NYC K-Rock Format Change

[zotjen]

I'm listening to 92.3 WXRK here in NYC and they've had some sort of format change. I usually tune in to Resurrection Lunch but was in for a rude surprise. They are now playing a mish mash of rock. In the past hour I've heard Hendrix, Green Day, Bush, and Def Leppard among others. I did a search for some sort of press release but came up with nothing. I did find mention of it on a message board where someone decscribed the format as Active rock.

K-Rock's website makes no mention of it either, but has some sort of streaming radio called KRock 2. Although I wasn't a big fan of it, so far I perefer the old format to the new.

 

[erikzen]

Rock is dead.

Long live rock!

 

[Aman]

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Originally Posted by erikzen Rock is dead. Long live rock!

But it's dead!

 

[erikzen]

It is pretty sad that there is no such thing as a real rock station in NY anymore. We should have realized the end was near in the 80's when the craze became "classic rock". I'm not quite sure what "active rock" is.

 

[EyeAmEye]

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Originally Posted by zotjen In the past hour I've heard Hendrix, Green Day, Bush, and Def Leppard among others.

Strikes one, two, three...and a first strike to the next batter

 

[BRBJackson]

Is the new format being touted as JACK (or BOB or DAVE) by any chance? It's the latest trend in programming. We just lost a classic rock station here in L.A. to it. Not that it was good classic rock, but still...

 

[tyrion]

We lost our one Altrernative Rock station in the Miami area, 94.9 zeta. It is now Hispanic Urban. We still have a Classic Rock station and as a result another station (not cc) that is playing '90 and up rock. My son was upset, I could care less since I have Sirius. This is what happens when only a few big companies own all the radio stations.

 

[zotjen]

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Is the new format being touted as JACK (or BOB or DAVE) by any chance?

While I've heard of JACK, I don't think this is the format. They seem to be playing less new music and are focusing on more older stuff. I've yet to hear bands like The Killers, Interpol, Garbage, and NIN, which they played all the time. In the three or so hours I've heard today, they played Guns 'N Roses, AC/DC, Bush, and Green Day twice (all different songs), plus things like Judas Priest, Billy Idol, Van Halen, Led Zepplin, and some 80's hair bands. They still play a lot of what they used to, such as Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, etc.

Their new slogan is "Great Rock. Period".

 

[viator122]

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Originally Posted by zotjen In the three or so hours I've heard today, they played Guns 'N Roses, AC/DC, Bush, and Green Day twice (all different songs), plus things like Judas Priest, Billy Idol, Van Halen, Led Zepplin, and some 80's hair bands. They still play a lot of what they used to, such as Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, etc.

Sounds like a pretty decent lineup to me - you prefer only more current rock?

 

[immtbiker]

In the '70's, I laughed at all the people 20 years older than me, who were listening to WCBS 50's Do-Wop, with Cousin Brucie, and the like. I thought it was time that they stopped living in the past, and hearing the same songs, over and over. People are still doing it now, listening to 80's and 90's "classic rock". It must be because there is nothing new, that rocks their boat. Great Jazz stations like WRVR, couldn't make enough money with their small listener base, so now there's only smooth Jazz stations, unless you can receive 5 kilowatt public radio jazz stations at the beginning of the dial. I never listen to radio, because of the poor sound quality, and the music choices. Maybe satellite radio is for me. I like digital choice music on cable TV for background, which is the same.