Radio Stations you listen to

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Most of the local stuff around here is pretty shitty, here being Toronto. Typical rock radio crap, or top 40, etc.

 

So I did some searching online for anything better, and came across http://www.kexp.org/ which is not bad, an indie radio station based out of the Washington area. I'm getting the general feel that most of the ones that will be listed are ones that aren't local, but we'll see. It would be cool to find some new stuff, so I'm interested in what will be said.

 

So what do you listen to?

[Special K 0]

Small World.

 

All I listen to is KEXP. I live in Seattle, which is where it's based out of. It used to be the UW radio station KCMU, now It's affiliated with the Experience Music Project, so I assume Paul Allen bought it.

 

They have excellent hip-hop shows, have exposed me to some obscure bands that I now love like Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney.(they played a Blonde Redhead song and I immediately bought their album). The only thing I don't dig is some of the World Pop music, though you'll get some gems like Hedningarna and Sigur Ros or however you spell it.

 

I used to listen to 107.7 the End back in the good old days, and even recently, until they changed producers. Now all they play is Panic at the Disco and Angels and Airwaves and Coheed and Cambria and all that horrible shite.

 

(have you heard the new Coheed and Cambria song? it sounds like it should be on the warm station next to 'From a Distance' or 'I Hope you Dance')

 

Nonetheless, the end still has an excellent lunch hour, and some really good specialty shows, like their punk show Gabba Gabba Hey (which I think you can stream at any time)

[MrRant 0]

Occasionally 99.9 or 102.5. KISW though is starting to suck with the Men's Room and all the other bullshit.

[Darthtiki 0]

Are we talking AM or FM

 

In Sacramento:

KRXQ (Hard rock), KWOD (Alternative) if I'm feeling massochistic I'll hit KDND (Top 40)

 

In Los Angeles:

KROQ....frankly there is nothing beyond

[Star Ocean 3 0]

KROQ is only ok at noon, or at night, when they have Rodney on Sundays or that after hours remix stuff the rest of the time. What about Indie 103.1? I tried them but the reception is too bad for my broken car radio.

 

KCSN is the best classical station because they actually play modern music, instead of the same slosh you can hear anywhere.

[Darthtiki 0]

KROQ is only ok at noon, or at night, when they have Rodney on Sundays or that after hours remix stuff the rest of the time. What about Indie 103.1? I tried them but the reception is too bad for my broken car radio.

 

KCSN is the best classical station because they actually play modern music, instead of the same slosh you can hear anywhere.

 

I've heard of Indie, I'll give them a try when I move south next year

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

WBCN in the morning for Opie & Anthony (they've fucking grown on me, and Jimmy Norton is the man), and then randomly BCN throughout the day when I'm in the warehouse and not on the road. When I am on the road, it's my mp3 player on shuffle. It's fun listening to Zombie Apocalypse followed by Scatman John and then Frank Zappa with the fourth horsemen being Gorerotted.

[the max 0]

WBCN in the morning for Opie & Anthony (they've fucking grown on me, and Jimmy Norton is the man)

 

You've got the virus. Get a robe and some broth.

[Darthtiki 0]

WBCN in the morning for Opie & Anthony (they've fucking grown on me, and Jimmy Norton is the man)

 

You've got the virus. Get a robe and some broth.

 

I miss O&A...sadly I'm too poor to afford XM.

[NoCalMike 0]

FM - KDVS 90.3

92.1 - Best of the 80's

 

AM - 1320(Air America), 650(Conservative) 1140(Sports)

[skullman80 0]

Sirius Radio:

 

Hard Attack(Metal)

Octane(Rock)

Buzzsaw(Mix of old and new rock)

Howard 100 and 101(In the mornings during the week and on the way home from work)

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Radio sucks for music...

 

I listen to Sports Radio.

[treble 0]

WBCN in the morning for Opie & Anthony (they've fucking grown on me, and Jimmy Norton is the man)

 

You've got the virus. Get a robe and some broth.

No shit. I bought XM for the sports, but 90% of the time it seems like it's set to 202.

