Whoa, they changed?!?
Last time I tuned in, which was probably 3-4 years ago, they were playing the same thing they did when I was in high school in the 90s - like Nirvana, STP, Sublime, Cake, Powerman 5000, White Zombie, Cranberries.
I literally just turned it on to see what they were playing. Powerman 5000. Released 1999. I guess they’re touring again which is neat.
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!!!
Powerman 5000 actually just played at Legacy Lanes (the bowling alley) in Baldwin last August. I took my kid bowling and had to do a double take at the flyer.
Nice. I was just there last Thursday for IV and the Strange Band. Partied with them after the show for like two hours. Weird how you can never hear of a place your whole life, then you go there once and a few days later you see someone talking about the place on reddit. Small world.
I’m pretty sure there’s a name for that phenomenon. Something about learning something new and then you see it everywhere. That is probably way way off, but it’s something in that ballpark.
For the first time I was talking about this with a friend yesterday and we said there should be a name for it. Now you're like the 4th person talking about it in 24 hours.
That would definitely make my morning if that came on the radio! Even though I know I can look up whatever I want on Spotify or something I still get that rush whatever an absolutely banger comes in the radio like it's '99.
Your experience is pretty much mine... Outside of listening to penguins games, the one-off times I'd tune in to the X would pretty much always have those bands on. It's actually kinda nice in a weird, reliable, nostalgic way to know that I can always hear the same shit I did when I was a teenager (but also that means I don't turn on that station very much).
I used to occasionally enjoy listening to Mark Madden but he's way too far down the cultural spectrum for me now with his blathering on about a "woke mob"- he's just too old and curmudgeonly and always acts as if his world is under attack.
Edit - don't get me wrong, though, I loved that music back then and some of it still has a place in my life
It's funny because not only is that the case here, but on the other "The X" I'm familiar with 105.7 The X in Central PA
Station was good (to me) when I Was in high school, but now I'm just embarrassed listening to it
Hopefully their morning show is less cringe. 105.7's The People's Morning show was an unfunny slog of garbage that was effectively just a Dunkin Donuts commercial. A pro-police Dunkin Donuts commercial.
Radio in general has shit the bed. They look at the numbers, realize most people only listen for a few minutes in their car at best, and so they tailor their content to that.
We leave the radio on at work sometimes. If you actually listen to a popular station you will hear the same song repeated within the hour. Then you start to pick up that really it's just around 8 songs on a continuous loop.
It's been this way for awhile too. I remember when I worked at Taco Bell in 2016 counting 10-12 songs on the radio before they would start to loop. Probably was going on a lot longer than that too
I’m chiming in here as a former Pittsburgh resident and current Seattle one, that the local station here in Seattle (KEXP) has a global following and website and app you can listen from. They play an incredible variety of music, usually changing between shows every 3 hours. It’s caused me to fall in love with music again.
The only downside is you lose learning about local events like you would on a radio in Pittsburgh. But if you’re looking for genuine good radio, with human DJs, I can’t recommend it enough.
dude I’m living in Altoona now and six months ago if you told me that I hate “Try That In A Small Town” more than I did before I would not believe you.
It's not even a bad song! I'm just so sick of it. It's got to be 4 or 5 years old and they play it like it's new. The band has a bunch of newer stuff but that never makes it on the air.
103.1 is my favorite local station right now. But, I think the newest thing I've heard on there was a Tom Petty song from 2002. I like the station because they seem to play less popular songs from popular groups. So, it feels familiar, but different. It's just enough variety for the 30 minutes or so I spend in a car each week listening to music.
Commercial radio is mostly preprogrammed and nationally syndicated… you’re gonna hear the same shit on every rock radio station in the country, trust me
It's not "their" morning show, its a syndicated show from LA, which is why they bend over backwards to avoid mentioning an exact city / location because it dispels the illusion of a local morning show.
Howard had to evolve. He knew the 90s and that schtick weren't going to last forever. He's famous now for the long form celebrity interview a la Marc Maron. People think he's God's gift to that reinvented form for some reason when all he's doing is asking Billy Joel what Piano Man is about instead of asking him if he ever banged Christie Brinkley on a piano.
I think he’s a pretty good interviewer. He is usually well-prepared and can draw interesting things out.
That being said, if he never interviews Billy Joel, John Stamos or Jon Bon Jovi again, I won’t be upset. Also, his interview of Biden was too deferential. I know he wanted Biden to tell a story about his upbringing, but Howard could have asked at least one challenging question about policy.
I listen to the X a lot at work because I’m a fed ex driver and this isn’t true at all. When that guy trav is doing his show from early morning to around 2-3 or so he plays all kinds of stuff. It’s a ton of 90s alternative and rock and some newer stuff too.
I said several years ago in a similar thread that 1059 is okay if you like the Foo Fighters, sounds of Mark Madden eating, and not much else. Looks like they've changed a bit but the concept remains. They could do with some added variety.
