Clear Channel blows

i gotta say "amen" to both of the above posts.

living near DC is virtual death to anyone wanting to listen to a rock radio station. in an area with roughly 600,000 to 700,000 people...we have one rock station...just one. on days that i am lucky enough i can receive a station out of Baltimore that doesnt play Green Day every fourth song.

i have been seriously thinking about an XM or Sirius receiver just so that i can hear new music.

 

+1. 13,000 songs that I know I like. And, I doubt there's even a satellite radio station that I'll hear John Coltrane followed by Slayer and Carole King.

I've never understood the appeal of Howard Stern, but more power to him and his listeners. At least I don't want to punch him in the junk every time I see/hear about him like I do with those Opie and Anthony morons.

 

Sadly enough, Clear Channel has the best radio station in my area, X106.3, but that's soley due to the fact that it's the only station where the DJ's aren't complete idiots. Not to mention their DJ's support the hell out of local music.

The other rock station, non vintage, phones in more than half of their airtime fro Bristol. There are basically 2 main DJ's here in charleston, and 2 jerk-offs in Bristol. This is the same station that is still playing my guitars old band very regularly....that band was broken up over 2 years ago...and yes, they've been notified many times.....



Regardless, I still want satalite. On my return trip from Arlington on sunday I spent near the entire time while driving my friends car(the entire trip back) with the channel locked on XM's progressive/jamband station. Great stuff. I used to listen to sirius' Jamband station all the time when I worked at radioshack and had our display hooked up.

 

I listen to Sports talk radio now..... I like not knowing what's next.

 

I pay for radio. I support the non-commercial stations that I listen to the most.

 

Iused to be a member of my local NPR station. Back then they did half news/half music. And the music could be pretty much anything that happened on this planet and someone could recognize it as music.

They did a lot of world music, a lot of acoustic folk, a lot of old jazz and blues, occasional rock, forays into prog, and supported local music fiercely...essentially, they were exactly what I wanted from a station. "That was David Wilcox with Hurricane. Before that you heard King Crimsons Three of a Perfect Pair. And next up will be Carlos Guedes and Desvios..."

And they didn't just dupport local bands. Some of the DJ's were in local bands. Kim Corbett was in Flash to Bangtime, and Paul Slavens was in Ten Hands (whose drummer, Earl Harvin is now with Seal, and whose congero, Mike Dillon is now with Polyphonic Spree) The station put a lot of muscle into pushing local music, even having something they called the 90.1 Sound Sessions, in which each month they would record two local artists together, sucj as their first reslease "Amsterdam" which combined members of Ten Hands with Brave Combo. Or "Dead Egyptian Blues" in which duo Trout Fishing In America was joined by brass group Blitzen.

Then one day they had a meeting. And someone said "Hmmmmm...There 43,712 news/talk stations in this area, and yet only we play the music format that we have. Clearly the market wants another all talk station."

So I will probably end up getting satellite radio when I can afford it. I hope they have a station like KERA used to be.

 

My wife and I are gonna go with Sirius as Christmas gifts to each other. She listens to more radio than I do but I like the fact that they have commercial free channels that are thematic: classic rock only, R&b etc plus when I do listen in the car it's just to hear Stern on the way to work. Otherwise I'm listening to CDs.

I feel bad for the slobs who have to endure David Lee Roth up here in Boston. I can deal with him for about 30 minutes tops.

Jeff

 

I like sports talk, but JT The Brick is the most annoying, arrogant, ill informed, homer, sports talk host in the history of the United States.

 

Clear Channel might possibly be the sleaziest company on Earth, there are worse, and there are meaner, but none of them drip with underhanded low-life, scum-sucking sleaze like Clear Channel does.

 

Doug, and anyone else thinking about getting satellite radio, buy it at your earliest convenience!

I got XM satellite radio about a year and a half ago, and I can't say enough good things about it.

Any type of music you like 24/7, and you will:

1.) Discover where all the good, old songs went.
2.) Discover where all the good, new music is.
3.) Realize just how much of an hour on broadcast radio is set aside for commercials when you don't hear any!

I have XM, so I can't say anything good or bad about Sirius, because I've never heard it, but I imagine they're similar. XM does have more channels, though.

And if my little sales pitch isn't enough, they're having a sale on XM radio right now. The radio and speakers (two separate pieces) are now $129.99 as a bundle! I paid $179.99 when I got mine. So, for $130.00 plus shipping, you can get something that's beyond good. It's $12.99 per month for the service, but I believe it's so worth it.

Check it out: http://shop.xmradio.com/detail.aspx?pid=109&cat=8

In fairness to Sirius, here's their site: www.sirius.com

In all seriousness: Satellite radio is to music lovers what water is to those who live in the Sahara.

Mike

 

::raises hand:: And new york

 

And Dallas-Fort Worth.

 

Without adimitting I'm getting a little older, I remember when cable TV was new and cheap. They sucked eveyone in, and now I pay over $60.00 friggin dollars a month for basic service, still get lousy programming (only with language I don't want my kids near), and commercials to boot.

I refuse to pay for radio in my car on principal alone. I would rather do CD's/ipod than get jacked up every year on fees.

 

Thanks for the links Mike, i will be checking those out while at work.

i was reading a comparison briefly last night between Sirius and XM. the comparo i found showed that XM radio is somewhat affiliated with ClearChannel.

does anyone have further info on this? if there is any chance that CC would be getting a nickel out of my monthly fees to XM then i will be going with Sirius.

 

The PSU student station is about all I can hack in these parts, radio-wise. They have a decent jazz show and a decent blues show while occasionally in the middle of the night, a great prog show. They are all played from the students/dj's personal cd collection ( you can always hear the skips). As far as commercial radio is concerned, there are a few good/great talk shows. Them being: Jim Rome's sports show (about the only good sports talk), Coast to Coast with Art Bell, and last, but not least, the Phil Hendrie Show. Hendrie predicted the switch for guys like Stern a couple of years before it actually happened....

 

Oh, give it a rest. Stern's thing is going to be a complete bust for somebody. Here you have a 50-ish junior high schooler who appeals to the same ilk. "Let's see your [breasts]. You're really hot." That's really deep, hard-hitting stuff. I wouldn't pay fifteen cents a year to listen to that crap. He has got to be the most puerile, self-delusional megalomaniac on earth, thinking that he has any social significance at all.

Now before you think about flaming me over this, remind yourself that I have over 10,000 posts.