Radio is dead. KBCO sucks. The Peak sucks. KTCL sucks.
Matt Hicks
KTCL was a great one. KBCO had a policy at the time of not playing the same
song (might even have been the same album) in any 24-hour period. KTCL was
the embodiment of eclecticism: one morning I heard them play Bach followed
by the Sex Pistols. It was easy to get exposure to a variety of interesting
and inventive music, and I heard enough tracks from most albums to determine
whether the album as a whole was worth buying.
Now I get the singles, period. Well, that's not quite accurate: now I get
the singles ad nauseum. Everyone plays the same thing and they play it over
and over and over and ... Everything is "new music" until the next single is
released, even if they've already been playing the "new music" for a month
and a half. There isn't any truly new music to be heard.
I just called KTCL to request one of their lunch-hour phone sets. I
requested two songs that they used to play fairly frequently and one song
from an album that they played other songs from in the past. Denied! The DJ
said he couldn't play them, that they were "too rough" for the lunch hour
and that "there are a lot of old people out there" who would be turned off
by them. I just turned 31, am a professional technical writer, and my most
radical piece of apparel is an earring, but I appreciate music with an edge
and energy to it, as I sometimes appreciate more subdued pieces. All I
really ask for is variety and an acknowledgement that there are millions of
songs worth hearing, that just because a group has released a new album
doesn't mean that their older material ceases to exist, that at least a few
of us have memories that go back more than a month.
I wish I had the money to start my own radio station. It would probably fail
because the masses want to hear the latest crap from the RHCP or Dave
Matthews every ten minutes. But I've never had any respect for the masses
anyway. It never ceases to amaze me that given the chance to request a song,
most people will blow the opportunity and request something that they would
hear anyway if they just listened for an hour or so. Anyway, I guess I'm
going to have to figure out if and when KGNU plays stuff I like, and do my
radio listening in those time periods.
Is there a station I'm missing? Is anyone playing a good mix of old and new,
popular and obscure? Is anyone thumbing their noses at the record companies
and playing the songs they like when they want to play them? Or do the
bleating sheep so outnumber people like me that it's just not worthwhile for
anyone to buck the trend? Where do people go to find new music outside the
mainstream? Who's rattling the cage?
I like really like music and I'm just really depressed about this whole
situation. I find some solace in my CD collection, but I want to be able to
add new titles to it and I no longer have a good source for prospective
additions. I can't afford to buy randomly in the hopes of finding a
gem. Help!
-Matt Hicks
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PKD
ma...@unidata.ucar.edu ( wrote:
>When I moved here over ten years ago, KBCO was a decent radio station and
>KTCL was a great one. KBCO had a policy at the time of not playing the same
>song (might even have been the same album) in any 24-hour period. KTCL was
>the embodiment of eclecticism: one morning I heard them play Bach followed
>by the Sex Pistols. It was easy to get exposure to a variety of interesting
>and inventive music, and I heard enough tracks from most albums to determine
>whether the album as a whole was worth buying.
>
>Now I get the singles, period. Well, that's not quite accurate: now I get
>the singles ad nauseum. Everyone plays the same thing and they play it over
>and over and over and ... Everything is "new music" until the next single is
>released, even if they've already been playing the "new music" for a month
>and a half. There isn't any truly new music to be heard.
<snip>
I think you must have been listening in on a conversation I had last night. We were
saying the exact same thing. What has happened to KTCL? They used to be an
incredible radio station. This depresses me too.
I actually sometimes listen to the top 40 station now because I hear songs played
less often there than the "Alternative" (what a joke!) stations. The situation is
grim. Too bad the CU radio station doesn't have a transmitter. I have a feeling
that they could really be successful given the current radio situation. You used to
be able to get them in via your cable television. There was some kind of splitter
that went from the cable hookup to your stereo. Does anyone know if this is still
possible?
I hope the station program directors are "listening" in on this conversation, and if
you are, for your listeners' sake, stop catering to the masses. Play something
different for a change. And whatever you do, stop playing Ilanas Moreset (sp?) and
Hootie.
Excellent new topic Matt.
