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WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by Bryce » Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:27 am

audiophile wrote:
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Why didn't they drop a microphone next the metal lathe of the local machine shop...they might have more listeners.
Nicely put John Doremus! :razz


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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by bmw » Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:14 am

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WGER needs to remove the Matchbox 20 and Nickelback cuts from its playlist. That crap should've been tossed in the garbage can with the rest of Mix 106.3's music & formatics.
I agree re: Matchbox 20. Not so much Nickelback. They had 11 Top 10 hits on the mainstream rock chart prior to 2005. Some of their older stuff would fit fine on this station, like Leader of Men, Brathe, Too Bad, and Never Again.

Side-note: I see a 2017 song by Gretta Van Fleet on their playlist. That song sticks out like a sore thumb given its release year.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by MWmetalhead » Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:27 am

Greta resides in the station's listening area and is damn talented (IMO). They deserve an exception. :)

How You Remind Me by Nickelback plus one other song (Rockstar, maybe?) are the ones I've heard or spotted on the log. I hate 'em both.

Leader of Men is a song I can tolerate certainly.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by audiophile » Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:44 am

Matchbox 20 back-to-back with Sublime...LOL


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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by bmw » Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:48 am

My gripe with a station like this is that most of the artists they're playing have sizeable libraries to pull from, so don't play only the songs that are burnt to a crisp, like "How you Remind me."

Take the band Live for example - for me they rank right up there with Incubus for being underrated in my book. So far I've only seen 4 songs in the playlist (Lightning Crashes, Selling the Drama, I Alone, and All Over you), and maybe I've missed a song or two. And those are all good sons, but come on - they had 17 songs between 1991 and 2003 chart on the Alternative Airplay chart, probably 14 or 15 of which would fit the station fine. Collective Soul is another example - they're playing 5 or 6 of their songs when there's 15 to 20 to pick from.

One last gripe from me for a while - The Gorillaz. Ok, so Feel Good Inc is a song that barely fits the format, and they're playing the crap out of it. If you're going to play this song, how is the song Clint Eastwood not also in the rotation?



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by MWmetalhead » Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:04 pm

Lakini's Juice, Pain Lies on the Riverside, and Freaks are all solid songs by Live in addition to the four you mentioned.

Four songs in rotation from Live certainly isn't bad, though. Some rock and alternative stations don't play any of their material or will only play "Lightning Crashes."

Live stopped producing studio albums far too soon. That's a shame. They do still tour on occasion; I am unsure if it's all the original members.

One song I have zero interest in hearing from them is The Dolphin's Cry.

The band Fuel to me sounds like a knock off of Live.

Two post grunge bands from whom I would've loved to hear more material are Dishwalla and the Toadies.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by Mike » Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:25 pm

bmw wrote:
Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:48 am
One last gripe from me for a while - The Gorillaz. Ok, so Feel Good Inc is a song that barely fits the format, and they're playing the crap out of it.
Hmmm, I see not much has changed since 2005 on that score.

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If you're going to play this song, how is the song Clint Eastwood not also in the rotation?
To tell you the truth, I had to look up how that song even fared at Alternative radio at the time, and was surprised to see it reached #3 there. I'd wager that the massive shadow cast by Feel Good Inc. has banished Clint to be completely forgotten.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by rugratsonline » Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:56 pm

paul8539 wrote:
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I still remember when WGER was on 102/5 and had the 'good music' format.
When I think of "WGER", I still think of them as a beautiful music powerhouse as "Beautiful 102". My folks were regular listeners in the 1970s, until we moved to Florida.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by MWmetalhead » Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:18 pm

Playlist so far today looks damn good. Downright impressive. I hope they keep up the good work.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by bobhuge » Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:30 am

MWmetalhead wrote:
Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:18 pm
Playlist so far today looks damn good. Downright impressive. I hope they keep up the good work.
Damn Good? Impressive? Good work? To quote JB, "come on, man." :lol :blink

I love this music, but not this much. :( The only...ONLY...good thing about D&CTF coming is that they'll have less air time spin the same songs over and over. I get it's probably what people paid more than me suggest, and I'm not your average listener, but my god. :shock:

The Unforgiven – 9/20 2:20pm
The Unforgiven – 9/21 2:39am
The Unforgiven – 9/22 8:26am
The Unforgiven – 9/23 11:06am
The Unforgiven – 9/24 4:21am
The Unforgiven – 9/26 6:22am
The Unforgiven – 9/27 10:50am
The Unforgiven – 9/28 12:54ma

Firewoman – 9/20 4:49pm
Firewoman – 9/21 3:54am
Firewoman – 9/22 8:13am
Firewoman – 9/23 3:16pm
Firewoman – 9/24 5:55pm
Firewoman – 9/25 12:18pm
Firewoman – 9/26 4:05am
Firewoman – 9/26 10:16pm

Been Caught Stealing: 9/20 12:32pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/21 6:34pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/22 7:43am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/23 6:16am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/23 10:17pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/24 8:02pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/25 9:10am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/26 1:08am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/27 7:36am



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by MWmetalhead » Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:39 am

I have no issue with either of those three songs being played once per day, especially since this is a newly launched station. All three are worthy of regular airplay. It's good to see the play times vary.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by bobhuge » Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:44 am

MWmetalhead wrote:
Wed Sep 28, 2022 8:39 am
I have no issue with either of those three songs being played once per day, especially since this is a newly launched station. All three are worthy of regular airplay. It's good to see the play times vary.
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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by radionightmare » Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:15 am

bmw wrote:
Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:48 am

Take the band Live for example - for me they rank right up there with Incubus for being underrated in my book. So far I've only seen 4 songs in the playlist (Lightning Crashes, Selling the Drama, I Alone, and All Over you), and maybe I've missed a song or two. And those are all good sons, but come on - they had 17 songs between 1991 and 2003 chart on the Alternative Airplay chart, probably 14 or 15 of which would fit the station fine.
Those are the 4 songs from Live that matter.



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Re: WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

Post by Colonel Flagg » Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:03 pm

While I like the Modern Rock concept, what I am seeing here are the same potential missteps that were made by Infinity Broadcasting, with the failed experiment known as "Extreme Radio". Not successful, but fondly remembered by many, even though it was barely around for a minute.


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