"Thou shalt not harsh Nettie's mellow."
One of my very favorite radio stations is 95.7 FM The Ride out of Charlotte NC. It reaches over to my house (albeit somewhat fuzzily), but gets stronger as I drive east toward work. It is independent radio, which makes me love it automatically, and they are classic rock as it is intended to be: not the same seven or eight favorite artists singing the same 15 songs. They have streaming online, so I definitely suggest checking them out.
A few weeks ago, the harshing of my morning mellow began. Seems a little LPFM in Greenville (that's "low power FM") was dropping itself in at 95.5 FM. Fine, but it overpowered the Charlotte signal just as I was going through downtown. Over on the Eastside, where I work, you couldn't even begin to pick up this little LPFM. I had given some serious thought to calling the DJ (who gave his name on the air), and telling him to quit "f---in' with my wa!" (thank you, Jax, for that phrase, I do love it so!).
So you can imagine my extreme glee this week when, praise be, the little LPFM seemed to be off the air, and The Ride came in loud and clear through downtown. No more cutoffs in the middle of "Layla" or "Let It Bleed" or any other fantastic song.
And you can also imagine my intense horror when, later this week, I began to pick up some stuff that definitely did NOT fall into The Ride's playlist, playing on their frequency. Seems that some "positive alternative" station (a/k/a Yippee Skippy for Jesus Metal and Rap) has hijacked this frequency on the Eastside.
I am not happy. In the least. My mellow has most definitely been harshed. My wa is beyond effed.
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Adding to this, the two local big A/C stations are falling all over themselves to be the first in the area to play Christmas music. I am aghast. Halloween was just this past week -- why the holy hell do I want to start hearing Bing sing "White Christmas"???? For God's sake, can't you wait till Thanksgiving?
When are stations going to realize that a large segment of the population has no interest in holiday tunes right now?
So, Lord -- what's the judgment on all these 11th-commandment breakers? A finger on the "SMITE" button?
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When are stations going to realize that a large segment of the population has no interest in holiday tunes right now?
Unfortunately, most of the "P1" segment of AC radio stations -- women 25-54 -- go absolutely ga-ga over all-Christmas programming.
It wouldn't bug me so much, were it not for many smaller merchants PLAYING those cotton-pickin' stations in their businesses. THAT, friends, effs MY wa.
It appears our AC (CC-owned) has yet to take the plunge. Maybe it's to make up for last year, when they broke out the Xmas tuneage on Halloween. I'm guessing they'll be doing so this weekend.
-TG
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