

KZOK-FM Classic Rock
KISW-FM Active Rock (35 Years Strong)
KNDD-FM Alternative
KFNK-FM Active Rock
KFMY-FM Classic Rock
KPLS-FM Hot AC

 

[RJF]

Baltimore:
WIYY-97.9 "98 Rock" Active Rock
WZBA "100.7 The Bay" Classic Rock
WTMD-89.7 AAA
WRNR-103.1 AAA
WHFS-105.7 Alternative on weekends and after 7PM, "Free-FM" otherwise
WQSR-102.7 "Jack" - Classic Hits-ish

Out of markets that cover ok:
WWDC-101.1 "DC101" Alternative (DC)
WBIG-100.3 "Big 100.3" Classic Hits (DC)
WYCR-98.5 Classic Hits (York PA)

 

[eyg2181]

Philadelphia, PA

93.3 WMMR
94.1 WYSP
97.5 WTHK "The Hawk"
98.1 WOGL "Oldies98"
102.9 WMGK

Levittown, PA

92.3 K-ROCK (NYC)
93.3 WMMR
94.1 WYSP
95.1 WZZO (Bethlehem, PA)
97.5 WTHK "The Hawk"
98.1 WOGL "Oldies98"
99.9 WODE "The Hawk" (Easton, PA)
102.5 WRFY FM Reading "Y102"
102.9 WMGK
103.7 WMGM "The Shark" (Atlantic City, NJ)
104.3 Q-104 (NYC)
105.7 WCHR "The Hawk" (Manahawkin, NJ)
107.5 WFKB "Frank FM" (Reading/Boyertown, PA

 

[Bbabybear02]

> Albany NY:
>
> 93.7-WOOB/94.5-WBOE-Classic Rock "The Bone"
> 102.7-WEQX-Alternative "Channel 103-1"
> 103.1-WHRL-Alternative
> 103.5-WQBJ/103.9-WQBK-Classic Rock "Q-103"
> 104.9-WZMR-Active Rock "The Edge"
> 106.5-WPYX-Classic Rock "PYX-106"
>
> Boston:
>
> 92.5-WXRV-AAA "The River"
> 92.9-WBOS-AAA
> 100.7-WZLX-Classic Rock
> 101.7-WFNX-Alternative
> 104.1-WBCN-AOR/ROCK
> 107.3-WAAF-Active Rock
>
> Portland Me:
>
> 93.9-WCYI/94.3-WCYY-Alternative
> 98.9-WCLZ-AAA
> 102.9-WBLM-Classic Rock "The Blimp"
> 104.7-WHXQ/106.7-WHXR-Classic Rock "The Bone"
> 107.5-WFNK-Classic Hits
>
> What other markets ar good for Rock these days?
>

Norfolk Virginia
94.9 WPTE HD2 Live Rock
95.3 WOBR Classic Rock
96.1 WROX 96X Alternative
98.1 WOBX 98X Active Rock
98.7 WNOR FM99 Active Rock
100.5 WXMM Max FM Rock
104.9 WFMZ Classic Hits
106.9 WAFX Classic Rock

 

[eyg2181]

Time For An Update... The Philly market has inproved by far. these following stations can be heard in the Philly area

93.3 WMMR
94.1 WYSP
102.9 MGK
104.5 WRFF
105.7 The Hawk
107.5 Frank FM

in allentown
107.1 The Bone is pretty much the most kick ass station that is "Local" in the lehigh valley. it sucks that they're only a class A
then there's 99.9 The Hawk, their signal sucks too. but all the philly ones are there too.

 

[dave388]

Anderson,Indiana

94.7 WFBQ Q95 classic rock Indianapolis 58kw erp
96.7/93.5 WHTI/WHTY classic rock Anderson/Hartford city 6kw erp
98.8 WBYR active rock Fort Wayne 50kw erp (not allways picked up in anderson due to 98.7WQME)
103.3 WRZX alternitive Indianapolis 18kw erp.

only good station in my opinion is 98.9 ft wayne.. but as stated hard to pick up, indianapolis radio sucks

 

[SportsRadioDoc]

Buffalo, NY (mainly due to it's proximity to Toronto/Canada):96.9 WGRF "97 Rock"-Classic Rock97.7 CHTZ-Mainstream Rock102.1 CFNY-"The Edge"-Alternative103.3 WEDG-"The Edge" (no relation)-Alternative107.1 CILQ-"Q107"-Classic Rock107.7 "The Lake"-Rock/VarietyThose are just the major players....

Why does the weather have to suck for the radio to really rock?

You just made a brilliant point! One that I've only heard once before. Radio in cold weather city's IS better than warmer climates. Especially the sports format. I can break down why that is as it relates to sports, and that may translate to other formats a little bit, but you've made a great point.