[the max 0]

xm rocks.

 

my first 10 presets are:

 

1- homeplate 176

2- home ice 204

3- high voltage 202 (wish they'd change that)

4- liquid metal 42

5- squizz 48 (wish they'd change this as well)

6- xm comedy XL 150

7- lucy 54

8- ethel 47

9- flight 26 26

10- top tracks 46

 

i have some on the other 20 presets, but i rarely leave the first 10.

[Red Baron 0]

Most of the local stuff around here is pretty shitty, here being Toronto. Typical rock radio crap, or top 40, etc.

 

So I did some searching online for anything better, and came across http://www.kexp.org/ which is not bad, an indie radio station based out of the Washington area. I'm getting the general feel that most of the ones that will be listed are ones that aren't local, but we'll see. It would be cool to find some new stuff, so I'm interested in what will be said.

 

So what do you listen to?

 

 

Agreed. Anything in Toronto is usually bad for radio...and driving.

[Scroby 0]

WBCN in the morning for Opie & Anthony (they've fucking grown on me, and Jimmy Norton is the man)

 

You've got the virus. Get a robe and some broth.

 

I miss O&A...sadly I'm too poor to afford XM.

You Can Stream Them

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

XM Presets on the ol' Roady XT

 

First Set - Music

1 Flight 26 (Modern Hits)

2 Lucy (Alternative Hits)

3 Fred (Classic Alternative)

4 Ethel (New Alternative)

5 XM Hitlist (Todays Hit Music)

6 20 on 20 (Top 20)

7 Squizz (New Hard Rock)

8 80s on 8

9 90s on 9

0 Big Tracks (Later Classic Rock)

 

I dont listen to anything on the Clear Channel Stations out of princple.

I dont know why I have 20 on 20 since 90% of the time Its not anything I like.

 

Second Set - Comedy/Sports

1 High Voltage (O&A, Ron and Fez)

2 XM Comedy 150 (Uncensored Comedy)

3 Laugh USA (Comedy)

4 Laugh Attack (A Lame Uncensored Comedy Channel for Canadians)

5 Fox Sports Radio

6 Sporting News Radio

7 ESPN Radio

8 Home Plate

9 Talk Radio 165 (mainly for Coast to Coast AM)

0 Oprah and Friends..er..just kidding

 

I hardly bother with the sports channels anymore though.

 

At work I end up listening to a channel called "the B". The morning show with Jeff Farrow (local only) is passable and somewhat funny (I miss O&A though), but I wish I could get permission to hook up my XM even if I know I wouldnt be able to listen to O&A. Id have to buy a $100 personal repeater to get a signal in the kitchen but Id do it in a heartbeat to avoid the repetiveness of crappy FM Radio.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

My XM presets (in no real particular order to my listening habits)

 

1 - Ethel 47

2 - xmComedy 150

3 - 90s on 9

4 - The System 82

5 - Audio Visions 77 (good for late night driving, it doesn't put me to sleep)

6 - High Voltage 202

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I don't know much about XM, from what I understand it's great quality but still the same shitty stuff you get on regular radio.

 

What principle do you avoid Clear Channel on?

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I don't know much about XM, from what I understand it's great quality but still the same shitty stuff you get on regular radio.

 

What principle do you avoid Clear Channel on?

 

Clear Channel runs a couple stations (Nashville!, KISS, Sunny, MIX) on XM and they air fucking commercials. I didnt get Sat Radio to hear commercials on the music channels.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

luckily it's rarely that i listen to those four channels. But I hear commercials on channels like 150 and 202, but they aren't very common, so it's not a big deal.

 

As far as "same shitty stuff", it really depends on the channel. That's why the System and Audio Visions inhabit my dial. I also did the jazz and blues channels.

[Darthtiki 0]

KROQ is only ok at noon, or at night, when they have Rodney on Sundays or that after hours remix stuff the rest of the time. What about Indie 103.1? I tried them but the reception is too bad for my broken car radio.

 

KCSN is the best classical station because they actually play modern music, instead of the same slosh you can hear anywhere.

