99.9 the Stage was the last semblance of good FM music programming in Peoria. The music ranged from John Mayer to the Talking Heads to the Kooks. I seem to remember the programming director opening up to the people of Peoria and asking what they wanted on the station, and the people responded with a pretty firm answer. Keep the diverse playlist.

I’ve been listening to Sirius 95% of the time for the last couple of weeks, so I didn’t even know that 99.9 had switched formats. All of a sudden, I switch to FM, and I hear Paralyzer on 99.9. I figure, OK, fine, we’re all sick to tears of this song, but whatever. Then they go to a station sweeper. 99.9 the Buzz, the New Rock Alternative. Wha-huh? Don’t we already have 2 shitty modern rock stations in Peoria? They’re not really taking up more of the dial with rock 2-20 years old, are they? On my favorite radio station? This shit is fucking tragic. Thank God I got satellite radio when I did. I don’t know if I can handle another station fellating itself because it just started playing the Foo Fighters song that got released 10 months ago. I’m sure Dave Grohl will be happy to add another fuckface programming director to the line of douchebags waiting to suck his formulaic alt-rock cock. And don’t forget to ask for a reacharound, you assclown.