It's bad when your TV beats you radio …
… to four months ago. But thanks to Music Choice's adult alt channel for introducing me to the critically disputed Most Like You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) faster than 94.7 The Globe. remix
The radio station has so much potential, but … maybe that's a goal for the new year. The playlist hasn't developed much, and the DJs try too hard to compensate. DCRTV's reader best/worst of 2007 has things right. Mentions of the station are hard to find, but here are the first two, midway down the long page. "BEST: Another 'Best' was the Globe for the first month it was on the air. God it sounded great for a few weeks. … WORST: What The Globe ended up turning into." "BEST: The Globe, sometimes. … WORST: The Globe, the rest of the time."
Update on 12/27: I have to add to my Globe mention. Without me even bringing it up, a friend found the Globe this week and said how great it was, and my split-second reaction was to agree. Because that's the heart of the matter. I have my criticisms of the station, but the Globe is still my No. 1 preset and still much better than any station the city's had in a good while.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:48 PM
YUCK!!!!!!! I finally settled in and found a station in this area that began to approximate my favorite (WFUV-FM, New York) after 3 years….and now it's gone. Just another number on the radio playing old Stones, Zeppelin and putrid David Bowie, the same songs every day, after day, after day….
I can't listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart aches to hear something contemporary that isn't country or rap. Is there anything? ANYWHERE? (At least in the DC/MD area?).
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 PM
I do have a couple rap stations on my presets — I think Donnie Simpson is the best morning show host in the area, regardless of genre — but you may want to give DC 101 and Mix 107.3 a shot. Neither are going to shock you, but they play odds and ends of what 94.7 used to play: new Death Cab (a little), new Coldplay.
No sign of Wilco or Ryan Adams or new Springsteen. I hit preset buttons whenever I get slightly bored, and if you hit the buttons enough, you can put together a decent playlist. But you gotta work for it. And you're still not gonna be totally happy.
Not sure where you're at in the area, but if you're up 95 a ways, check out 103.1 and WXPN broadcasting out of Philadelphia onto 90.5 in Baltimore. XPN is an awesome, awesome station. If it ever got a broadcast into DC, they'd be exactly what we all want.