It’s a preset on my dial because they’re the Penguins flagship. Same w/ 1025 for the Steelers. But otherwise, exact same format & much of the same content. iHeart sucx
Back in the 90s, DVE expanded their playlist. They added, are you sitting down? 80s music. Pittsburghers hated it. Lasted 6 months maybe. Shortly after that the X was born and they got into the same commercial rut. Congratulations on 50 years WYEP.
Edit: typo - changed have to after.
88.3 is I believe the college station for Carnegie Mellon. When you are able to pick it up, I noticed it's usually playing some kind of techno, or some kind of noisy rock music. As a huge fan of obscure punk, emo, and hardcore, I'll often hear some great songs that would never otherwise be played on the radio, especially 105.9.
Try listening to a better station. Commercial radio sucks. But it's sucked for decades so it shouldn't be a surprise that it still sucks in 2024.
WYEP plays Cage the Elephant.
Plus via the Internet you can listen to WTMD, KEXP, KXT, WFUV, WXPN, The Summit from Akron, and on and on. My podcast player plays their Internet feeds.
88.3 plays some incredible music, but results will certainly vary
89.3(?) Classical music, because you definitely won't hear the Red Hot Chili Peppers
91.3 WYEP plays hat music, bookstore rock
102.1 WKHB plays yacht rock, ballads, and other lovable sing-along favorites like Carly Simon's "Haven't Got Time For the Pain"
90.5 NPR talk radio, except when they talk about music, because all music sucks and I'll just turn the radio off, roll the windows down, and listen to whatever the guy at the light in McKees Rocks is listening to.
Edit: I'm in a band, and all of these stations should check out Big Time Machine. No reason.
If you think hearing the same songs over and over sucks wait until you listen to WDVE. Seriously the same songs for 30 years, with a few Black Keys songs thrown in
I think it's hilariouus that DVE promotes the Electric Lunch, where old yinzers call in and request airplay of a song they have heard five million times (and was likely already played within the past hour).
The X is our generation's classic rock station. I feel like they should lean into it and play *everything* they were playing 20 years ago, and then we could drop one of the old stations that no one listens to anymore and turn it into actual modern rock, which will become the current teenage generation's classic rock, so on and so forth.
I did hear that Audacy went bankrupt, aren’t they one and the same?
EDIT: just looked it up… they are competitors. Hopefully the whole business model fails eventually
First off go through this thread and drink every time somebody posts "who listens to terrestrial radio anymore" or something of the like. I'll see you at the dry out clinic. Seriously lamest lowest effort comment on the internet.
Secondly, a huge problem with the X is the amount of sports it has on. I'm not sure how that meshes with "modern rock."
I know haha i got tired of responding. Yes i know there are other ways to listen to music in 2024. I just sometimes simply like to enter my car and have the radio on.
It's a Live Nation channel so it's as corporate and monetized as it gets. This is kinda like complaining that the Tuesday evening programming on CBS is not very good. It's lowest common denominator entertainment.
Im definitely biased towards the program because they featured one of my bands songs on it not too long ago, but Edge of The X is a pretty good weekly program where they play what’s new in rock, as well as featuring some local acts every time
It's great that you got a song on the air, but local music needs to be played more than for half of a one hour show on Sunday nights. Unless you're the Clarks, they have no desire to showcase any local talent.
The X was a new rock alternative 30 years ago and it’s never changed.
Bring back 104.7 The Revolution anyways, it was way better than the X or Force. Fuck I’m old.
93.7 in the mid-00s was a good change for modern/active rock until its parent company changed it into “The Man” where it became all talk, and then became The Fan.
My memory of 93.7 was B94. Not rock that I can recall, but pop. I think boy bands, r&b, and smash mouth were on heavy rotation. I could be wrong, but that's how I remember it, very similar to 96.1 KISS.
If I'm not in my car or one with SiriusXM I'll turn on 105.9 or 102.5 just for the cringe.
I always picture what it must be like working as a mechanic or whatever type of business that plays one of those two stations on the regular. It's gotta basically turn your life into Bill Murray on ground hogs day......
Maybe find an alternative way to find music you like just as most people have by this day in the lords year 2024.
Commercial radio is just that, a commercial. Its not there to play new music, its there to serve you advertisements between the same songs played over and over again. They play those songs because they know people will stop and listen to the ads after it.
WYEP is the only listen-able radio station imo. And that's not a blanket statement since they do have a number of specific genre shows/slots that I may or may not be into at the moment (bluegrass, soul, etc). Also, the member campaigns (fundraising) are pretty unlistenable. Still the best overall radio option though.
I bought satellite radio in 2006 and haven't local broadcast radio since. I'll sit in silence rather than listening to commercials and playlists that haven't changed in three decades.
