Most Recent Wayback Machine Playlist (Jul 13, 2002)

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JULY 13, 2002 KFSD 92/1

 

CLASH - WASHINGTON BULLETS

RADIOHEAD - NICE DREAMS

SPLIT ENZ - WALKING THRU THE RUINS

PETER GABRIEL - COME TALK TO ME

ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS

TREX - METAL GURULONELY BOYS - ANNOYING ALL THE NEIGHBORS

STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - JOLENE

WHO - ANOTHER TRICKY DAY

XTC - PLAYGROUND

BOOK OF LOVE - ALICE EVERYDAY

PYSCHEDLIC FURS - ALICES HOUSE

TALKING HEADS - HEAVEN

ALARM - DECLARATION/MARCHING ON

SUZANNE VEGA - TOMS DINER

JOE JACKSON - CANCER

POLICE - MS GRADENKO

POLICE - PEANUTS

BECK - BEERCAN

POE - ANOTHER WORLD

ROXY MUSIC - OUT OF THE BLUE

TODD RUNDGREN - I JUST WANNA TOUCH YOU

BEATLES - IT WON'T BE LONG

PORNO FOR PYROS - TAHITIAN MOON

CHEMICAL BROS - SETTING SUN

TONIO K - HATRED

PEARL JAM - AROUND THE BEND

SPECIALS - TOO HOT

SPECIALS - DOESN'T MAKE IT ALLRIGHT

COSTELLO -

SCREAMING BLUE - 4 ENGINES BURNING

RAMONES - SHE'S THE ONE

SMITHS - HEADMASTER RITUAL

SMITHS - GOLDEN LIGHTS

RUN DMC - ROCK BOX

BLACK SABBATH - FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS

BLONDIE - I'M NOT LIVIN IN A REAL WORLD

BOW WOW WOW - DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME

XTC - LIVING THROUGH ANOTHER CUBA

XTC - GENERALS & MAJORS

Radio Wires (July 13, 2002)

The LA Times reports 7/12 Loyola Marymount University's student-run KXLU-FM has filed a complaint with the FCC that religious broadcaster KTLW-FM is infringing on its frequency. Both located at 88.9 FM, KTLW in Lancaster, CA has a signal almost twice as strong as KXLU (5,800 watts vs. 3,000 watts). KXLU has complained to the FCC its signal is being obliterated by KTLW, especially after its move in March to add a translator in the Verdugo Hills area to extend its signal into the San Gabriel and La Crescenta valleys.

"They started transmitting from the hills of La Crescenta," KXLU GM Dan Rowan told The Times. "That area is a huge area for us-Silver Lake, Glendale, Burbank. We have a strong listener base there. If we don't have those people in October when we do our annual fund-raiser, it will make a huge difference. I'm thinking that it will be at least a third less money."

Rowan said attorneys for the university have begun looking into the matter. Meanwhile KXLU website postings and newspaper ads are informing listeners of the issue.

United Stations Presents "Nina Blackwood's New Wave Nation" (July 13, 2002)

New York, NY -- July 10, 2002 -- United Stations Radio Networks, Inc., an independent leader in the radio programming field, today announced that it was launching a second network of programs hosted by Nina Blackwood, the vibrant on-air personality and former MTV "VJ." Nina Blackwood's New Wave Nation will debut the week of August 12th and feature music now considered by radio programmers to be "alternative classics" with most of the music coming from the 1980's. The New Wave Nation network will consist of a weekly three-hour program and New Wave Spotlights airing daily, Monday through Friday. United Stations EVP/Programming Andy Denemark made this announcement today at the company's headquarters in New York City.

In addition to Nina Blackwood's New Wave Nation being a new outlet for a classic alternative playlist, the program will feature artist interviews along with special segments highlighting club mixes, imports and the "punk of the week." From British Pop to Ska to New York Art Rock to sounds of Sunny California, New Wave Nation will provide listeners with the performers and bands that helped shape this niche of alternative radio.

New World Nation joins Nina Blackwood's Absolutely80s, the original network of programs hosted by Blackwood, which United Stations added to its lineup in 2000. Nina Blackwood will continue to serve as host for this weekly series which includes a three-hour weekly show as well as five daily short-form features titled Absolutely 80's Spotlights. United Stations will oversee all network functions for both services while working closely on the creative content with the program's Executive Producer, Danny Sheridan. Both series are available to radio stations on CD on a market exclusive, barter basis through United Stations.

Host Nina Blackwood was one of the five original MTV VJ's, the video equivalent of Radio DJ's, when the cable network debuted in August of 1981. Along with her co-hosts in the original MTV talent lineup, Blackwood helped make the music channel a cultural icon in the 1980's by setting the musical tastes and trends that are being celebrated today.

