Comments on: Indie 103.1 Goes Off The Air http://medialoper.com/indie-1031-goes-off-the-air/ Chasing the long tail of digital media Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Luke Sheppard http://medialoper.com/indie-1031-goes-off-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-27296 Luke Sheppard Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:37:31 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/?p=3171#comment-27296 I think Indie 103.1's first big mistake was <a href="http://www.lavoice.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1674" rel="nofollow">firing Dickie Barrett</a>. It went downhill from there. Also, as Kassia said, it was too oriented towards 20-something guys, as is most popular culture these days. That always struck me as kind of stupid since they played so much old-school punk and alternative and such. I mean, how many 25-year-old guys have seen Black Flag in concert? I always thought the essence of Indie's awesomeness was that it played such a good mixture of stuff for all ages enamored with the various sub-genres it represented. But that faded pretty quickly after the initial honeymoon and it became too much like KROQ, another faded "alternative" station (that isn't alternative). That said, bring on the ranchera and mariachi music! I think Indie 103.1’s first big mistake was firing Dickie Barrett. It went downhill from there. Also, as Kassia said, it was too oriented towards 20-something guys, as is most popular culture these days. That always struck me as kind of stupid since they played so much old-school punk and alternative and such. I mean, how many 25-year-old guys have seen Black Flag in concert? I always thought the essence of Indie’s awesomeness was that it played such a good mixture of stuff for all ages enamored with the various sub-genres it represented. But that faded pretty quickly after the initial honeymoon and it became too much like KROQ, another faded “alternative” station (that isn’t alternative). That said, bring on the ranchera and mariachi music!

]]> By: Jim http://medialoper.com/indie-1031-goes-off-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-27295 Jim Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:33:53 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/?p=3171#comment-27295 Yeah, but sadly enough, the "Harmony in My Head" you heard is part of a tiny loop of songs they're playing as their brain functions run out (kinda like the Doctor Who "Silence in the Library" ep). The Sound? What sound? Yeah, but sadly enough, the “Harmony in My Head” you heard is part of a tiny loop of songs they’re playing as their brain functions run out (kinda like the Doctor Who “Silence in the Library” ep).

The Sound? What sound?

]]> By: Kassia Krozser http://medialoper.com/indie-1031-goes-off-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-27291 Kassia Krozser Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:28:50 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/?p=3171#comment-27291 So found out about this via Twitter, your post followed soon after. I was an early 103.1 adopter, but, alas, fell away. For me, it was too much of the KROQ/guy thing -- while I loved the music, as a slightly older female, I felt a bit weird with the guyness. This is what turned me off to KROQ all those years ago. It's like teenage/early 20's guys were the audience, not me. But I digress. I loved turning on the radion and hearing "Roadrunner" and then something I'd never heard before. And I loved it tonight when I -- just see what was happening -- went to 103.1 and heard "Harmony in my Head". Because that's how radio should be. You just hear that song. Not that I want all oldies, but I want a radio station to play a song that I'm not going to hear anywhere else. We have this newish station called The Sound in LA. It has its moments, but it also plays it a bit too safe for me (I think at least one of the DJs is a refugee of the station that predated 103.1 -- maybe it's fool me once, radio style). So found out about this via Twitter, your post followed soon after. I was an early 103.1 adopter, but, alas, fell away. For me, it was too much of the KROQ/guy thing — while I loved the music, as a slightly older female, I felt a bit weird with the guyness. This is what turned me off to KROQ all those years ago. It’s like teenage/early 20’s guys were the audience, not me.

But I digress. I loved turning on the radion and hearing “Roadrunner” and then something I’d never heard before. And I loved it tonight when I — just see what was happening — went to 103.1 and heard “Harmony in my Head”. Because that’s how radio should be. You just hear that song. Not that I want all oldies, but I want a radio station to play a song that I’m not going to hear anywhere else.

We have this newish station called The Sound in LA. It has its moments, but it also plays it a bit too safe for me (I think at least one of the DJs is a refugee of the station that predated 103.1 — maybe it’s fool me once, radio style).

]]> By: k http://medialoper.com/indie-1031-goes-off-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-27289 k Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:56:51 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/?p=3171#comment-27289 It was my favorite thing about LA! :( It was my favorite thing about LA! :(

]]> By: Olly McPherson http://medialoper.com/indie-1031-goes-off-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-27288 Olly McPherson Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:44:56 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/?p=3171#comment-27288 Drag--I really enjoyed the station when we lived out in L.A. Drag–I really enjoyed the station when we lived out in L.A.

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