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The Bone
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charles123
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jeffdfw said:
They've also been playing "American Idiot", "Welcome To Paradise", & "When I Come Around", too all by Green Day
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johnny_letter
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They should just drop the Classic Rock pretense and go modern. I would like them to take the path of WJQX in Birmingham (From AllAccess Music Group):
Birmingham's 100.5 Goes 'Live'
Alternative/AAA/Hot AC
CITADEL has flipped the former home of Sports WJOX -- 100.5 FM, now WWMM -- to an Alternative/AAA/Hot AC hybrid as "LIVE 100.5, BIRMINGHAM'S MODERN MUSIC." The first official songs, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE/I Will Possess Your Heart, and PEARL JAM/Daughter, followed a format intro of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN/Radio Nowhere and R.E.M./Radio Free Europe.
The station had been simulcasting WJOX, now at 94.5 FM. The BIRMINGHAM NEWS reports that DAVE ROSSI, the PD at the old Alternative WRAX (which occupied the 100.5 slot at one point), will be PD of the new station.
ROSSI, who has most recently has been doing A&R work since exiting the PD post at now-defunct APEX Alternative WAVF (96 WAVE)/CHARLESTON, SC, told ALL ACCESS, "The station is AAA without the Classic Rock, Alternative without the abrasive hard heavy music, and it's even a bit Hot AC. I think this may be the coolest Hot AC station in the world."
Birmingham's 100.5 Goes 'Live'
Alternative/AAA/Hot AC
CITADEL has flipped the former home of Sports WJOX -- 100.5 FM, now WWMM -- to an Alternative/AAA/Hot AC hybrid as "LIVE 100.5, BIRMINGHAM'S MODERN MUSIC." The first official songs, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE/I Will Possess Your Heart, and PEARL JAM/Daughter, followed a format intro of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN/Radio Nowhere and R.E.M./Radio Free Europe.
The station had been simulcasting WJOX, now at 94.5 FM. The BIRMINGHAM NEWS reports that DAVE ROSSI, the PD at the old Alternative WRAX (which occupied the 100.5 slot at one point), will be PD of the new station.
ROSSI, who has most recently has been doing A&R work since exiting the PD post at now-defunct APEX Alternative WAVF (96 WAVE)/CHARLESTON, SC, told ALL ACCESS, "The station is AAA without the Classic Rock, Alternative without the abrasive hard heavy music, and it's even a bit Hot AC. I think this may be the coolest Hot AC station in the world."
aren't they positioning as 'the rock of texas'? If so, doesn't adding green Day, who was HUGE in the mid-90's, help them? Last time I checked them out I figured they were ceding 'classic rock' to ZPS, ceding the metalheads to the Eagle, and battling Jack for the 30-40 year old rock fan.
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ButtnPushr
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Some of their liners say, "The Rock of Texas", then others mention "Classic Rock". Meanwhile they go from Kid Rock to Rush, so who really knows what they're doing. Hopefully they'll flip to something good, cause what they're doing now ISN'T. They're one of only 2 stations in D/FW whose numbers have dropped each of the last 4 books. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's noticed that. By the way, I'll save you the trouble of looking it up, KDGE is the other one.
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the PD have little leeway with regard to playlists when towing the corporate line and heeding focus group studies?
Better Gary Thompson than Gary Glitter! Hey!
jeffdfw said:I didn't think it was possible to make the Bone any worse... then along came Gary Thompson :
LOL .... Thats hilarious. And true.
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ButtnPushr
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scottythecynic said:
Not really, Gary Glitter just screwed a few kids, not thousands of listeners!!
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ButtnPushr
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Hopefully Pugs & Kelly will be able to ramp up a song a little better than that. "Good morning, Everybody that was the latest from Kid Rock. And now a little something from Led Zepplin on the Rock of Texas, 93.3 The Bone"...
Did any of you expect The Bone to produce anything less? They've been suffering from an identity crisis for a while now. At least ZPS has started to return to their classic rock roots (with the exception of "Candle In The Wind" ... what genius came up with that to include on the playlist? Oh, the programming god from Houston ... forgive me). There is so much potential with a rocker at Cumulus. I wish the best for them but will not be surprised when they crash once again.
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ButtnPushr
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I agree. They need to pick a genre of Rock (classic, active, alternative, indie, or whatever), stick with it, and run with it! I guess we'll see what happens.. Not by listening of course, but by reading about it on here!!
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ButtnPushr
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No, but according to The Bone's ratings, people don't like all types randomly mixed together. I'm just thinking they may try to reel in their net a little bit.Albert19X said:
ButtnPushr said:
Thye Bone has ALREADY betrayed listeners. The Bone started out with a braod playlist, and then, little by little, tightened it up to Generic Corporate Crappic Rock for Losers at Bars.....
Well, once you have betryaed your core listener-ship, then you will likely NEVER be able to regain that respect EVER again. And, The Bone IS NOT trying to regain that respect. YOU DON'T FORGET WHEN SOMEONE DUMPS YOU.
The Bone is a Two-Timin' Unfathful Cheat, when it comes to their music playlists.
You can put whatever kind of 'spin' on what The Bone did, but the gist of it will ALWAYS BE that they SCREWED their Loyal Listeners. PERIOD.
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