Growing up in Pittsburgh I was addicted to WDVE's programs like they were TV shows.  There was Jimmy & Steve in the morning (and they were actually funny!), the Electric Lunch at noon, Herschel the Afternoon Driver came on at 3, then they did the Top 5 at 5, the Side at 6...there was one DJ in particular, Jack Malloy, who had the best shows, he did Sunday Morning Oldies (how may people here have heard the studio version of Bob Seeger's "Turn the Page"?)  and then Wednesdays at midnight he did "For Headphones Only" ("Enter another dimension in music..."), *really* neat stuff if you were able to stay up that late.  I managed to record some on cassette which sadly have disintegrated...

Boston and Greater Boston area.
One of the oldest AM stations in the country, and is still going strong with 50K watts of power, WBZ-AM was a music station long ago, but now is mostly News during the day and talk during the night. It had got me through many a night when mom and dad were sick and in the hospital.

A once powerful station in the 60's to the 80's was WBCN, a rock station which has been relegated to the internet this past year.

A station I listen to when working in the yard when I can't listen to RP is WXRV The River, which is the closest thing to RP over the air waves. And it is one of the

We've had many that have fallen by the way side over the years, either changing their style or were bought out by a larger chain. One of my favorite station long gone was WCGY which was once owned by Curt Gowdy the "voice" of the Boston Red Sox.

The only complaint is that we used to have a great Jazz station, but was sold and became a Talk FM station in the early 2000's. And these are just a few of the varieties we have today.

Once upon a time, it was Detroit. In the first-half of the '60s, we had three Top 40 stations battling it out: WKNR, (ABC-owned) WXYZ and the powerhouse CKLW (although Keener kept cleaning others' clocks in the ratings).

In '67, San Francisco ex-pat Larry Miller arrived at WABX-FM and so began the revolution. Keener soon followed with Russ Gibb at WKNR-FM, and ABC with WRIF-FM. Public radio station WDET played great jazz, as did WJZZ-FM.

The story: http://floydslips.blogspot.com/2009/07/freeform-radio-masterdave-dixon-on-wabx.html

and http://floydslips.blogspot.com/2007/04/paul-is-dead-during-magical-mystery.html

Anywhere but Los Angeles.

San Francisco WAS the home of the best stations ever.  KKCY, KSAN, KFOG, KKSF.  God I miss living in the bay area.  I'm in a cultural vacuum in this backwater in northern California.

KUSF Moves to Online Only Format

Radio Broadcast Rights Sold to Classical Public Radio Network

01-18-2011

The University of San Francisco (USF) announced today that KUSF, the university’s radio station, is moving to an online only format, effective immediately. The university has reached an agreement to assign the FCC license for radio frequency 90.3 FM to Classical Public Radio Network, which is launching a non-commercial classical music station in the Bay Area. CPRN is owned by University of Southern California.

Read the press release from USC and Entercom Communications.

The call letters KUSF were not sold, and the KUSF logo and all music inventory will remain USF property. All KUSF staff will be offered similar positions at KUSF.org.

There have been a number of mainly 90's hits stations (some go further back) popping up across the nation, most dubbed Gen X Radio.  Considering I'm part of that generation, I still see these types of stations as Jack FM for the 25-54 set (considering how far back they decide to go 1980-2005, 1990-2010, etc.).

WIGX
wikipedia.com:  Gen X Radio

WXRK HD2

oh! and what's the punk-ish station out of NY?  Rach??

EDIT:  wfdu...... it's college tho, out of Farliegh Dickinson U

 sirdroseph wrote: 
I'm responding to what I see as your sweeping statement...... I agree that there is little good radio, but it's not obsolete yet. 
see my post above, wdha.
FROM WIKI

WDHA-FM 105.5 FM is a rock music station licensed to Dover and Morristown, New Jersey. WDHA is owned and operated by Greater Media and serves the northern New Jersey region.

