As a fan of the non-mainstream music, as you can see here by my appreciation of the Mongrel rock sounds of Brother, it saddens me to see the only alternative station in Philadelphia taken off the air, as Y100 was on Thursday. They consistently worked to promote local and independent bands, to bring their music to a larger audience. I listened to this station as nearly my only station for 10 years, and it has introduced me to many bands that mainstream music wouldn't touch. Bands which are independent, that I wouldn't have heard of in other ways.
Y100's signal has been replaced with an urban beats station, the 3rd in the Philadelphia area now. I won't be listening. Please take a few minutes to visit Y100rocks.com to read about it, and sign the petition if you are supportive.
If big corporations continue to take off the stations that look for local and new music, and replace them with cookie cutter versions of the MTV popular bands, we will lose the ability to hear new and upcoming music on the radio.
Posted by absolutmusical at February 26, 2005 06:08 PM