Wow, video DID kill the radio star

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Originally posted by Ben:
Actual youth aren't supposed to listen to the J's. Only people in their 20's who remember when it was good.

Or people who were brought up listening to it when it was good, Listening to their sister's radio and hottest 100 CDs, and seriousley, how piss poor have the last 2 hottest 100's been..

[Reply #41 on:]

what do i vote for if both radio and tv suck?
the invention of college radio doesn't exist in germany, we only have mainstream radio stations. therefore, listening to radio means listening to a mixture of britney and other assorted pop shit of these days combined with the most horrible songs from the 80s.
not that mtv or viva is any better (apart from one single show on viva, which focuses only on alternative music).

[Reply #42 on:]

Everything sucks, except for the stuff I buy.

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In my first year of university, I was called and asked to partcipate in a survey to see what radio I listend to.  One week later, I sent them back thaeir survey booklet completly blank.  A bunch of my friends sat around one night thinking up bands that would never get played on the radio to list in the "suggestions" page.  And they gave me two bucks for the whole thing!   

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I'm mired in the music of the 70s and early 80s so the local classic rock station isn't that bad for my personal tastes.  If it came down to just about anything else, I'd say that there isn't much to listen to on radio any more.

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I don't listen to FM radio on my own.  The only time I hear it is at the gym where the newest crapcore farts out of the speakers and assaults my ears.  In my car I listen to AM as there are a couple of good sports talk stations in the area.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
Everything sucks, except for the stuff I buy.

You mean the stuff I buy.

[Reply #47 on:]

The only thing worth listening to is Chris Moyles. 

The nearest we get to an alternative station is Virgin which plays sort of 80's and 90's mainstream rock, but it beats anything else by a mile. I just wish all the middle of the road stations would stop pretending to offer all great variety and own up to what they really are, mainstream conservative pap.

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Did I mention I like electric 6, The Darkness and Tenacious D?

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Originally posted by Nurdbot:
Did I mention I like electric 6, The Darkness and Tenacious D?

excuse me, but: the darkness? aaargh!

also, i wanted to vote for "no, it's all crap these days", but i somehow ended up voting for pat buchanan. i have no idea what the fuck happened.

[Reply #50 on:]

The good radio stations around are:
WLNK 107.9 The Link (Charlotte, NC)
BBC1, BBC6Music (London, UK)
Virgin Radio (London, UK)
Red Dragon FM (Cardiff, Wales, UK)

Virgin gets really repititious, though. And The Link is going a little bit more pop-stream than they used to be. The Link would usually be playing now the songs that are going to be super-major-hits in a month or so, i.e. Matchbox Twenty's "Unwell," Jason Mraz's "The Remedy," Dana Glover's "Thinking Over," etc. They also have the best radio talk show that I've ever heard The Matt and Ramona Show. When I was in England, I didn't miss much from the States, but I missed my friends and I missed The Matt and Ramona Show.

BBC1 plays stuff that isn't mainstream in the US quite a bit (i.e. the awesome Welsh band Feeder, and the even better Scottish band Travis), and BBC6 plays some random stuff.
Red Dragon FM has a spectacular mix, in my opinion, the little I listened to it for the two days I was in the Cardiff (Caerdydd) area.

EDIT: The Darkness rocks! They just released Permission to Land in the US - now I don't have to order it!

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Originally posted by SQFreak:
BBC1 plays stuff that isn't mainstream in the US quite a bit (i.e. the awesome Welsh band Feeder, and the even better Scottish band Travis)

I've heard both of those bands (both who are excellent bands) on the mainstream rock radio here (which I'd proabably say is K-Rock- a station which isn't too bad.)

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I've never heard either on WOZN, WLNK, WEND, or WKZL.

WEND is the least mainstream of them all, but it's also the only one run by Clear Channel. (Clear Channel is icky.)

I have to somehow find a copy of Echo Park by Feeder.

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If you're tired of the mainstream, there's gotta be more stuff behind it. These days, the spoon-fed stuff isn't gonna cut it. Like many suggest, go download.

And doesn't the UK and central Europe have the best techno music scene? The US hasn't seen stable success in that kind of music, but most of the world has. Take advantage of that. Techno is REALLY popular in Europe, tons more than pop. But I dunno why many of the Euro-Peelers don't seem to reflect that    

[Reply #54 on:]

I like techno. If I'm allowed to include Internet-only radio stations, I'll include Digitally Imported (http://www.di.fm).

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Internet Radio is sometimes cool.  I sometimes use Lauch when I'm at work.  BBC Six-Music is good (no playlist, a policy I wish Radio One would employ).

Local Radio pales into comparison with national radio.  They should never try to compete.  They were better when they never bothered, but better shows.

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I live in a hole where schedualing includes the four sides, nashville country music, popular oldies, butt-rock, and even worse country music.
There is a college station that sometimes gives good reception here. Last years it was all electronica, good electronica, and showcasing local talent of any variety. Now its a total request, so I don't listen to it much anymore.

Since most here have commented on the blandness of most radio, I won't.

