why are Seattle's radio stations so terrible? (car, best)

[thatguy950]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Well bummer. I was really digging 98.9 when it was rock.
I wish rock stations would stick around longer. Funky Monkey was awesome back in the day.

-Mike

The Monkey 104.9 was the GOAT

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

Well bummer. I was really digging 98.9 when it was rock.
I wish rock stations would stick around longer. Funky Monkey was awesome back in the day.

-Mike

sounds like a Zoo

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Originally Posted by thatguy950

The Monkey 104.9 was the GOAT

sounds like a Zoo

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Well bummer. I was really digging 98.9 when it was rock.
I wish rock stations would stick around longer. Funky Monkey was awesome back in the day.

-Mike

Get an HD radio - a number of stations have two or more digital "rock" channels: 96.5 JACK FM/KJAQ HD2, KZOK/KZOK HD2, HOT 103.7/The Mountain 103.7 HD2, for instance.

[CrazyDonkey]

For a trip down memory lane, check out The KRAB (once at 107.7 FM) Audio Archives: KRAB-FM, Seattle - Audio Archive Main Menu

[thatguy950]

Well anonymous it looks like someone listened, 102.9 is now a smooth Jazz Station, just tuned in last night and heard it

[Neerwhal]

Originally Posted by jakebarnes

I only listen to JACK FM or a streaming service. I gave up on radio years ago. I am not a fan of the morning shows, non stop babbling. I did like C89 when I was younger but I don't enjoy the newer dance music.

I was recently in Detroit and they had a JACK type station that played r&B and funk classics, which was cool.

Am I the only person on here who's not a shill for Jack FM? It always struck me as the most commercial, cynical, and ridiculous concept for radio. If I wanted an infinite loop of "Top hits from the 80's, 90's, and today!" I could make one on my iTunes playlist. I don't mind it but really, that is the standard for radio for you guys?

101.5 and 106.9 are both Christmas right now but they must get play, and they are classic and contemporary soft pop. 106.1 is soft pop and soft rock. So there you have 4 stations with light top 40. Then you have 93.3 for more modern soft rock / pop. You literally have five stations all playing soft rock and pop.

KEXP and KBCS each play a very wide variety of music styles for modern music audiences.

C89.5 plays electronic music. Sorry you don't like modern electronic, but they do have Save the Wave on Thursday mornings.

102.5, 99.9, 107.7 are three rock stations, the latter two of which play modern and classic rock, the first of which plays a broad range of classic rock.

For R&B you have classics at 103.7, you have modern R&B at 104.9 from Tacoma (new KUBE). 92.5 plays what I'll refer to broadly as "white person hip hop".

We have at least three clear country music stations as well.

Finally, for classics you have 97.3 (really old mainstream), 95.7 (old mainstream), and 102.5 (old, but still rock).

88.5 has a great jazz selection.

And then you have like... so. many. other. stations.

Everyone I meet in real life appreciates the variety we have here and all the new music available. But then, most people I meet are under 50. The vast majority are under 40. And yes, I have been out of Seattle. Many times. Every year.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

For a trip down memory lane, check out The KRAB (once at 107.7 FM) Audio Archives: KRAB-FM, Seattle - Audio Archive Main Menu

KRAB is the station I mentioned near the beginning of the thread, but I'd forgotten its call letters. It's good to see that some of the programming can still be accessed. I knew the co-founder, who came back from a trip to India to find that volunteers and an interim manager had gone nuts in his absence, signing a contract for an illegal expansion of the facility, that contributed to the demise of the place down in a resulting lawsuit. Crazy story, very sad to lose a great station like that, due to weird staff politics and general stupidity.

[Adrian71]

I listened to KZOK quite a bit when we first moved out here. But it seems like the playlist has narrowed over the years -- either that, or I'm just burned out on hearing the same five songs from Steve Miller, Tom Petty, and Zeppelin over and over.

Aside from the Bonaduce show in the morning, they also seem to be focusing less on on-air personalities. Gary Crow and Stacy Ireland made listening a fun, localized, personalized experience. Now they're both gone (without any explanation; they just vanished) and there seems to be less DJ patter and more pre-recorded bumps right into and out of the music. At some point, they might as well just do away with the on-air talent and have someone push a button to start the playlist. That would probably please the shareholders, anyway.

About the only thing I still listen to on the FM dial is KEXP.

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

KRAB is the station I mentioned near the beginning of the thread, but I'd forgotten its call letters. It's good to see that some of the programming can still be accessed. I knew the co-founder, who came back from a trip to India to find that volunteers and an interim manager had gone nuts in his absence, signing a contract for an illegal expansion of the facility, that brought the place down in a resulting lawsuit. Crazy story, very sad to lose a great station like that, due to weird staff politics and general stupidity.

Lorenzo Milam, "the Johnny Appleseed of community radio".

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