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r00typooh
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 02:56 Post subject: i hate clearchannel now...

they dropped the only rock station in the south florida market... now i'm f*****g stuck listening to assloads of SHIT on those other stations BY CHRISTINA HOAG choag@herald.com Fans of WZTA FM 94.9 got a rude awakening this morning -- their progressive rock station is broadcasting Air America's news and sports talk. Radio industry sources said that the station, owned by Clear Channel Communications, is preparing to switch to a Spanish-language format. Zeta's on-air personnel have been laid off. The station's website also went blank, displaying only a message ``this site is experiencing technical difficulties.'' Clear Channel executives in Miramar, San Antonio and New York, did not return The Herald's phone calls Friday morning. Clear Channel, the nation's largest radio broadcaster, announced last September that it would aggressively seek entree into the hot Spanish-language radio market by converting about two dozen stations across the country to español. Ten days ago, it flipped Orlando station WEBG-FM 100.3 to a Spanish pop format to be called Rumba 100.3. Clear Channel owns seven stations in the South Florida market. Zeta's ratings had been lagging for some time.

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Hadess
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Joined: 13 Oct 2002
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 03:00 Post subject:

Holy shit, I thought they were just playing some different music for this weekend as I remember them playing some spanish bands once in a while. Atleast the morning guys moved to another station before this crap happened.

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Paco
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Location: Jacksonville, FL

Posted: 02/13/05 - 03:02 Post subject:

WHFS, 99.1 in the DC area went from Alt Rock to Salsa. Just within the last month too. I was sad.

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Bronze
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 03:03 Post subject:

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Owyyn
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 03:03 Post subject:

Wait a second... you miss Clearchannel? I hate them. =P

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Bronze
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 03:06 Post subject:

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Nictathan
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 03:37 Post subject:

http://www.x96.com They have online broadcasting so all of you b*****s can listen. They're doing what they call a "Storage Shed Weekend" where they play a bunch of shit that hasn't been played much recently, but their normal stuff is good too.

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Regan
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Joined: 22 Oct 2002
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Location: Miami

Posted: 02/13/05 - 09:48 Post subject:

I've gotta get the f**k out of Miami, this shit just ain't right!

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TRUbuyer
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Joined: 14 Sep 2003
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 09:51 Post subject: Re: i hate clearchannel now...

r00tus wrote:

they dropped the only rock station in the south florida market... now i'm f*****g stuck listening to assloads of SHIT on those other stations

BY CHRISTINA HOAG

choag@herald.com

Fans of WZTA FM 94.9 got a rude awakening this morning -- their progressive rock station is broadcasting Air America's news and sports talk.

Radio industry sources said that the station, owned by Clear Channel Communications, is preparing to switch to a Spanish-language format. Zeta's on-air personnel have been laid off. The station's website also went blank, displaying only a message ``this site is experiencing technical difficulties.''

Clear Channel executives in Miramar, San Antonio and New York, did not return The Herald's phone calls Friday morning.

Clear Channel, the nation's largest radio broadcaster, announced last September that it would aggressively seek entree into the hot Spanish-language radio market by converting about two dozen stations across the country to español.

Ten days ago, it flipped Orlando station WEBG-FM 100.3 to a Spanish pop format to be called Rumba 100.3.

Clear Channel owns seven stations in the South Florida market. Zeta's ratings had been lagging for some time.

I was wondering wtf that was... Sad

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Isriam
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 11:02 Post subject:

If you'd stop listening to CC stations this wouldn't happen. GO HOWARD!

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Venkmen
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Joined: 12 Oct 2002
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 14:56 Post subject:

Isriam wrote:

If you'd stop listening to CC stations this wouldn't happen.

GO HOWARD!

Ya know....one of the f***s that Howard had a problem with back in the day worked for those Clear Channel f***s here in my area. My best friend and I would routinely call him and shout "Boba Bouey" at him then hang up. He got p****d and ranted about it on the air once. We won.

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Nuldaan
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 15:00 Post subject:

Apparently this is a new trend for ClearChannel. The only rock station in the Bay Area (KSJO) was switched to a Spanish format a couple months ago as well.

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merdocc
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 15:11 Post subject:

Clearchannel owns or owned a station out here 103.1 i think it was that went through 3 format changes within a few years and ended up being spanish for awhile.

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Akronn
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 15:27 Post subject:

So let me get this straight... you just NOW started to hate Clearchannel!?! Detroit radio is destroyed because of CC, which is a tremendous shame. It seems as if our musical heritage now begins and ends with Eminem. If I didn't have a CD player in my car, I'd probably go insane. (well, actually I'd just install one... but you get the idea )

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Xieroth
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 15:43 Post subject:

Bronze wrote:

AFH not included. Laughing

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Xieroth
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 15:43 Post subject:

WIZN the Wizard bashes clearchannel all the time. They even still run howard.

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Isriam
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 15:59 Post subject:

KSJO is no longer rock? What the fk man, that was my favorite station up there. Seriously, CC sucks dk, why don't people actually boycott their shit.

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Gethy
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 16:06 Post subject:

This doesn't even make sense. We're supposed to enslave Mexicans for cheap labor, not cater to them. Silly execs.

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Andur Ravenblade
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 17:16 Post subject:

Gethy wrote:

This doesn't even make sense. We're supposed to enslave Mexicans for cheap labor, not cater to them.

Silly execs.

Nah this is for the Cubans, and Puerto Ricans!

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Plat4PoP
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 20:20 Post subject:

ClearChannel dropped the only rock station in Dallas many months ago and replaced it with soft crap.

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Mogling
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Posted: 02/13/05 - 20:34 Post subject:

Paco wrote:

WHFS, 99.1 in the DC area went from Alt Rock to Salsa. Just within the last month too.

I was sad. Sad

I noticed that just yesterday, shows howmuch i listen to the raido.

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lauren000
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Posted: 02/14/05 - 01:50 Post subject:

only now?

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Nictathan
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Posted: 02/14/05 - 03:00 Post subject:

Amazingly we have a CC station here in UT that doesn't suck. They don't have DJ's just a voice that does their station ID and another that tells you the name of the song and artist. They have recordings of people in the valley who call in and say shit too. Their commercial breaks are short and their music selection is decent. It's nice just cause there's more music to hear and less b******t. On that note, I still prefer the station I posted above. They have been a favorite for oh so long, somewhere around 10 yrs now. Their morning show is pretty good too.

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Zorin
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Posted: 02/14/05 - 18:59 Post subject:

There's a CC station here that claims they're a '70s, 80s, and today station,' but I think my LP collection (which obviously hasn't grown in two decades) is larger than their library. Sad!

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Aeain
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Posted: 02/14/05 - 23:47 Post subject:

The local CC Alt. Rock/New Rock Station here rocks. www.wxeg.com They also have live streaming audio.

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Nuldaan
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 05:15 Post subject:

Isriam wrote:

KSJO is no longer rock? What the f**k man, that was my favorite station up there. Seriously, CC sucks d**k, why don't people actually boycott their shit.

KSJO doesn't even actually exist anymore. They changed the format and call letters.

It gets worse actually. I read about it in the paper...they gave no warning at all. The last song they played was 'I'm on a Mexican Radio' then they changed to Spanish programming.

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