The Revolutio 104.7 WNRQ
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Does anyone fell as bad as I do about the loss of the Revolution to the
same power hungry s.o.b.s that own the "X" and DVE?? If so read on.
the following is an excerpt from todays PPG.
A Revolting twist
I'll be the first to admit, as a new rock sta tion WNRQ (104.7 FM) was
horrible. They tabbed themselves The Revolution when it was really The
Repetition.
As bad as 104.7 is, however, they are light years better than WXDX's
idea of new rock. Let's face it, modern rock or new rock or alternative
rock or whatever you want to call it, is what 'DVE Jr. claims they
deliver. But we were lied to eight months ago when both sta tions
appeared on our dial. We were led to believe that either station was
going to be worthy reincarnations of WXXP. What they both became were
insults to the memories of many WXXP former listeners.
Now, WDVE/WDVE Jr./Secret Commu nications goes one step further in the
insult. Their attitude is plain and simple, if we can't beat the
competition we'll buy the competition and eliminate it. Look at their
recent history. Bribe
WAMO with 14 million bucks to get a stronger signal, buy WDSY and WNRQ
but only change the format of WNRQ eliminating WXDX's main competi tor.
I swear, aren t these actions the same ones that convinced the
government to break up the tclephone monopolysome 10 years ago? There may
be nothing we can do but it is certain nothing will be done if
alternative music fans don't
start making some noise.
First, this sale is only final upon FCC ap proval. You may protest the
sale of WNRQ to Secret
Communications by writing to the FCC at this address:
FCC, Mass Media Bureau,
1919 M Street NW, Room 314
Washington, D.C. 20554.
Let them know that when the government allowed one owner to purchase
more than one radio station in the same market, it is doubfful this is
what they had in mind. That being the elimination of competition by
monopolizlng.
Next, deluge WDVE/DVE Jr.'s business office with calls of protest. Their
phone num ber is 937-1441. The station manager .s name is Bob Ruth and
the operations mana~er's name is Gene Romano.
Finally, do not hold back and call the main office of Secret
Communications in Cincinnati, which is deciding what
is good and what is not good for the people of Pitts hurgh to listen to.
Alternative music lovers, it is time you make your voices heard.
If you truly have had enough of the radio market in this city you must
move now!
Show all the people involved that we arc tired of having one
radio station control ev ery avenue in this city. Sure,
Secret Communications is successful with its ratings. I assure you,
however, for every lover of WDVE/'DVE Jr. there are many of us who don't
want anv part of either station. Act now or forever long for the days of
WXXP!!!!
if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em
With the acquisition of WNRQ by Secret Communications, fans of
new rock lose out again. Secret couldn't seem to attract enough listeners
to its new rock station WXDX so it decided to take us hostage by
eliminating the competition. (If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em.)
Even after WXDX had a frequency change to 105.9 FM, WNRQ was
still miles ahead in the ratings and no wonder. The Revolution features
not just DJs but radio personalities, each with a style all their own.
They were young, hip and they genuinely loved the music they played.
Whitefish, Ali, Booker and the rest not only enjoyed talking to
their listeners while on the air, they would also hang out with them at
places like Peters Wild Life and Whiskey Dick's. They connected with us
be cause they were our peers.
WXDX employs slick professional broad casters; they are competent
but uninspired.
Secret Communications already angered thousands of listeners when
they bought WAMO's frequency. Now they can add all of us die-hard 'NRQ
fans to the list.
Secret may not be motivated to change WXDX s plain vanilla
broadcasting style since the competition has been swallowed up, but I for
one will never listen to WXDX in its present incarnation.
I will enjoy the musicWNRQ once provid ed by listening to Public Radio
and my own CD collection.
Your advertisers' messages will never reach these ears.
the "x" blows. Remember that and things might get better!
Ben...@transarc.com
shrt...@viper.nauticom.net (*********) writes:
> As bad as 104.7 is, however, they are light years better than WXDX's
> idea of new rock. Let's face it, modern rock or new rock or alternative
I don't understand this statement. These two stations are nearly
indistinguishable, and as far as I can tell, have been since they came
on the air.
The only difference I can see is that when they're talking instead of
playing music, the DJs on the Revolution are a bit more amusing to
listen to than those on the X.
(I keep wondering when Booker is going to lose his license.)
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Ben Cox c...@transarc.com
mpa
Ben...@transarc.com offered:
: shrt...@viper.nauticom.net (*********) writes:
: > As bad as 104.7 is, however, they are light years better than WXDX's
: I don't understand this statement. These two stations are nearly
: indistinguishable, and as far as I can tell, have been since they came
: on the air.
I disagree totally. Sure, they both repeat the 'Alternative top 40' but
104.7 has a great deal more older alternative music and the choices of
what to pick from the early 80's etc was far better than that of the
other station's.
: The only difference I can see is that when they're talking instead of
: playing music, the DJs on the Revolution are a bit more amusing to
: listen to than those on the X.
And DJ's aren't important to a radio station? I can buy all the cds of
the music I want but I can't afford to have several shifts of dj's follow
me around and entertain me or read psa's or whatnot. When I listen to the
radio I want to hear dj's who are intersting and amusing. Its as much a
part of the experienc as the music itself and the only thing (besides
advertisements and lower bandwidth) that separates Radio from individual
recordings.
