Citadel runs a station in Oklahoma City called KSYY "The Spy" which has a tiny
rimshot signal (930 watts - but they webcast) from the NW corner of the
metroplex - the station gets little ratings but runs an very ecelctic format
which has cultivated a loyal following.  http://www.1053thespy.com/ When you
have a low powered FM trying to compete against high powered stations its
better to attack at a different angle than trying to copy them. 

Glad to hear some Alternative stations are moving tword "Classic
Alternative" -
another sign that teenagers/young adults are finnaly tiring of Nu-Metal
wankoffs. Hopefully this trend will move down south.

NP: The Darkness "Permission To Land" - Is it me or is "Friday Night" a
complete re-write of the Cure's "Friday I'm In Love"?

Billy

At 01:48 AM 1/4/04 -0500, you wrote:

>I'm not sure that's true: the Buzz/Edge format is officially tired, and
>it's being either retired or retooled in a lot of markets. Here in Boston,
>WFNX (which is owned by the Boston Phoenix, our local alt-weekly) last year
>aggressively and very publicly dumped its format by doing a Top 500
>Alternative Rock Tracks of All Time -- which was a surprisingly enjoyable
>weekend of radio -- and reinvented itself. They made a point of announcing
>that bands like Limp Bizkit or Creed or whatever were no longer welcome on
>their station, and in their place, they've gone with a format that's about
>1/3 what could be called "classic alternative" -- lotsa Ramones, Smiths,
>Stooges, R.E.M., etc. -- and 2/3s things like the garage revival bands and
>Jet and the D4 and the Shins and the like.  I haven't seen any books since
>the switchover happened last spring, but I do know that when I'm in stores
>that are playing WBCN -- which is like the 900-lb. gorilla of Boston
>commercial alternative radio, and surprisingly enough, isn't owned by Clear
>Channel either as far as I know -- they've started following FNX's lead.
>There's a lot less Angry-White-Guy-In-Baggy-Pants and a lot more leather
>trousers on the air even at the commercial radio stations, and surely even
>Clear Channel has noticed this.
>
>All I know is that I was trawling the megahertz a few days ago while I was
>waiting to pick up Charity at work and I heard a set on 'FNX that was the
>White Stripes' "The Hardest Button To Button" followed by the Jet single
>followed by Romeo Void's "Never Say Never" followed by the Rapture.  That's
>not really enough to make me permanently make the leap from the left of the
>dial, but that's also a damn sight better than I've heard on any Buzz/Edge
>station since at least early 1995.
>
>S
>
>NP: HARD AGAIN -- Scott Tuma
>  
Billy G. Spradlin
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