The Enter-PLANET-tary Hate Club

[carolinaradio]

Forgot about Stern. I do remember there being a bit of an uproar about him coming here and I think I remember them taking him off the air even before they started their demise. I was never a big Stern fan myself, but did like having an alternative rocker around here.

I used to think 99X was great, but Radio 104.5 has kind of taken the cake as far as my favorite alt. rock station. But as you mention even though Rock 93.5 may not be the best of the best, I'd still take it any day over The Planet. Of course, that's not saying much.

I think Stern was a big mistake for 103X. This market can't handle him, even now. That probably gave them a negative reputation. I'm not a fan of him, but I don't really take offense at what he says because I simply don't listen. Then again, I despise morning shows with a lot of talk (especially John Boy and Billy).

I still don't understand how a market like Columbia can sustain an Alternative rocker like WARQ (no active), but Greenville has to have an Active rocker (and no alternative). What makes the markets' demographics so different? I know Columbia has USC, but other than that, I'd think the GSP market has much more favorable demographics for Alternative than Columbia. Seems like it should be the other way around.

Radio 104.5 in Philadelphia is doing well, especially in several demographics, even 35-64 and females - I think it's far exceeded Clear Channel's expectations. It's very well programmed to appeal to a wide demographic. The presentation (or, lack thereof), is fantastic.

 

[DudeFan]

ARQ only survives because 1) there is no other option if you are male and under 45, don't like Urban, Country, Sports Radio and like harder rock, and 2) Inner City has been treating Fox like a stepchild.

 

[freqdev]

stern was an original back in his day. he is now milking wall street on his image and not on his future. the new york money is stern's age now.

thank you scooter for being named historian. most of it was know how it was in your era.

i agree that 93.3 processing is awful and the morning show is compromised with who they got left.

did i cover everything except the 18 pages about delilah being gone from 102.5?

 

[carolinaradio]

To make 93.3's processing worse, any time I scan across the morning show, they sound exceptionally bad - they sound like they're in a tin can and are hooked up to oxygen machines. I've never heard anything like it.

I listened to 106.5 The End in Charlotte today some - if we could have anything remotely like that here, I'd be thrilled. The presentation is so much better than The Planet, and the playlist is pretty good. They're not as "sleepy"/adventurous as Radio 104.5 can be, but not driving and loud like 93.3 The Planet. I think they do pretty well in Charlotte, too bad their signal doesn't make it to GSP.

WARQ is pretty good given that their parent company is in horrible shape and probably knows nothing about rock formats.

 

[Scooter Lesley]

Well,...I can clearly read the vast & various Corny-copia of drastic...Underwhelment! Aside from the facts of Ratings & Revenue,...Appeal & Billing,...The Planet does not serve their audience...or what is left of it; beginning September 13th, 1996. Then, it nicely filled the void left by the departing 103X, which ankled to Oldies in April of the same year. We have established how poor the (small) Airstaff is, and the Processing smacks of fire the Engineer. However, is it the local Engineer (if they have one) or the Corp Engineer, and then there's the Consulting Engineer (yes, they have them too!) Yep,...between the assumed three, they can't get it to sound...as it should. For me, I have not followed their playlist, but reportedly, it Sucks too! As a Programmer, I do know that regardless of the format, you must "Keep Up", and if that is not in practice, then someone is directly responsible. 4-minute Crunch Clusters of Constepatted Cookie Monster vocals...does not a playlist make.