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I only listen to Louisville stations in my car. My presets are: classical music, WFPK, NPR news, 95.7, 103.5, and 107.7. All suck most of the time. Fortunately, my car trips aren't long.
WFPK is wholesome and squeaky clean. They play bland ordinary music that would be acceptable at a Southern Baptist church picnic. Understandable, they are in part sponsored by christian organizations. Try this, just about every song can be accompanied with a tra-la-la-la...it fits! Superficial is maybe a more applicable word for WFPK.
95.7 and 107.7: basically hair rock; loud, fast, and hard. The guitar solos sound alike. Limited to themes about relationships. Perfect for Harley riding, white Southern macho guys.
103.5: oldies, the same 100 oldies over and over. Without exception the DJs talk over the beginning and ending of every song. Very annoying, especially when they have nothing interesting to say.
I only listen to WHAS-AM (Louisville's most popular) for info about severe weather. That station broadcasts right wingers just about 24 hours. Louisvillians apparently can't get enough about muslim, America-hating, terrorist hugging Obama and all those commie liberals. There is also a right wing station on FM as well.
Louisville's stations mention next to nothing about the local cultural scene.
At home I have my computer hooked to my stereo to listen to streaming radio from distant places.
I don't listen to country: I'm not a christian conservative xenophobe.
Even colleges in small towns have radio stations that play alternative music and maybe even news broadcasts. The U of L has no radio station. No one seems to know why. Even asking why is an unwelcome question.
The content of radio stations is done according to research (by Arbitron) so that the content is popular in any location. That would indicate the general mentality of Louisville.
I'm sure many locals dig Louisville radio stations. If anyone responds, please don't just label a station or program as 'good'. That doesn't say much.
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I only listen to Louisville stations in my car. My presets are: classical music, WFPK, NPR news, 95.7, 103.5, and 107.7. All suck most of the time. Fortunately, my car trips aren't long.
WFPK is wholesome and squeaky clean. They play bland ordinary music that would be acceptable at a Southern Baptist church picnic. Understandable, they are in part sponsored by christian organizations. Try this, just about every song can be accompanied with a tra-la-la-la...it fits! Superficial is maybe a more applicable word for WFPK.
95.7 and 107.7: basically hair rock; loud, fast, and hard. The guitar solos sound alike. Limited to themes about relationships. Perfect for Harley riding, white Southern macho guys.
103.5: oldies, the same 100 oldies over and over. Without exception the DJs talk over the beginning and ending of every song. Very annoying, especially when they have nothing interesting to say.
I only listen to WHAS-AM (Louisville's most popular) for info about severe weather. That station broadcasts right wingers just about 24 hours. Louisvillians apparently can't get enough about muslim, America-hating, terrorist hugging Obama and all those commie liberals. There is also a right wing station on FM as well.
Louisville's stations mention next to nothing about the local cultural scene.
At home I have my computer hooked to my stereo to listen to streaming radio from distant places.
I don't listen to country: I'm not a christian conservative xenophobe.
Even colleges in small towns have radio stations that play alternative music and maybe even news broadcasts. The U of L has no radio station. No one seems to know why. Even asking why is an unwelcome question.
The content of radio stations is done according to research (by Arbitron) so that the content is popular in any location. That would indicate the general mentality of Louisville.
I'm sure many locals dig Louisville radio stations. If anyone responds, please don't just label a station or program as 'good'. That doesn't say much.
I listen to 96.5 a little and all they play is Lil Wayne or folks who sound like him.
The radio stations in most cities now suck anyway and Louisville is no exception.
Some radio station ideas I have;
- Old-school hip-hop station (late 80s-early 90s)
- 90s rock.
Personally, I just burn CDs rather than listen to radio and mom just bought a Lexus which has Sat. radio.
Not really sure what you're looking for but in the meantime give 88.1 WNAS a try. As the call letters indicate, it comes out of New Albany High School.
If you want variety you'll find it there. You'll hear Metallica back to back with Hank Williams Sr then on to Barry Manilow. As I type this they just went from MC Hammer to the DixieChicks.
It's fun to listen to high school kids doing radio and best of all it's commercial free. Oh, they take requests too.
Not really sure what you're looking for but in the meantime give 88.1 WNAS a try. As the call letters indicate, it comes out of New Albany High School.
If you want variety you'll find it there. You'll hear Metallica back to back with Hank Williams Sr then on to Barry Manilow. As I type this they just went from MC Hammer to the DixieChicks.
It's fun to listen to high school kids doing radio and best of all it's commercial free. Oh, they take requests too.
For a high school station they certainly provide more variety than any of the established stations. I listened fairly regularly until about two years ago. I noticed they packed in more country recently.
I still prefer streaming college stations.
WMBR.org
from MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
WNUR.org
from Northwestern University in Evanston by Chicago.
WZRD
Northeastern University in Chicago.
