Alternative Stations Lost In Nostalgialand

[singingsparrow]

45 1 CAKE Short Skirt/Long Jacket 8 5 3 0.0587
5 2 FINGER ELEVEN One Thing 8 22 -14 0.0795
51 3 BLINK 182 First Date 7 3 4 0.0511
37 4 GOLDFINGER Counting The Days 7 7 0 0.0478
41 5 GREEN DAY Minority 7 6 1 0.0614
9 6 AUDIOSLAVE I Am The Highway 6 20 -14 0.0493
1 7 BLINK 182 I Miss You 6 27 -21 0.0625
75 8 DANDY WARHOLS Bohemian Like You 6 1 5 0.0582
7 9 LUCKY BOYS CONFUSION Hey Driver 6 21 -15 0.0536
57 10 U2 In A Little While 6 3 3 0.046
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47 11 WEEZER Island In The Sun 6 5 1 0.0478
35 12 BAD RELIGION Sorrow 4 7 -3 0.0323
32 13 DISTURBED Remember 4 8 -4 0.0325
26 14 HOOBASTANK The Reason 4 9 -5 0.0414
11 15 INCUBUS Megalomaniac 4 19 -15 0.0292
2 16 JET Are You Gonna Be My Girl 4 24 -20 0.0325
3 17 LINKIN PARK Numb 4 23 -19 0.0323
8 18 NICKELBACK Figured You Out 4 21 -17 0.0325
13 19 NO DOUBT It's My Life 4 13 -9 0.0414
18 20 STORY OF THE YEAR Until The Day I Die 4 11 -7 0.0325
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22 21 THREE DAYS GRACE I Hate Everything About You 4 10 -6 0.0457
23 22 WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army 4 10 -6 0.0325
34 23 YELLOWCARD Ocean Avenue 4 8 -4 0.0247
4 24 311 Love Song 3 22 -19 0.032
15 25 AFI Girl's Not Grey 3 11 -8 0.0231
16 26 AUDIOSLAVE Like A Stone 3 11 -8 0.0231
76 27 DARUDE Sandstorm 3 1 2 0.0173
10 28 DESCENDENTS Nothing With You 3 20 -17 0.032
12 29 EVE 6 At Least We're Dreaming 3 13 -10 0.0307
25 30 FOO FIGHTERS All My Life 3 9 -6 0.032

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This is the playlist from KTCL 93.3, an Alternative station.

The #1 song didn't even get spun 10 times in the past week, not to mention is a few years old.

Four other songs in their Top 10 are over a year old.

Do you have an Alternative station that leans heavily on recurrent play?

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[blahhhh]

thats probably one of the stations that tweaked their format to Alternative classics.

we need one of those here in detroit.

Im sick of POM, Linkin Park and all that crapola.

[blahhhh]

SingingSparrow said:

76  27  DARUDE  Sandstorm  3  1  2  0.0173

I dont think thats very alternative. That song scares me.

[insect2]

KNDD is Seattle. Though I don't think it's quite as extreme as the example shown. They just played "Cut Your Hair" by Pavement an hour ago.

[Slinky]

blahhhh said:

I dont think thats very alternative. That song scares me.

It scares you?  Wow.  "Sandstorm" is more "alternative" than Three Days Grace or random bad nu-metal like that.  Before Grunge struck, Alternative stations used to embrace electronica like this.  I'm glad KTCL still does.  There's a new Basement Jaxx song more "adventurous" alternative stations like KTCL should be on as well.

KTCL did have a nightly electronica show a while back.  Not sure if they still do. 

[irice22]

They are doing what they call their "Throw-Back weekend" but it lassted all week last week. I loved it, it was great!