That was the head-scratcher from the list.
At least it's rock.
I have to set it as a preset in my car again. It's been away far too long.
RIP 89X
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At least it's rock.
I have to set it as a preset in my car again. It's been away far too long.
Here is what was just played, alphabeti.......oh, you know. Bad Guy went to number one on the Hot 100 and the Pop Airplay chart. Would? got to #31 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Wasteland by Talk (Nicholas Durocher, born in Stittsville, Ontario) reached #3 on Billboard's Canada Modern Rock chart.
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (--/2019)
Beverly Hills – Weezer (1/2005)
Can't Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1/2002)
Down With The Sickness – Disturbed (8/2001)
Drive – Incubus (1/2000)
End Of Beginning – Djo [Joe Keery] (4/2024)
Feel Good Inc – Gorillaz/De La Soul (1/2005)
Fell In Love With A Girl – White Stripes (12/2002)
Hitchin' A Ride – Green Day (5/1997)
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys (4/1998)
It's Time – Imagine Dragons (4/2012)
Jane Says – Jane's Addiction (6/1988)
Jeremy – Pearl Jam (5/1992)
Just A Girl – No Doubt (10/1995)
Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine (--/1992)
Mountain Sound – Of Monsters & Men (2/2012)
No Rain – Blind Melon (1/1993)
No You Girls – Franz Ferdinand (7/2009)
Ophelia – Lumineers (1/2016)
She – Green Day (5/1995)
Somebody Told Me – Killers (3/2004)
Somewhere I Belong – Linkin Park (1/2003)
Team – Lorde (2/2013)
This Is A Call – Foo Fighters (2/1995)
Too Sweet – Hozier (1/2024)
Wasteland – Talk (--/2023)
Would? – Alice In Chains (--/1992)
You Oughta Know – Alania Morrissette (1/1995)
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (--/2019)
Beverly Hills – Weezer (1/2005)
Can't Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1/2002)
Down With The Sickness – Disturbed (8/2001)
Drive – Incubus (1/2000)
End Of Beginning – Djo [Joe Keery] (4/2024)
Feel Good Inc – Gorillaz/De La Soul (1/2005)
Fell In Love With A Girl – White Stripes (12/2002)
Hitchin' A Ride – Green Day (5/1997)
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys (4/1998)
It's Time – Imagine Dragons (4/2012)
Jane Says – Jane's Addiction (6/1988)
Jeremy – Pearl Jam (5/1992)
Just A Girl – No Doubt (10/1995)
Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine (--/1992)
Mountain Sound – Of Monsters & Men (2/2012)
No Rain – Blind Melon (1/1993)
No You Girls – Franz Ferdinand (7/2009)
Ophelia – Lumineers (1/2016)
She – Green Day (5/1995)
Somebody Told Me – Killers (3/2004)
Somewhere I Belong – Linkin Park (1/2003)
Team – Lorde (2/2013)
This Is A Call – Foo Fighters (2/1995)
Too Sweet – Hozier (1/2024)
Wasteland – Talk (--/2023)
Would? – Alice In Chains (--/1992)
You Oughta Know – Alania Morrissette (1/1995)
The station began with a tribute to CKLW. They are their sister station after all.Born To Be Wild begins, "Get your motor runnin'." Maybe 89X played it as a tribute to "CKLW, The Motor City."
89X won't come in in my car anymore.
I wonder if they dropped their wattage since they changed format 5 years ago.
I wonder if they dropped their wattage since they changed format 5 years ago.
Seeing that you're from Toledo, WTPG 88.9 is to blame. CIMX is still 100,000 watts.
I used to be able to get them in the car and and in the house on most days.
At least I can stream them from time to time.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Taylor University's 13,500-watt WTPG 88.9 is one of nine stations simulcasting with Christian contemporary WBCL 90.3, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Here is what was just played. Chart positions are from Billboard's Christian Airplay chart. (Positions of songs that are still on the chart in September 2025 are likely to change.)
A Thousand Times – We Are Messengers (9/2025)
All Because Of Mercy – Casting Crowns (6/2023)
All Joy – Natalie Layne (18/2025)
Get Behind Me - Emerson Day/Zach Williams (--/2025)
I Made It – Cain (29/2025)
Jesus Is Coming Back – Jordan Feliz/Jonathan Taylor/Mandisa (1/2021)
Jesus Loves – Zach Williams (7/2025)
Thank God – Stars Go Dim (--/2022)
Turn – Ben Fuller (22/2025)
What An Awesome God – Phil Wickham (1/2025)
What Are We Waiting For – For King & Country (1/2023)
Who Am I – Needtobreathe (6/2020)
Here is what was just played on 89X. Du Bist Meine Welt means "You are my world."
