All this talk about AAA vs. Hot Country is pretty interesting. I have a couple personal observations on the subject. Let me start by letting you all know that radio completely and utterly sucks in the Raleigh area. There are two great college stations (WXDU and WXYC, in that order <g>), after that it's all pretty wretched. When the two college stations are playing something I don't like I switch first to 96 Rock. They are a new station that probably uses the trade-term "Active Rock." Basically they play everything from old AC/DC and Metallica to Bare Jr and Green Day. At least it is interesting, and I have to admit that when some old AC/DC tune comes on I'm crankin' the stereo up to 11. We don't have a AAA station here, but we have 4 (or more) hot country stations. I listened to them pretty often for about a year and a half. When the stuff started sounding good to me I knew my musical taste was dying. When ya find yourself singing along with Shania's "Still the One" (isn't that a Pepsi song?) you know it's time to rethink your listening activities. Hot Country is definitely *easy* to listen to, but isn't that the point? Interesting though? Hardly, at least not for me. I would be overjoyed if we got a AAA station like WNKU, or even the ultra big KFOG from San Francisco. Sure, they aren't perfect but when compared to the rest of commercial radio you could do much worse. So, everyone quit your bitching. At least you have a few stations that play good music *sometimes*. Oh, and Don said this: >I'm not sure what needs explaining. Most AAA radio's a sterile mix of >"classic rock" (i.e., overplayed boomer music) and tepid adult pop. That same definition could be used for Hot Country....except the overplayed part. Instead of playing old hits, they just continue to manufacture songs that sound like last months hits. $100 CD Player in the car was the best investment I ever made. Cheers. Steve ====================================================== Steve Gardner * Sugar Hill Records Radio Promotion [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.sugarhillrecords.com ---------------------------------------------------- WXDU "Topsoil" * A Century of Country Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.topsoil.net ======================================================
