If you were the editor of Mediabase's Alternative chart

[Jacko]

With the new year coming, pretend you've accepted the position of Mediabase's alternative chart editor, and your first assignment is to make exactly five station switches/trades to make the alternative chart better. Here's a current list of "alternative" stations:
Station Format Market
CIMX-FM Alternative Detroit
KBZT-FM Alternative San Diego
KCCQ-FM Alternative Des Moines
KCNL-FM Alternative San Jose
KCXX-FM Alternative Riverside
KDGE-FM Alternative Dallas
KDLD-FM Alternative Los Angeles
KEDJ-FM Alternative Phoenix
KFMA-FM Alternative Tucson
KFRR-FM Alternative Fresno
KFTE-FM Alternative Lafayette, LA
KITS-FM Alternative San Francisco
KMYZ-FM Alternative Tulsa
KNDD-FM Alternative Seattle
KNRK-FM Alternative Portland, OR
KNXX-FM Alternative Baton Rouge
KPNT-FM Alternative St. Louis
KQRA-FM Alternative Springfield, MO
KRAB-FM Alternative Bakersfield
KRBZ-FM Alternative Kansas City
KROQ-FM Alternative Los Angeles
KROX-FM Alternative Austin
KRZQ-FM Alternative Reno, NV
KTBZ-FM Alternative Houston
KTCL-FM Alternative Denver
KTEG-FM Alternative Albuquerque
KUCD-FM Alternative Honolulu
KVGS-FM Alternative Las Vegas
KWOD-FM Alternative Sacramento
KXNA-FM Alternative Fayetteville, AR
KXRK-FM Alternative Salt Lake City
KXTE-FM Alternative Las Vegas
KYSR-FM Alternative Los Angeles
KZBD-FM Alternative Spokane
S021-FM Alternative >SiriusXM
S028-FM Alternative >SiriusXM
WARQ-FM Alternative Columbia, SC
WBCN-FM Alternative Boston
WBRU-FM Alternative Providence
WBTZ-FM Alternative Burlington, VT
WDYL-FM Alternative Richmond
WEND-FM Alternative Charlotte
WEQX-FM Alternative Albany, NY
WFNX-FM Alternative Boston
WGRD-FM Alternative Grand Rapids
WHTG-FM Alternative Monmouth-Ocean
WJBX-FM Alternative Ft. Myers
WKQX-FM Alternative Chicago
WKRK-FM Alternative Cleveland
WKRL-FM Alternative Syracuse
WLUM-FM Alternative Milwaukee
WMFS-FM Alternative Memphis
WPBZ-FM Alternative West Palm
WPLA-FM Alternative Jacksonville
WRFF-FM Alternative Philadelphia
WROX-FM Alternative Norfolk
WRRV-FM Alternative Newburgh, NY
WRWK-FM Alternative Toledo
WRXL-FM Alternative Richmond
WRXS-FM Alternative Columbus, OH
WRZX-FM Alternative Indianapolis
WSUN-FM Alternative Tampa
WSWD-FM Alternative Cincinnati
WTZB-FM Alternative Sarasota
WTZR-FM Alternative Johnson City
WURH-FM Alternative Hartford
WWCD-FM Alternative Columbus, OH
WWDC-FM Alternative Washington, DC
WWWX-FM Alternative Appleton, WI
WXDX-FM Alternative Pittsburgh
WXEG-FM Alternative Dayton
WXNR-FM Alternative Greenville, NC
WZNE-FM Alternative Rochester
XTRA-FM Alternative San Diego

Here are the five stations I would drop:
WRXL Richmond
WXNR Greenville, NC
Sirius Faction (S-028)
WMFS Nashville
WBCN Boston

Here are the five stations I would add:
KJEE Santa Barbara (they report to to Billboard)
Music Choice alternative (also report to Billboard)
KTNI Denver
WMAX Grand Rapids
WBOS Boston

Other ideas? You give it a try.

Jacko

 

[p_herring]

Get WKRL Syracuse out of there as well.

 

[Willobee]

The problem with the Alternative panel is that the format is splintered between Active Rock stations and true alternative stations. The reason why stations are not dropped, or the panel is divided into two separate panels is because they need to keep as many call letters in the genre to keep the list viable. So I would not drop any stations, but certainly add any stations, no matter what size market they were in, and especially add KJEE, a long time staple in this format.

 

[WBIMDJ]

Any of those stations aforementioned that play any band like Puddle of Mudd, Seether, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Disturbed etc. don't belong on the alt panel and need to go active rock. It's just that simple. Those bands are about as "alternative" as the Jonas Brothers.

 

[sdh483]

Add KTBZ Houston to the dropped list. Guilty of playing Nickelback et al, and does live remotes at clubs that play hip hop and NO alternative.

 

[WBIMDJ]

Add KTBZ Houston to the dropped list. Guilty of playing Nickelback et al, and does live remotes at clubs that play hip hop and NO alternative.

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I just looked at some of their playlist...Didn't see any Nickelback, but I did see Metallica, Theory of a Deadman etc. However I also some some good stuff like Shiny Toy Guns, Radiohead, The Airborne Toxic Event etc also being played so they aren't a bad station they just need to drop the Nickelback stuff.