Will S.A ever get alternative rock station?

[davi78239]

Been waiting for a station like 101x in austin. Just curious as to see how everyone else feels about this.

[mysterious_elf26]

It's called 99.5 KISS.

[dollyllama]

99.5 is in no way "alternative". Those types of stations are usually situated in either large metropolises or college towns in order to draw the demographic that will support them.

[Clandestino]

there is no market here for them... alt and techno stations don't last here...

[MannyIsGod]

101x is not Alt, neither is Kiss. Try listening to KSYM 90.1 and KRTU 91.7 at night. Both play alternative music.

[TheWriter]

KSYM 90.1

Beturass!

[IceColdBrewski]

Lets hope not.

[MannyIsGod]

Lets hope not.

Yeah, let's leave that slot open for another country to Tejano station. OR OR another top 40 station, we don't have enough of those!

[Mr Dio]

San Antonio's roots were entrenched in rock some 30 yrs ago & firmly remain there. Country & Booty music have gained popularity but rock is still king in SA..I like it because it keeps SA from being another Dallas or Houston. I would like to see a station like LA's KROQ. KSYM is the closest thing but their format is so undefined that it is hard to hear the same type of music 3 times in the week with out staying up late or getting up way early. 91X in San Diego used to be near KROQ's level in the late 80's & early 90's & oth stations sponsored awesome concerts.

[AlamoSpursFan]

What SA needs is a good Texas/Classic country station like KVET 98.1 in Austin.

[MannyIsGod]

What SA needs is a good Texas/Classic country station like KVET 98.1 in Austin.

Listen to KSYM in the afternoon.

[GoldToe]

It's about the revenue a station can bring in.
Who wants to pay for an ad nobody is going to hear?
Doesn't SAC or UTSA have a college radio station for alternative music?

[MannyIsGod]

KSYM is SAC's station, and KRTU is Trinity's.

[TheWriter]

KSYM is were I first heard The Postal Service. Death Cab for Cutie. And this was about two years ago before MTV anf the OC found them.

[davi78239]

yes, I'm aware of 90.1 from sac. But what I'm shooting for is a mainstream alternative rock station like some mentioned above in KROQ's and the one in San Diego. Someone that plays a hell of a lot more modest mouse, franz ferdinand, jimmy eat world, my chemical romance............

[Guru of Nothing]

mainstream alternative rock

That's a nice oxymoron.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Listen to KSYM in the afternoon.

Well, if I'm ever within a 5 block radius of San Pedro High, I'll do just that!

:lol

[Clandestino]

Well, if I'm ever within a 5 block radius of San Pedro High, I'll do just that!

:lol

LOL! san pedro high! i took one class at sac and it did seem like high school... utsa seems like going to a movie theater though!

[rr2418]

San Antonio needs to bring back a jazz station! They shouldn't never had gotten rid of Smooth Jazz 106.7.

[exstatic]

The formats that are supported will survive. Bottom line.

I like BOB-FM out of Austin. Thankfully, living far NE, I can pick up several Austin stations.

[TheWriter]

That's a nice oxymoron.

Not really.

Mainstream Indie music would be an oxymoron.

We need a better alternative Indie radio station.

[TheWriter]

LOL! san pedro high! i took one class at sac and it did seem like high school... utsa seems like going to a movie theater though!

Movie theater?

[MannyIsGod]

UTSA classes do feel like movie theaters, that's a good call.

San Antonio does have a Jazz Station, listen to KRTU during the day.

[TheWriter]

I still don't get the correlation between UTSA classes and theater?

Are you guys talking about the stadium seating?

[davi78239]

yea, there are a good amount of classes that do go under stadium seating. A lot of those are the basic classes but when you get a lot further into your major, the classes do get quite a bit smaller, like 40-50 people at the most.