This week’s question comes from a discussion I had with a radio fan who was wondering why Q107/Toronto–formerly a pure classic rock station–now plays bands like Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, and Pearl Jam.
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For the longest time–decades, in fact–there were just a handful of commercial radio stations across North America who embraced alternative/New Wave/indie/punk as their format with the leaders being KROQ/Los Angeles and CFNY/Toronto. It
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In a post on Time-Warner’s upcoming The Midnight Special collection, I lamented about the bastardized reissue of WKRP in Cincinnati. While the original broadcasts broke new ground by being one of the very
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If you’ve had a listen to any alt-rock radio across North America over the last 18 months or so, you might have thought to yourself “Where did all the guitars go? Where’s all
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