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oldschool
Most of the classic rock stations are gone. Even in the Boston area, which was a MECCA for great rock radio, only a few survive.
IMHO the best option is get Sirius/XM satellite radio as it has great music options, every NFL, and MLB games broadcasts and lots of talk radio stations if you are into that.
For a small fee you can also stream it to your computer and smart phone.
I know you have to pay for it but it is about $15/ month so about $0.50 a day.
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MILKYWAY
@latebloomer:
I know exactly what you mean. I am from the DC area but now live in Northern NJ. All I listen to on the radio is NPR -- WAMU in DC & WNYC here in NJ. Talk radio I guess you would call it.
Have you listed to 98 Rock? -- 97.9 FM out of Baltimore. It plays classic rock with a harder edge.
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MILKYWAY
@latebloomer--
I was in Virginia. I have a brother who lives in Fairfax Station and a sister in Stafford, VA.
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stonehearted
There are a few good college stations here in the Boston area that play less commercial, more interesting music as well as a far deeper selection of oldies. I'm still amazed at how much great 60s and 70s music I've never heard by bands/artists I never knew existed, but that's one of the benefits of noncommercial DJ-driven radio by DJs who were there at the time.
Since I bought my first CD player a few years back and then my first iPod I've weaned myself off of commercial radio, and I must say I don't miss the boring repetitive string of commercials or the obnoxious, inspipid DJs who think they are the stars and that people tune in just to hear them babbling away in their cliched, snarky, self-important tones.
I'm always amused when I go to the liquor store on the weekend. The local classic rock station is always playing, and it amazes me to find that they are playing the exact same song list as 10, 15, even 20 years ago. On those stations, only the commercials change. Talk about "warhorses".
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latebloomer
Ah, then your brother is not far from me. It's a small world sometimes...peace to you and your family MILKYWAY.
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latebloomer
Ah, then your brother is not far from me. It's a small world sometimes...peace to you and your family MILKYWAY.
Thanks. Josh lived in Burke in a townhouse over by Lake Braddock. His wake & funeral were at a place off of Braddock Road not too far from George Mason (where I was an undergrad).
Anyway, are you a long-time northern VA resident? If so, do you remember 105.9 WCXR? Man, I loved that radio station. It played a lot of great bands that one doesn't hear very often -- Frampton, Skynyrd, Traffic, Allman Bros., the Outlaws, etc. And, of course, it played a lot of the Rolling Stones.