I just herd this morning WYSP is switching to an all talk format. WHAT THE FUCK! First it was Y100 now it’s WYSP. I like WMMR, but the selection of music is a little broad for me. The DJ are OK and I like the morning show, but still… This really pisses me off though. I don’t listen to the radio enough to justify getting satellite radio, but after today, I’m very close. I’m hating life right now.
Is this one of those Free FM stations?
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“Hey, Star and Magic are OK, but in the mornings, they talk a lot…”
“That’s why I listen to B101.1. They play all music.”
“The kind of music I want to hear”
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Oh fart. Philly radio has been going to hell ever since I was a doggone teenager. WDAS was a true rock station-doing album side broadcasts and interesting stuff in the 70’s. DeBella and company were fun on WMMR until WYSP sold out to Stern in the 80’s and morning drive time went to shit. Then the bastion of classical music, WFLN, was allowed to fall-a commercial radio station-no annoying pledge drives on WFLN-they shut down. Thankfully WRTI has picked up the slack and their classical/jazz format is good-I’d actually like more BP with the GM. The last rock station in Philly worth a pinch of shit was WDRE-their departure from the airwaves was a disappointment.