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Title: woxy sold...
Post by: redsock on January 28, 2004, 05:06:00 pm
yup....check it out.
 
 www.woxy.com (http://www.woxy.com)
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:10:00 pm
I hope it does not change much. Their music selections have been revelatory.
 
 I am listening right now.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 05:10:00 pm
Does this mean that they might start playing good music?
 
 Or the fact that a Dallas company bought them means more Old 97's?
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: ggw on January 28, 2004, 05:11:00 pm
They sold their terrestrial broadcasting station, but will still be broadcasting on the Internet.  It's a loss to Cincinnati, but WOXY will still exist for everybody else.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: redsock on January 28, 2004, 05:16:00 pm
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  They sold their terrestrial broadcasting station, but will still be broadcasting on the Internet.  It's a loss to Cincinnati, but WOXY will still exist for everybody else.
Assuming they get sponsors that is...it still sucks, more symbolism that the reality of Max Headroom will soon come to light.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:18:00 pm
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  They sold their terrestrial broadcasting station, but will still be broadcasting on the Internet.  It's a loss to Cincinnati, but WOXY will still exist for everybody else.
But it was unclear from the front page that they might just keep broadcasting terrestially as well, or did you not think that?
 
 
 They played Old 97s rather a lot these past couple of weeks because they were touring. I guess Woxy did play some awful music, idiot.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:19:00 pm
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Originally posted by redsock:
  Assuming they get sponsors that is...it still sucks, more symbolism that the reality of Max Headroom will soon come to light.
I have not listened to terrestial radio the whole time I have been in the US, exept for when in someone else's car. Its just awful.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 05:19:00 pm
Gosh you like to call people names. You are not a very nice person.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
   
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  They sold their terrestrial broadcasting station, but will still be broadcasting on the Internet.  It's a loss to Cincinnati, but WOXY will still exist for everybody else.
But it was unclear from the front page that they might just keep broadcasting terrestially as well, or did you not think that?
 
 
 They played Old 97s rather a lot these past couple of weeks because they were touring. I guess Woxy did play some awful music, idiot. [/b]
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: ggw on January 28, 2004, 05:21:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
 But it was unclear from the front page that they might just keep broadcasting terrestially as well, or did you not think that?
 
The new owners will broadcast on the same wavelength, but will probably reformat the station.  I'm thinking Country or Big Eighties.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:23:00 pm
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Originally posted by Mr. Unctuous:
 [QB] Gosh you like to call people names. You are not a very nice person.
 
 
 
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 Are you mentally retarded?
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:25:00 pm
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
    I'm thinking Country or Big Eighties.
Perhaps they could combine the two and be the first radio station that plays Big Country, 24/7.
 
 I bet Bungle Bud would listen.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 05:27:00 pm
Nice one. That one got the biggest laugh out of me all day.
 
 
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
 
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Originally posted by Mr. Unctuous:
 [QB] Gosh you like to call people names. You are not a very nice person.
 
 
 
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 Are you mentally retarded? [/b]
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:30:00 pm
No Rhett, laughing at the mentally retarded is not nice. If you are not mentally retarded, perhaps you should consider not posting in such a way as to come across as having an IQ below 60.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:32:00 pm
Oh back to topic, if what you are saying is true GGW, the add Woxy just ran for their"corporate radio sucks T-shirts" is rather hilarious and prescient.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: mankie on January 28, 2004, 05:33:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
   
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
    I'm thinking Country or Big Eighties.
Perhaps they could combine the two and be the first radio station that plays Big Country, 24/7.
 
 I bet Bungle Bud would listen. [/b]
At least we can live our lives knowing we will never have Big Country on Bands Reunited.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 05:36:00 pm
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Originally posted by mankie:
  I bet Bungle Bud would listen.
At least we can live our lives knowing we will never have Big Country on Bands Reunited. [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 Or INXS or Queen.......
 
 phew.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: ggw on January 28, 2004, 05:38:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
   
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
    I'm thinking Country or Big Eighties.
Perhaps they could combine the two and be the first radio station that plays Big Country, 24/7.
 
 I bet Bungle Bud would listen. [/b]
Here's their latest acquisition (http://www.firstbroadcasting.com/article18.htm)
 
 There's a new "classic alternative" station in San Diego, and one in Utah http://www.kjq.com/ (http://www.kjq.com/) that plays all the big 80s bands.  It's the new wave (pun intended) in radio programming.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 05:42:00 pm
Well kids, there's still kexp for those of you whose work doesn't block it...
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: redsock on January 28, 2004, 05:47:00 pm
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Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
  Well kids, there's still kexp for those of you whose work doesn't block it...
Oh yeah, meant to get on your case...woxy was a damn fine station for those of us who enjoy "indie rock". KEXP is ok, but a lot of their programming isn't so great. For you to say woxy sucks; that is just hard to imagine, cause even if you don't like indie-rock, the fact that a station still exists that plays it, is something in itself -- a very positive thing. And it wasn't a college station. No wonder Mark get's on your case so much...you're too close-minded.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Random Citizen on January 28, 2004, 05:52:00 pm
WOXY.com will still be around. The folks who run WOXY are becoming an online entity. It's the station in OH that has been sold.
 
