This sucks: 89X, Windsor’s alternative rock station, will die November 19 at noon.
Windsor has been lucky to have an alt-rock radio station for 30 years. And so have the people across the river in Detroit. How many Motowners were able to learn about Canadian music from 89X?
Sadly, as of noon tomorrow, 89X will be no more. They’re flipping formats to something. Country, maybe. This also means there are no Canadian rock stations to be found in Windsor. Goddammit. (Via Noel)
93.9 the River (CIDR) is also planning to do something at that time.
Windsor/Detroit was a DEAD zone for “modern music” pre-89X.
There was CJAM, but few people care for “college radio”, and they had a VERY week signal, so unless you lived near campus, you were out of luck.
Legendary late night CBC Stereo programs Brave New Waves and Nightlines saved the radio day in Detroit pre-89X.
David Wisdom took Nightlines on the road a few times, and one of those remote broadcasts was from the campus pub in Windsor. i went to check it out, and the pub was filled with people from Detroit. i made friends with many!
Think about that: people crossed an international border to attend a radio show!
Oh radio, you were beautiful and powerful once upon a time!
Pure Country is Pure Garbage! Apparently no one informed IHeartRadio that we are in Windsor, not Kentucky!