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    3.0 (4 reviews)

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    Magic 98.3 WMGQ-FM - KIDFEST 2018

    Magic 98.3 WMGQ-FM

    3.3(4 reviews)
    25.7 mi

    I'm rating it a star higher than I'm realistically inclined to, in the interests of fairness,…read morebecause it's been several years since I've listened to the station, and one's taste in music tends to be subjective anyway. Certainly mine is. As a youngster with limited finances (my parents were loving, generous people, but they grew up in the Depression, so the "allowance" I received didn't exactly allow a lot of "discretionary spending," and when I started working at 13 years of age...delivering newspapers...my salary was...how shall I put it?...a little less than "bountiful" and a little more like "anemic"), I tended to be rigid when it came to music. If I liked that Stooges album, or Alice Cooper, the next time I accumulated some "mad money," I'd most likely buy another Stooges album, or Alice Cooper, rather than take a chance on expanding my knowledge/taste in music and buying something I was unfamiliar with. My opinions became fixed. I thought country music was horrible and horribly boring. Billie Holiday and Miles Davis were tedious and not nearly as exciting as the Sex Pistols or T-Rex. I was an opinionated young a#shole spouting off from a position of ignorance, with the inflexibility and self-righteousness common to many dopey kids and ill-informed louts. I've matured with the years (although some former friends and ex-girlfriends would, I daresay, disagree with that assessment), and my tastes and appreciation of different musical genres expanded. I listen to Moby Grape, Blue Cheer, Sun Ra, the Johnstons (I think their version of "the Curragh of Kildare" is the definite version, and the most beautiful), Johnny Cash, Love, Bach, the Pogues, Patsy Cline, Os Mutantes, Afro-Pop, Brazilian Bossa-Nova, Bob Dylan, etc. etc. And I still like the Stooges and the Sex Pistols. Thing is,I've ALWAYS liked at least some "soft rock" too. Even when I was that stubborn, immature jerk whose allowance money would not permit me to buy any surplus records. I liked Jose Feliciano, I liked the Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, I was even willing to suffer through Bread's "Baby I'm A Want You" when that radio standard was played endlessly on what passed for "Easy Listenin'" radio stations in the 1970s. WMGQ is a different kind of "soft rock." With WMGQ, I was a captive audience. I had no choice but to listen. I was working at an office in nearby Piscataway, and WMGQ was the only station where we could get reception. We were a 24 by 7 office and that radio was on all the time. And they played the same limited number of soft hits...all..the..time. Adele droning monotonously on with "Someone Like You" was played at least once every...single...hour. And I mean...every...single...hour. I've never been suicidal in my life...I adhere to the Buddhist philosophy that you don't hurt other people or yourself, ever...but Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" drove me as close to the act as I've ever come in my life. I would have been happier with a 3-minute "hit" of fingernails being dragged across a blackboard. And they played it...every...single...hour, without exception. WMGQ's idea of playing an old-time classic was occasionally playing Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love," which always sounded more like someone skinning a cat alive to me than anything resembling a decent song. At WMGQ, Billy Joel (I am definitely NOT a fan) was presumed to be of the same artistic stature as Bob Dylan and he got played endlessly (his "hard" songs were soft, and his "soft" songs had the same consistency as bland, watery pablum). It got to the point where if they played "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree," I'd almost cry with a temporary, ecstatic relief, if only for nostalgia's sake. A long way from Iggy's "Search and Destroy," but at that point I was desperate to the point of mental derangement. It sometimes put me at odds with my co-workers. I'd go up to Lynn (a friend who unfortunately died of cancer a few years later), and beg, "Lynn, can we try and find another station to play?" "There is no other station to play, Ed; you know that already." "Well...how about we just shut it off? Even if only for a little while?" "The other people in the office like it, Ed. It has to stay on." "Lynn, if I have to hear Adele or Daniel Powter one more time..." At that point, if it had been a movie, Lynn would have grabbed me by the shoulders like Don Corleone and yelled in my face, "Start acting like a man!" But it wasn't a movie, we're friends, and life went on. And WMGQ stayed on. I no longer work in Piscataway, and I haven't listened to the station in years. If Billy Joel is one of your 20th Century "Musical Gods," or Journey impresses you in the same way the Beatles once impressed their fans and spurred them into a frenzy at Shea Stadium, or Adele's droning voice sends you into a dizzy swoon, this is probably the station you want to listen to. If they effect you the same distasteful way they do me, continue your progress up (or down) the radio dial.

