Careful what you ask for. They could bring back the "Tower" name!deltas69 said:
I'd like to have the original (Star 97) back, but that probably won't happen either.
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RQQ sounding a bit wimpy?
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I'd like to have the original (Star 97) back, but that probably won't happen either.The thought occurred to me that by burning the "971-RQQ" into your brain, they are trying to become the "new KDF." Not formatwise, mind you (thank God!), but by trying to become known by just those three letters (branding) that they are (likely) emblazoning into your subconscious by now. Only problem is, the letters "KDF" roll off your tongue much better than "RQQ" ever will! Aside from that, 'KDF could get away with calling themselves just "103 KDF," as opposed to "103.3 KDF" (at least back in the day) because nearly everyone had radios with analog dials on them back then, so no need for the digital frequency to be given out very often.
Notice how they never give the time anymore? And rarely give the temperature? When voice-tracking, it is impossible to say for certain exactly what time a voice-track would play back, so giving the time becomes problematic. Less so for the temp, because unless the weather is wacky, the temp is not likely to change dramatically over the course of a few minutes.deltas69 said:
Not a good analogy. (Sh)Opry Mills is (was? maybe will be again?) just another shopping mall, one which shut down malls all over the rest of the city. Therefore, it could never be as good as what it replaced.TheBigA said:
'KDF, on the other hand, HAS to be better as a country station than they were as a "rock" station, because they basically sucked as a"rock" station for the better part of 20 years.
firepoint525 said:
Depends on what you focus on. My point was that people in Nashville don't like change. They obsess about the way things used to be. To them, KDF should be a rock station. To many, the Opry is what happens in the Ryman Auditorium. Anything else is an imitation. People want any new baseball stadium to be built in Sulphur Dell. Any other location isn't right. And when the flood shut down Opry Mills, it was by divine intervention. That's why Johnny Cash's house burned down after it was sold to one of the Bee Gees.
The Nashville area grew by 21.2% in the last 10 years, so there are a lot of transplants who don't remember when KDF was rock.
If I had my way the Noon show would still be on channel 4, Scott Shannon would be playing the hits on WMAK and Harvey's, Castner Knott and Cain Sloan would still be in business.
But most people in Nashville today would have no idea what I was talking about in the above paragraph.
If I had my way the Noon show would still be on channel 4, Scott Shannon would be playing the hits on WMAK and Harvey's, Castner Knott and Cain Sloan would still be in business.
But most people in Nashville today would have no idea what I was talking about in the above paragraph.
If I had my way the Noon show would still be on channel 4, Scott Shannon would be playing the hits on WMAK and Harvey's, Castner Knott and Cain Sloan would still be in business. and we could all go to a movie on Church Street..and eat at the Tic Toc...Candyland for desssert.. sounds good to me ;D
sounds good to me ;DI've lived in Nashville since 1975...to me, it's a MUCH better place to live now:
lower Broadway was a disaster...and Nashville had a very small-town feel (not in a good way).
No fair comparisons as to radio...but...some of was good then...some of it sucked then (just like now).
lower Broadway was a disaster...and Nashville had a very small-town feel (not in a good way).
No fair comparisons as to radio...but...some of was good then...some of it sucked then (just like now).
I have to go with Romer. I've only lived here since 1941 and if you don't know what I meant...I remember Hank Williams on a 15 minute show on WKDA, Noel Ball and BUzz Benson on WSIX...Dick Kent, 'Super Shan' and David Tower on WMAK. But then again, we didn't have Sports talk and Steve Gill...(you decide)
Wind said:
gosh...thanks
you don't actually live in (or even near) Nashville, but get on message boards, and pretend that you do! :TheBigA said:
Again, it was the 1998 version of 'KDF that we "lost" in 1999, so no loss there! :TheBigA said:
They want a return to the 1973-era 'KDF, and they hadn't had that since, well, 1973!- Status