Paula
cc: KTCL
Hans L'Orange
hit-or-miss situtation or it can get too mellow sometimes.
Just wanted to add the additional comment that I think playlists are the
biggest change and biggest drag on new music. 10 or even 20 years ago (with
KTCL) the DJ's picked their sets. That meant that their interests shined
through and you learned that one person liked more jazz, another more
blues and so on. Their sets reflected their personalities and the
music was truely diverse. History as far as I know but I hope someone will
correct me and point me to a station I can listen to all day that is
really diverse and interesting.
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Matt Hicks
>I don't have an answer except KGNU and KUNC but even there you have a
>hit-or-miss situtation or it can get too mellow sometimes.
>Just wanted to add the additional comment that I think playlists are the
>biggest change and biggest drag on new music. 10 or even 20 years ago (with
>KTCL) the DJ's picked their sets. That meant that their interests shined
>through and you learned that one person liked more jazz, another more
>blues and so on. Their sets reflected their personalities and the
>music was truely diverse.
Yes, yes, yes! Exactly! It was wonderful. People played cuts from their
personal collections. And yes, you did get to learn a little about the DJs
from what they played. And think about it: They made their selections
because of the appeal the songs had for them; wouldn't those songs also tend
to appeal to others? And wouldn't you have a better chance of appealing to
people's sensibilities through diversity, rather than the droning enforced
sameness that now reigns?
Listening to the radio today is like eating the same thing for dinner every
night: "Oh, god, not spaghetti again."
Ilana Stern
Periodicity: about 7 months.
Courtesy DejaNews:
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Subject: KBCO-opinions?
From: le...@henge.com (Len Taylor)
Date: 1995/07/15
MessageID: 3u8jb8$d...@henge2.henge.com#1/1
newsgroups: boulder.general
Anyone else feel that KBCO has gone downhill?
Ever since a lot of thier perople went over to the Peak the quality of
the programming and especially the quality of the DJ's have gone
downhill and the station seems to have become less unique and
therefore just another station on the dial.
The loss of local ownership and the loss of staff seems to me to be a
blow to radio programming in the Boulder area.
----
Matt Hicks
>What, you just noticed?
No, it just occurred to me that I might find some sympathetic (or not) souls
here. Or some alternatives. KBCO went to hell years ago. KTCL has slid into
the sewer over the last couple of years. It happens to the best stations, I
suppose, but one hopes that struggling new stations will pop up that will
have the kind of energy that makes radio worth listening to. So far this
market seems to be barren ground.
>Periodicity: about 7 months.
>Courtesy DejaNews:
>----
>Subject: KBCO-opinions?
>From: le...@henge.com (Len Taylor)
>Date: 1995/07/15
>MessageID: 3u8jb8$d...@henge2.henge.com#1/1
>newsgroups: boulder.general
>Anyone else feel that KBCO has gone downhill?
>Ever since a lot of thier perople went over to the Peak the quality of
>the programming and especially the quality of the DJ's have gone
>downhill and the station seems to have become less unique and
>therefore just another station on the dial.
Well, KBCO went down the tubes 6 or 7 years ago. If they got worse after the
Peak people left then I can't imagine how they manage to stay on the air.
>The loss of local ownership and the loss of staff seems to me to be a
>blow to radio programming in the Boulder area.
What the loss of local ownership really means is the loss of
independence. If a station was purchased by a music-loving individual from
anywhere, things might get better, but as long as they are purchased by
conglomerates concerned only with the bottom line they are just going to get
worse. It's far safer for some humorless MBA in an expensive suit to wedge a
station into some formula than it is for them to let the people who might
actually care about the music (although I doubt that a lot of the DJs
actually give a rats ass) any flexibility in what they play. God knows we
can't risk music offending anyone or stirring things up.
Everything that is good about rock starts in some pocket of the
counterculture and then gets appropriated and subverted by corporate
America. The recent pseudo-punk pseudo-revival (a.k.a. Greenday) provided a
glimmer of hope, but it all turned out to be so sanitized and commercialized
that I don't think it's going to have any impact on the status quo. Heh,
heh, heh, punk in heavy rotation. Oh, the irony. Ah well, that's about all
the waxing philosophical that I have time for.