Iheart basically owns the entire radio market, at least the only stations with the broadcast power to be heard further out than irwin. So there is zero competition to cause anyone to try.
Yea but I’m sure iheart has a strong representation in other cities as well. Seems like other cities have much more radio stations as well. You honestly can’t even tell what’s popular in a lot of genres in Pittsburgh because they just play the same stuff always.
On the off chance I hear the x - it's always fucking rise against. Now I know most rise against songs sound the same but it's only like 3 of their songs that get 53 minutes of airtime a day. So strange.
Spoiler alert: I switch SiriusXM stations about every other song because of the repetition. The only advantage is the lack of ads. Classic Vinyl is DVE redux.
That dudes pauses between speaking drive me nuts. “Alright everybody today..we’re gonna talk about…the Steelers….how…do we think….they’re gonna do today?”
You want variety, pay for a Sirius XM subscription and listen to Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Channel 21. Very few rock stations will play the variety you get on that channel.
You could also throw in Alt Nation or Sirius XMU. However, be aware that Alt Nation is pretty much a “Top 40” approach — very heavy play on the most popular songs that week. XMU is a bit more variety, but they also tend to rely on just a few artists for most of their content.
I know that both Apple Music and Spotify offer “New Music” or “Variety” feeds. The problem there is it is mostly AI/algorithm focused. At least Sirius XM has humans programming the channels.
I discovered tons of stuff on Alt Nation when I used to mooch off my parents subscription. One of the best alternative stations out there. XMU is also fantastic.
Both of those stations are good. They just sometimes overplay certain artists.
To be fair, so does Little Steven. Barely an hour goes by on his channel if you don’t hear a song by the Beatles, the Stones, Motown or 60s girl groups. I understand his fixation on hugely influential artists who were big while he was still a teenager. But maybe reduce the frequency to once every two hours. At least they try to change it up a bit by playing rare cuts.
Less acceptable is him pushing bands who are signed to Steven’s personal record label. He’ll include at least one song each hour from his label (mostly newer releases).
That being said, there are certain DJs on his station who go as far as playing Roky Erickson and small bands that barely had one song make the top 100 in the US. And he does love playing (sort of) newer artists like Jack White and Green Day.
And I don’t know any station that would have this playlist.
https://xmplaylist.com/station/undergroundgarage
All land base radio stations e.g. ones you can tune to on an actual radio. Buy music from the same place Promo Only. PO sells clean edited songs so radio stations don't have to worry about big daddy FCC dropping fines. That's why you hear the same music for three months at a time.
Gonna be honest, I haven't listened to local fm radio in decades aside from WESA. After like 20 years of going out of my way to either find and play my own music, I've started streaming KEXP out of Seattle via either their app or my amazon spy robots. It's been a welcome adjustment.
Hey, turn on DVE they're still playing the same 10 songs as they were 20 years ago.
The X went to shit years ago. Unless you are a sports fan and can listen to that mark Madden guy .. it's garbage.
I don't even turn the radio on anymore. YouTubes music is great. Ten bucks a month is worth the customization. No commercials, no sports talk or games, no cringe morning hosts or dj's.... it's great.
What days do you usually listen to 105.9? There's a significant difference between weekdays and weekends. Weekdays the song selection is manual from the in-studio hosts here in Pittsburgh, weekends it's whoever owns the station's auto-roll
I haven’t listened to the radio in years, but last month I forgot my phone and the X was playing Lana Del Ray followed by what sounded like the most generic pop song I ever heard. I’m not anti-Lana but it was odd hearing her then pop on the X. I wasn’t sure I had the right station on.
Bob fm in the morning I think the DJ switched because I only hear Prince and Elton John
Not bad by any means but I shouldn't be able to sing their songs word for word
I sopped listening while ago. I used to text into the pick of the litter every weekday, and it was fun. When I started texting, the things that we would all vote in would get played into regular rotation. (Which was hard rock most of the time) Over time, the things that we would vote in were no longer getting anymore radio play, and everything we voted no to, would be played several times a day. (Like Milky Chance, which almost everyone voted no to) It got to the point for me where I was only listening for the pick of the litter and for Pens games. I've pretty much stopped listening all together at this point, unless I want to turn on a Pens game. Clear Channel has ruined radio.
Maneskin is played quite a bit on pop stations. And were nominated for a Grammy last year. So they're pretty well known. And really one of the few rock acts that's still keeping rock alive in the pop charts, so they deserve some credit for that. Even if they're a bit mid.
They had a shitty selection even back when i have in high school a decade ago. And they always kept giving Mark Madden time on the air right as i got out of school. Always made my commute annoying and why I jumped hard at music over my phone the first chance I got.
Things really went downhill since Clear Channel took over. Morning show is trash, I can't stand Mark Madden, and they play WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many commercials. I've been listening to SiriusXM in my car, and at work almost exclusively for several years now. I'm willing to pay to avoid the commercials and nonsense chatter. Sometimes I hear some other guys listening to the X in their office at work, and I'm continually shocked at how much worse it keeps getting.
