Weird new radio station

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-30 02:43am

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?)

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-01-30 02:46am

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.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-01-30 02:48am

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.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-01-30 02:49am

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 )

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-30 03:00am

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.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-01-30 03:33am

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.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-30 03:45am

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.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-01-30 07:30pm

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.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-31 12:35am

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?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-01-31 12:54am

Be thankful if it's Pink Floyd!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-01-31 12:57am

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.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-01-31 12:59am

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.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-31 01:07am

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?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-01-31 01:39am

Well, who's been in the news a lot lately besides the Stones?

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-31 01:44am

Dalton wrote:Well, who's been in the news a lot lately besides the Stones?

I give up, who? Are they on first?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-01-31 01:47am

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?

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-01-31 01:50am

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...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-01-31 02:22am

Jam it! JAM IT!

*Unleashed 750,000 million watt electronic jammer's on the puny transmission tower*