AAA finally comes to Vancouver
As of 20 minutes ago, Vancouver got its first commercial AAA format radio station. Now, as many of you know, transmittal radio has been lacking for oh, i don't know, the last decade (unless you're Keta, in which case it has sucked since the 80s!) I have been listening to 100.5 The Peak for 20 minutes and I absolutely LOVE what I hear. Gone are the days of waking up in the morning to CFOX, a station that admittedly is responsible for the launch of a few great Can rock careers, you all know who I'm talking about, but has just fucking sucked absolute ass since the invention of Nickelback and makes waking up at 7am an ever more unpleasant experience. Sadly, aside from CJSF and CITR (both indie rock formats which is okay in small doses as it pertains to my taste), the two college radio stations in Vancouver, there has not been an alternative since the days of XFM nearly a decade ago. It has only worsened since then, with the rise of cock rock and duplicates of the aforementioned band. I swear if it wasn't for the red neck population of the Fraser Valley, that station wouldn't have an audience anymore.
My friends, our day has come! Well, mine has anyways. Anyways I just had to share my joy. If more of these stations start popping up across the country, indie pop/rock or up and comers in the alternative genre in general will have a shot at commercial radio up here, and life will be that much more tolerable.