rlr (07/29/82)
Just some slight correction's to Andy's notes on local college radio (a lot of which is by no means commercial-free). WNYU is at 89.1, and plays not only "new wave" (and a lot of it) but also specialty programs (talk, 60's, swing, etc.). On weekends 89.1 becomes WFDU (of Fairly Ridiculous University), and they too play new wave and other assorted programming as Andy indicated (I have not heard any folk oriented music; perhaps they've changed their programming). WRSU (Rutgers-New Brunswick, 88.7) also plays various styles, concentrating on "n.w." (I hate it, though, when a station tries to lump its "cultural side" into one "classical show" per week). Plus there's WSIA (Staten Island, 89.5?), WPRB (Princeton, 103, and chock full of commercials, but also playing a fairly good variety of alternatives), and, if you are within three blocks of Trenton, WTSR (91.3, Trenton State), which also concentrates on the dreaded "nuevo wavo", but has blocks of programming devoted to electronic, ethnic, jazz and other music. One warning about all this college radio on the left end of the dial-- try tuning it in!!!!! With their weak signals it is easy to get the "feature" of "automatic station switching" between the likes of WBGO and WRSU, WFMU and WTSR, and WNYU/WSIA and each other and just about everyone else. Even WPRB, on the right end of the dial and with a fairly strong signal, gets sucked in by WMGK (yecccch!) and now the commercial free WAPP. But for me it's worth driving with one hand on the whell and one on the tuning knob just to get some of their fine programming to a barely audible level (and keep it there). It beats four hours of commercial free non-stop Journey/Speedwagon clones. Rich Rosen pyuxjj!rlr
msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) (10/18/83)
How about the creation of sub-news-groups net.music.ny, net.music.ne, and so forth, so that region-specific topics can be discussed? (This is NOT a flame.) :-) -- cheers, Mike Simpson Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. Ten Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02238 (USnail) msimpson@bbn-unix (ARPA) decvax!bbncca!msimpson (UUCP) msimpson.bbn-unix@udel-relay (CSNET) 617-497-2819 (Ma Bell)
notes@zeppo.UUCP (10/24/83)
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zeppo!mes Jul 29 16:46:00 1982
Although I wonder whether to submit this or not, as it will undoubtedly
cause megaflames, here goes:
Since the majority of the net is not in beautiful NJ or NYC, I can't
help but feel that the discussions of NYC/NJ radio (which has been
becoming more and more prevalent) can't be anything but incredibly boring and
wasteful to someone from California, even though I am personally very
interested.
Might I suggest that net.music is indeed a very good place to discuss modern
radio that is musically oriented, but perhaps local newsgroups like
nj.whatever would be a better place for "well, try WXYZ in Lower Nowhere,
because it's great"... (I would be very interested in seeing these
discussions continue in a more limited newsgroup! Lets work it out!)
Let's keep net.music generic, with specific examples thrown in to prove
a point...
Mike
(formerly TD, WMCX-FM West Long Branch, NJ)
BTL Whippany NJ
...harpo!zeppo!mes