: (I keep wondering when Booker is going to lose his license.)
Once again, is pushing the line a bad thing? (Not that that is what any
commercial radio station is going to do but its nice to see sparks once
in awhile.)
.mpa
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Paul S Galvanek
In article <clel7YWSM...@transarc.com>, <Ben...@transarc.com> wrote:
>shrt...@viper.nauticom.net (*********) writes:
>
>The only difference I can see is that when they're talking instead of
>playing music, the DJs on the Revolution are a bit more amusing to
>listen to than those on the X.
A bit? The DJ's on these two stations are like night and day, the X's
being some of the least entertaining duds I've ever heard. They make the
PBS djs sound exciting.
>(I keep wondering when Booker is going to lose his license.)
I know 8^) Did anyone notice this weekend that many of the coarser songs
were being played without the benifit of having the nasty words "beeped"
out. A bit of a protest?
Paul S. Galvanek
Greg J Szekeres
In article <31a63...@pgh.nauticom.net>,
I just changed the frequency of this post!
Yes, and get all those Ex WAMO listeners in there also. The more
the better.
greg
Greg Szekeres
In article <31a63...@pgh.nauticom.net> shrt...@viper.nauticom.net (*********) writes:
>From: shrt...@viper.nauticom.net (*********)
>Subject: The Revolutio 104.7 WNRQ
>Summary:
>Keywords:
>Date: 24 May 96 22:50:45 GMT
>Does anyone fell as bad as I do about the loss of the Revolution to the
>same power hungry s.o.b.s that own the "X" and DVE?? If so read on.
>the following is an excerpt from todays PPG.
>A Revolting twist
I'll have to read the paper. This whole thing makes me mad, especially
going through another year of changes, with all that "country"
finagling that went on before. pgh.general may help some. I get
the impression most in this group don't even listen to rock anyway.
Also, the FCC is getting all but defunct in their duties. It keeps
getting smaller and smaller.
greg
Ben...@transarc.com
ps...@pitt.edu (Paul S Galvanek) writes:
> >(I keep wondering when Booker is going to lose his license.)
>
> I know 8^) Did anyone notice this weekend that many of the coarser songs
> were being played without the benifit of having the nasty words "beeped"
> out. A bit of a protest?
Well, they've been doing that for a long time. Booker occasionally
uses these words while talking on-air, also. He also uses several
"borderline" words (those which can be used in some contexts but not
in others) in questionable contexts.
(Not that he uses language that is any different than he would use
while hanging out with friends; it's just that he does so on-air.)
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Ben Cox c...@transarc.com
Ben...@transarc.com
m...@city-net.com (mpa) writes:
> me around and entertain me or read psa's or whatnot. When I listen to the
> radio I want to hear dj's who are intersting and amusing. Its as much a
Whatever. I listen for the music, and get annoyed when they say "40
minutes of commercial-free music" and stick a promo in the middle.
Yeah, so technically it's not a commercial, and yeah, they gotta make
money, but hey: don't say 40 minutes if you're not gonna do it.
> : (I keep wondering when Booker is going to lose his license.)
>
> Once again, is pushing the line a bad thing? (Not that that is what any
> commercial radio station is going to do but its nice to see sparks once
> in awhile.)
I didn't say it was a bad thing. I did say that the Revolution's DJs
are marginally more amusing than those on the X. Booker is one of
those.
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Ben Cox c...@transarc.com
Penn Hackney
On Tue, 28 May 1996 17:39:17 -0400, Ben...@transarc.com wrote:
>m...@city-net.com (mpa) writes:
>> me around and entertain me or read psa's or whatnot. When I listen to the
>> radio I want to hear dj's who are intersting and amusing. Its as much a
>
>Whatever. I listen for the music, and get annoyed when they say "40
>minutes of commercial-free music" and stick a promo in the middle.
>Yeah, so technically it's not a commercial, and yeah, they gotta make
>money, but hey: don't say 40 minutes if you're not gonna do it.
>
But don't stations _have_ to identify themselves every half hour?
Just curious.
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Eric T Pronko
pe...@worldnet.att.net (Penn Hackney) writes:
> But don't stations _have_ to identify themselves every half hour?
Nope, just every hour on the hour.
Eric, frequent player of 6 in a row with *no* interruption...
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Ben...@transarc.com
pe...@worldnet.att.net (Penn Hackney) writes:
> But don't stations _have_ to identify themselves every half hour?
No. Stations must identify themselves by call letters (specifically,
by a phrase which is identified on their license which must include
their call letters, and usually include the city as well; for WRCT,
this is "WRCT Pittsburgh"; for WXDX, this is "WXDX Beaver Falls
Pittsburgh" though I'm betting that they're only required to say "WXDX
Beaver Falls" and tack on the "Pittsburgh" for marketing's sake) every
hour within +/- 5 minutes of the top of the hour.
In any case, a station ID is not the same as a promo. They can say
"WXDX Beaver Falls Pittsburgh" every 10 minutes for all I care.
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Ben Cox c...@transarc.com