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drballoonknot t1_irsx8pj wrote

I need my 1010 WINS crackly, over AM radio with my dad smoking in the car windows closed.

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bklyn1977 t1_irsyb9j wrote

you can hear the windshield wiper motor making the radio hum.

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FlyingJoey t1_irvkays wrote

Wow that was the old KRock. Howard Stern’s old station.

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oreosfly t1_irthyf2 wrote

ALL NEWS, ALL THE TIME

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StevenAssantisFoot t1_iru1hxf wrote

The radio in my mom's kitchen has been playing 1010 WINS on a low volume around the clock for the past forty years or longer. The only interruptions have been blackouts and power outages. It's either "for the cat" or "so the robbers will think someone is home."

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5_on_3 t1_irv7p8v wrote

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, my grandfather gave my sister and I transistor radios. Ran off one 9 volt battery. Fast forward 26 years (grandpa has long since passed) Hurricane Sandy comes along and knocks out the power. Wife, myself and our dog were without power for over 2 weeks. Wife and I would come home from work, light the fireplace and I'd break out that same transistor radio and listen to 1010 WINS and then change over to WFAN for Steve Somers (the schmooze) at 7 pm and just chill on the couch with our dog curled up with us. The sound of the static on that AM transistor radio was very soothing. I still have and use that radio when I go camping.

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5_on_3 t1_irt3fmb wrote

I listen to WFAN, WINS and sports games on the radio. And even though those stations are also broadcasted on FM I just gotta have that AM static. I can't explain it. To me it just "sounds" better on the AM radio. Maybe it's the nostalgia of my dad driving.

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PatrickMaloney1 t1_irvgpjf wrote

If I can hear Howie Rose clearly then it doesn’t hit right

…but what FM station is WFAN on?

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team_suba t1_irx3zhg wrote

You honestly dont even realize how horrible AM is until you hear the same broadcast on FM. The voices are unrecognizable

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coffeeshopslut t1_irxqb65 wrote

In my car, the am whines with changes in engine speed... So annoying

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SBAPERSON t1_iru13eg wrote

1010 WINS now good quality audio.

We used to be be a country.

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bezerker03 t1_irt9k8h wrote

wow.. poor 92.3. It can't stay music.

The number of times I've seen that change then come back to be "rock/alternative" ....

We need something on modern equivalent with 104.3 before it turned classic (q104.3).

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team_suba t1_irv0ty2 wrote

That’s sad. I listen almost exclusively to 92.3. They started as NOW. Then they went to “alt” but played horrible mgk and commercial bull shit. But the last few months they actually started playing 90s and 2000s alternative music that I grew up with. I loved it.

I don’t have the hd channels so I guess there goes my favorite radio station. For 1010 wins are you kidding

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bezerker03 t1_irvity5 wrote

Yep. Stupid waste of time and won't increase listeners to 1010. I know how to get AM on my radio if I need it

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di5ob3di3ntm0nk3y t1_itxiv37 wrote

So true. The last couple of months the music has been so good I have t had the need to change the station. I wonder why they waited this long to play the music most of us actually want to listen to. So sad.

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Pool_Shark t1_irt0bgf wrote

Damn. I still miss when it was k rock, but it was nice to have a rock station in the area whenever I was in a car.

Funny I was wondering if 1010 Wins still existed and I guess it does. Figured in the day if Google maps and weather apps it would have died off but seems expansion it is!

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pompcaldor t1_irt0uh7 wrote

Never underestimate one or two button convenience to get the world in 22 minutes, versus pecking at a touchscreen or yelling at Siri at 75 mph.

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Pool_Shark t1_irt1lwu wrote

Is it 22 minutes? I always thought it was 10 to match the station

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5_on_3 t1_irt3l5b wrote

"You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the world."

With traffic and weather on the 1's.

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KeefCheef t1_irtarfn wrote

those were the good ol days. I used to call in to the furious 5 at 9 as a kid.

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BrieGoneThot t1_iruizil wrote

I legit listen to 1010 WINS when getting ready in the morning. I like the throwback.

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Wonderful_Ad3017 t1_irsmzj5 wrote

I gotta be honest Alt 92.3 has been trash. There’s nothing alt about it. It’s basically 90s rock and emo non stop. RHCP AND MCR in full rotation. That’s fine and I enjoy it but please why can’t NY get a NEW ALT ROCK radio station. Put Blink182 and Blur on 101.1 oldies already.

I hope we finally get a proper new rock station like 104.5 in Philly or even 107.1 out of Westchester county.

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InfernalTest t1_irtjex7 wrote

listen to WFUV 90.7 one of the best college and alt rock radio stations in the region....

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spideyv91 t1_irsqj7m wrote

The other 92.3 HD channels do have newer rock. Only figured this out like last month.

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team_suba t1_irv0yfm wrote

Because new alt rock is terrible and even less people would listen to that than they did the old alt rock.

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The_Lone_Apple OP t1_irsou1q wrote

I only listen to it on occasion in my car since I use a streaming service to basically listen to what I want when home.

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hey_now24 t1_irtvhrf wrote

It lost a bunch of audience after Stern left. Add the to the fact that rock isn’t popular, and new competitors like SiriusXM or Spotify

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TK1129 t1_iru122r wrote

107.1 is good but you start to lose it pretty quickly once you’re in the city. Very odd for a suburban station

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realmenlovecats01 t1_irtuc1w wrote

Damn it first 95.5 now 92.3!? What is there to listen to aside from Elvis Duran enjoying the sound of his own voice?

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Insomniac_80 t1_irtsz6s wrote

I'm so angry about the death of radio, and free, streaming broadcast music. They are phasing out AM radio, which I also like to listen to in a car for traffic and news purposes.

