Turn the Radio Off

New York Radio is in shambles. With 92.3 K-Rock switching format to some top 40 z100 shit, there is officially no decent radio station that I can listen to. I have never been much of a radio fan to begin with, but on my long work commutes I did like to listen every once in a while, just to keep up to date on the current music trends. In my car, I have the capacity for 12 pre-set radio stations. My current lineup is something like this.

1. 90.7 WFUV: This is the one station that I actually do listen to on a somewhat consistent basis. It is based at Fordham University, has no commercials, and uses NPR news. They play mostly indie and folk type stuff. Real sick.

2. 92.3 K-Rock: For Opie and Anthony, Hoobastank, Trapt, etc. Now no O&A, but plenty of Beyonce and Kanye West.

3. 94.3 WMJC: The best mix of the 80's 90's and Now. Also the radio home of my beloved NY Islanders. Terrible reception.

4.97.1 Hot 97: Blazing Hip Hop and R&B. Can't go wrong. I also like to listen to the DJ's talk. They are ridiculous.

5. 100.3 Z1000: Phone Taps, Taylor Swift. I love it.

6. 104.3 Q104: Occasionally they play Rush and Queen.

7. 92.9 WEHM: A station out of East Hampton. It's really good, but only comes in when i get to around the Commack area.

8. 101.9 MixFM or whatever its called. Everyone tells me I will love this station, but I don't care for it. It seems everytime I put it on, Aerosmith is on. I hate Aerosmith.

and that's it. I can't even fill up 12 stations. And I'm about to delete K-Rock. So I will be down to 11. It's pretty pathetic. The general state of music is general is pretty pathetic actually. I think K-Rock switched formats because there is no such thing as rock anymore. I don't know of any current "rock" bands, and there are already a bunch of shitty classic rock stations, so why not give us another teeny bopper hitzzz station? God forbid we are offered choices for alternative music, like Indie101 out in SoCal. Ridic. I'm making the switch to Satelite soon. There I can have non stop Jimmy Buffett and cussing.


By the way, how AWESOME is this kid?