Jochen Grauer
jazz ( not elevator music) and doesn't play the same song in the same day
if even in the same week or month. If you go to summit county try 102.7
(The Mountain). The play the big hits but infrequently and with a lot of
different stuff. I totally agree that KBCO and KTCL used to be good and
suck now. That's why I only listen to jazz in the metro area.
Jochen Grauer
Vote Libertarian
Bob Campbell
>When I moved here over ten years ago, KBCO was a decent radio station and
>KTCL was a great one.
Hell, it wasn't even that long ago; I came here in the fall of '90, and
KTCL won my heart immediately. Now its sucks. Just plain sucks. It
truly is a tragedy that it got bought out.
Which is really the heart of the problem; the obscure (read: alternative)
went mainstream.
I guess we just got caught in a white-bread undertow.
--
Bob Campbell
Todd Bradley
: When I moved here over ten years ago, KBCO was a decent radio station and
: KTCL was a great one.
That's for sure. KTCL used to rock! About the time they
got rid of Sam Ferrara, they went downhill quick.
: I wish I had the money to start my own radio station.
If you need a DJ, give me a call. I've been wanting to start
my own radio station for about 6 years since all the ones within
my reception range SUCK.
: It would probably fail
: because the masses want to hear the latest crap from the RHCP or Dave
: Matthews every ten minutes.
And if I hear Hootie and the Blowfish one more time, I'm likely
to go nonlinear.
: It never ceases to amaze me that given the chance to request a song,
: most people will blow the opportunity and request something that they would
: hear anyway if they just listened for an hour or so.
You mean you haven't figured that scam out yet? Whenever you
hear a listener make a request, it's not live. They take dozens
of calls an hour, record them all, and then when it's time to
play one of the songs a requester wants they play back that
particular tape loop. How else would the DJ be able to 1) have
that exact song cued up so quickly and 2) censor foul-mouthed
or boring individuals (or those who request a song that ISN'T
on the pre-determined playlist)?
: Is there a station I'm missing? Is anyone playing a good mix of old and new,
: popular and obscure? Is anyone thumbing their noses at the record companies
: and playing the songs they like when they want to play them? Or do the
: bleating sheep so outnumber people like me that it's just not worthwhile for
: anyone to buck the trend? Where do people go to find new music outside the
: mainstream? Who's rattling the cage?
There are no good radio stations in the area. Face it. There
is so many millions of dollars to be made in the adult-oriented,
so-called-alternative market in the Denver area that it's just
not good business sense to start any other kind of radio station.
: I like really like music and I'm just really depressed about this whole
: situation. I find some solace in my CD collection, but I want to be able to
: add new titles to it and I no longer have a good source for prospective
: additions. I can't afford to buy randomly in the hopes of finding a
: gem. Help!
Send me some email and I'll give you some recommendations. I have
had good luck buying CDs based on reviews in Future Music magazine,
alt.fan.frank-zappa, and rec.music.industrial.
Todd.
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The Evil Anti-Fabio
Matt Hicks <ma...@unidata.ucar.edu> wrote:
>When I moved here over ten years ago, KBCO was a decent radio station and
>
>Now I get the singles, period. Well, that's not quite accurate: now I get
>the singles ad nauseum. Everyone plays the same thing and they play it over
>and over and over and ... Everything is "new music" until the next single is
>released, even if they've already been playing the "new music" for a month
>and a half. There isn't any truly new music to be heard.
>
>because the masses want to hear the latest crap from the RHCP or Dave
>Matthews every ten minutes.
Good lord! At last, someone has finally broken the silence publicly!
HEY KTCL!!! YOU SUCK!!!
I can't count the number of conversations I've had, with people of
various ages, backgrounds, tastes, and personality disorders who ALL
AGREE THAT KTCL SUCKS. It wasn't always this way.
Yes, there was a time when you could count on tuning in, any time of
the day or night, and finding something fun-weird-cool-funky-new or
long forgotten playing on KTCL. We knew the DJ's voices and attitudes,
likes and dislikes, personal faves and hated tracks.
KTCL recently changed ownership, and although it had been slipping
before, suddenly plummetted to new lows of playlist driven drivel!