    Wow, I didn't know you could review a radio station here based on one's personal listening…read moreexperience. Well, here I go! :) Being a resident of North Central Jersey, I tune into this station each day just for a certain amount of time, but that really depends on what I have going on during the day or evening. "Let The Music Play" - Shannon I listened to this station ever since I was a junior in high school. They broadcast adult contemporary music, which is a mix of new songs now, and flashback tracks from the past. Various genres range from rock (lighter side, of course), pop, and some r&b, disco and dance. What matters for this station is whether or not they would play a song that I like, or play a song that I like but would annoy my passenger who sits next to me. I remember when they used to have the "Saturday Night 80s" special, which was when you would call in to request a classic hit, and along with a shout-out, they play it. Those were definitely some fun moments. :D Of course, I still do send in some requests during lunchtime on some weekdays during a once-in-a-while basis. Who doesn't like shout-outs? ;) What I really like about this station is the "Central Jersey" feeling that's existent during the broadcasts. A lot of the radio stations I tune into come from NYC, and usually they don't say too much in regards to this general area. But here, with a clear reception, not only do I get to hear good music and cool radio personalities, but I also get to find out what's happening in the general area. All of that is as good as it gets! The reception is obviously excellent if you live anywhere in Central Jersey, like where I reside. But as you head more north towards Paramus or northeast towards Newark or NYC, you will get a weaker signal. The radio station itself isn't too far from Rutgers (via NJ-27 or US-1). ;) Overall, it's a great radio station to tune into in this general area.

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    Magic 98.3 WMGQ-FM - JOEL AND MARYANN IN THE MORNING Weekdays 5:30am - 10am

    JOEL AND MARYANN IN THE MORNING Weekdays 5:30am - 10am

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    BRETT RADLER Weekdays 7pm - 12am

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    WMTR 1250-AM - Studio D is all about that Rock

