The WEXT Top 15
From our friends at Exit 97.7 WEXT, the 15 most-played songs on the station during the last week:
- Fighter Girl - Mason Jennings
- Glad It's Over - Wilco
- Hollow Man - R.E.M.
- I'm Amazed - My Morning Jacket
- Violet Hill - Coldplay
- Dance With Me - Old 97s
- No Hiding Place - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
- Only Memory - Matthew Loiacono
- I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie
- 1492 - Counting Crows
- Always Where I Need to Be - The Kooks
- Aretha, Sing One For Me - Cat Power
- Bottle It Up - Sara Bareilles
- Burn You Up, Burn You Down - Big Blue Ball
- Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner
After the jump, songs that will hit the playlist for the first time this week -- including stuff from Vampire Weekend and The Raconteurs.
Adds for the week of 6/9/08
I'm Not Drowning - Steve Winwood
It's a Shame - Hayes Carll
My Sweet Love - John Mellencamp
Rich Girls - The Virgins
Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
Old Enough - The Raconteurs
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May I just ask what your obsession is with this radio station? It isn't broadcasting from Albany (unless you count Amsterdam as part of Albany), the reception is lousy in most parts of Albany, and the music they play isn't very good (this from my 17 year old daughter who loves 102.7 in VT). Why do you take up so much of your blog space with their lists?
... said Amy on Jun 9, 2008 at 11:11 AM | link
I disagree with Amy. I used to listen to 102.7 in the early days when it was eclectic. Now it is just boring. 97.7 is commercial free and, in addition to introducing me to new music, plays fantastic old stuff that I never hear anywhere else. Hands down the best station in the area.
... said slilly on Jun 9, 2008 at 1:53 PM | link
Amy,
I believe the fascination with the WEXT is that its one of the last independant radio stations. Not just "around the area" but in the "period" sense. It's run by locals, not clear channel like 102.7. Don't get me wrong, I like EQX. It plays some great music and gets involved in the Albany - Bennington community. But its certainly not an independant station.
... said EllieB on Jun 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM | link
Couple of things:
-Yes, WEXT's signal leaves something to be desired. I have trouble in the car in many places, but like a lot of people I listen at work all day on the internet.
-Radio isn't really broadcasting, its narrowcasting. WEXT, whose format is best described as Adult Album Alternative, is no more programmed for 17-year-old girls than FLY 92 is programmed for 46-year-old men.
-WEQX? They stopped being cool around the same year your daughter was born. EQX used to be very independent and original, but now they're just another tool of the big record companies, force feeding listeners with the flavor of the month.
I' love to see WEXT move their transmitter closer to Albany, but I'm not sure it will ever happen. They may be non-commercial, but business is business, and it would probably cost a lot of money.
... said Rob on Jun 9, 2008 at 8:23 PM | link
My guess about alloveralbany.com's obsession with WEXT is that they are both run by locals and they are working together to promote happenings and other things that are local. I love it. Local people actually working together to make the area better! It's a great concept. I hope it continues.
WEXT is listener supported. With enough support maybe they can move closer to Albany. I live closer to Amsterdam, so I've never had trouble with the reception.
The station is great! Although, they are doing more of the typical playing-of-some-of-the-same-songs-over-and-over-and-over than they did when they started. At which points, I simply switch over to EQX for a bit. And the local music that they play -- sweet.
... said James Frederick on Jun 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM | link