Category: Commentaries

It’s entirely possible that KEGX, along with most of the other stations in Washington’s Tri-Cities, were one of the first stations I knew about that I hadn’t actually heard. Today, those stations span dozens of markets and likely hundreds of stations, but back in 2006, I focused on stations I had heard or were relatively…

When my friend Serena told me about 98.3 The Seagull WXQA/Barkley, MD I was skeptical. Most LPFM stations, even those with formats, sound extremely low budget. Although my two favorite stations lately are variety hits and classic hits, she still thinks of me as the CHR listener. Honestly, there are only a handful of songs…

Since I moved out of my parents’ house in June, I have a lot less time now to commit to little things like radio station commentaries, so I completely forgot that I had promised a review of several stations in their final hours, but I have some time now so here is that review. I’ve…

Last week, I shared a final listen of KXXO under its former Mix 96.1 format. The below is a guest commentary from Serena Kyle, with whom I host the weekly radio show Clearing the Static. It’s been my personal experience that, with no offense intended to Spanish speaking radio listeners, most Hispanic radio, IMO, can…

KXXO was always the station that would be on in the car on family trips to the southwest part of Washington, which were fairly often as my mom grew up in that area. Even though the station had a huge signal that could have easily been a Seattle rimshot from day one, the focus was…

Usually when I review two stations, I’m comparing them, as they have a similar format. This time however, the only thing in common is the station name and that they both have an imaging spot that is nothing but waves splashing. I discovered the station on Hawaii’s big island first, as their sister station, 102.7…