Comments on: Count your lucky radio stars http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/ Thu, 21 May 2009 21:13:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dale http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Dale Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:34:00 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/#comment-2955 I travel to Detroit almost monthly, and have really enjoyed listening to "The River" 93.9 radio station. Does anyone know if this radio station has an on-line site? It would be really great to be able to listen to "The River" on-line, whenever I am not in the Detroit area. Thanks, Dale I travel to Detroit almost monthly, and have really enjoyed listening to “The River” 93.9 radio station. Does anyone know if this radio station has an on-line site? It would be really great to be able to listen to “The River” on-line, whenever I am not in the Detroit area.

Thanks,
Dale

]]> By: chicago http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 chicago Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:48:11 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/#comment-2954 Living in Chicago now what I miss most on the radio is good NPR with talk shows on all day. The Chicago public radio station, like ones in other cities I've lived in, plays way too much music when I'd rather switch to a good music station for that. Michigan Radio is the perfect NPR station, and if that's not enough there's the option of WDET Detroit, the Toledo NPR station, and also the Ypsilanti NPR station if you're closer to the west side. That's really some incredible amount of NPR. Living in Chicago now what I miss most on the radio is good NPR with talk shows on all day. The Chicago public radio station, like ones in other cities I’ve lived in, plays way too much music when I’d rather switch to a good music station for that. Michigan Radio is the perfect NPR station, and if that’s not enough there’s the option of WDET Detroit, the Toledo NPR station, and also the Ypsilanti NPR station if you’re closer to the west side. That’s really some incredible amount of NPR.

]]> By: max http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 max Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:32:16 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/#comment-2953 i look back to the early days of 89X when they were playing music not heard on any other "main stream" station, now it seems too predictable...and since when is Metallica considered "alternative"? and speaking of alternative, the 89X slogan "Detroit's new rock alternative" if broken up would imply that they are a station to listen to if you want to hear something besides (an alternative choice) new rock which would imply they are a classic rock station. perhaps i'm nit-picking a bit too much. i look back to the early days of 89X when they were playing music not heard on any other “main stream” station, now it seems too predictable…and since when is Metallica considered “alternative”? and speaking of alternative, the 89X slogan “Detroit’s new rock alternative” if broken up would imply that they are a station to listen to if you want to hear something besides (an alternative choice) new rock which would imply they are a classic rock station. perhaps i’m nit-picking a bit too much.

]]> By: Stacey http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Stacey Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:32:03 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/#comment-2952 That stinks that some of the great stations have kind of fallen away, but they are still heads above other markets. Just for example, the "classic rock" station I have to listen to plays (I swear, sometimes on a loop) 1990's Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, and U2. I'm just as much of a Jovi and U2 fan as the next person (Rod can keep out of that category), but CLASSIC rock? From the 90's? Not really. I great up in the 90's in metro Detroit and remember the days of the almost cult-like following of 89X. Sigh. That stinks that some of the great stations have kind of fallen away, but they are still heads above other markets. Just for example, the “classic rock” station I have to listen to plays (I swear, sometimes on a loop) 1990’s Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, and U2. I’m just as much of a Jovi and U2 fan as the next person (Rod can keep out of that category), but CLASSIC rock? From the 90’s? Not really.

I great up in the 90’s in metro Detroit and remember the days of the almost cult-like following of 89X. Sigh.

]]> By: Tom http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-2951 Tom Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:08:49 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/2006/12/28/count-your-lucky-radio-stars/#comment-2951 Remember the glory days of 89X before they became a top 40 station? I remember, they used to play some damn good music in the mid to late 1990s. 97.1 has recently jumped the shark lately - boring topics and lame since they fired Gregg Hension (gregghenson.com). These days, my favorite station is 93.9 The River - they sound more like a college station then a major market radio station. I have to say though, if you want classic rock, you have to go up north here in Michigan. 94.7 is lame compared to some of the classic rock stations north of Saginaw. They really know how to rock out in their cabins up north. Remember the glory days of 89X before they became a top 40 station? I remember, they used to play some damn good music in the mid to late 1990s. 97.1 has recently jumped the shark lately – boring topics and lame since they fired Gregg Hension (gregghenson.com). These days, my favorite station is 93.9 The River – they sound more like a college station then a major market radio station.

I have to say though, if you want classic rock, you have to go up north here in Michigan. 94.7 is lame compared to some of the classic rock stations north of Saginaw. They really know how to rock out in their cabins up north.

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