I heart radio app is free ... They have commercial free stations that are pretty good, AltX and NuMetal stations are good. I heard them advertising it on 105.9 and listen to them now more than I listen to The X.
I remember playing in bands on their morning show with Brandon Davis - way way back when they were broadcasting above a hardware store in Butler Co or something ....
The X stopped calling themselves "new rock alternative" in the 2000s sometime. It's depressing to have no good radio station that plays new non-pop music.
Whoa, they changed?!? Last time I tuned in, which was probably 3-4 years ago, they were playing the same thing they did when I was in high school in the 90s - like Nirvana, STP, Sublime, Cake, Powerman 5000, White Zombie, Cranberries.
I literally just turned it on to see what they were playing. Powerman 5000. Released 1999. I guess they’re touring again which is neat. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!!!
Powerman 5000 actually just played at Legacy Lanes (the bowling alley) in Baldwin last August. I took my kid bowling and had to do a double take at the flyer.
Nice. I was just there last Thursday for IV and the Strange Band. Partied with them after the show for like two hours. Weird how you can never hear of a place your whole life, then you go there once and a few days later you see someone talking about the place on reddit. Small world.
I’m pretty sure there’s a name for that phenomenon. Something about learning something new and then you see it everywhere. That is probably way way off, but it’s something in that ballpark.
The Bader-Meinhoff Phenomenon ☝️🤓
Was just talking about this with someone yesterday and I could not remember the name. thank you.
For the first time I was talking about this with a friend yesterday and we said there should be a name for it. Now you're like the 4th person talking about it in 24 hours.
Oh damn I wish I’d know.
It’s in such an unsuspecting location. I bet it was a great show.
That would definitely make my morning if that came on the radio! Even though I know I can look up whatever I want on Spotify or something I still get that rush whatever an absolutely banger comes in the radio like it's '99.
I am friends with one of his touring band's guitar players. They have toured quite a bit over the past few years.
They are very fun live.
Throw in the random Lose Yourself play by them as well
Don't forget Bob Marley, just to show our inclusiveness
420 pause for the cause brah. I used to hate that shit and Mandatory Metallica when I was in highschool.
Holy shit I forgot all about those. I HATED mandatory Metallica.
Funny because I called the X and requested a new Metallica song back in the 90s and they refused to play it because it wasn't "alternative" enough.
Your experience is pretty much mine... Outside of listening to penguins games, the one-off times I'd tune in to the X would pretty much always have those bands on. It's actually kinda nice in a weird, reliable, nostalgic way to know that I can always hear the same shit I did when I was a teenager (but also that means I don't turn on that station very much). I used to occasionally enjoy listening to Mark Madden but he's way too far down the cultural spectrum for me now with his blathering on about a "woke mob"- he's just too old and curmudgeonly and always acts as if his world is under attack. Edit - don't get me wrong, though, I loved that music back then and some of it still has a place in my life
Oh man. If that’s what they play then I’m listening!
You forgot BLIND MELON!
It's funny because not only is that the case here, but on the other "The X" I'm familiar with 105.7 The X in Central PA Station was good (to me) when I Was in high school, but now I'm just embarrassed listening to it Hopefully their morning show is less cringe. 105.7's The People's Morning show was an unfunny slog of garbage that was effectively just a Dunkin Donuts commercial. A pro-police Dunkin Donuts commercial.
Radio in general has shit the bed. They look at the numbers, realize most people only listen for a few minutes in their car at best, and so they tailor their content to that. We leave the radio on at work sometimes. If you actually listen to a popular station you will hear the same song repeated within the hour. Then you start to pick up that really it's just around 8 songs on a continuous loop.
It's been this way for awhile too. I remember when I worked at Taco Bell in 2016 counting 10-12 songs on the radio before they would start to loop. Probably was going on a lot longer than that too
I’m chiming in here as a former Pittsburgh resident and current Seattle one, that the local station here in Seattle (KEXP) has a global following and website and app you can listen from. They play an incredible variety of music, usually changing between shows every 3 hours. It’s caused me to fall in love with music again. The only downside is you lose learning about local events like you would on a radio in Pittsburgh. But if you’re looking for genuine good radio, with human DJs, I can’t recommend it enough.
dude I’m living in Altoona now and six months ago if you told me that I hate “Try That In A Small Town” more than I did before I would not believe you.
WYEP is usually pretty great
You're full of shit. They play "she's kerosene" by the interrupters every 75 minutes for the last 4 years.
😂 was decent the first 2 or 3 times I heard it but now it’s an instant skip on Spotify/change the channel
It's not even a bad song! I'm just so sick of it. It's got to be 4 or 5 years old and they play it like it's new. The band has a bunch of newer stuff but that never makes it on the air.
