Wednesday, March 17, 2004
[woxy] 97X the future of rock and roll : Dave recently turned me on to [woxy] 97X the future of rock and roll. This amazing alt-rock station plays... really new shit -- the kiss of death for radio. Well that's not true, but stations like 92.1 in SD coudln't keep listeners by playing too much unfamiliar new stuff. The titans of terrestrial need to play a lot of old mixed in to make for a safe listening experience. I fully understand why that's the case for the masses, but I crave more new stuff than your average pair of ears. And it seems as if WOXY is all about the new shit! (Check out their charts - Franz Ferdinand, TV On The Radio, The Von Bondies.. wow!!) But -- doh! They can't hack it in the terrestrial world and are going Internet-only. On their site, they say "We may be the first terrestrial radio station ever to make the full-time jump to the Internet!" Ummm, no GrooveRadio in L.A. did it as well as KPIG, but we'll let them skate on that. It's a stream I'm playing a lot... and Dave says New Music Tuesdays are awesome. It's a solid call.