I would love to have the opportunity to slap their program director
open-handed across the mouth. They've ruined the only truely unique
outlet for breaking underground music the front range ever had.
FREE CLUES FOR KTCL:
Dave Matthews: Enough already. Please have mercy. No one but his
mom and high-school buddies will buy this albumn.
Blues Traveller: AIIIIIGH!!! We can't TAKE any more DAMNNED HARMONICA!
Hootie: Just say NO!! Wonderbread has more flavor!!! STOP!
The Pretenders: I know I may be offending some fans, but it's high
time that Chrissy Hynde's whiny, annoying voice stopped
being a staple of KTCL's daily show. Whoever keeps
shoving "Brass in Pocket" down our throats should be
throttled with their own tie...GO "Back to Ohio!"
Joe Jackson: See above. What are you thinking? Too much of a bad thing.
Alanais Morisette, Green Day, Offspring, Oasis, etc. ad naseum:
Get over it! We can here this on EVERY OTHER STATION TOO.
If the KTCL DJ's had any integrity whatsoever, they would quit in
protest of the bile they're paid to play. KTCL has an email
address, and has been reading listener mail on air during their
morning show for weeks. I'd bet 95% of their solicited responses
are of the "quit sucking, dammit!" nature.
Jonathan Corbet
Sigh...it *would* be nice to have the old KTCL back...
Along these lines, anybody know what happened to "92X"? They were at 92.1
or so. They were heavily generation X ("no dead guys") but I enjoyed
tuning them in anyway; they had one of the more imaginative playlists
around. All of a sudden they seem to have gone soft rock and are
unlistenable. Sigh again.
Nonetheless, I take comfort in KGNU which, when they are in good form, are
by far the best there is on the front range. You just have to tune in at
the right times.
jon
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Timothy Buczak . KGNU
: Ilana Stern <il...@ncar.ucar.edu> writes:
: >What, you just noticed?
: No, it just occurred to me that I might find some sympathetic (or not) souls
: here. Or some alternatives. KBCO went to hell years ago. KTCL has slid into
: the sewer over the last couple of years. It happens to the best stations, I
: suppose, but one hopes that struggling new stations will pop up that will
: have the kind of energy that makes radio worth listening to. So far this
: market seems to be barren ground.
You just might want to try KGNU. (88.5 in Boulder, 99.9 in Fort Collins)
KGNU is an alternative. It plays everything from: Reggae, Hip Hop, Acoustic,
Rap, Techno, Jungle, Afro-Pop, Honky-Tonk, and gosh... even punk.
I think it takes some getting use to and knowing when things are
on. But I think it's well worth it, considering the bland ness of
commercial radio.
My taste in music is very broad, so that's why I like KGNU programming.
Plus, if you don't like what's on. You can always take a DJ class
and start doing some shows.
Later.
Tim.
Kim McCleskey
>Too bad the CU radio station doesn't have a transmitter. I have a feeling
>that they could really be successful given the current radio situation.
> You used to be able to get them in via your cable television. There was
>some kind of splitter that went from the cable hookup to your stereo.
>Does anyone know if this is still possible?
Thank you! We are working on getting a transmitter, the money is
slowly but surely coming in. Maybe in a year or two. But until
then, you can once again get us off campus via cable radio at
102.1 FM. If you don't have a cable splitter, you can come by
our office in the UMC, room 41-J and get one from us. We almost
always have some on hand, and they are free.
Right now, the top 10 albums at KUCB are:
1. Psychic TV -- Trip Reset (Cleopatra)
2. Cardigans -- Life (Minty Fresh)
3. Man or Astroman -- Deluxe Men in Space (Touch and Go)
4. Ruby -- Salt Peter (Work/Creation)
5. Aisha Kandisha -- Shabeesation (Rykodisc)
6. Various -- Trip Hop Test II (Moonshine)
7. Ministry -- Filth Pig (Warner)
8. Various -- Saturday Morning Cartoons (MCA)
9. Low -- Transmission (Vernon Yard)
10. My Dying Bride -- Angel and Dark River (Fierce)
Not too bad, I think. And the DJs love taking requests because
it proves someone is listening. The request line is 492-KUCB.
