why are Seattle's radio stations so terrible? (Republic: homes, tax)

[thatguy950]

Seriously, back in Seattle after time away and you realize how awful the radio is here (FM radio, music). Out of all the big and small cities I've been over the last couple years, they have to be the worst collectively. Morning and afternoon talk on some of them? Come on.... The music selection is generic, repetitive, and way too heavy on the same 5 Nirvana songs it seems. I know a lot of them are run by national broadcasting groups, but really compared to LA, Miami, Phoenix, hell even Sacramento and WICHITA have better musical selection without the endless "drivetime talk" BS on half the stations.

What say CD?

[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.

[Scrat335]

Originally Posted by thatguy950

Seriously, back in Seattle after time away and you realize how awful the radio is here (FM radio, music). Out of all the big and small cities I've been over the last couple years, they have to be the worst collectively. Morning and afternoon talk on some of them? Come on.... The music selection is generic, repetitive, and way too heavy on the same 5 Nirvana songs it seems. I know a lot of them are run by national broadcasting groups, but really compared to LA, Miami, Phoenix, hell even Sacramento and WICHITA have better musical selection without the endless "drivetime talk" BS on half the stations.

What say CD?

It's not about what you want. It's about what the shareholders want. Get used to it.

[bloom]

The classical station seems good. 98.1

[homesinseattle]

A few good options for you:


KEXP 90.3, great station, super variety: KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters

C89.5, solid EDM and dance music: C89.5 | Seattle's Home For Dance!

KING 98.1, very good listener supported classical music: KING FM 98.1 - Classic Radio Inc.

Hot 103.7, good throwbacks: Hot 103.7 Seattle | 100% Throwbacks

[Blondebaerde]

Originally Posted by thatguy950

Seriously, back in Seattle after time away and you realize how awful the radio is here (FM radio, music). Out of all the big and small cities I've been over the last couple years, they have to be the worst collectively. Morning and afternoon talk on some of them? Come on.... The music selection is generic, repetitive, and way too heavy on the same 5 Nirvana songs it seems. I know a lot of them are run by national broadcasting groups, but really compared to LA, Miami, Phoenix, hell even Sacramento and WICHITA have better musical selection without the endless "drivetime talk" BS on half the stations.

What say CD?

I listened to Seattle morning and afternoon radio for a decade at least during long commutes, in the 2000s. Mostly the talk that you eschew, but also some NPR (oh wait, same thing) until it became obvious the latter (is, was) enemy propaganda being paid for by my tax dollars: anti-church, anti-Israel, anti-Republican, pro-Iran, pro-terrorism, etc. They need to stick to skits from Prairie Home Companion, things seem much simpler in St. Paul I guess.

AM-side, highlight in mid-day is bay far Michael Medved, Yale educated debater extraordinaire who never met a retarded far-Left argument he couldn't skewer with his scathing intellect.

Gone too soon, past five years, is Ben Shapiro. He's had a bad run in various venues including fleeing from Breitbart. Hope he finds a place to land to be successful. Somehow, I don't think it will be Berkeley, CA.

They change up the commenters every year or so, for some dumbass reason. Does that actually help halt ratings declines, temporarily? Just as I'm beginning to know a David Boze or Todd Hermann, off they go. That's just stupid.

Radio is obviously a dying medium on the AM dial: my two fav Seattle stations are filled with infomercials about crackpot annuities, crackpot ForeEx day trading on the arbitrages that briefly occur, crackpot "house flipping" unbelievable BS, and crackpot bee pollen cures for male impotence up to and including cancer. Those are the weekends. I remember when those same weekends were filled with the likes of Kim Komando, 'Stump the Professor,' and more. Now it's reruns and the infomercials. They're obviously dead broke, running ads for old people since that seems to be the only demographic that calls into Dr. Mixon's "Longevity Clinic" or whatever it is he's selling from 7-9am.

So I mostly stream podcasts from my smartphone to the head unit on either care. Which is the opposite of real, spontaneous radio, thus about one step from me rather enjoying the "song of silence" instead.

Music? I on rare occasion listen to two stations on FM, one or both of which OP probably listens to and doesn't like. Can't be helped.

Ten more years, I wonder if half of it won't be gone, it's obviously a dying medium from one end of the dial to the other.

[Hemlock140]

I listen some to both of the sports radio stations at times, but for music I find the cost of Sirius to be well worth it for very little talk and no commercials, and many great choices of music. After the first year I have never paid the full amount, I just call and tell them to cancel and they always offer a good discount. I also listen to music on my phone but there isn't enough storage available. One day I'll take the time to copy my old favorite CDs onto a USB drive and use that.

[daberkow]

Originally Posted by homesinseattle

A few good options for you:


KEXP 90.3, great station, super variety: KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters

C89.5, solid EDM and dance music: C89.5 | Seattle's Home For Dance!

KING 98.1, very good listener supported classical music: KING FM 98.1 - Classic Radio Inc.

Hot 103.7, good throwbacks: Hot 103.7 Seattle | 100% Throwbacks

Great info here, however I will say I love Hot 103.7 but they need to add more songs to the catalog- I could probably name everything they play in a day!

[franklin42]

What's a radio?

[HuskyDawg]

91.3 KBCS plays some good stuff depending on what you're into.