who is tired of the same classic rock songs being played on the radio?

I wish I heard more CSN, Van Morrison, and Jefferson Airplane on the radio.

Though I agree with you slightly. It seems a lot of classic rock stations only know a few key songs from bands. For example, a local station never plays an AC/DC song that isn't "Thunderstruck", "Highway to Hell", or "Back in Black". Likewise, the same station never plays any Queen song that isn't "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", or "Fat Bottomed Girls". It bugs me sometimes.

You may want to.

Unfortuneately radio can only go after the major listener base and that means the songs you mention but yes, I do love classic rock but I love the lesser known hits that don't get heard very often.

HD radio was supposed to help in adding stations on the air which would fill the void that satellite is filling, however with lousy coverage and repetition, most are doing like yourself and going to sat radio for the variety. But most stations like that after a while do repeat a lot also.

Personally I love little played hard classic rock and new rock and no sat broadcasters have really brought the two together yet.

I live in the Atlanta area and it's the same here. The problem is, radio stations are all owned by big corporate communication companies. The big "rock" station here is 97.1, it is owned by the same people who own the big talk/news station. Boring isn't even close to how they program 97.1. What happens is, the stations have to pay BMI a royalty for each song they play and each time they play it. In the good old days, they kept a track sheet of what was played. Today, they buy (rent is more like it) and pay a flat fee. It eliminates the paperwork. They also don't have anybody who understands that variety is the spice of life. I'm like the Uncool 1, I have a collection that would tear them apart. They are also trying to get rid of using airwaves for silly stuff like playing music. Radio frequencies are worth money.

I came to the conclusion that I have a better selection of music than my classic rock station does. I bought a car new years eve, it had xm, I LOVE it!!!! I bought an xm radio, & had it installed in my conversion van, I bought the kind, that I can play in my house in a docking port!!!!! Best decision, I ever made!!!!!

By the way, I listen to Lucy, channel 54 a lot!!!!!

Have you looked into XM Radio? They have a channel called Deep Tracks that is a "no rules" classic rock station. They play songs that FM radio won't touch. Also, you will be introduced to artists you've never heard of.

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