June 22, 2007
I have grown rather tired and quite nauseous with our “modern” rock station. I will now share with all of you the reasons why.
1.) Your tower is no longer new. Please stop telling us about it between every song and every commercial.
2.)There is no need to continually remind us how much kick ass rock you play. Especially since most of what you play was made before most of your listeners were born.
2.)Anna Kincaid. That’s all I have to say about that. Nice enough lady (when she’s not being a bitch), but really not good for the radio.
3.) 9 songs an hour in the morning. That’s only 27-30 minutes. Unacceptable.
4.) Airing 30 minutes of commercials and soundbites of people saying wacky things is a sure way to lose the last 4 morning drive listeners you have.
5.) That “brand new” single you just played? It was released to radio stations six months ago. We’re not stupid, please don’t treat us like we are. Maybe if you started playing Icky Thump 2 months ago like everyone else, I would try to listen.
6.) 102.3 now has an average year of song release later than yours. Ouch.
7.) Matt Bahan- It’s not OK to talk like that in real life. It’s sort of creepy. And for God’s sake, stop frosting your hair. You look like this old guy I knew in Florida that chased 18-year-old girls around. Wait…Did you used to live in Florida?
8.) It’s Not Over by Daughtry is not “Kick Ass Rock”. It’s MAYBE power pop. Just quit it.
9.) Morning X Trivia is not the opportunity I’ve been waiting for, unless it can offer me a secure job with a six-figure salary, full pension and benefits, and a company limo.
10.) Don’t sponsor the URA. Just don’t. It’s painfully obvious that your “DJ’s” have no fucking clue who or what they’re talking about when they read the copies about it. Until I start hearing moe. and Phish on your station, GFYM.
I’m sure I’ll come up with more, and as I do I will add them. Feel free to tell me what pisses you off about 105.7 the Ex in the comments.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Some one else that is totally fed up with 105.7?!? It’s no nice to hear that I’m not alone!!
I have three more reasons to add to your list:
1. Man Laws – Seriously…could that scream immature and insecure any louder? I turn them off immediately. I don’t want my kids to think that’s what most men really think….that and my ears start to bleed after 1 or 2.
2. Can we stop the obsession with sex and beer. Do they think everyone that listens to this station is 15? Not that either of those things are bad. They can be rather entertaining, but if that was all we ever thought about we’d all be really boring stupid people.
3. And finally…Dear, Aspen….Oh dear lord! I am no prude in any way, but do we really need to hear about some pathetic dork’s sexual issues. Then we have some hoochie attempting to answer it, in what I would assume is supposed to be an entertaining way. I do believe it was much more interesting when it was on MTV with Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew.
I could keep going on, but this is your blog and I don’t want to hog your space!
June 25th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I think that covers all of my pet peeves there.
Why can’t Peoria have better radio stations?
June 25th, 2007 at 11:15 am
It’s not just Peoria. It seems like everywhere away from the two coasts is 3-6 months behind on the new music, and 10 years behind on their playlists. Rooster by Alice in Chains used to be one of my favorite songs. The whole Jerry Cantrell writing a song about his dad’s time in Vietnam was cool to me. When I lived in Florida, you would hear it on the radio MAYBE once a month, so it was still pretty special when it came on. Now I change the channel when it comes on, because 105.7 and 102.3 play it SO MUCH that I don’t to listen for fear the song will be ruined for me.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Hmm… I agree with your about 105.7.
But in my limited experience the west coast doesn’t have great radio stations either. We lived in orange county CA a couple of years ago and there weren’t decent modern rock station there, either. I thought there would be, with the close proximity to LA, but radio really sucked there.
I bought my husband sirius satellite radio for xmas and he loves it. But I’m too cheap to spring for it for myself.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Before the Great Radio Downsizing that took place a few years ago, there used to be quite a few interesting stations around here. I remember when the X first came on the air, and it was actually the best thing that had ever happened to the Peoria Market! Then they got DJ’s, and everything fell to shit. That’s when we started listening to X-treme, but that was very short lived before it became another classic rock station – I ask you, exactly how many of those does Peoria really need???
I do have a few more annoyances to add for the X:
1. It’s the upmost hypocracy, and I thought y’all learned this lesson after your reception by the fans of the MUSIC at the first X-Fest, but don’t promote concerts, etc. for bands that you DON’T PLAY on your radio station!
2. This goes along with the first one a little, but it also pisses me off that the X will play a song by an artist that they don’t normally play to promote an upcoming concert, and then after the event, the song is never heard again! Kittie and Sevendust have been victims of this, and I’m sure HELLYEAH would have suffered the same fate, if Chad from Mudvayne wasn’t the singer.
3. I agree with the comments about Bahan and Anna. In fact, the only good thing I can say about the X is Local Anesthetic. I love the support of the local scene, however, this too is skewed. Granted, they ’spotlight’ local bands each week, but it tends to be a revolving group of a few select bands. And, Local Anesthetic is hosted by Anna. Is it just me…or does her voice just grate??? And don’t even get me started on Bahan…radio personalities that use their ‘radio voice’ when not on the radio piss me off badly!
June 25th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I’ve SERIOUSLY considered getting satellite radio, if just for the “Lucy” station (All 90’s alt-rock). I decided the investment wasn’t worth the short time I actually listen to FM radio during any given day. Most Saturdays (the day I actually might listen to the radio for more than an hour), my radio is glued to the blues on 89.1, and that’s commercial free (except when pledge time comes around).
June 26th, 2007 at 11:42 am
XM Radio is the best investment I’ve ever made. Get the car kit. I’ve got adapters in both my car and for my home stereo, but it mostly stays in the car. You can also listen to it streaming on the internet, which is what I do all day at work.
When you finally do break down and buy it you’ll kick yourself for not doing it earlier.
December 7th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Two words: MP3 Player.
December 13th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
[...] so people could “sign their name” electronically. I have made my disdain for 105.7 more than apparent in the past. The lack of innovation and new music on the station should be a pretty solid acid test [...]
September 18th, 2008 at 7:33 am
1. The tag should say “New tower, same old crap”
2. In order to be accurate, you must spell her name phonetically. It’s Ahhhhhhnna.
3. Don’t get me started on Bahan.
4. You are SOOO right about the “new” music thing.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
What is bumburbia?
February 28th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
You guys that got shit to say about 1057 are stupid haha,
what are you Morton-ites? you guys can back off cuz if you haven’t noticed very few people care what you have to say.
What guy doesn’t have an obsession with sex, beer, and slutty looking girls? if you don’t then you should be gay! go get some annul, and have an orgasm. and for the girls; yeah the people of 1057 like to party have fun rock there faces off, if you don’t wanna be a sex symbol then don’t be!. and about the tower bull shit let them say whatever the they want your not there moms and it doesn’t matter what the fuck you say. so what you got something against twisted sisters, or motley crue, or even nirvana. if so Ur stupid. Go make fun of someone else who actually cares that Ur making fun of them. Fact is, a lot more people love them then hate them so get over urselves.
March 1st, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I gave up on the radio stations a while back, especially after being in Champaign for the weekend and wondering, “Why can’t Peoria have stations like this?”
iTtunes is where it’s at… make your own CDs