OT: RIP WAAF-FM 1970-2020

[Tbaybruin]

So..... Why does it seem like they're taking all classic rock stations off the air and shoving awful Christian music down our throats???

Shoving nothing down your throat Turn the dial like everyone else if you don’t like the music.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Shoving nothing down your throat Turn the dial like everyone else if you don’t like the music.

Lmao. Nothing on the radio since they keep replacing good rock with garbage.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Something wrong with Christian programming ?

Yes.

Especially when the group specifically targets long established and historic rock stations for conversion.

 

[McGarnagle]

I don't know the stats behind it, but I kind of feel like classic rock is a dying format. There seem to be way more 80s-90s-2000s hits stations popping up and less purely classic rock ones.

 

[McGarnagle]

Yes.

Especially when the group specifically targets long established and historic rock stations for conversion.

 

[Fenway]

It happened in Providence 3 years ago

WBRU: From alternative rock to Christian format?



EMF has a history of buying heritage rock stations - 2 years ago they bought WLUP in Chicago that was best known for this



Last year they bought WPLJ in New York

They don't care about commercials - they exist on donations.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

ive come to the point where i just go to youtube on my phone and search a song i like. then it autoplays. i just use that over bluetooth in my truck now.
free and any song you want

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Something wrong with Christian programming ?

Nope. I'm Catholic. I just don't need every rock channel turned into Christian stuff.

 

[Tbaybruin]

Nope. I'm Catholic. I just don't need every rock channel turned into Christian stuff.

They aren’t all Christian that’s for sure

 

[Tbaybruin]

Yes.

Especially when the group specifically targets long established and historic rock stations for conversion.

They wouldn’t be selling if they were making money.

 

[Tbaybruin]

Lmao. Nothing on the radio since they keep replacing good rock with garbage.

lmao for sure

 

[nycpunk1]

Yes.

Especially when the group specifically targets long established and historic rock stations for conversion.

I grew up with a ton of hardcore music fans and also a ton of very devout Christians. Every single person in the overlap of those two groups DESPISED "Christian Rock". But the economics of terrestrial radio are probably going to kill every commercial music station you love, to be replaced by talk radio funded for political purposes or Christian programming funded by nonprofits. Ad revenues don't need to cover expenses if pushing the content is the end goal-- be it 24-7 messaging or 24-7 mission.

Your options are going to be your own media and streaming. College stations seem to be sticking around, but I think most people lamenting WAAF are probably tuning in from their car on a commute. Good luck staying in the range of any station on the left of the dial. Hell, some of them barely reach all of campus.

 

[smithformeragent]

Sirius XM

Apple Music

Felger and Mazz

Every dang day

 

[Dr Hook]

I grew up with a ton of hardcore music fans and also a ton of very devout Christians. Every single person in the overlap of those two groups DESPISED "Christian Rock". But the economics of terrestrial radio are probably going to kill every commercial music station you love, to be replaced by talk radio funded for political purposes or Christian programming funded by nonprofits. Ad revenues don't need to cover expenses if pushing the content is the end goal-- be it 24-7 messaging or 24-7 mission.

Your options are going to be your own media and streaming. College stations seem to be sticking around, but I think most people lamenting WAAF are probably tuning in from their car on a commute. Good luck staying in the range of any station on the left of the dial. Hell, some of them barely reach all of campus.

This is right- it isn't about shoving stuff down anyone's throats, it's about economics and smartphones, spotify, apple music, and the ability to make your own playlists and listen to them anywhere without commercials. It's the same thing that is happening to print media. Most people I know under 40 don't listen to the radio at all. I am over 40 a good bit and don't- I have all my music (or podcasts) on my iPhone and that's that. No static, no fading signal, no obnoxious local car dealership commercials. The world is changing as it always does. For good or for ill is a matter of perspective.

 

[Chief Nine]

I grew up with a ton of hardcore music fans and also a ton of very devout Christians. Every single person in the overlap of those two groups DESPISED "Christian Rock". But the economics of terrestrial radio are probably going to kill every commercial music station you love, to be replaced by talk radio funded for political purposes or Christian programming funded by nonprofits. Ad revenues don't need to cover expenses if pushing the content is the end goal-- be it 24-7 messaging or 24-7 mission.

