SO... the top posts already say nothing about Nash, talking no trash and hiding no stash. Is Fresh still fresh? AQX you're X? (remember your X wants you back from PIX/FM?) Good NYC oldies on CBS/FM? Turn off the Lite? PLJ a fade away? Does the news make you snooze? Too much sports....not enough music? Inquiring minds want to know. Say it and maybe they'll play it.
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What Are Folks Excited About on NYC Radio?
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islndbreze
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I just want a cutting edge modern rock station on the ial again.... Will it happen? Who the hell knows?
92.3 Now is the most exciting station only because of their mixshows that set it apart from cookie cutter CHRs.
I was in Las Vegas this past week and I absolutely loved the radio dial there. So many stations that don't have a cookie cutter format. Jelli 96.7, 105.7 The Oasis, KJUL 104.7, Sunny 106.5, Kool 102.3, 96.3 KKLZ, etc. Even ONE of those aforementioned station's formats coming to NYC would make our radio dial that much more interesting.
I was in Las Vegas this past week and I absolutely loved the radio dial there. So many stations that don't have a cookie cutter format. Jelli 96.7, 105.7 The Oasis, KJUL 104.7, Sunny 106.5, Kool 102.3, 96.3 KKLZ, etc. Even ONE of those aforementioned station's formats coming to NYC would make our radio dial that much more interesting.
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Jersey Maiden
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I hope the next company that decides to put out rock doesn't tease us like Merlin did. Who knows what will happen with 103.9? If they decide to make it alternative, I would hope that they fix the transmitter to increase the range or the flip will leave a lot of the market out.
Fresh is breaks out a lot of alternative and while I'm thankful for that, could that be the reason some companies feel like there's no need for a full-time alternative?
The real question is which station is next on the chopping block. Will 2013 be the giant auction year that 2012 was?
Fresh is breaks out a lot of alternative and while I'm thankful for that, could that be the reason some companies feel like there's no need for a full-time alternative?
The real question is which station is next on the chopping block. Will 2013 be the giant auction year that 2012 was?
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The only station I could think of that can go on the chopping block is WBAI. At this rate, who knows how much longer they have.
102.7 probably plays that much alternative because that's where their format is now, with a lot of alternative songs crossing over.
For the original question, maybe the country fans are excited that they have a home now. Can't think of much else.
At this time of year, for us out here in the sticks 140 miles west of you folks, it's the Mets and Yankees on the radio v WFAN and WCBS.
The Phillies on WPHT 1210 (when they play the Mets) and the Tampa Bay Rays games on WZAL Hazleton (really) for when they play the Yankees, are more of the local reception, but Spring goes on eternally. Terrific time for a lot of folks to have a portable or car radio.
Cannot get any NYC FM here, near Hazleton. I kinda like the idea of hearing Country, the next time we travel east, but * if * Cumulus will be shooting their rocks and holding parties when they achieve a 2.0, it'll probably take only :15 minutes or so of corporately-legislated saccharine listening until we try to find jazz on WBGO, or an early-season baseball game.
'Maybe' a tune in of WBLS or The Peak, dpending on the route.
The Phillies on WPHT 1210 (when they play the Mets) and the Tampa Bay Rays games on WZAL Hazleton (really) for when they play the Yankees, are more of the local reception, but Spring goes on eternally. Terrific time for a lot of folks to have a portable or car radio.
Cannot get any NYC FM here, near Hazleton. I kinda like the idea of hearing Country, the next time we travel east, but * if * Cumulus will be shooting their rocks and holding parties when they achieve a 2.0, it'll probably take only :15 minutes or so of corporately-legislated saccharine listening until we try to find jazz on WBGO, or an early-season baseball game.
'Maybe' a tune in of WBLS or The Peak, dpending on the route.
What are folks excited about on NYC radio?
Uhhhh....I'll revisit this thread once we have a cutting edge dance/EDM station.
Uhhhh....I'll revisit this thread once we have a cutting edge dance/EDM station.
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KC2LDY
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Frankly, there's not much of interest on NYC radio. At least not in the commercial space. The experts have it all figured out. Everything has been consulted to within an inch of its life. Absolutely no risks are taken. All stations are variants on three or four formats. I sweep the dial every few months to make sure there's nothing new that I have missed. There isn't. Okay, there's Nash. But even that is simply a cog in the execution of a national corporate strategy.
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Perhaps ten years ago, the same topic, titled differently, also appeared on the NYRMB. It went something like, instead of complaining, name the good things about NYC radio.
There were responses galore -- a nice change of pace (my own top choice was Joey Reynolds on WOR).
