So they closed down my favorite radio station here in Dallas in favor of DMB 24/7.
I mean come on. I just recently cancelled my Sirius satelight subscription because I finally convinced myself that Dallas radio doesn’t suck all that bad. Now they go and pull this shit.
I guess I’ll be on the phone to Sirius today.
Lambda Chi Omega forever, dude! makes air guitar motion
Why do you have to hate on Dave, bro? Dude, chill. Dave is the man. He’s like, my bro. I mean, I don’t know him, but if I did, he’d totally be my bro, bro-dog. His songs are so meaningful, man. Like in American Baby, when he sings, “staaaaaaaay, American baby.” It’s so deep cause like, the baby symbolizes America. Bro, that’s why Dave is so awesome; he’s not just a great singer but his songs all have a meaning, man.
Also, he totally has black guys in his band! One world, bro!
Quoth Maddox:
Bet you a metaphorical five bucks it’s a transitional format, SHAKES. Give it a week, it’ll change to the real new format.
I hereby retract every nice thing I have ever said about Texas.
LOL!
Thanks for the best laugh I’m sure I’ll have all day.
Classic!
I want to hug you.
Also, I want to copy this into an e-mail to all my Dave Matthews fan friends.
It is one of the great sorrows of my life that I have lots of friends who like Dave Matthews.
I once worked with a guy who had a TATTOO of that “wind dancer” symbol from the DMB. He told me, “There isn’t a single situation in my life where a Dave song wouldn’t help make it better. Anything that happens, Dave is there with me.” I’m serious, that’s how devoted he was. It was like he had a spiritual connection with the man. I tried to steer clear of him in the parking lot - I was always afraid that he was going to crash into me.
ETA - thanks for the compliments; mocking the fans of bad music is one of my hobbies. (Although, I must admit, Dave is not all bad. I actually like “Tripping Billies,” “Ants Marching,” and most of the album “Before These Crowded Streets.” However, this is more due to the rest of the band than Dave Matthews himself.) But I can’t stand his cult of worshippers.
Is this a permenant change or are they stunting?
Exactly- a station in NY did that playing Prince for about 48 hours straight and when the station came back, the format was entirely different- used to be country and was changed to top 40 stuff (back in the day). I guess that’s how they do the transition.
A station in Phoenix did the same thing - one day it was a talk radio FM station and the next it was playing Paris Hilton’s one album on a constant loop. The “DJ” was an impression of a flaming Paris Hilton man-fan who pretended he barricaded himself in the studio and had other people simulate banging on the doors trying to get in. A few days later, the station switched to Rap/R&B format.
I attach a “mini-pit” to this pit thread because:
24/7 anything is just stupid, and
I wouldn’t hate Dave Matthews if they didn’t “almost” 24/7 him during his heyday. Oversaturation just killed any like I had for him.
Back to the main pit.
Oh, oh, Dave Matthews, I know him! He had that song with the line
“Mom it’s my BIRTH-DAY!” right?
I could just say that line over, and over, and over again.
I would just looove to go see him live so when that part of the song came up I could yell with everyone else “Mom it’s my BIRTH-DAY!”. Good times, good times.
I’m still pissed about 97.9 KZEW! And then when Q102 disappeared, I left Dallas never to return…
So who died this time? Has 92.5 KZPS finally passed away?
Really, it would be much better if it were 24/7 Dave Matthews tribute bands, so we could hear all the love America’s musicians, good and bad, have for Dave. :rolleyes:
I got you beat. 107.9 in Charlotte once played construction noises for an entire week. There was no format change when they came back on the air.
No it is not stupid. It is stunting. OK it is stupid but effective. It gets people talking about what is going on with the station and they’ll be curious until they find out what the new format is. It also gives them time to fire everyone and bring in the new crew.
Boo to stunting. Sorry, not a fan; I don’t care if it’s “effective.”
I preferred two switchover versions that I recall hearing. In one, it was a local dance music channel that was really good, and they actually got prior notice (and a significant amount of time ahead, I forget exactly how long) that they were shutting down. The last day, I listened to the DJs talking about how much they’d enjoyed the work and trying to make a go of it, and they appreciated the listeners who’d tuned in, etc. They’d play a fun song or two, then talk more. It was really nice, kind of a listener appreciation day.
The other was probably the more typical switchover. A couple years back or so, I was listening to a (former) local hard rock station while at work, and as the time approached noon, Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” came on. This was only notable in retrospect, as at noon, an oldies station started playing. New call letters, new DJ - probably a recording. I thought it was a practical joke, but no such luck. 