 

I believe tonight's Rodney's 30th Anniversary show

[Elbarto997 0]

I listen to a ton of radio.

 

FM: 102.5 WDVE, 93.7 WRKZ (Another K-Rock station).

 

Sirius: A vast majority of the Rock and Comedy stations.

 

Internet Radio: 9412, Generation Rock Radio.

[Mecha Mummy 0]

Small World.

 

All I listen to is KEXP. I live in Seattle, which is where it's based out of. It used to be the UW radio station KCMU, now It's affiliated with the Experience Music Project, so I assume Paul Allen bought it.

 

They have excellent hip-hop shows, have exposed me to some obscure bands that I now love like Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney.(they played a Blonde Redhead song and I immediately bought their album). The only thing I don't dig is some of the World Pop music, though you'll get some gems like Hedningarna and Sigur Ros or however you spell it.

 

I used to listen to 107.7 the End back in the good old days, and even recently, until they changed producers. Now all they play is Panic at the Disco and Angels and Airwaves and Coheed and Cambria and all that horrible shite.

 

(have you heard the new Coheed and Cambria song? it sounds like it should be on the warm station next to 'From a Distance' or 'I Hope you Dance')

 

Nonetheless, the end still has an excellent lunch hour, and some really good specialty shows, like their punk show Gabba Gabba Hey (which I think you can stream at any time)

 

This is pretty much exactly what I would have typed up, except occasionally I listen to 89.5, which plays terrible dance music that I love for some reason, and 98.1, which is a classical station that I listen to when just looking for something relaxing to listen to.

 

Still, I listen to KEXP about 85% of the time and I too stopped listening to 107.7 except for on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings at just about the moment they put the Adam Carolla show on in the mornings and started playing mostly bands that sound like Fall Out Boy.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

KRBZ: The Alternative, Kansas City

 

Basically alternative rock, but without Papa Roach, Nickleback, Staind, and that crap. But there's a variety of good current music there too.

 

The current top 10 for 2006 on KRBZ-

 

Gold Lion, Tear You Apart, Crooked Teeth, All These Things, Steady as She Goes, Upside Down, Dani California, Every Day is Exactly the Same, Perfect Situation, Feel Good Inc

 

I used to listen to 107.7 the End back in the good old days, and even recently, until they changed producers. Now all they play is Panic at the Disco and Angels and Airwaves and Coheed and Cambria and all that horrible shite.

 

The End's program director (Lazlo) is the former program director for KRBZ.

 

PATD isn't being overplayed because of Lazlo, it's being overplayed because it's absurdly popular.

 

It's not like he's going mad with power and playing Billy Bragg, Iron & Wine, Morrissey B-sides, and Bob Mould. For all we know, he's probably cranked up the spins for Band of Horses too

 

And for reference to the Seattleans, his top 10 albums of CD

 

#1: FOO FIGHTERS - In Your Honor

Such a good record you don't need to listen to the second disc. Actually I suggest you don't.

#2: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Plans

Smart. Thoughtful. Passionate.

#3: NADA SURF - The Weight Is A Gift

Smart. Thoughtful. Passionate.

#4: AGAINST ME! - Searching For A Former Clarity

Smart. Thoughtful. Pissed.

#5: JACK JOHNSON - In Between Dreams

This guy just writes great songs. Are they simple? Perhaps. I hate hippies and I like this record.

#6: MOBY - Hotel

This record not being bigger almost made me lose faith in the world. Why people don't appreciate this guy is beyond me. I hate techno and love this record.

#7: COLDPLAY - X & Y

You say you hate them. You don't.

#8: JACK'S MANNEQUIN - Everything In Transit

" I'll look for work today

I'm spilling out the door

Put my glasses on

So no one sees me

I never thought that

I'd be living on your floor

But the rents are high

And LA's easy"

#9: WEEZER - Make Believe

It just felt good with the windows down and the volume up.

#10: RISE AGAINST - Siren Song Of The Counter Culture

Smart. Passionate. Pissed off.

 

And yeah, have the Jack Johnson spins went up in Seattle too?