 
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Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
  Well kids, there's still kexp for those of you whose work doesn't block it...
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 05:56:00 pm
I dunno...take a look at the KEXP charts below, and tell me you don't see a lot of indie rock on it.
 
    KEXP tends to go much deeper into the albums when it comes to song selection. WOXY only appears to play two or three cuts over and over.
 
 
 Jan 19 - Jan 25, 2004
 
 Artist - Title (Record Company)
 1. Air - Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)
 2. Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder (Merge)
 3. Karminsky Experience Inc. - The Power of Suggestion (Eighteenth Street Lounge)
 4. Aqualung - Still Life (B-Unique)
 5. The Strokes - Room on Fire (RCA)
 6. Mo' Horizons - and the new bohemian freedom (Stereo Deluxe)
 7. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (Jetset)
 8. Telefon Tel Aviv - Map of What is Effortless (Hefty)
 9. The More - The More (self-released)
 10. Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (Mush)
 11. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart (Vice)
 12. Elbow - Cast of Thousands (V2)
 13. Soul Position - 8 Million Stories (Rhymesayers/Fat Beats)
 14. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
 15. Sea Ray - Stars at Noon (The Self-Starter Foundation)
 16. The Pleased - Don't Make Things (Big Wheel Recreation)
 17. Cloud Cult - Aurora Borealis (Earthology)
 18. Skywave - Synthstatic (Blisscent/Alison)
 19. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed (4AD)
 20. Seachange - Glitterball ep (Matador UK)
 21. The Damnwells - Bastards of the Beat (Sixthman)
 22. Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots (Stones Throw)
 23. DrugMoney - Mtn Cty Jnk (Hybrid)
 24. The Crystal Method - Legion of Boom (V2)
 25. John Vanderslice - Cellar Door (Barsuk)
 26. Eddie Spaghetti - The Sauce (Mid-Fi)
 27. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner (Matador)
 28. The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (Alien 8)
 29. Shawn Smith - Shield of Thorns (self-released)
 30. The Holmes Brothers - Simple Truths (Alligator)
 31. Tex La Homa - If Just Today Were To Be My Entire Life (Hybrid Electric)
 32. Doves - The Lost Sides (Heavenly)
 33. Jason Collett - Motor Motel Love Songs (Arts & Crafts)
 34. 22-20s - 05/03 (Astralwerks)
 35. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, pts. 1 & 2 (Lost Highway)
 36. The Dirtbombs - Dangerous Magical Noise (In The Red)
 37. Girlsareshort - Earlynorthamerican (Upper Class)
 38. Well - The New Standard Biscuit (Lunch)
 39. Coco B's and Eskimohunter - The Fast-Trak Holy Nova Symphony (Grand Theft Autumn)
 40. The Flaming Lips - Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (Warner Bros)
 41. Boozoo Bajou - Remixes (Stereo Deluxe)
 42. Stephin Merritt - Pieces of April (Nonesuch)
 43. Kinky - Atlas (Nettwerk)
 44. Heather Duby - Come Across the City (Sonic Boom)
 45. Tenki - View of an Orbiting Man (Future Apple Tree)
 46. Myracle Brah - Treblemaker (Rainbow Quartz)
 47. Johnny Cash - Unearthed sampler (American)
 48. Blessed Light - Love Lights the Way (Mill Pond)
 49. (Various) - Wellspring: A Benefit for Bread for the City (Sonic Boomerang)
 50. The Mountaineers - Messy Century (Mute)
 
 
 
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Originally posted by redsock:
   
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Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
  Well kids, there's still kexp for those of you whose work doesn't block it...
Oh yeah, meant to get on your case...woxy was a damn fine station for those of us who enjoy "indie rock". KEXP is ok, but a lot of their programming isn't so great. For you to say woxy sucks; that is just hard to imagine, cause even if you don't like indie-rock, the fact that a station still exists that plays it, is something in itself -- a very positive thing. And it wasn't a college station. No wonder Mark get's on your case so much...you're too close-minded. [/b]
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: redsock on January 28, 2004, 06:01:00 pm
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Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
  I dunno...take a look at the KEXP charts below, and tell me you don't see a lot of indie rock on it.
 
