Boring Boston radio

[Baholden1994]

Boston radio will be really boring on July 23 when 101.7 switches to Talk and this will make it the fourth talk station there's already talk on 93.7, 96.9 and 98.5 in Boston and I would like more music to be on the radio like Urban Hip Hop or R&B, Alt. Rock, Country, or Spanish.

[raccoonradio]

Again there's no guarantee talk will be on 101.7 but we'll find out.

You want boring, go elsewhere. Despite WFNX, WODS, WGBH etc changes
--interesting college and public radio
--some nice small stations like WJIB
--dedicated sports stations and listeners

>> there's already talk on
There's already talk on 96.9, 680, 1200, and (partly) 1030; maybe add public radio too. The
93.7 and 98.5 are sports talk not politics

[Jimmy128]

Sports talk IS boring.

[danikayser84]

Uh, Boston already has a country station (WKLB 102.5) This isn't NYC... not one single country station, barring rimshots

[surfin bird]

Sports talk IS boring.

To YOU, but to others, it's not.

While Boston radio has fallen into bland territory, it's not the end of the world. There are other small market stations in the area that fill the need for the average listener. I, personally like NPR, 92.5 The River, 95.9 WATD, and North Shore 104.9 (occasionally 95.3 WHRB and 91.9 'UMB). Do I miss WFNX? Sure, but unfortunately this is a business and it's the nature of the beat.

When I was younger, I used to like the old B106 (WHOB) Nashua. It was a Triple-A/MOR type of station that played some of the best music and it had a down home feel to it. But what I looked forward too was the Syndicated shows like "Rock Over London" with Paul Sexton. Then it was cancelled and turned into Hot AC. Now it's Classic Hits with a Classic Rock format. Things change and it is a business. Fortunately with the innertoobz, you can still hear WBCN and WFNX online.

[Eli Polonsky]

Two common incorrect assumptions of some internet posters:

#1: I like it, so everyone should like it.

#2: I don't like it, so everyone shouldn't like it.

[CTListener]

Two common incorrect assumptions of some internet posters:

#1: I like it, so everyone should like it.

#2: I don't like it, so everyone shouldn't like it.

And #3: Nobody I know likes X, therefore X isn't popular. I see this all the time and its illogicality still amazes me: one's friends somehow construed as a random sampling. I have a Dave Barry book around here somewhere in which he offers a categorized list of illogical arguments that includes this one. It ought to be required reading for anyone thinking about posting on the internet.

[Ciao9999]

Sports talk IS boring.

Amen. Sports talk comprises mostly middle aged Caucasian males who are nothing more than Monday morning quarterbacks.

Personally, I actually like to play sports, not sit there and talk about it.

[HHH]

Two common incorrect assumptions of some internet posters:

#1: I like it, so everyone should like it.

#2: I don't like it, so everyone shouldn't like it.

And #3: Nobody I know likes X, therefore X isn't popular. I see this all the time and its illogicality still amazes me: one's friends somehow construed as a random sampling. I have a Dave Barry book around here somewhere in which he offers a categorized list of illogical arguments that includes this one. It ought to be required reading for anyone thinking about posting on the internet.

Yes.  My favorite post was from an ex-WODS listener who complained about the new AMP format saying (direct quote) "nobody wants to hear this stuff".

Uh huh.  No one wants to hear the #1 current song in America.  Yah.  Uh huh.

[Baholden1994]

Urban or Spanish music would make the radio a bit funner in Boston since 101.7 WFNX is switching formats on July 23 I hope it won't be a simulcast of Talk 1200 I hope it would either be Mia 1430 or some new Urban station