It's takes some time to believe, though not really, that in ten years, with basically the same companies at the helm, give or take a frequency, the dials have eroded into being as interesting as cleaning leaves out of rain gutters.
That snub of youth's new blood, purposefully or haplessly, is really taking its toll.
There were responses galore -- a nice change of pace (my own top choice was Joey Reynolds on WOR).
It's takes some time to believe, though not really, that in ten years, with basically the same companies at the helm, give or take a frequency, the dials have eroded into being as interesting as cleaning leaves out of rain gutters.
That snub of youth's new blood, purposefully or haplessly, is really taking its toll.
Not much happening in New York radio. Last big news was Nash debuting over two months ago. Still no morning show. Not being a sports fan, having FAN on 101.9 means one less outlet for music. I suppose the "next big thing" will be alternative on 103.9, which is not a full signal, if that ever happens.
If HD radio ever evolves, it would be nice to hear Standards or Real Oldies(50's,60's)on those frequencies. At least Smooth Jazz is on 102.7's HD carrier.
If HD radio ever evolves, it would be nice to hear Standards or Real Oldies(50's,60's)on those frequencies. At least Smooth Jazz is on 102.7's HD carrier.
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stevensonair
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I think WFUV (and the Alternate Side format on HD/online/91.5) do a great job. Admittedly, it's not everyone's taste, but they're a professional bunch that obviously love the music.
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Bob1370
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Maybe the main story line is what's UNexciting about commercial radio everywhere including New York.
Spoken word radio is stuck formatically in 1994. Same voices saying the same things on every station except the sports-talkers. WABC is still fighting the Clintons as well as Obama in the bluest state east of the Rockies and WOR is saying "me too" while marking time until Clear Channel can move all its Premiere Networks talk properties over there (god only knows what WABC will do when it loses a big chunk of its daytime schedule, not to mention what happens in another few years when Imus packs it in and there's no one lined up to take his place.
The big story is how spoken word commercial radio in New York is working if it's all-news. all-sports or non-commercial, but if it's traditional issue talk it's doing a slow fade.
What will revive it? New personalities, new topics, a new infusion of humor and wit...not to mention a willingness to be light and take itself less seriously. 25 years ago Limbaugh could do that kind of radio, and give him his due, he did it well. But some time between 1992 (the night he took Bush I's invitation to a sleepover at the White House) and 1994 (when he thought he was responsible for the rise of Gingrich) not only Limbaugh, but all of talk radio, convinced itself that it was the heart of a political party or even a separate house of Congress.
If it does nothing, it will last one more election cycle and be gone.
If the talkers can become truly NYC centric radio stations they'll reclaim at least some of the lost audience and a lot of the revenue that's gone elsewhere (remember, WABC and WOR today aren't billing any more dollars than they did in 1995, and that's hosing them when you take 18 years of even modest inflation into account).
Spoken word radio is stuck formatically in 1994. Same voices saying the same things on every station except the sports-talkers. WABC is still fighting the Clintons as well as Obama in the bluest state east of the Rockies and WOR is saying "me too" while marking time until Clear Channel can move all its Premiere Networks talk properties over there (god only knows what WABC will do when it loses a big chunk of its daytime schedule, not to mention what happens in another few years when Imus packs it in and there's no one lined up to take his place.
The big story is how spoken word commercial radio in New York is working if it's all-news. all-sports or non-commercial, but if it's traditional issue talk it's doing a slow fade.
What will revive it? New personalities, new topics, a new infusion of humor and wit...not to mention a willingness to be light and take itself less seriously. 25 years ago Limbaugh could do that kind of radio, and give him his due, he did it well. But some time between 1992 (the night he took Bush I's invitation to a sleepover at the White House) and 1994 (when he thought he was responsible for the rise of Gingrich) not only Limbaugh, but all of talk radio, convinced itself that it was the heart of a political party or even a separate house of Congress.
If it does nothing, it will last one more election cycle and be gone.
If the talkers can become truly NYC centric radio stations they'll reclaim at least some of the lost audience and a lot of the revenue that's gone elsewhere (remember, WABC and WOR today aren't billing any more dollars than they did in 1995, and that's hosing them when you take 18 years of even modest inflation into account).
I like the Joey Reynolds WOR comment. Growing up in NYC, I'd hear Joey on WKBW in my E 82 St apt. Talent! It was amazing what you could DX in Manhattan on a 6 transistor: WLW, WTOP, WLS, KDKA, CKLW. BTW, a great standards WNEW or Good Guys Oldies would be super. A real Greenwich Village classic LP sound would also be a 55-74 hit. Great radio is great radio. Sad it's such a precious and almost forgotten commodity. It doesn't cost a lot to play great music. "To be continued...."
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