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Weird new radio station
Posted: 2003-01-30 02:43am
by Drewcifer
Just flipping around the dial tonight and found a new radio station here. All they play is the Rolling Stones. Seriously. They're even tagging themselves as "The all new Stones 97.3" And so far, no commercials or DJs.
Must be new owners wanting to attract attention for a new format later on, probably FM sports radio or something. That, or some new weird format where a station makes it's playlists from entire artist catalogs, one at a time?
Anyone else (in the US) have a station like this on their airwaves?
(Actually, radio from anywhere would be interesting to know about, but knowing about any US stations would answer more of my questions, ya know?)
Posted: 2003-01-30 02:46am
by Superman
I've seen a few stations that only play Elvis or the Beatles. When I went to Vegas a few weeks ago they had a station that played only "Welcome to the Jungle." That was strange.
Posted: 2003-01-30 02:48am
by Dalton
That'd never fly in New York...we're the number one radio market in the US as I recall. Fees and crap are probably a lot higher and any station that tried it would probably go bankrupt tout-suite.
Posted: 2003-01-30 02:49am
by TrailerParkJawa
I listen to a talk radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Unlike most AM talk radio stations it has fairly diverse groups of hosts. ( Conservative, Moderate, and Liberal )
Posted: 2003-01-30 03:00am
by Drewcifer
Dalton wrote:That'd never fly in New York...we're the number one radio market in the US as I recall.
And TV as well, I think. (Last time I was in NYC, some station had strippers on the air, doing their thing. That was strange, dancers on the radio.)
Dalton wrote:...any station that tried it would probably go bankrupt tout-suite.
We get a lot of test market stuff here though, we're quite superior in our averageness
Might be something like that. I guess it will be more obvious when they start playing commercials, the frequency is too high be a non-profit/college/religous station.
Posted: 2003-01-30 03:33am
by Sokar
Its most likely a 'stunt' as they term it in radio. When our local 'alternative' station turned into a classic rock station they played "Its the End of the World" by R.E.M. for 24 hours straight........
In a day or so they will probably start into normal programming, classic rock by the sound of it.
Posted: 2003-01-30 03:45am
by Drewcifer
Gah! I hope not more classic rock! I love classic rock, but we need more classic rock on the air here like we need another teenybopper/"HitMix" station.
Posted: 2003-01-30 07:30pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
I believe stations that play the same band over and over again are widespread: They're called hit music stations.
Some stations have days where they only play one band, usually as a promotion. When the Rolling Stones came to Pittsburgh, for example, one of the stations only played their music that day.
Posted: 2003-01-31 12:35am
by Drewcifer
The mystery is solved, kind of.
from one of our local newspapers:
New station starts up the Stones
The Beatles are so, like, yesterday. But if you're a Rolling Stones fan, it turns out that you can always get what you want.
Especially if what you want is all Stones, all the time. The new radio station at 97.3 FM, which last week called itself "Beatles 97.3," morphed into "Stones 97.3" early Monday. It had played Fab Four tunes for a solid week.
The station apparently still hasn't decided what its permanent format will be. Last week officials said it could be a month before they know.
So, until then, the "stunting" will continue. If you happen to like what they're playing at the moment, this is good news: There are no commercials and no DJs.
I wonder what next week's format will be?
Posted: 2003-01-31 12:54am
by Frank Hipper
Be thankful if it's Pink Floyd!
Posted: 2003-01-31 12:57am
by Joe
Frank Hipper wrote:Be thankful if it's Pink Floyd!
Ugh. Pink Floyd is OK for a couple of listens, but Roger Waters is too much of a douchebag to warrant any long term enjoyment. IMO, anyway.
Posted: 2003-01-31 12:59am
by Dalton
Pink Floyd is not something to listen to constantly anyway. Not only is it overplayed (here, anyway) their music tends to start getting dull and tiring.
Posted: 2003-01-31 01:07am
by Drewcifer
Pink Floyd, like many things, is best enjoyed in moderation.
It will be interesting to see what next week's format is though, kind of a little game I'm playing. After the Stones and Beatles, who's next? The Who? Pink Floyd? Elvis?
Posted: 2003-01-31 01:39am
by Dalton
Well, who's been in the news a lot lately besides the Stones?
Posted: 2003-01-31 01:44am
by Drewcifer
Dalton wrote:Well, who's been in the news a lot lately besides the Stones?
I give up, who? Are they on first?
Posted: 2003-01-31 01:47am
by Dalton
Drewcifer wrote:Dalton wrote:Well, who's been in the news a lot lately besides the Stones?
I give up, who? Are they on first?
Grr, you smartass
I dunno about The Who. Pete Townshend's in deep shit, isn't he?
Posted: 2003-01-31 01:50am
by Drewcifer
Couldn't resist, sorry
But yeah, Pete is in a lot of trouble. I heard he's going with the angle that they are historical photos mostly, and artistic studies or something or other.
I dunno what to think. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but...
Posted: 2003-01-31 02:22am
by Sea Skimmer
Jam it! JAM IT!
*Unleashed 750,000 million watt electronic jammer's on the puny transmission tower*