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169partner t1_iru0hd5 wrote

K-Rock pretty much changed my childhood and I miss it dearly. I won tickets to a Jimmy Eat World/Taking Back Sunday concert in 2005, I went to Clausfest 04 and 05 AND I had the distinction of making Jake & Jackie laugh bc I called in and asked if David Lee Roth eats with his ass (I was 12 and just saw that episode on south park)

Few years later, it became Jack and that’s around the time I stopped listening to the radio

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onedollarpizza t1_irv8tcy wrote

I also called in to Jake and Jackie as a teenager.

A lot. Lmao.

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furie1335 t1_irudn1x wrote

i haven't tuned into 92.3 since they dumped O&A and R&F.

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Gdott t1_irtthgv wrote

Yeah but 1010 wins is basically someone reading buzzfeed headlines. Pick your poison.

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drecklia t1_iru49ei wrote

Used to listen to 1010WINS in the early AMs while delivering paper

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stannc00 t1_iru6stp wrote

There’s a bit more to this. First, WINS is the top commercial billing station in New York, with north of $30 million the past few years.

The other, not as good, part is that Audacy is combining the newsrooms do WINS and WCBS-AM, so that there will be almost no difference between the two. Even though they’ve been owned by the same company for years, they had distinct voices and styles.

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kjd73170 t1_iruba7w wrote

NYC Radio has been on the down since the 1990's. WPLJ, WNEW, WXRK, all rock legendary stations are gone. No music on AM since the 1980's, Since I pay for S/XM streaming and use Waze for traffic, I really have no use for radio anymore.

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monsterzro_nyc t1_irvihrq wrote

Remember WAPP? They had Dr Demento!

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kjd73170 t1_irvim5i wrote

WAPP was only great the first summer they were on and went commercial free for the entire summer.

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anarchyx34 t1_irtepla wrote

It’s already been simulcasted on one of the HD2 channels (forget which one) and it sounds weird hearing it in full digital clarity.

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CranberryTonic t1_iruf30w wrote

Is WSOU accepting funds for a stronger transmitter? Found them sitting in the hallway of my old apartment and it changed my life

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Rangers12341234 t1_irufo2i wrote

92.3 had the best morning show before they fired Cane and Corey. They deserve this!!

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TheGodDavidLoPan t1_irugm0a wrote

This sucks. Q104.3 doesn't play enough 90s rock for my liking.

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_nooneinparticular_1 t1_irvaubw wrote

1010 is just the NY Post & Daily News headlines read to you- literally. Used to work there and original reporting is essentially non-existent there

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The_Lone_Apple OP t1_irvhyar wrote

The days of original reporting are over when the audience doesn't care.

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coffeeshopslut t1_irxr0mo wrote

880 any better?

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_nooneinparticular_1 t1_irxu7kq wrote

Somewhat. Culture at 880 is better, people are nicer and the staff genuinely tries but they essentially got merged with 1010 years ago and the quality deteriorated before my eyes.

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Mr-Macphisto t1_irvphzf wrote

I’ve listened to 1010 WINS for years (it’s on right now, in fact). I remember when they had the teletype sound in the background and original intro.

Here’s the kicker—I live in Texas and have never lived in NYC.

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brownstonebk t1_is5zxme wrote

May I ask why you listen to WINS? They may claim to "give you the world" but it's really like 90% tristate area news and traffic/weather and maybe 10% other domestic/international headlines

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Mr-Macphisto t1_is60q5j wrote

I think I stumbled across them years ago when I was up late one night assembling some furniture in my office and enjoyed the background noise of the news. I prefer their coverage of national news over my local news radio, unless it’s about severe weather coverage (which is a regular occurrence here in DFW). One of our local news stations is extremely conservative, so I don’t care to listen to it. I also appreciate hearing about local NYC matters.

I also appreciate it because it makes me feel a tiny bit connected to the city I love. NYC has literally been my favorite place to be since the 90s. I’ve been a few times over the last year and am planning our next visit soon.

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brownstonebk t1_is61ic6 wrote

Yeah, that makes sense. When I left NYC for 6 months during the pandemic, listening to WINS helped me feel connected to the city for sure.

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brook1yn t1_irw0ltc wrote

Mainstream radio in nyc is super sad. Thankfully wfmu, wnyu, wfdu, wsou, wkcr all make up for it most of it the time. Actually wnyu has been really impressing me lately with their new music afternoons. I just can't always get the signal because wfdu seems to have a stronger signal.

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The_Lone_Apple OP t1_irw7c5z wrote

I've listened to WNYU since the days of the New Afternoon Show in the 80s.

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brook1yn t1_irw7ok3 wrote

Oh nice! I didn’t know how old their programming was

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motion_pictures t1_irxki2k wrote

First concert I ever went to was the K-Rock Dysfunctional Family Picnic in 2004

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shimrra t1_irvm50t wrote

A real shame, I miss the 92.3 K-Rock days.

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lornaevo t1_irxpoy1 wrote

1010 Wins is preset 1 on my car radio.

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D3adlywithap3n t1_irv2h39 wrote

This messes up my whole Rock rotation. 90.3 (92.3)94.3, 100.3 102.3 104.3

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ratdog1995 t1_irz0763 wrote

Can they get rid of Larry Mullen while they're at it? His over the top flambyance makes the station unlistenable between :00 and :30 minutes past the hour most afternoons.

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vasjpan02 t1_itb8yhj wrote

celfons have fm, no am

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shedgehog t1_itrzgyj wrote

Are there are other radio stations that play similar music?

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3B854 t1_irttjti wrote

I almost had a stroke readying this. All for me to realize. I don’t care.

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