I don't listen to the radio i have a good car stereo it has a usb jack so i use a thumb drive with mp3s i like.If you have a smart phone iheartradio and tunein raido apps will let you listen to any radio station in the usa pretty much.
I only listen to Louisville stations in my car. My presets are: classical music, WFPK, NPR news, 95.7, 103.5, and 107.7. All suck most of the time. Fortunately, my car trips aren't long.
WFPK is wholesome and squeaky clean. They play bland ordinary music that would be acceptable at a Southern Baptist church picnic. Understandable, they are in part sponsored by christian organizations. Try this, just about every song can be accompanied with a tra-la-la-la...it fits! Superficial is maybe a more applicable word for WFPK.
95.7 and 107.7: basically hair rock; loud, fast, and hard. The guitar solos sound alike. Limited to themes about relationships. Perfect for Harley riding, white Southern macho guys.
103.5: oldies, the same 100 oldies over and over. Without exception the DJs talk over the beginning and ending of every song. Very annoying, especially when they have nothing interesting to say.
I only listen to WHAS-AM (Louisville's most popular) for info about severe weather. That station broadcasts right wingers just about 24 hours. Louisvillians apparently can't get enough about muslim, America-hating, terrorist hugging Obama and all those commie liberals. There is also a right wing station on FM as well.
Louisville's stations mention next to nothing about the local cultural scene.
At home I have my computer hooked to my stereo to listen to streaming radio from distant places.
I don't listen to country: I'm not a christian conservative xenophobe.
Even colleges in small towns have radio stations that play alternative music and maybe even news broadcasts. The U of L has no radio station. No one seems to know why. Even asking why is an unwelcome question.
The content of radio stations is done according to research (by Arbitron) so that the content is popular in any location. That would indicate the general mentality of Louisville.
I'm sure many locals dig Louisville radio stations. If anyone responds, please don't just label a station or program as 'good'. That doesn't say much.
Man...have you been to any other city lately? Clearchannel Radio controls something like 80% of nationwide stations....so virtually every city has the same stuff and it mostly sucks! Still, your analysis of WFPK is just way off and your continued hatred, rants, and spew, against the south, white people, men, and "mainstream" society makes me wonder about you sometimes.
That said, in some regards I DO agree with what you say. As a Middle Eastern American who has lived all over, I can tell you radio stinks all over the natio, with the few and rare exception of some liberal arts college stations in MAJOR metros. You will not find any of the stations you mentioned outside the likes of Chicago, Boston, etc.
Feel lucky Louisville has WFPK and even, WNAS. Many cities in middle america of Louisville's size do not have any such station. You really need to invest in satatellite radio....no one listens to AM/FM dials anymore.
That's a great observation about UL not having a channel. I had never thought of it, but it certainly doesn't surprise me.
I've been somewhat impressed with how 107.7 has been able to turn around their station. SFR was getting unbearable with the same 5 songs.
I have completely stopped listening to 840. It used to be all that I listened to, however I CAN NOT STAND MANDY. Francene was enjoyable but someone really screwed up with her replacement.
For the most part the only thing that I listen to anymore are podcasts. There are no commercials, I pick what I want to listen to, and I can fast forward and rewind. I wouldn't be surprised if radio goes the way of newspaper at the end of this decade.
UL does have a station, WUOL, the classical outlet is so far as I'm aware, still licensed to the university even though programming is controlled by the Public Radio Partnership. They chose to go that route instead of the more common college station diverse format. The partnership was instituted some years ago to streamline public programming in the market and to lower operating costs.
UL does have a station, WUOL, the classical outlet is so far as I'm aware, still licensed to the university even though programming is controlled by the Public Radio Partnership. They chose to go that route instead of the more common college station diverse format. The partnership was instituted some years ago to streamline public programming in the market and to lower operating costs.
Thank you.......thought I had lost my mind there for a while! I remember listening to WUOL and esp. remember some of the "oops moments" by student "hosts" who weren't always knowledgeable.......back before we had cell phones and could call in to tell them they were playing Mahler not Mozart.........(ok, it wasn't quite that bad!)
Man...have you been to any other city lately? Clearchannel Radio controls something like 80% of nationwide stations....so virtually every city has the same stuff and it mostly sucks! Still, your analysis of WFPK is just way off and your continued hatred, rants, and spew, against the south, white people, men, and "mainstream" society makes me wonder about you sometimes.
That said, in some regards I DO agree with what you say. As a Middle Eastern American who has lived all over, I can tell you radio stinks all over the natio, with the few and rare exception of some liberal arts college stations in MAJOR metros. You will not find any of the stations you mentioned outside the likes of Chicago, Boston, etc.
Feel lucky Louisville has WFPK and even, WNAS. Many cities in middle america of Louisville's size do not have any such station. You really need to invest in satatellite radio....no one listens to AM/FM dials anymore.
I already described WFPK in the OP. It's bland, lifeless, and mind numbing.
Other cities have college stations that play music which is out-of-the-ordinary.
I provided some examples in a post.
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