So, I turn on WCSX this morning...

[Casey]

I don’t understand the absolute hatred of Nickelback. They’re not my jam, but, they were H*** at one point.

So was Justin Bieber and he sucks too.

WCSX might as well play Pink, Lady Gaga and Coldplay too. Classic Rock may have reached it's endgame.

[thatonedude]

Classic rock is still viable.

The format isn't the problem, it's CSX's execution of it. Some of their song choices are just not fitting for what they're trying to accomplish; either go all the way and have a harder presentation or head back to a softer focus. Right now it's a hodgepodge, and I can't imagine having it on for any length of time.

It speaks volumes when the main classic rock station in my backwards ass town in Oregon is more focused than CSX is at this point (and I don't even live in a rated market). Even before I left Michigan, 94.7 was already a mess musically speaking. And don't get me started on 106.7.

FWIW, I tend to gravitate toward Handcrafted Radio most of the time when I want to listen to classic rock, and I believe the programmer behind it has posted here before. Worth a listen now and then.

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[syntheticexctasy]

I've long felt like WCSX and WRIF should just merge. Give WCSX listeners a few weeks of bumpers, telling them the station is moving to 101.1. No one would ever even notice. We totally need more gospel and praise here in the motor city. Just look at us. All of this Guns and Roses every 16 minutes around the clock. Sinners. All of us.

[AMFMTV]

I don’t understand the absolute hatred of Nickelback. They’re not my jam, but, they were H*** at one point.

Agreed. 60M albums sold hard to argue with. Most by a Canadian band. More than Rush, more than BTO.

Like it or not... Nickelback second best-selling foreign act in the United States for the 2000s, trailing only The Beatles. Take that as you will.

[Editorcj]

I wonder how much felching the Beebs actually does IRL?

[CD 94.7]

I remember hearing How you remind me multiple times of the day back in 2002-03. 20 some years later, still not feeling it.

[MegaHertz]

I don’t understand the absolute hatred of Nickelback. They’re not my jam, but, they were H*** at one point.

Agreed. 60M albums sold hard to argue with. Most by a Canadian band. More than Rush, more than BTO.

Like it or not... Nickelback second best-selling foreign act in the United States for the 2000s, trailing only The Beatles. Take that as you will.

They were another band that found "the formula" and didn't dare deviate. I had their album "the State" and it had a few good songs. And then Silver Side Up came out and you couldn't escape it. Then they became "divorced dad rock", to make a 45 year old man feel like he was 18 again.

I've been going back for nostalgia's sake, but still can't get past HYRM. Everything past SSU sounds contrived. Even back then I was good on that.