Thursday, July 21, 2005

In Between Stations

Since the unexpected demise of CBS-FM as an oldies format, I’ve been stuck in the no-man’s land of radio programming, unable to find a single station worth waking up to. Instead of Frankie Vallie ("Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You –" the most perfect wake-up song ever?), I get Bon fucking Jovi. Now I admit to a childhood fascination with Young Guns, but jolting awake to the mauled lion screeches of "Blaze of Glory" is just a bit too much.

Obligatory extrapolation to the larger world: how sad is it that New York City lacks even a single decent radio station?

1 comment:

Khmer Rouge said...

well there used to be a modicum of predictability as to what type of song would be waking me up - oldies are the best because they're generally sunshiney and upbeat and the production is warmer than more recent shit.

maybe i'll start a running tally - today it was a god-awful 80s-style synth-pop cover of the Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On." Have you heard of JACK-FM? its the new "no-format" station. no DJs, no discernible logic to what they play, a bit like an IPod on random. not sure how i feel about it yet but it gets me up well enough.

Rose - i hope you made it to your meeting on time!