April 19, 2005
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Here in the Los Angeles / Orange County area of California, there
really isn’t that much variety in FM radio stations. You got the
many spanish stations, one relevant talk radio station, one top forty
rock station, one independent rock station, a couple of top forty pop
stations, a couple of top forty hip hop / rap stations, a lot of
contemporary & oldie stations, and one classic rock station.
As you can see, there isn’t much variety really, unless you are just a
big fan of the “popular” stuff or you like easy listening. If you are a fan of rock and/or metal,
you are mostly screwed.On that note, there used to be two classic rock stations before
recently. Obviously it was really unecessary to have two of
those. So one of them stayed (95.5) and the other was taken over
(93.1 Arrow). The first reaction to that was “oh, another rock station
fell off the face of the earth.” But this was actually a blessing
in disguise. What took over was this radio station called JACK FM,
and their motto is “playing what we want!” Now, many radio
stations have claimed such a thing before, but never really
delivers. This time it’s different, because after about two weeks
of listening to this station, they really do play what they want.
I’ve listened to songs from the ’60s all the way to the 2000s.
You’ve got the beatles playing one song, and the following song is by
Stone Temple Pilots. You’ve got a variety that goes from Rush, ABBA, the Counting Crows, Jet, Carpenters, Depeche Mode, Blue Oyster Cult, the Rolling Stones, Oingo Boingo, Bob Dylan, Men at Work, to Lifehouse. Hows that for variety? Sure, they don’t play
anything really heavy, but what they do have is still a pretty good
selection. They also so far only have ONE five minute commercial in an
hour, but I guess that might change when they get more popular.For eclectic music fans, I would truly suggest listening to this
station. I know my radio has been stuck on that dial quite often.