Kim
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Todd Bradley
: Thank you! We are working on getting a transmitter, the money is
: slowly but surely coming in. Maybe in a year or two.
Kim, nothing personal, but that's the same situation as when
I was a CU student 10 years ago. The "year or two" isn't any
closer. Probably 3 or 4 sets of management have come and
gone since I first heard that, but I haven't seen any improve-
ment.
Todd.
Erik Johnson
over at KGNU (jungle, techno, ambient), but the management is very conservative and afraid
to allow for regular programs.
The only salvation I see (when not in the car) is the internet. Already, you can get AM
quality talk radio. As bandwidth increases to be able to handle music, I think that their
will be loads of variety available to handle *any* taste. There is also the somewhat
expensive digital sound (sorta like cable radio) where you get great music on something
like 70 channels with no interruptions ever. But that just isn't feasible for most of
us. So for the moment, your stuck.
Chris Yoder
In article <4h57q4$h...@ncar.ucar.edu>, PKD <pau...@ncar.ucar.edu> wrote:
:I think you must have been listening in on a conversation I had last night. We were
:saying the exact same thing. What has happened to KTCL? They used to be an
:incredible radio station. This depresses me too.
I can tell you exactly what happened to KTCL. JCore
Communications, the same media giant that owns 8 other radio stations in
the Denver Area, bought it.
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Kim McCleskey
>Kim McCleskey (mc...@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
>: Thank you! We are working on getting a transmitter, the money is
>: slowly but surely coming in. Maybe in a year or two.
>Kim, nothing personal, but that's the same situation as when
>I was a CU student 10 years ago. The "year or two" isn't any
>closer.
>Todd.
Actually, we are getting money in student fees (which has
always been the main barrier to getting a transmitter - no
money). We should have about $400,000 in another two years,
and are setting up options so that if a station becomes
available we can move as quickly as possible. I've been at
the station for close to 7 years now, and in the last two
years we've moved greatly forward on the transmitter. We
have the support of UCSU, also a fairly new situation.
Now, we do have to wait until a station becomes available
(since the FCC is not allowing any new frequencies to be
opened in the Denver/Metro area), but with the referendum
money and the great support we are getting from UCSU and
the Tri-Executives, hopefully we'll be in a position to
move on a station the minute we find out about it.
When I started at the station in 1989, nothing at all was
being done to get a transmitter. The people who even
talked about it did nothing _but_ talk. Today we are in
a totally different position. Right now, truly, the only
thing holding us back is the fact that no AM stations in
the area are up for sale. I never believed it would happen
either. Imagine my shock when we almost bought a station
last summer. That's the closest we've ever been and it was
only scuttled by the suddeness of it all -- we'd barely
finished getting the referendum passed when suddenly we
had to move immediately. Things fell through for several
other reasons as well, but we've worked out a plan of action
for the next time, and won't get passed by again.
Trust me, the students involved in the station aren't just
sitting around whining about how great it would be if we
had a transmitter anymore. They're still whining about how great
it would be, but the sitting around part isn't happening
anymore.
PKD
> Thank you!
You're welcome. I used to be a DJ at KUCB for a few years. It was great. The only
thing that sucked was knowing that only a handful of people were listening.
We are working on getting a transmitter, the money is
> slowly but surely coming in. Maybe in a year or two.
Hooray!!! Maybe you should set up a fund where people could make donations. Sounds
like there are a lot of disgruntled radio listeners out there! Heck, get $5 bucks
from each of us, that transmitter might show up sooner than you think. Can you
stage a fundraiser? I'm serious. I think there could potentially be a lot of
interest.
But until
> then, you can once again get us off campus via cable radio at
> 102.1 FM. If you don't have a cable splitter, you can come by
> our office in the UMC, room 41-J and get one from us. We almost
> always have some on hand, and they are free.
I would encourage anyone to do this. Believe me, you will not hear the same
stuff day in and day out. When I was at KUCB there were no play lists. Is this
still the case?
> And the DJs love taking requests because
> it proves someone is listening. The request line is 492-KUCB.
