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WBOS goes to NYC

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Along with the superbowl win, right?

CD101.9 has changed to a rock-heavy AAA with a local feel. They get the station we should have had and we get the same old stale crap.
 
Don't feel bad...Vermont and upstate NY lost heritage AAA WEBK to country yesterday.....
 
All WBOS had to do was copy what The River was doing.

How does WXRV get the exact same 12+ ratings as WBOS without having the same signal in Boston? People wanted to hear the music that The River played.

So BOS finds the solution to be going more generic?

It boggles the mind.
 
Is it me or did WXRV get better as WBOS got worse, coincident with the move of Dana to WBOS? The more I listen to WXRV, the more I like it. Now that I live north of Boston, it comes in clearer than WBOS anyway. I am done with WBOS.
 
I removed my WBOS preset from my car stereo (I have 18 for FM). If I want to hear WBOS for some reason, I can "seek" up one notch from my WXRV preset... but I'm not really a fan of the new format, so I won't be doing that often.
 
Yes, I noticed that The River got progressively better as well. There was a short time where WBOS was actually better, however WXRV has always seemed to have a better handle on the format.
 
its not a coincidence that the music selection improved at WXRV with Dana out of the building.

to answer the question about The River getting equal ratings with BOS while maintaining a weaker signal: it reminds me of when weak-signaled WFNX got its best ratings ever in the mid-90's despite powerhouse WBCN turning to a more alternative playlist. Listeners listened thru FNX's static because BCN couldnt match the playlist. It really is as simple as that. FNX's cume increased 50-70k because the music was better than it was three to four years earlier. And those listeners couldnt here that music anywhere else, BCN included. It was worth sitting thru a few scratches of static to hear a new Chili Peppers or Nirvana song while BCN was playing U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday for the gazillionth time.

Same goes for the River. If they are playing an acoustic Radiohead b-side and then-triple A BOS was playing Stop Draggin My Heart around for the gazillionth, guess who wins the battle for the AAA listener?

good for XRV. horray for the little guy. but let's see if they have the smarts to capitalize on owning the AAA brand in the market.

I worked there once, so I can honestly say, I doubt it.
 
I'm a huge WXRV and WFNX fan. The River has been sounding superb lately. I could care less about WBOS. They go from like a 311 song that we've all heard to a Police song that we've all heard to Toad the Wet Sprocket. Who the hell are they trying to reach? The River can only gain from this more than they already have. I don't see any kind of point to their new format. Try again, 'BOS.
 
Is it called Radio 92-9 because they only play songs recorded between 1992 and 1999?

Way too much Pearl Jam, guys.
 
epsilon said:
Is it called Radio 92-9 because they only play songs recorded between 1992 and 1999?
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I've heard some early '80s music on it (The Police, U2, Talking Heads), but the core is obviously in the '90s.
 
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