The beat -ATX

[jras20]

Well, what can you expect when the biggest owner decided to turn most of its stations into a half-baked, poor imitation of the iPod that was already in their pockets.....with commercials?

That's basically what XM is now also. Why would I pay someone to fill up my MP3 player?

 

[mmnassour]

I would never say you should....and would never try to sell you Sirius (remember, XM no longer exists).

 

[Anonymouse]

Just get Tapin Radio and be happy. It's basically the PC version of TuneIn but with no restrictions on the stations they include. And they also accept submissions, no questions asked.

 

[jras20]

I would never say you should....and would never try to sell you Sirius (remember, XM no longer exists).

sirius and mel ruined everything good about XM.

 

[mmnassour]

Just get Tapin Radio and be happy. It's basically the PC version of TuneIn but with no restrictions on the stations they include. And they also accept submissions, no questions asked.

Just downloaded Tapin and I have to say thank you! I'll disagree that it's anywhere close to the same thing as TuneIn, as it has a completely different (and sometime awkward) interface. But there's no denying it has an excellent database. If you can't find something to listen to, you're just not trying.

http://www.raimersoft.com/tapinradio.aspx

We really need an android version of this program!

 

[jras20]

I'm glad there is Internet stream I'm listening to The box at work a lot of the time. We don't even have a radio there any more.

 

[Marv-L.A.]

If you'd been listening to top 40 radio in 1990, you were witnessing the start of the decline of a format that lost 100+ stations between the late eighties and the early 2000s, partly due to vulgar rap music which chased away females, their kids, and baby-boomers who'd been listening to top 40 radio nonstop for 25+ years; some CHR/Pop powerhouses also evolved into Hot AC stations, while other top 40 stations were demolished by upstart rhythmic stations.

KPWR went from non-existent to #1 in less than a year here in LA in early 1987, deposing the humungous and then some KIIS-FM from the top of the ratings heap, and that stunned the entire industry from coast to coast.

KBBT did the exact same thing to KTFM in your fine city a few years later, IIRC.

 

[JDawg512]

KBBT did the exact same thing to KTFM in your fine city a few years later, IIRC.

KBBT and KTFM are stations in San Antonio. We are talking about the Beat 102.3 in Austin...

 

[MisterRadio]

You would think with Austin being a college town, they would try to tend to the younger crowd. I think once Houston got the message that younger people were listening to radio they really started to sound better (I think).

The problem with that scenario is PPM. How many younger listeners will wear a PPM meter, especially considering that many of those young people are students who come to Austin for school but leave every summer and leave permanently when they graduate? I think the ratings system is killing the business as much as anything.

 

[jras20]

Well right now The beat 102.3 should be playing Nicki minaj bees in the track. That is a new release that The Box has been already playing.

 

[jras20]

I wonder how long it will take them to add Driicky Graham - Snapbacks & Tattoos? The box has been playing it for weeks now.

 

[Anonymouse]

Well right now The beat 102.3 should be playing Nicki minaj bees in the track. That is a new release that The Box has been already playing.

*Beez In The Trap*
I actually have that as my ringtone currently.

 

[jras20]

i knew someone would correct me on that one i was at work when i posted i couldnt go back and re edit it.