    KEXP tends to go much deeper into the albums when it comes to song selection. WOXY only appears to play two or three cuts over and over.
 
 
[/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 I'm not saying KEXP is bad, or that they don't play indie rock...but it's a college station, so they have times where there is types of music i don't like on, like hip-hop, or i've even heard classical on there before. This is fine, its cool to be diverse, but I prefer at least the same general format all the time.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 06:05:00 pm
It's actually a public funded commercial free station, not a college station.
 
    If I wanted radio with the same format all the time, I'd just tune into any of the other thousands of radio stations.
 
   
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Originally posted by redsock:
   
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Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
  I dunno...take a look at the KEXP charts below, and tell me you don't see a lot of indie rock on it.
 
    KEXP tends to go much deeper into the albums when it comes to song selection. WOXY only appears to play two or three cuts over and over.
 
 
[/b]
I'm not saying KEXP is bad, or that they don't play indie rock...but it's a college station, so they have times where there is types of music i don't like on, like hip-hop, or i've even heard classical on there before. This is fine, its cool to be diverse, but I prefer at least the same general format all the time. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: markie on January 28, 2004, 06:09:00 pm
Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?
 
 I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess.......
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: ggw on January 28, 2004, 06:15:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?
 
 I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess.......
http://www.accuradio.com/# (http://www.accuradio.com/#)
 
  http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6 (http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6)
 
 http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop (http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop)
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Dandy01 on January 28, 2004, 06:21:00 pm
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   
   http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6 (http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6)
 
A local!
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 06:22:00 pm
damnit, those are all blocked by my work.
 
 www.wfmu.org (http://www.wfmu.org)
  and
 
 www.kcrw.org (http://www.kcrw.org) are not however. Though i imagine they're too eclectic for some
 
 
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?
 
 I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess.......
http://www.accuradio.com/# (http://www.accuradio.com/#)  
 
   http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6 (http://www.live365.com/stations/mdunn6)
 
  http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop (http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop) [/b]
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Celeste on January 28, 2004, 06:26:00 pm
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Originally posted by redsock:
 I prefer at least the same general format all the time.
you're too [sic] close-minded
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: redsock on January 28, 2004, 06:48:00 pm
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Originally posted by Celeste:
   
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Originally posted by redsock:
 I prefer at least the same general format all the time.
you're too [sic] close-minded [/b]
I saw that coming...let me explain...
 
 In RI where I'm originally from, there is a fairly decent station, WBRU. They play good stuff, till 2 am, then they switch to blues or jazz. And i like blues and jazz, but not to listen to it on the radio, i prefer it live.
 
 And then, all of sunday they play R+B. It always bugged me. Playing eclectic music isn't the issue. Mix in electronica, dance, metal, bluegrass, jazz, whatever, but don't be an indie station and then play two hours of jazz standards or suddenly do hip hop for a night. Stick with whatever it is you're doing. KCRW is cool, but only for the shows i like. And thats fine, they don't claim to be anything other than bastions of good music, which they are.
 
 My main point was that whether or not Rhett loves indie-rock, and i'm sure he loves some of it, he has to appreciate what WOXY was doing, and just cause they didn't play alt-country or whatever the hell the two of you listen to, it's ridiculous to claim it sucks, which he has on many an occasion.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 28, 2004, 07:00:00 pm
I never said it sucked.
 
 My initial comment was a joke.
 
 I tried listening to WOXY and found that I didn't like much of what they play. Though a small minority of it I liked quite a bit.
 
 Truthfully, KEXP is best listened to when I can go through the archives and weed out the music I don't want to hear. Though that means I have to stop and start it rather than letting it play continously.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: kosmo vinyl on January 28, 2004, 08:42:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  Perhaps I can be pointed in the direction of other good internet radio then. What other stations play the kind of indie, pitchfork approved music that gets played on Woxy and KEXP?
 
 I have tried others, things like radioparadise, but it is far too middle aged, and backward focused. 3wk is OK, I guess.......
i considered setting up my own internet radio station, but almost had a heartattack when i saw the fees you have to pay the riaa, ascap, bmi in order to do so.  even for a non profit venture.  and because i'm not a college student with no assets to my name, i prefer not to be sued into poverty.  the last time i looked there was no hobbyist loophole for setting up one's own stream.  maybe one of the more enlighten forumites who follows such things could shed some light on the current situation....   because between markie, pollard, myself and others we could create a killer playlist.
Title: Re: woxy sold...
Post by: Jaguär on January 30, 2004, 02:03:00 am
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Originally posted by Mr. Mentally Retarded:
  31. Tex La Homa - If Just Today Were To Be My Entire Life (Hybrid Electric)
 
Ah, Tex La Homa. A fine band that I'd like to see.