The failure of Richmond Radio...
When I first moved to Richmond from Detroit, I went through serious radio withdrawls. I went from a diehard 89X to being without a radio home.
I tried out 102.1 from DC, with the super annoying Elliot in the Morning show. Elliot annoyed me more than Drew and Mike on the WRIF did.
For a while, I was listening to Richmonds new alternative Y101. It was pretty good, until they, too, went the route of the sucky morning show.
I absolutely detest Q94. The morning show isn't actually bad, but they play so much Justin Timberlake and Fergie, I want to scream.
The one day, I found what I thought was going to be my radio home. A new little station called 98.9 Liberty. They play EVERYTHING. And I finally found a radio station I could fall in love with. The played great music all the time--and no annoying DJ's in the morning. On the way to work, I only want three things: good music, weather, and traffic. I don't want DJ's chattering inanely about the current song. I don't want commentary.
When I lived in Michigan, one of my favorite stations for a long time was Alice 106.7. It was awesome--just like 98.9 started out--all music, all the time. Then they went and added DJ's--and everything went down from there.
Can't radio stations leave well enough alone? Why can't we have just music and weather and traffic? Is that too much to expect?
So, once again, I am without a radio home. I skip through stations during the day, avidly avoiding the country-western stations, looking for good music without talk.
Any other suggestions?
I tried out 102.1 from DC, with the super annoying Elliot in the Morning show. Elliot annoyed me more than Drew and Mike on the WRIF did.
For a while, I was listening to Richmonds new alternative Y101. It was pretty good, until they, too, went the route of the sucky morning show.
I absolutely detest Q94. The morning show isn't actually bad, but they play so much Justin Timberlake and Fergie, I want to scream.
The one day, I found what I thought was going to be my radio home. A new little station called 98.9 Liberty. They play EVERYTHING. And I finally found a radio station I could fall in love with. The played great music all the time--and no annoying DJ's in the morning. On the way to work, I only want three things: good music, weather, and traffic. I don't want DJ's chattering inanely about the current song. I don't want commentary.
When I lived in Michigan, one of my favorite stations for a long time was Alice 106.7. It was awesome--just like 98.9 started out--all music, all the time. Then they went and added DJ's--and everything went down from there.
Can't radio stations leave well enough alone? Why can't we have just music and weather and traffic? Is that too much to expect?
So, once again, I am without a radio home. I skip through stations during the day, avidly avoiding the country-western stations, looking for good music without talk.
Any other suggestions?
posted by ~ruthie @ 9:31 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:37 PM,
Anonymous said…
iPods and Podcasts are the way to go for me, although I don't mind Drew and Mike. There's also NPR. :)
At 5:24 PM,
Tee/Tracy said…
I switch around a whole bunch of stations. I used to be loyal to HOT 99.5 for the Mark and Chris show every morning but they were fired when they asked for a raise and now they have some guy named Kane from Tampa, FL on in the mornings and he annoys me.
If I had money I'd seriously consider XM.
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