ATL NOW THE WORST EVER

[BRENT]

Atlanta my beloved hometown, and it pains me to say this.  But it is without a doubt the worst top 10 market.

[atlantaboy]

^Hmmm...and if we had a 70s pop Classic Hits station, it would be the best Top 10 market ever

[MRFLASHPORT]

Atlanta radio plain sucks, unless you like the same 20 top 40/CHR/Urban songs. We don't even have a decent Motown station, I'm sorry but even Kiss 104 is playing to much mainstream and not enough classics (and I'm talking 70's and 80's). No smooth jazz/new age (except when WYAY's HD transmitter works), no oldies, no real alternative, no solid rock (rock 100...ha ha, that was funny and 97.1 the river is another Cox washout factory. No deep cuts, just top 20). And if you want ANYTHING but right wing talk, forget it. No moderates, no indepenents, nothing (unless you happen to live within 2 miles of WGUN). It's basically, a cesspool of what corporate radio is reduced to.

Well, it doesn't matter anyway. the current model radio is running under will be as ancient as cassette tapes, Blockbuster video stores, and Radio Shack. Corporate radio will collapse in on itself, and the remaining stations will either be listener supported, subscription, or brokered. I look forward to those few who "get it" and return the FM and AM dials to their communities, and radio is fun again, albeit in a different way.

[wdb2003]

Smooth Jazz is dead. No major market has a Smooth Jazz station anymore.

[BRENT]

Atlanta radio plain sucks, unless you like the same 20 top 40/CHR/Urban songs. We don't even have a decent Motown station, I'm sorry but even Kiss 104 is playing to much mainstream and not enough classics (and I'm talking 70's and 80's). No smooth jazz/new age (except when WYAY's HD transmitter works), no oldies, no real alternative, no solid rock (rock 100...ha ha, that was funny and 97.1 the river is another Cox washout factory. No deep cuts, just top 20). And if you want ANYTHING but right wing talk, forget it. No moderates, no indepenents, nothing (unless you happen to live within 2 miles of WGUN). It's basically, a cesspool of what corporate radio is reduced to.

Well, it doesn't matter anyway. the current model radio is running under will be as ancient as cassette tapes, Blockbuster video stores, and Radio Shack. Corporate radio will collapse in on itself, and the remaining stations will either be listener supported, subscription, or brokered. I look forward to those few who "get it" and return the FM and AM dials to their communities, and radio is fun again, albeit in a different way.

Amen and praise Jesus, Very well said...............

[atlantaboy]

Atlanta radio plain sucks, unless you like the same 20 top 40/CHR/Urban songs.

Most CHR tracks below the Top 20 are covered though by Star, Wild, 99X, and/or V103

As far as current music, we've got everything pretty much covered - Oldies/Motown/Jazz etc. is another story...

[gregg75]

Yes we probably reached our peak last summer and it's been all downhill since then.

[beachguy3b]

With all due respect to the posters above... Atlanta isn't any worse off than most other large and major markets. It's horrible EVERYWHERE because the same owners have the same stations everywhere.

The biz is all but dead.

[RoddyFreeman]

With all due respect to the posters above... Atlanta isn't any worse off than most other large and major markets. It's horrible EVERYWHERE because the same owners have the same stations everywhere.

The biz is all but dead.

You're right about Atlanta being no worse than most other markets.  They all sound the same these days, even New York, at least when you're talking FM music stations.

[MRFLASHPORT]

I guess it seems like it's a Hoover more than other major markets, because I've been here (all 37 years as of today), and remember when radio was great in this town.

about the ONLY station that STILL has class is V-103. I am NOT a hip hop fan, guess I'm too old for it, but I LOVE what they call "old school" (thanks, now my music is oldies. Oh well) and modern R&B. and V-103 seems to be the ONLY act in town that still keeps a real local sound and listens to it's listeners.

I have to admit, the personalities on Dave are pretty sharp, and while some people think they may talk to much, at least it seems like someone is there who knows what they play. I just wish they would make up their mind musically, they are all over the place.

Let's face it, we are all fans of radio from our youth. This time is gone forever. I don't think the times of the past can be re-created, no matter how much money is thrown at it, or how extravagent one gets. I love radio and always will, it was the first thing outside my Mom, Dad and sister I heard as a young child. I actually have memories of late nights listening to Lindsey and Shana on Z-93 circa 1978.

Radio is on life support, the paddles are out, we've charged the AED, physicans orders are DNR though. Because no matter how high we take it, it will never be what it was to us.