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Great rock radio stations no longer around

Aaaaahhhhh.... The Z-Rock 50 countdown. That show absolutely KICKED ASS!!!!!

I recall that "Silent Lucidity " was number one from about Jan 91-June 91 on that show.

That show was great. I remember listening to it on the old Q-96 down here in Orlando late Sunday nights...

Good stuff...
 
Oh definitly the Z-rock countdown was killer,In Fresno we had Z-ROCK from March 1990- June 1991 when KZZF 107.5 was sold and went country it was the best station at that time.
 
If you knew Z-Rock then you would like hardradio.com started in 1995 and programmed by some of the Z-Rock staff.
 
Scorchin said:
If you knew Z-Rock then you would like hardradio.com started in 1995 and programmed by some of the Z-Rock staff.
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Yes...... But, what I'd REALLY Like is some Terrrestrial Radio playing stuff:

1. I'd like to hear

2. Not playing stuff that is commerical fluff and commerical c-r-a-p, ala your local Classic Rock Station.....


I-Pods, Sat Radio, the Internet.....

Fine and Good.......

I want my terrestrial radio -- The Airwave's of THE PEOPLE.....

Like the Preamble used to mean when it said "WE THE PEOPLE"....

(But, I realise now... that that really now means:

"WE THE CORPORATIONS" . . . )
 
I agree Rover, but only thing that hurts that is people want recognizable songs. If they dont recognize a song, they will change the channel, but thats where they DJ comes in. If its not a popular hit, then the DJ needs to announce the song and by who so people wont be like..who and what is this?
 
scottsvb5 said:
I agree Rover, but only thing that hurts that is people want recognizable songs. If they dont recognize a song, they will change the channel, but thats where they DJ comes in. If its not a popular hit, then the DJ needs to announce the song and by who so people wont be like..who and what is this?
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Really.... the DJ needs to coddle their listeners..... like that.... for music that's already in the styel they like ? ? ?

I like Big Band Music.... And I certainly do not know all of the great songs out there. Of course, I recognize some of the most wellknown "hits" of the big band catalog.

But, being a lover of the Big Band/Swing music.... IF, a DJ was to play a Big Band piece, that I had not hear beofre....IF, that pice had 'swing' and 'rocked', so to say....I can say that I most likely emjoy it. And I would not change the channel becuase it was 'swing' song that I had not already heard.

So, I guess I'm saying, that when you're programming for a certain 'taste' in muisc, then if you have just a little bit of insight, discernment, and feel for it, then, yoour listeners should not be put off, as long you are keeping within a framework.

So, tangents within a framework, is where I would go.

I do not know who these listeners are that would turn off something that they had never heard before. Many, many songs do not require repeated listenings to appreciate.

I would naturally stay away from songs that did require repeated listenings to even begin to like. There's a lot of Jethro Tull, that takes some getting used to. I would not go there. But, besides Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary..... there are other Jethro Tull pieces that can easily be ogtten in to.

The concept I'm speaking of IS viable. It just woud not get the bigger cume that a "HITS ONLY" playlist would. It seems terrestrail radio has been changed (by Congress and the FCC policies of ownership) into something ONLY for a Big Business Model to viably have use of.

I resent the fact that terrrestrial radio can ONLY be successful and viable with Big Business Models.

Culturally speaking... Congress and the FCC have gone astray.

Anf that is just what the "people" told them when the FCC was going around having thses public input forums. Once the people got to speak, arounf the schills of the Big Business interests, the Anger and Dissatisfaction with Big Corporate Tight Playlists was more than evident.

Except for "Hit" radio formats..... Terrestrial radio is doing a Great Disservice to fans of Music.

I will never be comfortable that the "Public Airwaves" will be the sewer for the Lowest Common Denominater for Music, in exclusion to other formats.

The effectual squeezing out of everything but "Hit" radio is a blemish I cannot accept.
 
Jethro Tull KICK ASS!!!!

It always angered me back in the day when those idiots at the Grammys gave the Tull the "heavy Metal" award. This painted a really bad image of the Tull among the heavy metal community of the time as being a really bad band because they beat out the then good Metallica (you wanna talk about a band that absolutely SUCKS now...)
 
Back in the 80's ,before Z-ROCK ,Fresno had KKDJ 105.9 (now JACK-FM) they had a wide album format,played deep cuts and could listen all day with no burn out repetive music.every day Todays stations play there same 200 songs .Back then you can here more than Living in the past and Thick as a brick by Jethro Tull.
 
107.7 "The Hawk" KAHK in Austin Classic Hits and z102.3 here in Austin
 
Thunder 105.5 WTBT New Port Richey...North Tampa Bay's Classic Rock...The Classic Rock Station Everyone's Straining To Listen To

Originally a 6KW Signal 30 miles NW of Downtown Tampa, Responsible for tons of sales for Radio Shack antenna amplifiers during the mid-late 90s

Later purchased by Jacor, Moved to 103.5 Licensed to Bradenton, FL

Later became part of Clear Channel, now country WFUS
 
Greg Branch said:
Texas:
San Antonio
760 AM Z-Rock
KESI 106.7 (Lite AOR or AAA)
May have had a rock station on 96.1 at one time in the 80's (Q96?)
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You forgot - KTFM 102.7

That was my very first 300 mile catch on FM - it opened up a world of possibilities. From Midland, TX I was looking for a rumored new station in San Angelo. I didn't know the frequency, so I scanned the band with a large antenna pointed that way. On 102.7, I heard Donovan's "Season of the Witch". Not to denigrate San Angelo, but that type of music is way too sophisticated for West Texas, and the station ID I heard was "KTFM" - and the station listings I had at the time confirmed - San Antonio. Very soon after that, I was a regular listener not only to KTFM, but all the greats of the time from Dallas.
 
Solid Rock 92-9 WMFS Memphis!
KLOL - Houston
WRCX - Chicago
WBCN - Boston
KSJO - San Jose
WHTT - Boston
WCOZ - Boston
WNEW - New York
WLLZ - Detroit
Z-Rock Network


So many Rock stations. So many good personalities. So much the reason I choose this as my career,
 
WRXL Richmond. Didn't 100% die...but changed names and formats to alternative in '02.
WWXM Norfolk...never did well in the ratings, but I loved the station

Radio-X
 
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