Yep, I can verify!
Good luck at KUCB. I hope we will all be able to receive soon.
Paula
Elusis
Todd Bradley <to...@rainbow.rmii.com> wrote:
>Matt Hicks (ma...@unidata.ucar.edu) wrote:
>: When I moved here over ten years ago, KBCO was a decent radio station and
>
>That's for sure. KTCL used to rock! About the time they
>got rid of Sam Ferrara, they went downhill quick.
I've actually switched to KTCL from KBCO, because they're a little less
top-10 alternative oriented. Even when I moved here two years ago, KBCO
would play Kate Bush, obscure Native American stuff, Zappa, etc. but not
anymore. I sent them a fax when Tori Amos' "Caught a Lite Sneeze" came
out, because KTCL had it and was playing it, but KBCO waited until after
the release date to do anything with it. And now that they've given away
their trip to Milan, she's in the dustbin. Of course, I didn't get a
response.
This may explain why I listen to more National Public Radio than anything
these days, and why I became a member this year.
>: I wish I had the money to start my own radio station.
>
>If you need a DJ, give me a call. I've been wanting to start
>my own radio station for about 6 years since all the ones within
>my reception range SUCK.
May I second that? I've been wanting to DJ for years at a station like
CKUA out of Canada, that lets the DJs play what they want, free-format,
and that has the guts to block program truly challenging stuff.
>: It would probably fail
>: because the masses want to hear the latest crap from the RHCP or Dave
>: Matthews every ten minutes.
>
>And if I hear Hootie and the Blowfish one more time, I'm likely
>to go nonlinear.
If they come on, I turn the radio off. I did get seven bucks at RePlays
for their album, though. <G>
>: I like really like music and I'm just really depressed about this whole
>: situation. I find some solace in my CD collection, but I want to be able to
>: add new titles to it and I no longer have a good source for prospective
>: additions. I can't afford to buy randomly in the hopes of finding a
>: gem. Help!
>
>Send me some email and I'll give you some recommendations. I have
>had good luck buying CDs based on reviews in Future Music magazine,
>alt.fan.frank-zappa, and rec.music.industrial.
Rhythm Music Monthly is another good source for CD reviews of all kinds.
I work in music PR, and they're one of the best.
Anybody know if John Dilberto's world music show, Echoes, is syndicated
around here?
Elusis
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Elusis
The Evil Anti-Fabio <hug...@gonzo.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
>If the KTCL DJ's had any integrity whatsoever, they would quit in
>protest of the bile they're paid to play. KTCL has an email
>address, and has been reading listener mail on air during their
>morning show for weeks. I'd bet 95% of their solicited responses
>are of the "quit sucking, dammit!" nature.
And would you post this e-mail address for all of us who'd like to
express ourselves? Does KBCO have one?
Elusis
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+ Don't try to out-weird me. I get stranger things than you free +
+ with my breakfast cereal. + Push the button, Frank. + ENFX +
+ All of us have a bit of the vampire and a bit of the nightingale. +
+ Pro-woman, pro-family, pro-choice + Look out baby, I'm at high tide +
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Elusis
Erik Johnson <er...@phidias.colorado.edu> wrote:
>
>The only salvation I see (when not in the car) is the internet. Already, you can get AM
>quality talk radio. As bandwidth increases to be able to handle music, I think that their
>will be loads of variety available to handle *any* taste. There is also the somewhat
>expensive digital sound (sorta like cable radio) where you get great music on something
>like 70 channels with no interruptions ever. But that just isn't feasible for most of
>us. So for the moment, your stuck.
CKUA, out of Canada, just got a web site where you can download playlists
and sound files. If anyone's interested, I'll get the address from work
and post it. They're currently playing things like the "Surfin'
Pachelbel" album, classic jazz, chamber music, "Hamsafar" by Prem Joshua,
and Tangerine Dream, all back to back. One of their DJs and managers,
Tony Dillon-Davis, is a really cool guy, and pretty much plays what he likes.