    WMTR 1250-AM

    4.0(3 reviews)
    27.8 mi

    I consider myself lucky (at least in some ways) that I came of age during the time period when I…read moredid; specifically, my childhood years, late 60s, early to mid 70s. It makes me sound like the old fogey that I am (I have a clear memory of my father stopping in his tracks as I listened to a Rolling Stones song on the record player in the family living room when I was a kid, and saying with genuine perplexity, "How can you listen to that crap?" I thought, "Wow, Dad really is an old fogey." Hate to say it, but I guess I'm him now...), but...movies were better, books were better, music was better, and...at least in my memory of it...so was radio. My parents, children of the Depression, didn't buy me a lot of records, so I didn't have a great deal of access to all the "sounds" that were out there. I grew up listening primarily to AM-radio. Was it a perfect medium? Hardly. It was a business, and its interests were commercial. You weren't going to hear the Velvet Underground or the Stooges or the Fugs on AM radio. But within the limited framework of that commercial sensibility, there was an extraordinary amount of variety and range. I was familiar with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but it was on the radio that I first encountered Jefferson Airplane, Motown, Neil Young, the Byrds, Smokey Robinson, the Animals, Roberta Flack, Steppenwolf, Simon & Garfunkel, Melanie (recently deceased; RIP), the Moody Blues. Was there more "pop" than "poetry?" For sure. But the pop of that era...compared to what passes for "pop" nowadays...was especially memorable, and it lives on in my psyche. The Cowsills. Paul Revere and the Raiders. The Monkees. Carole King. Neil Diamond. Carly Simon. I didn't hear Hendrix on the radio, but I did hear Janis Joplin. You weren't going to hear a lot of Dylan, but Jim Croce was a reasonably diverting, pleasantly atmospheric alternative. I even heard Love's "Little Red Book" for the first time on AM radio (Burt Bacharach wrote the song and he hated their version of it, but their version is absolutely wonderful). When I was about 9 or 10, I fell off my bike and suffered a minor concussion (no helmets required back then). In bed, my parents had a portable radio turned on low set up on my night table beside where I lay, and I came back to consciousness as Neil Diamond sang "Sweet Caroline." Obviously, that iconic pop hit has a special resonance for me to this day. Radio of that type is long, long gone (as is music of that type, or so it seems). But WMTR, a local AM radio station in the Morris County area, recalls it to mind better than anything else I've heard. Their "specialty" is music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s (it was the 70s when things started going really, really bad in terms of music and movies and books, but that's the subject for another diatribe in another review...). Their DJs are pleasant, and they know enough to keep the annoying banter that other radio DJs can't seem to resist to a minimum. I usually tune out when music of the 50s gets played (before my time, and...while I respect it...it's not really my cup of tea), but the music of the 60s and early 70s can be an immediate time machine back to the more innocent days of my childhood, even when they're playing something that annoyed the hell out of me back then, but makes me nostalgic when I hear it now ("Disco Lady," "Billy, Don't Be A Hero," etc.). Just when I'm getting sick of hearing "hits" like "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ol' Oak Tree" or "Seasons in the Sun," they'll play a spiritually restorative "classic" by the Kinks or the Stones. Yeah, you've maybe heard that "classic" a million times before in your lifetime, but not lately and not on the radio (on FM "classic" radio stations as they exist now...and there are not many of them left...you're more likely to hear Foreigner or Billy Joel than you are to hear the Kinks or the Rolling Stones). Given I don't have a CD player or tape deck in my car anymore, WMTR is often the best alternative. It makes the long drive back and forth to work, or shopping, or wherever, at least a little bit more palatable and pleasant. Recommended.

    This Review is Solely for WDHA 105.5 FM which has been a huge part of My life and probably anyone…read morewho 'Rocks' in the North Jersey area. New Rock to Classic Rock Aerosmith, AC/DC -to- ZZ Top, Zeppelin This Station 'Rocks' Big Time!! Their first air date was February 22nd, 1961 from the second floor of the Goodale building in Dover. They are now located in Cedar Knolls and are Owned by Beasley Broadcast Group. The fine folks that operate this Radio Station are some of the nicest people that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and not just in the Radio business but in any facet of life. From the Awesome Show Hosts like the Lovely Terrie Carr (middays) and the Incredibly Cool Curtis Kay (pm drive) to the Sales and Marketing team they're all just Really Great. *Check them out on iheartradio 105.5 FM WDHA.* I'd like to thank Chris M. the Original Rocker Yelp Bro for his photos of the Radio Station and for being a Cool innovator. Rock On!!

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    WMTR 1250-AM - Call your requests at 973.292.1055 or through Twitter/Instagram/Facebook @CMooreEvil

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    WPRB 103.3 FM - A map of our FM coverage.

    WPRB 103.3 FM

    4.7(9 reviews)
    24.7 mi

    Compared to the dismal state of the homogenized formats on terrestrial radio, WPRB is a vivid…read morereminder of how "college radio" used to be in the days when there were plenty of hallucinogens to ensure playlists that were always obscurity first and "program hosts" were nothing more than curators of the absurd. Although not directly affiliated with Princeton University, it's not hard to imagine that this stream of consciousness hive is what an Ivy League salad spinner might sound like. If you're into 25 minute drum solos and acid jazz riffs interspersed with whale song that go on forever well... don't touch that dial. It's not all that absurd but the format is so loose and the hosts so whisper quiet, they make your average NPR personality sound like Sam Kinison. This is change of pace radio made for a rainy Sunday afternoon in the age of legal weed. An easy five bongs.

