Shot In The Dark: Radio Station Tag Lines We <i>Really</i> Like

August 15, 2005

Radio Station Tag Lines We Really Like

You know radio station tag lines - the ones you see on the ads, and hear in all the station sweeps between songs.

I figure stations could benefit by being honest with their tag lines.

I'm here to help.

Cities 97 (the "adult alternative" station): "We were playing the Bo-Deans before anyone else, and we'll be playing them long after everyone else has stopped".

KS95 - "Music your department secretary sings at karaoke bars after five jello shots".

KDWB (the "Top40" station) - "Smells Like Junior High!"

KQRS (the local "Classic Rock" behemoth) - "No, the Who only had two songs, ever. Shut up and listen".

Air America Minnesota - "Making Big Brother ~~Cry For Mama~~ Briefly Giggle with Derision and Pity"

KSTP-AM - "On autopilot since 1998!"
Minnesota Public Radio - "Why yes, the average Minnesotan is a college-educated, Volvo-driving, alpaca-wearing 55-year-old government employee! And darn proud of it!"

Jack FM (104.1) - "Sorry, Ma. Forgot to take out the crap".

KBEM (a city-owned jazz and traffic station) - "Maybe if we're reaaaaal quiet, nobody will notice we have a budget..."

KFAI (supremely eclectic community/public station on the maniacally polyglot West Bank) - "Stick it to da man, mon. But get a pledge first".

UPDATE: "Uncle Dynamite" wondered if I were perhaps afraid to put up a sweeper for AM1280 The Patriot.

Um, no.

"AM1280. They put Hinderaker, Banaian, Morrissey, Elder, Ward and Berg on the air. G*d only knows what they're capable of. Be afraid. "

I live to serve.

Posted by Mitch at August 15, 2005 06:07 PM | TrackBack

Comments

Where is the one for 1280 the Patriot? Do you fear the hand that feeds you?

Posted by: uncle dynamite at August 15, 2005 07:22 PM

Where is the one for 1280 the Patriot? Do you fear the hand that feeds you?

Posted by: uncle dynamite at August 15, 2005 07:22 PM

Back whan kfai was starting up in the late 70's they actually offered me airtime based on a demo tape I made at home. Thank God I turned them down and went into tech or I'd just be a radio guy with a blog of my own (no offense).

Posted by: Terry at August 15, 2005 11:30 PM

Dang, I made one of these 2 years ago that made the rounds as a forward... Let's see what I remember:

104.1 (when it was 80s): The station with an expiration date written on the back. (I think it still holds.)

Beat 96.3 - [explitive deleted]

Bob 106: It's a radio station named...BOB!! Get it??!? It's a station...with a person's name! Come on, it was cool 12 years ago...

WCCO 830: The old friend you really don't have anything in common with anymore, but still keep in touch with now and then.

KS95: For those losing their hair but still want to think they're hip.

Cities 97: For those losing their hair but still want to think they're hipper than those who listen to the same music on KS95.

RadioK: Playing the best music you've never heard of, because if you did, they'd be sellouts.

Posted by: Jerry Leigh at August 16, 2005 01:52 AM

AM 1500 KSTP: Impotence has a new home -- The Joe Soucheray Show . . . .

MPR: The laugh track to tax payer rage
96.3: Where every song is an uncommitted crime.
97.1: Music for the menstural cycle

Posted by: Fran Galt at August 16, 2005 09:46 AM

92 KQRS... Our playlist is a mile wide and and inch deep. Kinda like the pan you use to bake cookies.

Posted by: Psycmeistr at August 17, 2005 12:14 AM

KOOL 108; We butcher songs songs so bad, we make "Blinded by the Light" sound like a 30-second auto dealership jingle.

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