Your options are going to be your own media and streaming. College stations seem to be sticking around, but I think most people lamenting WAAF are probably tuning in from their car on a commute. Good luck staying in the range of any station on the left of the dial. Hell, some of them barely reach all of campus.

Don’t underestimate contractors who toss a radio in the corner while they’re working. That’s a big part of the terrestrial radio audience too. That said, I think radio in the commercial sense that we all grew up with is on its way out

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Grew up on AAF and HJY..

Same here and BCN.

 

[rfournier103]

Don’t underestimate contractors who toss a radio in the corner while they’re working. That’s a big part of the terrestrial radio audience too. That said, I think radio in the commercial sense that we all grew up with is on its way out

More and more of us are plugging our phones into a little portable speaker and streaming satellite radio.

The last job I was on was mostly streaming. Very few guys using radios.

Streaming = no commercials and almost no yakking.

 

[Chief Nine]

More and more of us are plugging our phones into a little portable speaker and streaming satellite radio.

The last job I was on was mostly streaming. Very few guys using radios.

Streaming = no commercials and almost no yakking.

So it’s dying a faster death than I realized. Figured there were still a few in their late 30’s and up who still listened.

This all makes sense when you see what @Fenway posted about these investors buying up stations who rely on donations only. That’s a niche audience who will stay loyal to whatever they’re peddling

 

[Saxon Eric]

Same here and BCN.

I liked AAF and HJY more do to their consistent hard rock playlist but I appreciated BCN playing The Kinks,Blondie and then Motorhead in row,you never knew what was coming next

 

[Number8]

I liked AAF and HJY more do to their consistent hard rock playlist but I appreciated BCN playing The Kinks,Blondie and then Motorhead in row,you never knew what was coming next

I was a BRU and BCN guy. BRU because I was into what kids who weren't beholden to the record companies were playing. BCN because, like you said, they had the approach of mixing things around in unexpected ways. Radio, for me, was always about finding new music. So easy to do today with digital tools and then things like Shazaam (how many times have I been standing at the urinal with my phone above my head pointed at the ceiling speaker???).

I was never a fan of the radio "personalities" -- even the so called cool dj's like Charles Laquidara or Mark Parenteau. Parenteau was tolerable to me when he'd have bands on set, which he often did. Beyond that, my theory was shut up and play the music. To steal from Pulp Fiction..... Hey, Number 8..... what would get you to listen to a radio DJ or personality????

Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherf***in' DJ. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?"

 

[Fenway]

Entercom has now moved the WAAF call sign to Scranton

WAAF-AM 910 kHz - Scranton, PA

and 107.3 is now WBZU

WBZU-FM 107.3 MHz - Westborough, MA

 

[Barnum]

I was more BCN and FNX growing up but I listened to AAF in the mornings because they played more music (Stern days).

I can’t recall the exact content but I have strong associations with WAAF and the Worcester 6 after that devastating fire. The Hillman Morning Show in particular.

another piece of Boston rock gone.

I was COZ and HJY. Sometimes BCN for Glasscock/Laquidara, they had changed more towards new wave in the 80s.

 

[Absurdity]

We still have 92.9 and 100.7 (100.3 and 101.1 if you live near NH), but it's going to suck not hearing new Rock out there on the radio now that WAAF is gone and every Rock station in MA has a classic Rock format.

 

[Barnum]

Yes.

Especially when the group specifically targets long established and historic rock stations for conversion.

Busy bodied Christians have finally figure out a way to get rid of the devil’s music. Buy them out.

Excuse me, while I listen to Black Sabbath backwards while biting the head off a bat.

Honestly, it doesn’t matter, most of us have moved on from radio for music. The only time I tune into the radio is for news or poly talk and that is fleeting these days.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

i drive alot at work and the best rock station was lazer 99.3. think it was out in chicopee?? 2 years ago they changed their format. but man they had a great playlist back when they played rock.