[atlantaprog] Re: Progress is being made...

In a message dated 11/11/2002 11:33:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> I am playing phone tag with someone from WRFG to discuss the ins and 
> outs of getting a program on the air there. A question for everyone - 
> how many of you ever listen to WRFG? Most of the playlist is reggae, 
> blues, worldbeat and some occasional bluegrass so it may not be up 
> your alley, but I need to know if this is indeed an avenue worth 
> pursuing... I really wish we could get an "in" at WREK or WRAS!!
> 

Actually, my favorite radio station right now is 91.9, which is the Clark 
University station that plays mostly jazz.  The main thing is that I *hate* 
commercial music stations.  I think WRFG would be a perfectly fine choice as 
it's the music that is the main attraction, not the particular station.  I 
don't necessarily thing that having a show on WRAS or WREK would necessarily 
enhance our profile or boost our listenership, since this is programming that 
would cater to a niche audience anyway.  When I did my show on WQFS, which 
was the radio station of Guilford College in Greensboro, NC we had a number 
of non-students who did shows.  However, I imagine that a higher profile 
college station like WRAS probably has a sizable waiting list of students who 
want to DJ.  Once we have a broadcast platform in place we can advertise it, 
perhaps in Creative Loafing or something like that.  

The thing to emphasize with WRFG is that this isn't just some 70s classic 
rock nostalgia trip.  We're talking about music that won't get airplay any 
other place that includes bands from the sixties to the present.  Now that' 
what *I* call "alternative" rock.


Chris Hosford



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