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'Hey, 98.6, it's good to have you back again...'
Dear WJIM 97.5,
Suck it.
I don't know what I mean by "it," but I do strongly insist that you suck it immediately.
Once upon a time, you were an oldies station - and an oldies station that played a better mix of music than WOMC, now the only oldies station within range of Ann Arbor. (You also had the advantage of not having Tom Ryan on staff, so I could listen to you during the drive-time hours without wanting to punch the radio controls.)
Now you have become a cookie-cutter "Contemporary Hits" station, just like every other station on the fucking radio. I am so sick of this. I don't want a world where I can hear the same Coldplay song playing at the same time as I scan through the radio dial. I want to hear The Association and The Beatles and Carly Simon and Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley. Yes, Elvis Presley. I even want to live in a world where I have to sit through Elvis telling us that he's "itching like a man on a fuzzy tree" while I wait for something better to play.
The title of this post is from "98.6" by Keith: a one-hit wonder that you're not likely to hear on the radio anytime soon. I've just bought it from iTunes so that I can listen to mp3s instead of listening to the radio. Take that, WJIM! I'm sure that'll... teach you... something... If I knew who your sponsors were, I'd boycott them! I am a 21-29 year old female, dammit! I am your demographic and I don't want the stuff you're pushing at me! I demand to be heard!
Well, if you're going to ignore me and choose to be the same old boring white-bread music station, can I have your CDs?
srah - Friday, 30 September 2005 - 4:11 PM
Tags: ann arbor, lansing, music, oldies, radio, tom ryan, wjim, womc
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Comments (7)
Howard - September 30, 2005 - 10:13 PM - ℓ
I have pretty much given up on radio. I listen to one station here in Akron, OH when I first wake up to get the top news stories and, more importantly, traffic and weather and that is about it. Half an hour a day. Other than that it is all podcasts or music from my collection.
denzylle - October 1, 2005 - 12:42 PM - ℓ
You could listen online to some of the many UK stations that play oldies. I'd be happy to e-mail you a list of URLs.
Aunt Pam - October 4, 2005 - 9:04 AM - ℓ
Hey Sarah! I found an awesome station in Cincinnati whilst driving through this past week-end WMAX I believe (97.7 perhaps or thereabouts) it played an awesome and varied selection from classic rock, oldies, contemporary, blah, blah, blah . . . Picked it up north of Lexington KY but lost it north of Dayton . . . I also discovered via Uncle John an oldies station out of Birmingham and one out of Brighton (somewhere in the 90's on the dial) I totally agree with you though, I get sick of the same song on every radio station and it's enough to get me not to listen . . . good luck in your search!
Brad - September 1, 2006 - 7:57 PM - ℓ
I just started listining to am again 14.10 whtg am! Anyone from jersey who likes oldies and Sinatra Its a good station..It is now tuned in my 6 cars and suv"s plus at work 2..Linda Sharp from Jersey
There's an AM station that comes in ONLY in Ann Arbor (well, maybe a little outside) because it's so small called Honey radio. It used to be around when we were younger and then disappeared and is now back. Ask my dad about it.