Alive – Pearl Jam (18/1992)
All These Things That I've Done – Killers (10/2008)
Around The World – Red Hot Chili Peppers (7/1999)
Du Bist Meine Welt – Patricia Gabriela (--/2016)
Fat Lip – Sum 41 (1/2001)
Figure It Out – Royal Blood (10/2014)
High & Dry – Radiohead (18/1995)
I Wish I Knew You – Revivalists (1/2016)
Kids – MGMT (9/2008)
Lonely Boy – Black Keys (1/2011)
Long View – Green Day (1/1994)
Nobody's Soldier – Hozier (37/2024)
Song 2 – Blur (6/1997)
Soul Meets Body – Death Cab For Cutie (5/2005)
The Hardest Button To Button – White Stripes (8/2003)
Uprising – Muse (1/2009)
Wasteland – Talk (--/2023)
Would? – Alice In Chains (--/1992)
A Thousand Times – We Are Messengers (9/2025)
All Because Of Mercy – Casting Crowns (6/2023)
All Joy – Natalie Layne (18/2025)
Get Behind Me - Emerson Day/Zach Williams (--/2025)
I Made It – Cain (29/2025)
Jesus Is Coming Back – Jordan Feliz/Jonathan Taylor/Mandisa (1/2021)
Jesus Loves – Zach Williams (7/2025)
Thank God – Stars Go Dim (--/2022)
Turn – Ben Fuller (22/2025)
What An Awesome God – Phil Wickham (1/2025)
What Are We Waiting For – For King & Country (1/2023)
Who Am I – Needtobreathe (6/2020)
Here is what was just played on 89X. Du Bist Meine Welt means "You are my world."
Alive – Pearl Jam (18/1992)
All These Things That I've Done – Killers (10/2008)
Around The World – Red Hot Chili Peppers (7/1999)
Du Bist Meine Welt – Patricia Gabriela (--/2016)
Fat Lip – Sum 41 (1/2001)
Figure It Out – Royal Blood (10/2014)
High & Dry – Radiohead (18/1995)
I Wish I Knew You – Revivalists (1/2016)
Kids – MGMT (9/2008)
Lonely Boy – Black Keys (1/2011)
Long View – Green Day (1/1994)
Nobody's Soldier – Hozier (37/2024)
Song 2 – Blur (6/1997)
Soul Meets Body – Death Cab For Cutie (5/2005)
The Hardest Button To Button – White Stripes (8/2003)
Uprising – Muse (1/2009)
Wasteland – Talk (--/2023)
Would? – Alice In Chains (--/1992)
Ok, even weirder than Born To Be Wild for an alt rock station
Here is what was just played. Bad Guy went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canada Hot 100. Crabbuckit by k-os – Kevin Brereton, a rapper from Toronto – reached #3 on the Canada CHR Airplay chart. The Beaches, originally known as Done With Dolls, formed in 2009 in Toronto. They've had 11 top-ten hits on the Canada Rock Airplay chart but Blame Brett is their only song to chart in the United States.
American Idiot – Green Day (1/2004)
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet (3/2003)
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (1h/2019)
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden (2/1994)
Blame Brett – Beaches (17/2023)
Bring Me To Life – Evanescence/Paul McCoy (1/2003)
Doesn't Remind Me – Audioslave (3/2005)
Clocks – Coldplay (9/2002)
Crabbuckit – k-os (--/2004)
Even Flow – Pearl Jam (21/1992)
Everything Is Alright – Glorious Sons (32/2017)
Get Lucky – Daft Punk/Pharrell Williams (5/12013)
Glycerine – Bush (1/1995)
Ho Hey – Lumineers (1/2012)
Landmines – Sum 41 (1/2023)
Madness – Muse (1/2012)
Modern Love – David Bowie (6/1983)
My Hero – Foo Fighters (6/1998)
Numb – Linkin Park (1/2003)
Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode (3/1989)
Santeria – Sublime (3/1997)
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon (1/2008)
Shine – Collective Soul (4/1994)
Song 2 – Blur (6/1997)
Sweetness – Jimmy Eat World (2/2002)
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand (3/2004)
Too Sweet – Hozier (1/2024)
We Are Young – Fun/Janelle Monae (1/2011)
American Idiot – Green Day (1/2004)
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet (3/2003)
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (1h/2019)
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden (2/1994)
Blame Brett – Beaches (17/2023)
Bring Me To Life – Evanescence/Paul McCoy (1/2003)
Doesn't Remind Me – Audioslave (3/2005)
Clocks – Coldplay (9/2002)
Crabbuckit – k-os (--/2004)
Even Flow – Pearl Jam (21/1992)
Everything Is Alright – Glorious Sons (32/2017)
Get Lucky – Daft Punk/Pharrell Williams (5/12013)
Glycerine – Bush (1/1995)
Ho Hey – Lumineers (1/2012)
Landmines – Sum 41 (1/2023)
Madness – Muse (1/2012)
Modern Love – David Bowie (6/1983)
My Hero – Foo Fighters (6/1998)
Numb – Linkin Park (1/2003)
Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode (3/1989)
Santeria – Sublime (3/1997)
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon (1/2008)
Shine – Collective Soul (4/1994)
Song 2 – Blur (6/1997)
Sweetness – Jimmy Eat World (2/2002)
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand (3/2004)
Too Sweet – Hozier (1/2024)
We Are Young – Fun/Janelle Monae (1/2011)
Back in the day, rock radio moved with the times and found the new hits. At some point, they started stagnating. And that's when they started dying.
