Noticed a trend while driving 12 hours across the country...

[Lost In Xanadu]

Rock stations are dying.

 

Effing country taking over, stations I knew to be rock at one time are now country. I used a site called radio locator while my wife drove to find stations in the area... 1, maybe 2 rock stations in the list of dozens in the area. :(

 

Always liked the variety radio stations give, guess I have to connect the ipod

[Verena]

Things change but I dislike the idea of rock radio stations die.

 

I belong to the time where people/ bands are promoted this way. Hopefully some or few will last. We do need them.

[laughedatbytime]

Rock stations are dying.

 

Effing country taking over, stations I knew to be rock at one time are now country. I used a site called radio locator while my wife drove to find stations in the area... 1, maybe 2 rock stations in the list of dozens in the area. :(

 

Always liked the variety radio stations give, guess I have to connect the ipod

Sirius XM or bust.

[Lorraine]

It surprises me that country has so many fans.

[Lost In Xanadu]

Rock stations are dying.

 

Effing country taking over, stations I knew to be rock at one time are now country. I used a site called radio locator while my wife drove to find stations in the area... 1, maybe 2 rock stations in the list of dozens in the area. :(

 

Always liked the variety radio stations give, guess I have to connect the ipod

Sirius XM or bust.

#checkyourprivilege

[Lorraine]

Wait one minute.

 

You drove 12 hours across the country and didn't swing by to visit me?

Edited April 13, 2016 by Lorraine

[laughedatbytime]

It surprises me that country has so many fans.

It's what mainstream pop (the white part of it at least) was 20-30 years ago.

[Lost In Xanadu]

Wait one minute.

 

You drove 12 hours across the country and didn't swing by to visit me?

I went in the other direction :)

[Lorraine]

Wait one minute.

 

You drove 12 hours across the country and didn't swing by to visit me?

I went in the other direction :)

:o How insulting!!! :o

 

 

 

 

;)

[Tombstone Mountain]

It surprises me that country has so many fans.

A lot of people living between towns and cities. Country isn't really country anymore though.

[Chicken hawk]

Everything changes...not always for the good either!

[Ancient Ways]

We have at least 4 just here in Tampa. 97.1, 98.7, 97.9, 107.3

[HemiBeers]

I actually don't play the radio 99% of the time. Occasionally I'll pop in a CD or hook up the MPEG for really long drives. I enjoy the solitude of driving in quiet and all the music distracts me from the voices in my head.

[Boots]

Country isn't taking over. Pop and rap are.

[Lost In Xanadu]

Country isn't taking over. Pop and rap are.

not where we drove! Like 60% of the stations were country

[ILSnwdog]

Rock stations are dying.

 

Effing country taking over, stations I knew to be rock at one time are now country. I used a site called radio locator while my wife drove to find stations in the area... 1, maybe 2 rock stations in the list of dozens in the area. :(

 

Always liked the variety radio stations give, guess I have to connect the ipod

Sirius XM or bust.

[EagleMoon]

Pittsburgh still has a few rock stations and so does Cincinnati.

[x1yyz]

I had heard that radio in general was dying. (I personally haven't really listened to commercial radio for any length of time since the 80s.)

[The Analog Cub]

Country isn't taking over. Pop and rap are.

not where we drove! Like 60% of the stations were country

 

Did you drive through Iowa? Because then it would make sense.

 

We have a select few rock stations, one of which is the shitty grunge station, one is an awesome rock station that plays everything from the 60's to new stuff, and a "mommy rock" station where they play all the one hit wonders and Foreigner, and any song that has the word "damn" or "hell" in it gets bleeped out.

Edited April 14, 2016 by BowlCity

[Lost In Xanadu]

Pittsburgh still has a few rock stations and so does Cincinnati.

Yes, Cleveland had a number of them too.

[EagleMoon]

Pittsburgh still has a few rock stations and so does Cincinnati.

Yes, Cleveland had a number of them too.

 

Had or has?

[Chicken hawk]

Portland Maine has four country station

 

 

99.3 The Wolf

 

95.2 The Bone

 

WOKQ 97.5

 

WPOR 101.9

[Lost In Xanadu]

Pittsburgh still has a few rock stations and so does Cincinnati.

Yes, Cleveland had a number of them too.

 

Had or has?

Has... I used had because it did when I drove thru there :)

[Disk98]

We've got a few up here…93.5, 101.3, 104.3, and 107.1

[LittleRushmonkey]

The UK's radio stations seem to be devoted to crappy pop and rap music. The closest we get is the Bob Harris show which I don't like, although he did interview Steven Wilson last week which was cool :) .