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From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Boston's Hit Radio station (Is Springsteen losing it?)
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Date: Sun, 27-May-84 19:20:37 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 27 19:20:37 1984
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I just love flaming about music!  Let fly the bits!  Anyway ...

> The only stations worth listening to in Boston are the non-commercial
> ones.  Conveniently they are all located below 91.5 on the FM dial.
> After listening to nothing but these stations:

> WMBR (MIT)
> WERS (Emerson College)
> WBUR (Boston U.)
> WGBH (Public Radio)
> WMFO (Tufts)
> WZBC (Boston College)

These stations may well be good stations, but you can't get 'em 10 miles
away from the transmitter!

> I really can't understand why anyone listens to anything else.  You get
> the absolutely broadest variety of music (new and old) as well as no
> stupid assinine commercials (be all you can be, join the pepsi
> generation), or obnoxious DJ's.

Well, some people like to be entertained when they listen to radio.  I
admit commercials tend to be repetitive (but then again, that's what
they're there for, so the station can make money) but some commercials
are worth hearing once in a while.  As for obnoxious DJs, I'd rather
have them than DJs who put me to sleep (the ones on college radio tend
to do this).

> WMFO a cross between 'MBR and 'ZBC.  Hard to recieve in Boston due to
> their directional transmitter in Medford.

My point exactly.

> Would somebody please tell me WHY they listen to commercial radio.  Most
> non-top-40 music that you hear on the commerical stations you'll hear on
> these statins first.  If you want to keep hearing the same song over and
> over again, you can buy the record.

1.  I like it.
2.  Have you seen the price of records lately?  Most good albums are
    going for 7 bucks these days!  Singles go for at least $1.25. At
    those prices, it's very easy for me to listen to radio and *not*
    purchase albums.

Boy, am I going to get flamed at for this ...
-- 
                                                  Let fly the bits!

Greg Skinner (White Gold Wielder)
{decvax!genrad, eagle!mit-vax, whuxle, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds

And he who wields white wild magic gold is a paradox ...