It's been said by some that Classic Alternative is the logical progression of the Alternative format in general. Much like when AOR was playing new songs by core artists in the late 1980s/early 1990s... nobody really cared anymore, and the quality of the new product was subpar... so it started aimin...

I really think it isn't going to flip (yet)... but surely by this time next year at the very latest.

Still far, far too niche, even in Detroit. The format has never really succeeded anywhere in the US, even though it has been tried in waves in some markets (every time EDM becomes even remotely popular, which seems to have ebbs and flows about every five to seven years). The target demo would likely...

Not balding, perhaps may never, but otherwise guilty as charged. Just reflecting on those halcyon days of radio youth, when things seemed more sensible, somehow, including even AC stations waiting until the week of Christmas to start going wall-to-wall with it. But, hey, whatever gets those ratings,...

I have also noticed it off for several months now in both the Grand Rapids and the Muskegon area markets. In a way, I'm glad they turned off the Muskegon ones - 107.9's HD2 was non-stop "KISS Radio" with an endless loop of maybe 30 classic rock songs with some KISS interspersed (perhaps it was just ...

Beloved is highly subjective. I still wish stations would wait until at least after Thanksgiving, like they used to, but, hey, maybe that's just me.

In my defense, I didn't mean to add it to the existing product; I was hypothesizing a complete format pivot. But, yeah, I agree...maybe they're just polling different parts of the area (i.e. outside of downtown or the north-east end) that would be less receptive to this sort of station...or Spotify/...

I just notice that "the Q" is continuing to slowly drift downwards. Is it time to liven it up, perhaps pivoting to regular alternative or active-leaning stuff? The presentation and formatics on that station continue to seem rather stale to me.

They're still going to need to modify the playlist even more, to make 98.7 worth keeping. More rock-based alternative, less wimpy pop. More true alternative, less TikTokAlt. Get rid of the stiffs... (why is Maneskin's "Beggin" still one of the top five played, per the most recent Mediabase report?) ...

The Q: I agree, definitely sounds stale - predictably the same every day, every time, a bit slow on adding or dropping currents. They should revamp the bumpers (maybe get rid of that dopey-sounding voiceover guy), they should mix up the music a bit more. It would be pretty crazy, but I really think ...