WGER flips to 106.3 The Core

[Bryce]

Why didn't they drop a microphone next the metal lathe of the local machine shop...they might have more listeners.

Nicely put John Doremus!

[audiophile]

[bmw]

WGER needs to remove the Matchbox 20 and Nickelback cuts from its playlist. That crap should've been tossed in the garbage can with the rest of Mix 106.3's music & formatics.

I agree re: Matchbox 20. Not so much Nickelback. They had 11 Top 10 hits on the mainstream rock chart prior to 2005. Some of their older stuff would fit fine on this station, like Leader of Men, Brathe, Too Bad, and Never Again.

Side-note: I see a 2017 song by Gretta Van Fleet on their playlist. That song sticks out like a sore thumb given its release year.

[audiophile]

Matchbox 20 back-to-back with Sublime...LOL

[bmw]

My gripe with a station like this is that most of the artists they're playing have sizeable libraries to pull from, so don't play only the songs that are burnt to a crisp, like "How you Remind me."

Take the band Live for example - for me they rank right up there with Incubus for being underrated in my book. So far I've only seen 4 songs in the playlist (Lightning Crashes, Selling the Drama, I Alone, and All Over you), and maybe I've missed a song or two. And those are all good sons, but come on - they had 17 songs between 1991 and 2003 chart on the Alternative Airplay chart, probably 14 or 15 of which would fit the station fine. Collective Soul is another example - they're playing 5 or 6 of their songs when there's 15 to 20 to pick from.

One last gripe from me for a while - The Gorillaz. Ok, so Feel Good Inc is a song that barely fits the format, and they're playing the crap out of it. If you're going to play this song, how is the song Clint Eastwood not also in the rotation?

[Mike]

One last gripe from me for a while - The Gorillaz. Ok, so Feel Good Inc is a song that barely fits the format, and they're playing the crap out of it.

Hmmm, I see not much has changed since 2005 on that score.

If you're going to play this song, how is the song Clint Eastwood not also in the rotation?

To tell you the truth, I had to look up how that song even fared at Alternative radio at the time, and was surprised to see it reached #3 there. I'd wager that the massive shadow cast by Feel Good Inc. has banished Clint to be completely forgotten.

[rugratsonline]

I still remember when WGER was on 102/5 and had the 'good music' format.

When I think of "WGER", I still think of them as a beautiful music powerhouse as "Beautiful 102". My folks were regular listeners in the 1970s, until we moved to Florida.

[bobhuge]

Playlist so far today looks damn good. Downright impressive. I hope they keep up the good work.

Damn Good? Impressive? Good work? To quote JB, "come on, man."

I love this music, but not this much. The only...ONLY...good thing about D&CTF coming is that they'll have less air time spin the same songs over and over. I get it's probably what people paid more than me suggest, and I'm not your average listener, but my god.

The Unforgiven – 9/20 2:20pm
The Unforgiven – 9/21 2:39am
The Unforgiven – 9/22 8:26am
The Unforgiven – 9/23 11:06am
The Unforgiven – 9/24 4:21am
The Unforgiven – 9/26 6:22am
The Unforgiven – 9/27 10:50am
The Unforgiven – 9/28 12:54ma

Firewoman – 9/20 4:49pm
Firewoman – 9/21 3:54am
Firewoman – 9/22 8:13am
Firewoman – 9/23 3:16pm
Firewoman – 9/24 5:55pm
Firewoman – 9/25 12:18pm
Firewoman – 9/26 4:05am
Firewoman – 9/26 10:16pm

Been Caught Stealing: 9/20 12:32pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/21 6:34pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/22 7:43am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/23 6:16am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/23 10:17pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/24 8:02pm
Been Caught Stealing: 9/25 9:10am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/26 1:08am
Been Caught Stealing: 9/27 7:36am

[bobhuge]

I have no issue with either of those three songs being played once per day, especially since this is a newly launched station. All three are worthy of regular airplay. It's good to see the play times vary.

[radionightmare]

Take the band Live for example - for me they rank right up there with Incubus for being underrated in my book. So far I've only seen 4 songs in the playlist (Lightning Crashes, Selling the Drama, I Alone, and All Over you), and maybe I've missed a song or two. And those are all good sons, but come on - they had 17 songs between 1991 and 2003 chart on the Alternative Airplay chart, probably 14 or 15 of which would fit the station fine.

Those are the 4 songs from Live that matter.

[Colonel Flagg]

While I like the Modern Rock concept, what I am seeing here are the same potential missteps that were made by Infinity Broadcasting, with the failed experiment known as "Extreme Radio". Not successful, but fondly remembered by many, even though it was barely around for a minute.