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ericdavisroxx
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Seems like only yesterday that we signed that bad dog on! Look at it now.
This sucks! just when they were making a turn for a more active hard rock approach, its gone. I actually like the way they have been sounding lately. As far as i'm concerned Long Island has no Rock station anymore. Maybe Radio-X should go full power on 104.5 or something?
JoeyBagODonuts said:
That website is actually a quick fix. Its the old WLIE BusinessTalk Radio NY website before WLIE took it down over what I believe was a dispute over the sale of 540 to Relevant Radio instead of BTRN. If you click the "Listen Now" button, you'll see the old WLUX/WLIE video/audio player. If you look at the source code on the page you see the same. Even the stream off that website is the WLIE stream, complete with WLIE TOH IDs
Hardrocker9 said:
Right. Radio X should put out 1.21 gigawatts of broadcast power. Why haven't they done so yet? What have they been waiting for? Gee, they must have been waiting for that pesky Bone station to be sold.
Or, maybe, they are already on full power, because they are already broadcasting at the maximum amount allowed by the FCC.
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ericdavisroxx
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Hardrocker-
Rock radio in New York is non existant. Free FM is eliminating music from the format for the most part. Active Rock is the plan that I had for the Bone when I took the reigns. You saw me add Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle, Velvet Revolver, Audioslave and artists of that Genre. The moves were questioned in the begining because they were not safe. I was ordered to put in Piano Man Blinded By The Light, Born To Run and songs like that to offset the hard nature of the music. The edgier music is what made the Bone different. It forced the competition to add certain songs that they were never playing before.
It was obvious back in 2004 that Active Rock would thrive on Long Island. The classic rockers replaced the oldies stations as the oldies stations died off. The "circle of life" so to say... Guys 25-45 Want to hear the older stuff, but they love hearing the newer rock too.
Too bad no one else saw what was so evident. The immortal words of the Who describes the scene...
"The place is really jumping to the Hiwatt amps,
'Til a 20-inch cymbal fell and cut the lamps,
In the blackout they dance right into the aisle,
And as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles,
Someone takes his pants off and the rafters knock,
Rock is dead, they say,
Long live rock, long live rock, long live rock."
Someone with some balls needs to step up and put an active rock/familiar rock station hybrid on the air that covers NY and Long Island. If the signal is strong enough to compete with the larger stations, if they market and promote just a little and not automate key dayparts, the station will generate the revenue and the ratings.
As much as we all love radio and love playing "armchair PD" the bottom line is the bottom line...CASH IS KING! If you can make it ,you are a success, and if you fall short...well you are News Talk, Fresh FM or some other S**TTY formatic invented by a some simpleton 2,500 miles away.
Marconi in Heaven have mercy on the state of NY and LI radio!
Rock radio in New York is non existant. Free FM is eliminating music from the format for the most part. Active Rock is the plan that I had for the Bone when I took the reigns. You saw me add Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle, Velvet Revolver, Audioslave and artists of that Genre. The moves were questioned in the begining because they were not safe. I was ordered to put in Piano Man Blinded By The Light, Born To Run and songs like that to offset the hard nature of the music. The edgier music is what made the Bone different. It forced the competition to add certain songs that they were never playing before.
It was obvious back in 2004 that Active Rock would thrive on Long Island. The classic rockers replaced the oldies stations as the oldies stations died off. The "circle of life" so to say... Guys 25-45 Want to hear the older stuff, but they love hearing the newer rock too.
Too bad no one else saw what was so evident. The immortal words of the Who describes the scene...
"The place is really jumping to the Hiwatt amps,
'Til a 20-inch cymbal fell and cut the lamps,
In the blackout they dance right into the aisle,
And as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles,
Someone takes his pants off and the rafters knock,
Rock is dead, they say,
Long live rock, long live rock, long live rock."
Someone with some balls needs to step up and put an active rock/familiar rock station hybrid on the air that covers NY and Long Island. If the signal is strong enough to compete with the larger stations, if they market and promote just a little and not automate key dayparts, the station will generate the revenue and the ratings.
As much as we all love radio and love playing "armchair PD" the bottom line is the bottom line...CASH IS KING! If you can make it ,you are a success, and if you fall short...well you are News Talk, Fresh FM or some other S**TTY formatic invented by a some simpleton 2,500 miles away.
Marconi in Heaven have mercy on the state of NY and LI radio!
Don't you all think that the research has been done and it shows that there is an audience for harder rock, but not enough of an audience to sustain big ratings and in turn, big dollars.
Another problem with Active rock is that a lot of the new music is faceless. As much as we all may love it, everyone in Disturbed or Godsmack could walk through Time Square during rush hour, and no one would even have a clue. It's a shame, but there really isn't much passion for new rock anymore.
I love active rock and classic metal, but I can always pop in a cd.
Another problem with Active rock is that a lot of the new music is faceless. As much as we all may love it, everyone in Disturbed or Godsmack could walk through Time Square during rush hour, and no one would even have a clue. It's a shame, but there really isn't much passion for new rock anymore.
I love active rock and classic metal, but I can always pop in a cd.
Definitely no good rock on LI anymore, trying to dx WCCC but get intense bleed from 107.1. BAB sucks golf balls through their crooked teeth, 50 mins of Fossil crap!. Enjoying the sound of Party 105 though.
why dont YOU go to WBAB and try and make a change??????????????? ;D
being a loyal WCCC fan I got
steps to try and fix that problem...
1. go to ebay
2. look up carver tx-11 radio tuner
3. go to ct mikes fm dx pg... http://pages.cthome.net/fmdx/
4 (added bonus) modify the filter to get rid of more cross channel interference
I hope this helps. It made it so I could get 98.5 thebone from Greenwich ct
steps to try and fix that problem...
1. go to ebay
2. look up carver tx-11 radio tuner
3. go to ct mikes fm dx pg... http://pages.cthome.net/fmdx/
4 (added bonus) modify the filter to get rid of more cross channel interference
I hope this helps. It made it so I could get 98.5 thebone from Greenwich ct
Hardrocker9 said:
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