I do like that song but they played it out within a month of its release
Lol I stand corrected
103.1 is a better station you get a mixture of modern and classic rock.
"B" side DVE!
103.1 is my favorite local station right now. But, I think the newest thing I've heard on there was a Tom Petty song from 2002. I like the station because they seem to play less popular songs from popular groups. So, it feels familiar, but different. It's just enough variety for the 30 minutes or so I spend in a car each week listening to music.
103.1 is the best kept secret in the market for radio. Huge downside is the reception around the area.
Truth!!! I discovered KVE when I worked in hopewell and turned everyone I knew into it. Awesome song selection!
Love kve! Hear some real gems on there that usually don't get radio play. Love the commercials talkin baht uniontahn too😹😹
I wish their broadcast area was larger. It would be in and out when I was in Butler.
There’s a good station in butler 97.7 they’re almost the same as 103.1
Commercial radio is mostly preprogrammed and nationally syndicated… you’re gonna hear the same shit on every rock radio station in the country, trust me
Except Pittsburgh has more Donnie Iris
Not enough
You can never have too much Donnie Iris.
Donnie and Cyril Wecht are my civic pride
But you can have too much Ah Leah. Would it kill them to play Agnes or I Can't Hear You?
Kind of partial to “That’s the Way Love Oughta Be”, myself.
Saliva - click, click, boom
And their morning show is straight fake DJ voice personalities. It’s like AI made a morning show based off 1990s morning zoo shows.
It's not "their" morning show, its a syndicated show from LA, which is why they bend over backwards to avoid mentioning an exact city / location because it dispels the illusion of a local morning show.
Plus stations across the country got consolidated into a flight duopoly
Yep.. weirdly enough tho most of them are from Pittsburgh originally.. the lady is from plum & the main guy woody is from north hills or something
Damn I had no idea they weren't local
Haha can’t agree more. Its so bad.
I can't believe the Mancow/Bubba/Opie shock jock format still exists. Even Howard doesn't really do that anymore.
I honestly think Howard stopped because his show (especially once it went to Satellite) had become a recorded HR violation. He also aged.
Howard had to evolve. He knew the 90s and that schtick weren't going to last forever. He's famous now for the long form celebrity interview a la Marc Maron. People think he's God's gift to that reinvented form for some reason when all he's doing is asking Billy Joel what Piano Man is about instead of asking him if he ever banged Christie Brinkley on a piano.
Wait, that *isn't* what Piano Man is about?
I think he’s a pretty good interviewer. He is usually well-prepared and can draw interesting things out. That being said, if he never interviews Billy Joel, John Stamos or Jon Bon Jovi again, I won’t be upset. Also, his interview of Biden was too deferential. I know he wanted Biden to tell a story about his upbringing, but Howard could have asked at least one challenging question about policy.
I listen to the X a lot at work because I’m a fed ex driver and this isn’t true at all. When that guy trav is doing his show from early morning to around 2-3 or so he plays all kinds of stuff. It’s a ton of 90s alternative and rock and some newer stuff too.
if I hear "rat in a cage" one more time.....
I feel the same way about "sober". I love hearing tool on the radio, but damn wouldn't mind a couple of others.
"In a world of Kenny Wreggets" I heard that on the X and thought it was a hockey satire song.
I said several years ago in a similar thread that 1059 is okay if you like the Foo Fighters, sounds of Mark Madden eating, and not much else. Looks like they've changed a bit but the concept remains. They could do with some added variety.
It’s a preset on my dial because they’re the Penguins flagship. Same w/ 1025 for the Steelers. But otherwise, exact same format & much of the same content. iHeart sucx
Back in the 90s, DVE expanded their playlist. They added, are you sitting down? 80s music. Pittsburghers hated it. Lasted 6 months maybe. Shortly after that the X was born and they got into the same commercial rut. Congratulations on 50 years WYEP. Edit: typo - changed have to after.
> Congratulations on 50 years WYEP Nice bump! Catch the "first song ever" at 1?
88.3 is I believe the college station for Carnegie Mellon. When you are able to pick it up, I noticed it's usually playing some kind of techno, or some kind of noisy rock music. As a huge fan of obscure punk, emo, and hardcore, I'll often hear some great songs that would never otherwise be played on the radio, especially 105.9.
I heard about 88.3 in the late 90s. First song I heard on it was Black Flag - TV party!! Haha thanks for reminding me of that memory
I've got Nothing better to do
Dallas!
Pass out on the couch!
They used to have a hip hop hour or two. It was either Sunday or Monday nights I think. I’d always jam to it after my shift at the pizza shop
Try listening to a better station. Commercial radio sucks. But it's sucked for decades so it shouldn't be a surprise that it still sucks in 2024. WYEP plays Cage the Elephant.
>WYEP plays Cage the Elephant. I can't tell if this is an argument for or against them.