The station focuses both on rock music of the 1970s and 1980s as well as rock music from the 1990s, 2000s, and today. The station will go as far back as the 1960s on occasion. The station plays both classic rock and newer rock cuts and calls itself "The Rock Of New Jersey." Core artists include the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Mötley Crüe, Queen, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Nirvana, Allman Brothers, The Doors, Foreigner, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Matchbox Twenty, and many others. The station is local and live full-time. The station's facilities are located in Cedar Knolls outside of Morristown.

http://www.wdhafm.com/

WDHA in North Jersey (the ROCK of North Jersey) is good as well.  Unfortunately, they don't have a very large area that you can hear them in.... I know I mis-worded that, but you know what i mean. 

 sirdroseph wrote: 
see my edit. it's not run by students. it's member funded. it's an unusual business model, much like RP.
I am guessing a long time ago, it might have started as a college radio station, but it hasn't been been at least for 20 years. maybe more.

 meower wrote: 

Semantics; let's put it this way. There is no commercial FM radio stations worth a crap anymore. That should be a good qualifier.

V 107.3

After nearly 20 years of crap, Cleveland now has a terradio station actually worth listening to.  Its WMMS reincarnated as it was back in its heydays of the 70's and 80's when music meant something.  They have all the old MMS archives of some of the best live music ever recorded and mix it in regularly.  If you lived here then, you will think that you have died and gone to heaven.  They stream.  Sure, they have new stuff in heavy rotation, but they gotta pay bills.  Very few commercials.  Worth a listen even if you have never been to Cleveland.

01/19/11 11:22 AM California Dreamin' The Mama's And The Papa's

01/19/11 11:19 AM Paris (OOh La La) Grace Potter &0Fhe Nocturnal

01/19/11 11:16 AM Everybody Hurts R.E.M.

01/19/11 11:11 AM Rock and Roll Girls John Fogerty  

01/19/11 11:09 AM Paris (OOh La La) Grace Potter & The Nocturnal  

01/19/11 11:08 AM Just Say Yes Snow Patrol

01/19/11 11:03 AM Norwegian Wood Beatles

01/19/11 11:01 AM Positively 4th Street Bob Dylan  

01/19/11 10:57 AM JUST ANOTHER RIDER GREGG ALLMAN

01/19/11 10:53 AM Black Balloon Goo Goo Dolls

01/19/11 10:51 AM Love The One Your With Stephen Stills  

01/19/11 10:48 AM Speed Of Sound Coldplay

01/19/11 10:44 AM Trouble Lindsey Buckingham

 sirdroseph wrote: 

see her edit

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

exactly.  and they ROCK...... Also, our NPR station is one of the best I've experienced in the country..... AND we have WRTI, public radio that may happen to be on Temple's Campus, or may actually be "college radio"

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

University of Pennsylvania.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
really long posts cause that.

it's not a college radio station. it's a member supported radio station that happens to be located at the university.

 Pixiedust wrote:I tune in to WFUV all the time, during the week that is. The weekends, they go do some crazy programming with some kind of Irish thing all saturday morning, and then they broadcast a catholic mass on Sunday morning (and then follow it with more irish programming). Its like its two different radio stations.

For some weird reason I cannot respond to meower's post below, weird. Yes, that looks like an excellent college radio station. As I stated those are the only music stations worth listening to on the FM dial anymore. Thank God for them.

 sirdroseph wrote: 

http://www.wxpn.org  

i listen regularly.   

EDIT:
1/19/2010

11 am

Humble Pie - Shine On - Shine On Buy

Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer - Building The Perfect Beast Buy

Social Distortion - California (Hustle And Flow) - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes Buy

The Blue Nile - Stay - A Walk Across The Rooftops Buy

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges - Evil Urges Buy

10 am Middays /w Helen Leicht

Elton John & Leon Russell - If It Wasn't For Bad - The Union Buy

Gregg Allman - Just Another Rider - Low Country Blues Buy

John Mayer - Clarity - Heavier Things Buy

The Band - Helpless - The Last Waltz Buy

The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All - The King Is Dead Buy

