105.1 in Lafayette is now classic rock

More and more stations seem to be abandoning the modern rock or metal format.

I would love to see some data on audiences across various demographics and determine how we can have sustainable stations that play only classical music but none of the other two genres of contemporary music.

Are we supposed to believe that classic rock, AOR, hip-hop, modern country, and the current Billboard hits are the only viable radio formats left in terrestrial radio?

I wouldn't give a shite about classic rock being so prevalent if it wasn't for two reasons:

1) There is still no clearly defined classification of what constitutes as classic rock. Bands don't simply become classic rock after x number of years have passed. Nirvana isn't classic rock. Metallica isn't classic rock. Tool isn't classic rock. Radiohead isn't classic rock. The intermixing of different genres of rock is frustrating enough. John Cougar, Tom Petty, the Cars, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Foreigner, and the Beatles don't necessarily belong on the same station.

2) These stations play the same handful of singles by each artist. When I was a dj for KLSU I went out of my way to play B-sides, live recordings, and rare-releases by various bands. If these stations actually made full use of the artist's discography, then we could have an almost infinite source of music to listen to.

But no. Instead we get the same five songs by REO Speedwagon until the end of time. We have entire classic albums which are glossed over and never heard from. Seriously, when is the last time that you heard a track from AC/DC's Powerage on a terrestrial "classic rock" station?

There are 2 companies that control 90% of terrestrial radio. One of them is CBS. They determine what is popular, and 10 years ago, they said new rock was out and country was in. Since then, they have been eliminating virtually all rock stations and largely quit playing rock in advertisements and tv shows. It's functionally dead, guys. Sucks, but true. They know how to market products to classic rock listeners and country listeners, but they don't know how to monitize new rock and roll, so it's being done away with.

Thank goodness for the internet. Young people use that more than fm anyways.

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but they don't know how to monitize new rock and roll, so it's being done away with.

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Back when 93.7 first started in Baton Rouge they got great ratings. They had a request show in the afternoon that actually played Megadeth, Slayer, and a few other bands you never hear on the radio. They switched to 70s soft rock because the ads sold for more money, even with worse ratings. That format bombed and they went back to modern rock, though a slightly neutered version of what they were before.

It's gone. 97.7 is talk radio now.

93.7 was bought by a bible network.

It's insane.

I'd swear off terrestrial radio if my car had an input jack.

Yep, I heard so many bands and songs for the first time on that station:
Iron maiden, Bullet for my Valentine, Slayer, Megadeath, Avenged Sevenfold. It was great having them and 104.9 back then.

So now we don't have a rock station in Lafayette and Baton Rouge?

My car has an after market cd player in it. I have the original tape deck,
But I lack the time, money, and/or expertise to switch it out. If anyone would like to help me out with it, it would be much appreciated

98.1 would be solid if they just stopped playing the songs they overplay by:
Loverboy, Foreigner, Journey, Bad Company, and White Snake, and just play more b-sides by bands like Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, etc.

98.1 would be a ton better if they just didn't overplay the same shitty songs every day.