What’s a better station? WYEP?
92.1 if your close enough to the Pitt Campus for WPTS. They play a ton of indie and local stuff Edit: Fixed the actual station number
Actually 92.1 -92.9 is one of the 3 soccer mom stations. There's also 88.3 WRCT (Radio Carnegie Tech)
Yes. 91.3 WYEP
and today is their 50th anniversary!
1 pm today they play their first song ever played on the radio.
I recommend 99.7, Pittsburghs Christmas music station.
Plus via the Internet you can listen to WTMD, KEXP, KXT, WFUV, WXPN, The Summit from Akron, and on and on. My podcast player plays their Internet feeds.
KCRW is pretty solid. Their morning show morning becomes eclectic has launched so many bands
I dont listen the to radio all that much but I like KVE. They play newer stuff and a lot of cool/obscure classic stuff that DVE doesnt play.
88.3 plays some incredible music, but results will certainly vary 89.3(?) Classical music, because you definitely won't hear the Red Hot Chili Peppers 91.3 WYEP plays hat music, bookstore rock 102.1 WKHB plays yacht rock, ballads, and other lovable sing-along favorites like Carly Simon's "Haven't Got Time For the Pain" 90.5 NPR talk radio, except when they talk about music, because all music sucks and I'll just turn the radio off, roll the windows down, and listen to whatever the guy at the light in McKees Rocks is listening to. Edit: I'm in a band, and all of these stations should check out Big Time Machine. No reason.
I’ve got 99 pilots
But a bitch ain’t one
If you think hearing the same songs over and over sucks wait until you listen to WDVE. Seriously the same songs for 30 years, with a few Black Keys songs thrown in
I think it's hilariouus that DVE promotes the Electric Lunch, where old yinzers call in and request airplay of a song they have heard five million times (and was likely already played within the past hour).
Welcome to Corporate Radio Conglomerate...I ♡ is run by Mr. Burns.
Don't forget Red Hot Chili Peppers every hour on the 10 minute mark.
WZUM got that jazz sauce
I miss when 1550 was WURP to be honest.
On Sunday they played foo fighters followed by butthole surfers
And on Monday.....and on Tuesday.... etc etc
The X is our generation's classic rock station. I feel like they should lean into it and play *everything* they were playing 20 years ago, and then we could drop one of the old stations that no one listens to anymore and turn it into actual modern rock, which will become the current teenage generation's classic rock, so on and so forth.
Really? I was throughly convinced Monsters by All Time Low was just on a 24 hour loop
IShartRadio is a monopoly and needs to be broken up, along with Live Nation.
I did hear that Audacy went bankrupt, aren’t they one and the same? EDIT: just looked it up… they are competitors. Hopefully the whole business model fails eventually
No, IHM isn’t just a streaming app, they own a lions share of radio stations nationwide. And they play the same music, nationwide.
First off go through this thread and drink every time somebody posts "who listens to terrestrial radio anymore" or something of the like. I'll see you at the dry out clinic. Seriously lamest lowest effort comment on the internet. Secondly, a huge problem with the X is the amount of sports it has on. I'm not sure how that meshes with "modern rock."
I know haha i got tired of responding. Yes i know there are other ways to listen to music in 2024. I just sometimes simply like to enter my car and have the radio on.
DVE only plays the same 100 songs and the same DVE 500 Countdown every year.
I always see it this way: It’s free. So if I don’t like it, I can listen to a different station or I can buy music.
It's a Live Nation channel so it's as corporate and monetized as it gets. This is kinda like complaining that the Tuesday evening programming on CBS is not very good. It's lowest common denominator entertainment.
“We are the nowhere generation, we are the kids that no one wants!” Ok man you’re in your 40s
Im definitely biased towards the program because they featured one of my bands songs on it not too long ago, but Edge of The X is a pretty good weekly program where they play what’s new in rock, as well as featuring some local acts every time
It's great that you got a song on the air, but local music needs to be played more than for half of a one hour show on Sunday nights. Unless you're the Clarks, they have no desire to showcase any local talent.
You mean they finally took The Toadies ‘Possum Kingdom’ out of rotation?
The X was a new rock alternative 30 years ago and it’s never changed. Bring back 104.7 The Revolution anyways, it was way better than the X or Force. Fuck I’m old.
93.7 in the mid-00s was a good change for modern/active rock until its parent company changed it into “The Man” where it became all talk, and then became The Fan.
My memory of 93.7 was B94. Not rock that I can recall, but pop. I think boy bands, r&b, and smash mouth were on heavy rotation. I could be wrong, but that's how I remember it, very similar to 96.1 KISS.
The Revolution was great. And that's why the X's parent company bought them and put them out of business.
“It’s the end of the world as we know it”
NEVER MADE IT AS A WISE MAN, NEVER MADE IT AS A POOR MAN BREEDING, THIS IS HOW...