"Nina Blackwood has tremendous credibility and name recognition among the hipper fans of 80's music. When we discovered that listeners' fondness for "New Wave" was being underserviced, it was such a natural to develop this program with Nina," remarked Denemark. "Blackwood's recent stint as afternoon drive personality at KXPK in Denver helped the audience to re-connect Nina with this music, and their response told us we were on the right track."

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc., is the largest independently owned and operated radio network. The company currently distributes and produces multiple format specific services to nearly 4000 rated radio stations across the country including Adult Contemporary, Album Rock, Contemporary Hit, Country, Oldies, Smooth Jazz, Talk and Urban. The New York-based company was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and Nick Verbitsky.

Clear Channel: The Answer is 42 (July 9, 2002)

Clear Channel lives in a parallel realm called the U.C.C.R. (United Clear Channel Republic) since it runs so many stations that it might as well form its own radio market. The diversity of new material exposed in San Diego is as low as the housing costs are high; both are too extreme at either end. The corporation is playing gatekeeper by shutting out many deserving musicians that I would rather hear on Premium 92.1, KPRI 102.1, and many Intrenet-based radio stations including my own DFSX Fun Radio at (http://listen.to/dfsx).

When one company has too much control of what gets played as Clear Channel does, the quanitity of quality new music is limited as clone acts are replicated, record sales are down because listeners can't hear the good stuff on the radio, acts can't get concerts in some major venues if Clear Channel shuts them out, and the music fans suffer.

The U.C.C.R. wants to create a surreal radio experience with short playlists of new songs aimed at the 12-34 sets, play just old and soft music for 35 and up, program redundant formats based on multiple subs of a music genre, and stunt stupid nationwide million dollar contests to hook up the listeners just for short-term ratings book gains.

re: "Meanwhile, a cottage industry has sprung up over the anti­Clear Channel sentiment. Websites like www.clearchannelsucks.org and www.cheap-channel.com run stories that follow the excesses of Clear Channel."

Don't forget evilempire.com and who knows what else has sprung up.

Also check out this article:
"Broadcast radio out of touch with listeners"
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=11280

It basically states that consolidation of radio station ownership is unpopular 
with the listeners as many want legislation to raise the number of 
independently-owned local stations, think stations are just in it for 
profits, albiet, declining as listeners leave in droves, think DJs should 
have a say in what gets played regardless of the alleged payola shit that's 
going around, think short playlists, overrepetetion and predictability are 
all bad, believe laws should be passed to favor all artists getting an 
equal opportunity of radio exposure, and want radio to offer more new 
major and local music.

Excerpt: "The big radio groups have lost touch with the listener. They are 
run by businessmen not programmers. They don’t care about the music or 
communicating. They only care about the money. Listeners are already seeing 
the internet as the primary alternative to broadcast and just as radio 
listeners flocked to FM radio in the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s, they will 
flock to the internet and other audio outlets that still program from the 
gut not the butt."

Clear Channel must be a bad ass company from the size of their butt in the 
San Diego area. No wonder the radio airwaves stink so much in the past 
four years! All the methane I'm smelling is the sound of the lack of music 
culture education contributing to the homogenized playlists that serves the 
collective music fan no good.

No wonder stocks at the U.C.C.R. has taken a nosedive. Bad programming
is to blame for this.


Internet Radio Shakeup (July 9, 2002)
From Chris Carmichael
sdradio.net:

If you are a frequent on-line listener, expect some shakeup and business changes to 
your listening habits. In fact, 99-percent of the streams delivered via the net 
are a loss for the provider. Pay service, such as Major League Baseball barely 
covers the cost. Bandwidth capacity, at a glut at the present time, is expected 
to tighten-up and drive costs up. The telecom industry meltdown has most startup
companies folding; and some big giants have stumbled lately. Those companies can't 
give away capacity/bandwidth anymore to drive marketshare to them. They'll have to 
raise costs. Meaning, those T-1 and OC-3 lines that streaming providers have will 
cost more. Those costs will pass on to the companies and it'll be a decision: 
charge for online listening to help with the cost of providing the service, or 
shut down. These costs are in addition to the royalty fees charged to stations 
for music. Banner ads didn't work and are often ignored. Fans who want superior 
MP3 delivered content to their desktop will be the first to go: KPIG and Smooth Jazz, 
which uses the Shoutcast encoding system face difficult choices: their return on 
investment doesn't have a positive cash flow to the stations. Stay Tuned.