I guess Ziggy isn't one of the 250 who views the Alan Cross YouTube Channel.

Last edited by Alan P. Masyga (June 7, 2015 5:23 PM)

Dan

It's' not so much a diss of Alan Cross & his abilities as it is FM radio that doesn't get it.  Perhaps listeners simply aren't as engaged with the bands as radio likes to imagine.  I've never understood how announcers freakly talk gossip about whatever band.  I think it's a generational thing.  Your generation "cared" because music was the defining force in popular culture.  Today, technology is & music is secondary.  People simply aren't interested in what the leader singer of whatever band did.  

This is the disconnect radio has with most of it's audience.  They imagine themselves as the true purveyours of new music.  They are not.  The audience listening to most FM stations has little passion for music.  It's a commodity and a disposable product.  

 

@DS..

Shore 104 never seemed to make a big impression.  It's not that it was poorly programmed, it was just in a market which is saturated (CBC R2 does very well here).  The owner sold out and has gone on to program Whistler FM which is quite interesting (and a personal fav)

As for the World Famous CFOX....well this morning they played Motley Crue. They're sort of lost. Who knows, Corus put Rock 101 on the map again though.  

Indie 88 is trying. They're adding older stuff from the CFNY era, but it will take time. They're not a well funded powerhouse.  The playlist IS way deeper & more interesting now.