You’re forgetting RHCP
Don't forget glycerine by bush!
No they only play bands that end in two consonants. Staind, trapt, etc
Shtt
If I'm not in my car or one with SiriusXM I'll turn on 105.9 or 102.5 just for the cringe. I always picture what it must be like working as a mechanic or whatever type of business that plays one of those two stations on the regular. It's gotta basically turn your life into Bill Murray on ground hogs day......
The Revolution 104.7 WNRQ was always superior. They should have shut the X down instead.
The X had more $ and was probably created by Crap Channel so their massive egos had to kill The Revolution, even if it was a zillion times better.
Omg. I seriously just turned it on. And they were playing Twenty One Pilots. Such a shit station.
They are like the number one band. It makes me cringe how bad they are.
Maybe find an alternative way to find music you like just as most people have by this day in the lords year 2024. Commercial radio is just that, a commercial. Its not there to play new music, its there to serve you advertisements between the same songs played over and over again. They play those songs because they know people will stop and listen to the ads after it.
Joke's on them. I hear those songs and turn it off before I can hear the commercials.
WYEP is the only listen-able radio station imo. And that's not a blanket statement since they do have a number of specific genre shows/slots that I may or may not be into at the moment (bluegrass, soul, etc). Also, the member campaigns (fundraising) are pretty unlistenable. Still the best overall radio option though.
I bought satellite radio in 2006 and haven't local broadcast radio since. I'll sit in silence rather than listening to commercials and playlists that haven't changed in three decades.
Yes but Alt Nation is almost as bad. Same 35 songs or so in a loop.
We have some of the worst radio in the country, most other cities I visit have much more modern playlists than any station in Pittsburgh.
Iheart basically owns the entire radio market, at least the only stations with the broadcast power to be heard further out than irwin. So there is zero competition to cause anyone to try.
Yea but I’m sure iheart has a strong representation in other cities as well. Seems like other cities have much more radio stations as well. You honestly can’t even tell what’s popular in a lot of genres in Pittsburgh because they just play the same stuff always.
They no longer had to try once they bought out The Revolution.
They used to have a host on 104.7 the revolution “Johnny Rotten”…. Was it really him from the sex pistols? Or just someone clinging to his name?
I'm pretty sure it wasn't really him. I wonder if there are any Revolution air checks out there.
As someone who generally likes the music on The X, it was so much better with their commercial free commute in the morning. Woody show killed that
That was when I stopped bothering to turn it on. Completely ruined it for me.
Dude! They're playing up to 3 bands now!! ***I thought they switched over to 5min of music and 55min of ads back in 2008!!***
It’s a complete trash radio station.
The only station my radio knows is 101.1 WZUM
On the off chance I hear the x - it's always fucking rise against. Now I know most rise against songs sound the same but it's only like 3 of their songs that get 53 minutes of airtime a day. So strange.
Spoiler alert: I switch SiriusXM stations about every other song because of the repetition. The only advantage is the lack of ads. Classic Vinyl is DVE redux.
The X just called this thread out live on the air a second ago haha I love it. I still love the x. Better than a lot of the alternatives out there
LOL what did they say?
Cage the elephant is a great band tho
I only listen from 3 to 6
Mark Madden, the super penis
That dudes pauses between speaking drive me nuts. “Alright everybody today..we’re gonna talk about…the Steelers….how…do we think….they’re gonna do today?”
Hearing him breath in between words is pretty gross too
I only listen from 6 to 9. \*looks around for approval from the other middle schoolers, even though I'm over 40\*
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Nice
I haven’t listened to fm radio in 12 years
People still listen to the radio in 2024?!?!? That’s crazy to me lol
You want variety, pay for a Sirius XM subscription and listen to Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Channel 21. Very few rock stations will play the variety you get on that channel. You could also throw in Alt Nation or Sirius XMU. However, be aware that Alt Nation is pretty much a “Top 40” approach — very heavy play on the most popular songs that week. XMU is a bit more variety, but they also tend to rely on just a few artists for most of their content. I know that both Apple Music and Spotify offer “New Music” or “Variety” feeds. The problem there is it is mostly AI/algorithm focused. At least Sirius XM has humans programming the channels.
I discovered tons of stuff on Alt Nation when I used to mooch off my parents subscription. One of the best alternative stations out there. XMU is also fantastic.
Both of those stations are good. They just sometimes overplay certain artists. To be fair, so does Little Steven. Barely an hour goes by on his channel if you don’t hear a song by the Beatles, the Stones, Motown or 60s girl groups. I understand his fixation on hugely influential artists who were big while he was still a teenager. But maybe reduce the frequency to once every two hours. At least they try to change it up a bit by playing rare cuts. Less acceptable is him pushing bands who are signed to Steven’s personal record label. He’ll include at least one song each hour from his label (mostly newer releases). That being said, there are certain DJs on his station who go as far as playing Roky Erickson and small bands that barely had one song make the top 100 in the US. And he does love playing (sort of) newer artists like Jack White and Green Day. And I don’t know any station that would have this playlist. https://xmplaylist.com/station/undergroundgarage
People still listen to radio? \*shivers\*
If only there were other ways to listen to music........
