WYSP no longer a rock station?

Rome · October 20, 2005, 11:12:22 AM

Wow. A WIOQ reference.

I agree, though. That station kicked ass. They had an excellent format that focused mostly on progressive rock with some hard rock sprinkled in on occasion.

They played Yes, Alan Parson Project, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis (before Phil Collins started strangling cats).

Excellent shtein to get baked to in high school...

MDS · October 20, 2005, 11:48:49 AM

free beer and hot wings

Cerevant · October 20, 2005, 01:53:43 PM

Quote from: Sun_Mo on October 20, 2005, 08:51:51 AM
im thankful that I have XM Satellite radio, it's the bestest

commerical radio stinks.

Agreed, but Sirius has the NFL baby.

SunMo · October 20, 2005, 02:13:38 PM

Quote from: Cerevant on October 20, 2005, 01:53:43 PM
Quote from: Sun_Mo on October 20, 2005, 08:51:51 AM
im thankful that I have XM Satellite radio, it's the bestest

commerical radio stinks.
Agreed, but Sirius has the NFL baby.

yeah but you know why that's just ok? football is an event, you plan your schedule around football (well if you are fan enough to buy satellite radio for it you do). how many times have you been in a situation where you wished you could get a different football game on the radio?

chances are, if you live out of town, you have the dish with Sunday ticket and you watch the game that isn't in your city.

personally, i think having MLB is better than having the NFL

Tomahawk · October 20, 2005, 02:19:58 PM

Quote from: Sun_Mo on October 20, 2005, 02:13:38 PM
Quote from: Cerevant on October 20, 2005, 01:53:43 PM
Quote from: Sun_Mo on October 20, 2005, 08:51:51 AM
im thankful that I have XM Satellite radio, it's the bestest

commerical radio stinks.
Agreed, but Sirius has the NFL baby.

yeah but you know why that's just ok? football is an event, you plan your schedule around football (well if you are fan enough to buy satellite radio for it you do). how many times have you been in a situation where you wished you could get a different football game on the radio?

chances are, if you live out of town, you have the dish with Sunday ticket and you watch the game that isn't in your city.

personally, i think having MLB is better than having the NFL

I have the Sunday Ticket, but am also thinking about getting Sirius so I can listen to the Eagles' announcers instead of whatever dolts Fox or CBS has calling the games.

Cerevant · October 20, 2005, 03:18:48 PM

Quote from: Sun_Mo on October 20, 2005, 02:13:38 PM
yeah but you know why that's just ok? football is an event, you plan your schedule around football (well if you are fan enough to buy satellite radio for it you do). how many times have you been in a situation where you wished you could get a different football game on the radio?

1) Travelling on business
2) Delay caused by satellite transmission makes it possible to synch the game with the TV (using TiVo) when the radio is ahead of the broadcast.
3) NFL Radio on Sirius - real NFL talk, not that WIP bullshtein.

General_Failure · October 20, 2005, 05:19:43 PM

And the music stations aren't half bad, either.

dis12 · October 21, 2005, 04:41:21 PM

Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on October 20, 2005, 10:49:42 AM
I was never a huge fan of "shock jocks" yacking too much and being general adolescent on the air. A long time ago, I used to enjoy John DeBella when he was on MMR...but that was pretty much the limit. I'd rather listen to music.

Gosh, FM radio used to be soooo good back in the day. WMMR was practically underground material, WYSP transmitted in quad (and used great spacy noise behind the DJ's talking), and even WIOQ (does that even exist any more?) was good.

the good ol days of decent rock radio are going/gone (OMG, I sound like my parents!). $$$ is the more important game now...the only outlet is satellite radio or just put up with endless commercials on FM. Or ol reliable iPod/CD/cassette/8-track/etc...

Geowhizzer · October 21, 2005, 05:33:47 PM

I prefer this:

stillupfront · October 21, 2005, 09:53:58 PM

Quote from: Cerevant on October 20, 2005, 01:53:43 PM
Quote from: Sun_Mo on October 20, 2005, 08:51:51 AM
im thankful that I have XM Satellite radio, it's the bestest

commerical radio stinks.
Agreed, but Sirius has the NFL baby.

And Howard Stern darling. Anyone hear any of the 24 hours of Wendy the Retard locked in a room? Awesome radio.

Phillyiggles_fan · October 23, 2005, 02:05:04 PM

Probably getting Jay Severin, who used to be with WTTK, a talk FM station in Boston, on this new Infinity Line-up on WYSP.

He left Beantown radio in a hurry after signing a deal with Infinity.

He does mainly politics kind of irreverently and extremely egostistic and sexist. I wonder what other talk jocks will be on this new Infinity deal?

EJ72 · October 25, 2005, 03:52:43 AM

Wow, that would be weird after all these years. I remember when it went on the air and they played big band

. It's been a rock station so long though, I could never imagine it being anything else.

Is WMMR still hanging in there?

General_Failure · October 25, 2005, 04:20:28 AM

They're still hanging in there. I think they're still calling themselves a classic rock station while playing the latest in crap rock.

Seabiscuit36 · October 25, 2005, 12:41:28 PM

Anyone tune in today. It was supposed to take effect? I cant listen from work

SunMo · October 25, 2005, 01:09:39 PM

QuoteDavid Lee Roth to replace Stern; Barsky back

By Michael Klein

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Rock-and-roller David Lee Roth will replace morning-radio giant Howard Stern on WYSP-FM (94.1) and at least six other cities, Infinity Broadcasting announced this morning as it also rehired Philly radio veteran Paul Barsky to host middays with Vinnie the Crumb.

Stern's last live show will be Dec. 16 as he heads to Sirius Satellite Radio in January.

Roth will start at 6 a.m. Jan. 3.

With today's announcement, WYSP and six other Infinity stations changed format to "Free FM," a personality-based talk hybrid.

WYSP will be talk-based from 6 a.m. through 7 p.m. and will play rock at other times.

Today also marks the return to Philadelphia of Barsky, last heard here in November 2003 when the station at 96.5 FM changed format. His show will run from about 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sports guy Vinnie the Crumb, a Barsky protege who later was heard on WMMR-FM (93.3), will be part of the show.

Kidd Chris, a recent arrival at WYSP, will take the 3-to-7 p.m. slot.

Other veterans will remain in the rock portion of the schedule: Couzin Ed will move to 7 to 10 p.m. Matt and Huggy will move to 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Overnighter Rick Allen will keep 2 to 6 a.m.

WYSP also brought in as operations manager Tom Bigby, former program director at WIP-AM (610). Bigby had spent a year at a station in Dallas.

WYSP also promoted assistant program director Gil Edwards to program director.

Infinity, which carries Stern in 27 markets, will put Roth on the air at Stern affiliates in New York, Dallas, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and West Palm Beach, and Philadelphia.

Radio and television personality Adam Carolla ("The Man Show") will take Stern's slot in Los Angeles.