i think it speaks highly of people who tune into a classic rock radio station. q104.3 does this sorta thing year after year and people are obviously tuning in cuz it's still on the air. it still works. it's fun to tune in and catch what you can of it. although it's all "rock music," the mix and mesh of genres and eras is kinda mind blowing. the one guarantee about a list so broad is that you're guaranteed to hear a song you won't like eventually. and yet people aren't tuning out because of it. people who listen to classic rock radio seem to have heart and commitment.
this is a feat younger rock fans can't handle. (by younger, i'm talking about fans of a pretty broad range of rock music from the 90's - present). we don't wanna sit around and wait for a song we don't like so much to finish. that's enough to tune us out completely. and maybe i don't know what i'm talking about... but i do know this, younger rock fans in the new york city area are not awesome enough fans to support the livelihood of a rock station that caters to newer rock music. it's not like no one's tried. just look at 101.9, a station that was a "newer" rock station two times over and failed both times... just recently turning into wfan, a sports talk radio station. the proof's in the pudding. we have failed as rock fans.
i'm not sure what to blame it on. maybe we could blame it on the ability to steal music or make our own playlists without much effort. maybe our attention spans suck. maybe we think fm radio is a thing of the past and we've come to terms with it. but we've lost something intangible as a result.
right now classic rock fans are geeking out and having a good time. the countdown's just now approaching the top 10 classic rock songs of all time. and i think it's awesome. and something awesome like that can only exist as a result of the awesome fans who tune in to keep it alive.
hats off to the classic rock fans of the new york city area. you fucking rock.
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