G Love - Fixin To Die - Fixin To Die Buy

Delbert McClinton - Livin' It Down - Nothing Personal Buy

Badfinger - Baby Blue - Straight Up Buy

Old 97's - Champaign, Illinois - The Grand Theatre Volume One Buy

Fitz & The Tantrums - MoneyGrabber - Pickin' Up The Pieces Buy

Cracker - Low - Kerosene Hat Buy

Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk - Poses Buy

Paul Weller - Wild Wood - Wild Wood Buy

She & Him - In The Sun - Volume Two Buy

9 am

The Blessing - Highway 5 - Prince Of The Deep Water Buy

Adele - Rolling In The Deep - 21 Buy

Vampire Weekend - Holiday - Contra Buy

Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart - Anthology (cd-8) Buy

The Mavericks - All That Heaven Will Allow - The Definitive Collection Buy

A Classic Education - Night Owl - Shaking Through, January 2011 Buy

The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do - Mr. Tambourine Man Buy

The Hombres - Let It Out (let It All Hang Out) - Elizabethtown (soundtrack) Buy

Ringo Starr - Photograph - Ringo Buy

Foghat - Slow Ride - Fool For The City Buy

The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang - American Slang Buy

The Jam - Pretty Green - Sound Affects Buy

Trombone Shorty - On Your Way Down - Backatown Buy

Ingrid Michaelson - Parachute - Parachute (single) Buy

Deerhunter - Helicopter - Halcyon Digest Buy

8 am

Aimee Mann - Choice In The Matter - I'm With Stupid Buy

R. E. M. - Mine Smells Like Honey - Collapse Into Now Buy

Kings Of Leon - Back Down South - Come Around Sundown Buy

Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life - True Stories Buy

Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Buy

Nicole Atkins - Cry Cry Cry - Mondo Amore Buy

Joan Baez - Stones In The Road - Play Me Backwards Buy

Bright Eyes - Shell Games - The People's Key Buy

Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula - The Capitol Collectors Series: Gene Vincent Buy

Spoon - I Turn My Camera On - Gimme Fiction Buy

Bob Mould - See A Little Light - Workbook Buy

The Black Keys - Howlin' For You - Brothers Buy

Blind Melon - Tones Of Home - Blind Melon Buy

7 am

Sam Cooke - You Send Me - The Man Who Invented Soul Buy

Amos Lee - Windows Are Rolled Down - Mission Bell Buy

Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Fox Base Alpha Buy

The Shins - Kissing The Lipless - Chutes Too Narrow Buy

Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin' - Stone Rollin' Buy

Local Natives - Sun Hands - Gorilla Manor Buy

Maria McKee - I Can't Make It Alone - You Gotta Sin To Get Saved Buy

Donavon Frankenreiter - Glow - Glow Buy

Linda Lyndell - What A Man - The Stax Story Buy

INXS - Need You Tonight - Kick Buy

North Mississippi Allstars - This A'Way - Keys To The Kingdom Buy

Dan Mangan - Road Regrets - Nice, Nice, Very Nice Buy

The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks - Love Stinks Buy

6 am

The Cranberries - Ode To My Family - No Need To Argue Buy

Frank Zappa - Dirty Love - Over-Nite Sensation Buy

Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That - Shangri-la Buy

Kurt Vile - In My Time - Smoke Ring For My Halo Buy

The Arcade Fire - Sprawl II - The Suburbs Buy

Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm - Blood On The Tracks Buy

The Decemberists - Down By The Water - The King Is Dead Buy

Black Dub - I Believe In You - Black Dub Buy

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Trenchtown Rock - Live Buy

Kasey Chambers - The Captain - The Captain Buy

Fanfarlo - The Walls Are Coming Down - Reservoir Buy

5 am XPN Morning Show /w Michaela Majoun

John Prine - Fish And Whistle - Bruised Orange Buy

Dar Williams - Are You Out There - End Of Summer Buy

Guster - Do You Love Me - Easy Wonderful Buy

Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Broken Hearted Savior - Sister Sweetly Buy

Lucinda Williams - Buttercup - Blessed Buy

Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City - The Lady Killer Buy

War - Me And Baby Brother - Var-in Yo Face! Vol. 1 Buy

Kim Richey - Every River - Bittersweet Buy

Gregg Allman - Just Another Rider - Low Country Blues Buy

Deerhunter - Helicopter - Halcyon Digest Buy

Big Star - September Gurls - No. 1 Record / Radio City Buy

Dr. Dog - Take Me Into Town - (single) Buy

Girls - Heartbreaker - Broken Dreams Club Buy

The Police - Walking On The Moon - Regatta De Blanc Buy

Robert Palmer - You Are In My System - Pride Buy