Elusis
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+ "Your blood's on my hands/It's kind of a shame, 'cos I did like +
+ that dress" T. Amos +
+ "out of the ash i rise with my red hair & i eat men like air" Plath+
+ "Be purple, obsequious, and clairvoyant" Steve Martin +
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Joel N. Squire
In article <4haa2r$g...@peabody.colorado.edu> thom...@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Elusis) writes:
Elusis> In article <4h6abc$a...@lace.colorado.edu>, The Evil Anti-Fabio
Elusis> <hug...@gonzo.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
>> If the KTCL DJ's had any integrity whatsoever, they would quit in
>> protest of the bile they're paid to play. KTCL has an email
>> address, and has been reading listener mail on air during their
>> morning show for weeks. I'd bet 95% of their solicited responses
>> are of the "quit sucking, dammit!" nature.
Elusis> And would you post this e-mail address for all of us who'd
Elusis> like to express ourselves? Does KBCO have one?
ktc...@aol.com. Hey, I even got my name mentioned on air after
sending them e-mail, so they definately do read it.
--
Joel N. Squire <squ...@colorado.edu>
.oO finger for PGP key Oo.
SHADOWDEMON
I think 92X went TU. One of the DJs (Rockfish) works at KBPI now..
Now there's just another crappy station there.
IMHO, KBPI sucks mostly too, except for Dean & Rodge and Wily B. Hung.
The Evil Anti-Fabio
>
>>If the KTCL DJ's had any integrity whatsoever, they would quit in
>>protest of the bile they're paid to play. KTCL has an email
>>address, and has been reading listener mail on air during their
>>morning show for weeks. I'd bet 95% of their solicited responses
>>are of the "quit sucking, dammit!" nature.
>
>
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It's ktc...@aol.com, and I'm sure KBCO has an e-mail address too,
but I don't know what it is. Anyone?
Let these musical megaliths know that we REFUSE to be treated like
the lowest-common-denominator. I will -NOT- have my music spoon fed
to me. I will *NOT* allow record company dollars to determine what
I listen to on the radio.
CORPORATE ROCK STILL SUCKS.
-hugger
jeffry
: Anybody know if John Dilberto's world music show, Echoes, is syndicated
: around here?
: Elusis
Try KUNC, 91.5, Monday-Thursday, 10-12 p.m. The play times may not be
exactly correct, but that is the ballpark.
Chris Yoder
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.96030...@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>,
prakash sonia fay <pra...@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
: I have also been listening to KTCL for 10 years so that I could listen
:to good music and avoid all the sickening fluff and endless commercials
:for which Top 40 stations are notorious.
:I got a chance to talk to Bill Ohmenson (SP?) - remember him? the really
:great d.j. - a while back, right when KTCL was making the transition to a
:format very similar to a top40 station - he was at Old Chicagos doing a
:promo (ie, I always thought that going to a chain resturant that draws
:crowds on a regular night a very top 40 type of thing) - he was reminising
:about the good old days as well - his main source of disgruntlement was that
:money talks - as Chris sais, C'est la vie.
Bill Ammundsun was quite the DJ, he is occasionaly on the Channel
12 video show. He used to do the music news and the morning show with
Mary Moses. That was a nice layed-back morning show. I have not
listened to KTCL in the morning for quite some time. I understand that
JCore fired Mary Moses for some reason or another.
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Unix, News and WWW
UCHSC. Denver, CO
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Briggs Davidson
<snip>
>Anyone
>got any comments on DMX (cable music) Are there any good channels?
>Unfortunately you have to get basic cable to get DMX - its about $30/month
>min.
>
>Bruce
Actually DMX is ~$15/month. $9.00 for basic cable and $6.00 for DMX. I
love DMX bk there are no commercials and it sounds like a CD. Not that
many great channels though. 27 is alternativel 25 is AOR but it's a really
weird mix.......
Overall I think it's great.
Briggs
AM
that radio was the real strength of Colorado culture, the one thing at
which this area truly excels.
I recommend a personalized blend of the public radio stations in the
area:
KCFR-24 hour non-commercial classical
KUVO-24 hour non-commercial jazz
KGNU-24 hour non-commercial variety
KUNC-24 hour non-commercial variety
These stations represent an extremely wide range of music, with little
repetition, and no commercials.