Except that it's B L A N D

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Originally posted by Just Chris:
Techno is REALLY popular in Europe, tons more than pop. But I dunno why many of the Euro-Peelers don't seem to reflect that           

Hey! I love techno, listen to it loads.
German and Dutch radio is best for live and recorded mixes though.
Also there is probably a hundred and one internet radio stations for the genre too.
And any other for that fact! So I rarely listen to the radio, what with most jocks being a bunch of muppets and every other radio one DJ who all have an uncanny ability to bore me half to death (especially Jo Whiley).

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Used to listen to triple J, but now, only classic FM for me. When this music great, it's great, when it isn't, it's easy to tune it out. I've become incredibly out of touch with modern music. I know that there is some good stuff, but frankly, I got all I need riiiiiight here.

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Jo Whiley doesn't incite the desire to grab a 2 by 4 and beat certain people haklf to death anywhere near as much as Sara Cox does/did. When it's 7am and I'm trying to enjoy a wakening shower I don't want some northern bint screaming in my ear and laughing at random moments.

I gues this fits here too, I was covering a store in Slough for a whole week a couple of months back and their local station is Star 106.6 FM, which is truly terrible. It's the sort of station your Dad would play in the car. Anyway in their morning show they played a clip I recognised... the two Benders from Farnsworth Parabox saying "Our universe is doomed... DDOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMEEEDDD". Always brightened up my morning.

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I know. Triple J does seem to be succumbing to commerciality. They seem to have a very loose definition of "Alternative" But lets see you retain your principles when your government funding dries up.

Seeing a Music clip along with the song does alter my perception of it.
And not in a positive way. It seems empty. Just listening to the song is much better. A lot of film clips are good but you assume they they are intrinsicly linked with the meaning of the song. When in reality they have just been whipped up by some director who didnt play the song and the artist/s just had some "Creative input"

The Idea behind Music clips and MTV who came up with the idea was to make the promtional clips that record companies made to sell thier songs into entertainment in its own right.

Thats all Music clips are. Ads.

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Originally posted by Archie2K:
Sara Cox
northern bint

Star 106.6 FM, which is truly terrible. Anyway in their morning show they played a clip I recognised... the two Benders from Farnsworth Parabox saying "Our universe is doomed... DDOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMEEEDDD". Always brightened up my morning.

Northern bint!!  cloth eared too.

On Kiss100 on BamBam's breakfast show they had sampled Amy saying "spl'uh" or something along those lines at the end of a jingle they used between tracks.

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The only kind of music on the radio I like is classic rock, stuff from the 70s and 80s (and some 90s). I love how my hometown gets American and Canadian stations so I get like 4 classic rock stations to listen to.

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I never posted here before, but I went with the "There's very little that's good" option...

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I usually only listen to the radio if I'm in the car or say now, if I haven't got anything I particually want to listen to. I usually listen to Virgin 1215AM, as they play good music. My local radio station plays the same pop crap over and over.

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There's no good radio stations here. Even the dipshits at college radio play the same garbage every other radio station's playing. I hate top 40. I hate mainstream rap(though I do respect the underground). I hate alternative rock. Can't say enough bad about the radio.

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Studio Brussels, that is if I can be bothered to turn on the radio. They try play alternative and rock. In the evenings they play more specific genres. Fridays and Saturdays it's usually techno followed by drum 'n bass.

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I can't pick it up from here, but XFm is supposed to be quite good. I only heard it late on a Friday night once when it was Drum n Bass followed by the Metal show, and by metal I mean proper music of the apocolypse. During the day I think it's more mainstream though.

Radio 1 does have the Rock Show too don't forget.

So nerdlingus you live in London then?

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Originally posted by Archie2K:

So nerdlingus you live in London then?

Nah, about 10 minutes drive from Gatwick.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
Everything sucks, except for the stuff I buy.

Amen to that.

Especially since Nixypoo and I have a lotta the same music.

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[slow]ra.di.o? what is ra.di.o? is it a kind of thing you put on salads? naw, im just kidding! i think is...meh, m.e.h, meh!

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I listen ro radio all day at work, I would've torn all my hair out by now if it wasn't for  BBC Radio 2

Weekends I do listen, especially on a Sunday when Parkinson plays some nice Jazz + Big Band.

So Radio Rules!!

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Triple J has upped its game with today today in the afternoon with the chaser crew. Those guys are great.

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Chaser has a show in Triple J now?

Frankly Its not as if they are "Execptionally" funny

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They are not the merrick and rosso that filled that spot so perfectly but they are a welcome change.

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NPR is amazing, the National Public Radio in the US is commercial free (its supported by donations and public funding)  Though most NPR stations are Jazz or classical, the one by me, WBGO, (www.wbgo.org) Django Reinhardt . James Moody, all the great Jazz musicians.

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I'm with coilette on this one though, Radio 2 is pretty much the only station I listen to especially Steve Wright's Golden Oldies!

I ain't sad for that, am I?

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Originally posted by nerdlingus:
I'm with coilette on this one though, Radio 2 is pretty much the only station I listen to especially Steve Wright's Golden Oldies!

I ain't sad for that, am I?

I like the Golden Oldies, but I don't like Steve Wright, he's a bit egotistical.

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I would listen to radio two but I cant get it to work. The Box opens but then I cant hear anything.

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Do any of you know any good interweb radio stations? And I mean really good (or weird) ones. I'm currently listening to Goatslayer. Which is really odd (but good for background noises.

Any recommendations?