The newest ROCK song on all three lists above is eight years old (Bad Guy is not a rock song). Can you imagine a rock station in 1997 only playing stuff from 1989 and earlier?
The newest ROCK song on all three lists above is eight years old (Bad Guy is not a rock song). Can you imagine a rock station in 1997 only playing stuff from 1989 and earlier?
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Depends on the market they are targeting. Most people as they get older do not seek out new music. I do believe that we here at DRC are not representative although I pretty much fit that demographic.
True, if you're a classic rock station you play the songs older folks already know.
But back in 1997 most rock stations were playing Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Metallica (black album and forward), etc hourly, not living in the past playing Skid Row, Ted Nugent, Bad Company, Edgar Winter, CCR, Stevie Wonder, etc. 89X playing 1987-2017 (from the lists above) in 2025 is like a rock station in 1997 only playing music from 1968-1988.
But back in 1997 most rock stations were playing Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Metallica (black album and forward), etc hourly, not living in the past playing Skid Row, Ted Nugent, Bad Company, Edgar Winter, CCR, Stevie Wonder, etc. 89X playing 1987-2017 (from the lists above) in 2025 is like a rock station in 1997 only playing music from 1968-1988.
Today, Mister Hectic, your wish appears to have been granted – several songs from the 2020s. Move Along got to #6 on the Adult Top 40 chart. Picturing Love by July Talk, a Toronto band, reached #2 on the Canada Modern Rock Airplay chart in December 2016. When You Know Someone by Valley, a Toronto band, reached #6 on the Canada Modern Rock Airplay chart in June 2024.
All The Small Things – Blink-182 (1/1999)
Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz (2/1993)
Bitter Sweet Symphony – Verve (4/1997)
By The Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1/2002)
Can't Slow Down – almost monday (1/2024)
Cleopatra – Lumineers (1/2016)
Clocks – Coldplay (9/2002)
Crooked Teeth – Death Cab For Cutie (10/2006)
Everything Is Alright – Glorious Sons (32/2017)
Heart Shaped Box – Nirvana (1/1993)
I Want It All – Rise Against (38/2025)
I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons (1/2012)
In Between Days – The Cure (1/1986)
Jumper – Third Eye Blind (9/1998)
Karma Police – Radiohead (14/1997)
Kids – MGMT (9/2008)
Lightning Crashes – Live (1/1995)
Miss Murder – AFI (1/2006)
Move Along – All-American Rejects (--/2006)
My Name Is Jonas – Weezer (LP/1994)
Picturing Love – July Talk (--/2016)
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon (1/2008)
Stargazing – Myles Smith (1/2024)
Supermassive Black Hole – Muse (6/2007)
Sweater Weather – The Neighborhood (1/2012)
Times Like These – Foo Fighters (5/2003)
Typhoons – Royal Blood (20/2021)
When You Know Someone – Valley (--/2024)
All The Small Things – Blink-182 (1/1999)
Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz (2/1993)
Bitter Sweet Symphony – Verve (4/1997)
By The Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1/2002)
Can't Slow Down – almost monday (1/2024)
Cleopatra – Lumineers (1/2016)
Clocks – Coldplay (9/2002)
Crooked Teeth – Death Cab For Cutie (10/2006)
Everything Is Alright – Glorious Sons (32/2017)
Heart Shaped Box – Nirvana (1/1993)
I Want It All – Rise Against (38/2025)
I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons (1/2012)
In Between Days – The Cure (1/1986)
Jumper – Third Eye Blind (9/1998)
Karma Police – Radiohead (14/1997)
Kids – MGMT (9/2008)
Lightning Crashes – Live (1/1995)
Miss Murder – AFI (1/2006)
Move Along – All-American Rejects (--/2006)
My Name Is Jonas – Weezer (LP/1994)
Picturing Love – July Talk (--/2016)
Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon (1/2008)
Stargazing – Myles Smith (1/2024)
Supermassive Black Hole – Muse (6/2007)
Sweater Weather – The Neighborhood (1/2012)
Times Like These – Foo Fighters (5/2003)
Typhoons – Royal Blood (20/2021)
When You Know Someone – Valley (--/2024)