    I'm embarrassed to say (because it really ages me) that the last "rock" band I was ever a "fan" of…read morein real time was Black Flag. Maybe Flipper (although it took me awhile to really appreciate their often-inaccessible dark essence--- my favorite song of theirs is "Get Away," a paean to suicide that is inappropriately exhilarating and...dare I say it?...really "rockin'n'rollin'"-- sample lyrics: "Have you seen Mitchell? Got a card from him in jail. He asked if I could post the bail. Busted and strung out. He said he's feeling really sick, really sick. He said he's gotta get away. Go, Mitchell, get away...Go go get away..." Not exactly "feel good" music, but you'll be tapping your feet and movin' around as you listen to it...trust me...). I appreciated "grunge," sort of the last dying gasp of quality rock music, but never really became a "fan" as such. Neil Young can sing all he wants that "Rock'N'Roll will never die," but...well, it kinda has. When I hear that Taylor Swift, Cardi B., Lizzo, Beyonce, and Kendrick Lamar are selling out concert halls for amounts that add up to millions approaching billions of dollars...Who can even argue about it? Except, perhaps, in the internal Quija board of fond, exciting memories (old age beckons me on, but when I put "Raw Power" on my CD player, or Gun Club, or the Cramps, in my mind and psyche I'm 17 again, at least for the 40 minutes or so of the CD) and on legendary college radio stations like WFMU in Jersey City, and WPRB in Princeton. Thankfully, both still exist and are as vital as ever. As I've aged, my musical tastes have expanded, and I've learned to appreciate weird and esoteric "sounds" like those you're likely to hear on any given afternoon or evening (or morning, if you function during the day like normal people) on WPRB. For example, on their FB page, is the following blurb: "Thursday at NOON ET: DJ Esoterica chats with Heavenly Bodies out of Philly! HBODS are an experimental space rock outfit from Philadelphia. 75% improvised 100% of the time. For fans of refrigerator hum. Not to miss!" Is "experimental space rock" or "refrigerator hum" rock music as I nostalgically remember it? No. But it's a whole lot more interesting than turning on a "classic rock" station like Q104.3 out of NYC and hearing endless repetitions of "classic" rock "anthems" like Billy Joel's "Piano Man," or Journey, or Foreigner, or Boston, or...whatever. (Back in the day, they played "Stairway To Heaven" endlessly, almost like a religious ritual repeated at Mass several times a day every day, but now you're lucky to even hear that. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have been replaced by Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams. Just another sad reminder...as if we needed another one...of just how much we've declined culturally and aesthetically over the past several decades...) I actually find myself excited listening to what's on PRB, and I'm often hunched over the wheel of my car as I drive (not quite as dangerous as drunk driving, but probably not exactly the safest method of transportation either), listening intently for the DJ to announce the name of whatever "musical group" or "artist" I've just heard so I can memorize it and try to go out and see if it's available on CD on Amazon (sometimes it is; sometimes it isn't). If I can't catch the name, WPRB's website has a readily accessible playlist that one can refer to. Is listening to these heretofore unknown "songs" (or "refrigerator hum" jams) as exciting as the first time I heard "I Got A Right" by the Stooges on a nearly impossible to obtain 45 vinyl record as a wet-behind-the-ears teen, or "Trash" by the NY Dolls, or "Kick Out the Jams" by the MC5? No. But it's the most excited I've been about listening to the radio in...well, forever. (I did listen to college radio in my younger years, but my tastes were narrower and more circumscribed back then, and I probably wouldn't have appreciated Acid Dub, or Cambodian Synthwave, or Electro-Stoner Jazz, or...) Do I love everything I hear on PRB? No. But I appreciate the divergent and exotic musical directions the DJ's tend to navigate towards. It's always interesting, if not necessarily engaging. Let's put it this way: would you rather hear Oren Ambarchi performing "Salt," or the Heavy Heavy performing "Go Down River," or...conversely...would you rather hear Queen's rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the 1,000,000,005 time? If the latter, head over to Q104.3 in NYC with its gravel-throated DJ's and its entirely predictable playlists. If the former, then WPRB is for you.

    New Jersey 101.5 - radiostations - Updated May 2026

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