OT: New Rock radio station coming this Friday 7:00 pm on Rebel 101.7 FM, old Dawg

[Back in Black]

Watch out Chez106!! The blues Channel 101.9 “The Dawgâ€, will now become a Rock channel “Rebel 101.7â€, as of this Friday night @ 7:00 pm.

Rock On!

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[Stylizer1]

Great, just what Ottawa needs. Another Rock station.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Is the Bear still around?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

too bad. I liked the blues channel

 

[Daffy]

Great, just what Ottawa needs. Another Rock station.

Yes, because everyone wants another hip hop station.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Where is The Bear? CHEZ has been dead for years.

 

[Back in Black]

Where is The Bear? CHEZ has been dead for years.

The Bear has been dead for years.

 

[Stand Witness]

rock and roll is dead.

 

[CanadianHockey]

Is the Bear still around?

Nope. Replaced by a top forty station, Jump, in 2014.

 

[BloodRedArmy]

Great, just what Ottawa needs. Another Rock station.

There is only 1.

 

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

Yes, because everyone wants another hip hop station.

I dont think Ottawa even has a proper hip hop station. Just garbage

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I dont think Ottawa even has a proper hip hop station. Just garbage

I remember when Hot 89.9 was supposed to be a real hip hop station.....

 

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

I remember when Hot 89.9 was supposed to be a real hip hop station.....

The best laid plans of mice and men...

 

[Stylizer1]

I remember when Hot 89.9 was supposed to be a real hip hop station.....

When it started it was and then they changed the management.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

So....what kind of rock? New stuff (is there new rock?) Old stuff? A mix of both?

 

[WebNewfie]

“It’s going to span a number of decades but it’s going to be very active rock,” he said, listing Guns ‘N Roses, Nirvana, Disturbed, Led Zeppelin, Beatles and Pink Floyd as some acts that will be on the playlist. Canadian content will come from the likes of the Tragically Hip, Nickelback and Big Wreck, to name a few. “This is going to be more straight-ahead rock music,” he added, “including a lot of the songs that have been abandoned by the other stations in the market.”

http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/dawg-fm-to-be-replaced-by-rebel-on-the-radio-dial

Edit: Geesh - almost 8 years here and only 42 posts. Must be the total definition of a lurker! hah

 

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“It’s going to span a number of decades but it’s going to be very active rock,” he said, listing Guns ‘N Roses, Nirvana, Disturbed, Led Zeppelin, Beatles and Pink Floyd as some acts that will be on the playlist. Canadian content will come from the likes of the Tragically Hip, Nickelback and Big Wreck, to name a few. “This is going to be more straight-ahead rock music,” he added, “including a lot of the songs that have been abandoned by the other stations in the market.”

http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/dawg-fm-to-be-replaced-by-rebel-on-the-radio-dial

Edit: Geesh - almost 8 years here and only 42 posts. Must be the total definition of a lurker! hah

Why would they do this???

I'm not a total EDM fan or anything but I think an electronic muisc station would do well in Ottawa

 

[Upgrayedd]

I remember when Hot 89.9 was supposed to be a real hip hop station.....

Only thing I have ever heard close to a real hip hop show in Ottawa was hosted by a guy I used to know (DJ Ducats) on some obscure station, the show was only a few hours Friday or Saturday night and would play the good stuff from the early days....there's not a single hip hop act that has come out in the last 15 or so years that I find remotely talented...the kids nowadays need some Wu-Tang,Big L or Gangstarr in their lives!

 

[BonkTastic]

I dont think Ottawa even has a proper hip hop station. Just garbage

Hasn't been a good radio station in the city since Energy 1200 was belting out Alanis's "Always Too Hot" 25 times a day on that tinny, hollow AM band that just begs you to listen to synth & bass heavy tunes.

 

[DrEasy]

“It’s going to span a number of decades but it’s going to be very active rock,†he said, listing Guns ‘N Roses, Nirvana, Disturbed, Led Zeppelin, Beatles and Pink Floyd as some acts that will be on the playlist. Canadian content will come from the likes of the Tragically Hip, Nickelback and Big Wreck, to name a few. “This is going to be more straight-ahead rock music,†he added, “including a lot of the songs that have been abandoned by the other stations in the market.â€

http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/dawg-fm-to-be-replaced-by-rebel-on-the-radio-dial

Edit: Geesh - almost 8 years here and only 42 posts. Must be the total definition of a lurker! hah

Basically The Bear all over again. Music is moving forward, radio isn't.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Great, just what Ottawa needs. Another Rock station.

I lol'ed.

We basically have 1 real "rock" station, man. 88.5 and Chez don't overlap very much.

Chez sort of took over from the Bear shifting from "Classic Rock" to "Ottawa's Rock Station".

But by the description posted after your comment, the new one will basically be a carbon copy of Chez with more Nickelback, so that is a shame.

I remember when Hot 89.9 was supposed to be a real hip hop station.....

They still have a great morning show, though. One of the few stations in Ottawa that hasn't screwed around with a winning combination.

 

[JimmySpaetzle]

Anything to avoid listening to Cosmo on Chez...

 

[IamJust0ne]

I lol'ed.

We basically have 1 real "rock" station, man. 88.5 and Chez don't overlap very much.

I'm an out of towner but came up for a Red Blacks game a couple weeks ago and all I can say is while I was channel surfing driving into town, there was a %90 chance I'd either get Beiber, Adelle, or Timberlake on the radio. Funny thing was after changing stations enough times and finally coming across a Zeppelin song, the station itself was french

 

[Cosmix]

too bad. I liked the blues channel

Me too.

 

[darglor]

There's a couple half-decent french stations for rock... but on the english side of things, it's definitely going to fill a void. They could use a decent sports one for the summer as well. If you don't care about football, Dan Patrick is boring as heck and he's always on in the summer, so we're stuck with a choice between that or habs radio. Bah!

I don't feel that Chez changed much from their "classic rock' theme... they're just moving forward with the times. I know it doesn't feel that way, but some stuff from the 90s is now 25 years old. That's pretty classic and warrants getting in on their playlists.