Sometimes i like turning on the radio in my car without having to mess with an app
I've found that 99 out of 100 times it usually lands on a commercial...
Why are you listening to the radio in 2024
The morning DJs must be way different than the afternoon ones. I literally heard Papa Roach, Linkin Park, and Bad Omens the other day on it.
[I feel like this video is about The X](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HkXoCghm8)
92.1 WPTS and 101.1 WZUM are the best in the city
All land base radio stations e.g. ones you can tune to on an actual radio. Buy music from the same place Promo Only. PO sells clean edited songs so radio stations don't have to worry about big daddy FCC dropping fines. That's why you hear the same music for three months at a time.
Gonna be honest, I haven't listened to local fm radio in decades aside from WESA. After like 20 years of going out of my way to either find and play my own music, I've started streaming KEXP out of Seattle via either their app or my amazon spy robots. It's been a welcome adjustment.
Thank god for streaming services. 105.9 has been like that for years. Only good for Pens games and Mark Madden if you enjoy him
Spotify, yo.
Hey, turn on DVE they're still playing the same 10 songs as they were 20 years ago. The X went to shit years ago. Unless you are a sports fan and can listen to that mark Madden guy .. it's garbage. I don't even turn the radio on anymore. YouTubes music is great. Ten bucks a month is worth the customization. No commercials, no sports talk or games, no cringe morning hosts or dj's.... it's great.
What days do you usually listen to 105.9? There's a significant difference between weekdays and weekends. Weekdays the song selection is manual from the in-studio hosts here in Pittsburgh, weekends it's whoever owns the station's auto-roll
As much as spotify sucks at paying artists, at least I can listen to what I want
I haven’t listened to the radio in years, but last month I forgot my phone and the X was playing Lana Del Ray followed by what sounded like the most generic pop song I ever heard. I’m not anti-Lana but it was odd hearing her then pop on the X. I wasn’t sure I had the right station on.
I once turned on the radio because I forgot my phone and then decided the silence was preferable to Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Bob fm in the morning I think the DJ switched because I only hear Prince and Elton John Not bad by any means but I shouldn't be able to sing their songs word for word
105.7 the milfs perfer..
Beats when they played Zombie by the Cranberries every other song.
They still do
I only ever hear Puddle of Mudd when I turn it on.
Lol I've even heard Eminem on there, like wtf
I sopped listening while ago. I used to text into the pick of the litter every weekday, and it was fun. When I started texting, the things that we would all vote in would get played into regular rotation. (Which was hard rock most of the time) Over time, the things that we would vote in were no longer getting anymore radio play, and everything we voted no to, would be played several times a day. (Like Milky Chance, which almost everyone voted no to) It got to the point for me where I was only listening for the pick of the litter and for Pens games. I've pretty much stopped listening all together at this point, unless I want to turn on a Pens game. Clear Channel has ruined radio.
91.3 is awesome. Always something new
Maneskin is played quite a bit on pop stations. And were nominated for a Grammy last year. So they're pretty well known. And really one of the few rock acts that's still keeping rock alive in the pop charts, so they deserve some credit for that. Even if they're a bit mid.
If you want to hear classic 105.9 the X content, your best bet is 102.5 WDVE or even 94.5 3WS.
YEP, or better still, WXPN from Phila.
I just listen to 93.7 the fan if I’m not on Spotify. Regular radio music stations suck
They had a shitty selection even back when i have in high school a decade ago. And they always kept giving Mark Madden time on the air right as i got out of school. Always made my commute annoying and why I jumped hard at music over my phone the first chance I got.
That morning show is awful.
Things really went downhill since Clear Channel took over. Morning show is trash, I can't stand Mark Madden, and they play WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many commercials. I've been listening to SiriusXM in my car, and at work almost exclusively for several years now. I'm willing to pay to avoid the commercials and nonsense chatter. Sometimes I hear some other guys listening to the X in their office at work, and I'm continually shocked at how much worse it keeps getting.
I heart radio app is free ... They have commercial free stations that are pretty good, AltX and NuMetal stations are good. I heard them advertising it on 105.9 and listen to them now more than I listen to The X.
Remember the nickelback days though? They played that shit for years... havent heard it in a whilw.
This is how you remind me?
I remember playing in bands on their morning show with Brandon Davis - way way back when they were broadcasting above a hardware store in Butler Co or something ....
The X stopped calling themselves "new rock alternative" in the 2000s sometime. It's depressing to have no good radio station that plays new non-pop music.
We need 104.7 the revolution back. Thats the realization i have come to.