[atlantaprog] 96rock (not about prog, really, but what the heck)

OK, as long as we're rolling again:

Has anyone noticed what's happened to 96rock in the wake of the changes at the former Z-93? I notice they're calling themselves "Atlanta's Classic Rock Station", without really changing very much. (I guess it was bound to happen sometime. Most of the mook-rock, of course, has been sent to 96.7.) OTOH, I'm starting to hear tunes I haven't heard in a *long* time; I just heard Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls" tonight, and last night they played Triumph's "Fight The Good Fight", which isn't such a bad tune, really, only suffering in comparison to, well, Yes and ELP and stuff like that. To which I could only say two things:

1. What took them so long? Tunes like these are, if not classics, staples of the *rawk* listener's diet. They didn't have to drop them *completely*.

2. Do they have to be a "classic rock station" in order to put this stuff back in rotation? I see no reason why 96rock shouldn't continue to play new music (especially now that they've got The Darkness and Jet out there).

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