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      <![CDATA[On Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who composed The Nutcracker in 1891, the late Victor Borge once noted, "Pete was born in Votkinsk, May 7 1840. When he was a little boy, he never played out in the streets of Votkinsk like the other little children of Votkinsk &hellip; because when Tchaikovsky was one month old his parents moved to St. Petersburg!"
        
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      <![CDATA[On Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who composed The Nutcracker in 1891, the late Victor Borge once noted, "Pete was born in Votkinsk, May 7 1840. When he was a little boy, he never played out in the streets of Votkinsk like the other little children of Votkinsk &hellip; because when Tchaikovsky was one month old his parents moved to St. Petersburg!"
        
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      <![CDATA[Wow...One can really feel the love here....Remember folks...This is about us losing a radio station that defined Charleston, was a springboard for new, local music along with established artists and was an outlet for events centered around our fair city. Remember all the events 96 Wave showed up at? Promoted? Sure The Wave changed a cpl of years ago and yes, maybe that was the beginning of the end, but I'll take that over "Chuck FM" any day of the week. The Wave was/is unique and I for one will continue to protest for it's return to the airwaves and I'll listen online as much as I can....
    
    http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethewave/index.html
    
    
    RBW
        
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      <![CDATA[Please take the opportunity to give your business a "public" plug.If you are a business owner,who is going to start a grass roots campaign to take away revenue of the "shitty paper",please, proudly stand up and tell everyone on here what your business name is.... 
    
    
    This is just a way to vent over the ridiculous business decisions Apex has made.And these are from one side- the ones who disagree. It is nice to read an opinion from the other side. We are all entitled to it. But no matter what anyone says on here,nothing will influence this change... well except the one that they think bringing Stupid Mike back on the "internet" version will make everyone so happy around town,hopefully Stupid Mike will not fall for that BS.He is much smarter than that.
        
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      <![CDATA[Johnny,  I don't know who Chris Johnson, Noel or you are.  You're right, if Graffiti isn't selling ads then it won't be around just as TV Channel 2,4,5 or The City Paper.  That's my point it's ALWAYS a business decision.  Maybe that's one of the reason's 96 Wave isn't either.  
    
    Congrats Johnny you've got it figured out!
        
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      <![CDATA[Ballard, I would learn how to spell before I posted a reply as an editor, but then again it is the Shitty Paper!  And by the way, I am a business owner in Charleston and after the way you guys have treated Apex over a BUSINESS decision I will never buy an ad and I will pass it along to other business owners.  The City Paper just enjoys stirring up crap.  Just look at how you treat some of the CHARLESTON businesses, such as Apex.  You may not enjoy the product they put out, but they do employee people from the area and possible bring new residents to the area, which means TAX dollars and a healthier Charleston.  Look at your blogs, you post messages allowing people to beat up on Charleston resturants.  I'm sure people that travel into the lowcountry that might read this don't exactly think positive things of the area.  I CHALLENGE you BALLARD to do a positive story about Apex, I see they have other radio stations and one of them appears to be doing well according to the article in P&C.  Everything is a business decision including The City Paper, I bet your owner wouldn't continue to print if you guys were losing money.
    
    Charleston Business Owner, Ben
        
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      <![CDATA[Ben,
    Thanks for the words. Mindless idiots? Nahhh &hellip; I don&rsquo;t think of most people that way. Do I live to trash 96 Wave? I doubt it. Tow years ago, I wrote several very positive pieces on the station, Apex, and many of the on-air talent &mdash; praising them for living up to their claim of being independent and unique. After an ugly series of sudden firings and format changes over the last year or so, it became clearer to me that Apex wasn&rsquo;t very concerned about 96 Wave&rsquo;s rich history or the loyalty of the longtime listeners; they were more concerned with the immediate bottom line. That&rsquo;s understandable. Broadcast radio is a tough business. But it&rsquo;s the unnecessarily rude and course manner in which they switched gears, dumped DJs, and, ultimately, abandoned DJ-based rock radio altogether with new Chuck FM stuff. 
    
    Mad that everyone is starting to read Grafitti? It doesn&rsquo;t bother me to have another publication on the scene &mdash; especially one that covers local bands and clubs. Their new editor, Jack Bacot, and his production team seem to have cleaned up the graphics and layout pretty well. Although, it does bother me that their recent cover story on ChazzFest claims that the festival has great success last year with B.B. King and Hootie & The Blowfish (Vol. 2, Number 19, see p. 19), neither of whom performed at last year&rsquo;s event (whoops!). And it&rsquo;s a same that they mixed Bad Company lyrics with Foreigner lyrics (see p. 8) in the feature about &ldquo;Guitar Heros.&rdquo; Oh well.
    
    Re: &ldquo;Ballard is trying to get at Apex because of Graffiti.&rdquo; &mdash; You&rsquo;re mistaken.
    Re: &ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t care about 96 Wave.&rdquo; &mdash; You&rsquo;re right. Not any more.
        
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      <![CDATA[When will the kung-fu karate chops be thrown!
    
    96 Wave blog turns into a corporate newspaper nerd bitch fest.
    
    
    Classic.
        
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      <![CDATA[To think the CP is concerned by Graffiti Magazine is like saying, that the US should be well prepared for an invasion from the Bahamas. Graffiti is still run by the idiots over at Apex.
    
    
    Ben, you can go back to getting Chris Johnsons coffee or wiping his ass. You are the misinformed one. Get yourself a papertowel and wipe the corner of your mouth,you didn't get it all.
    
    Ballard just being pissed at Apex? The only reason Graffiti is around is because Noel wouldn't sell the CP to them. Graffiti won't be around much longer,when you can't sell advertising, you can it. Remember 96Wave? Low revenue...bye bye and that was here for 20 plus years. Save your copies of Graffiti,Ben, maybe you can sell them on ebay one day...but then again what is the going rate for bird cage lining?
        
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      <![CDATA[After looking at what Jim posted and giving it some thought; I have come to some conclusions as well.  Not only is Ballard a sad excuse for a news reporter-HE IS AN IMPOSTER!
     
    It's right here in front of our faces and we (myself included) missed it.  Ballard
    thinks everyone is a mindless idiot that can be controlled by his BS.
     
    I have been watching the 96 WAVE postings and thinking something was weird.  I listen to the radio quite a bit.  I listen to all different formats and admit that I have always liked 96 WAVE.  But one has to admit, Ballard lives to trash 96 WAVE and Apex.
     
    Then it struck me; Graffiti is an Apex publication.  Ballard is mad that everyone
    is starting to read Graffiti and not the Shity Paper.  He has no beef with WAVE, it's with Apex.  
     
    Good try PT Barnum-I guess you have had lots of fun with your circus act.
    I bet most of the postings are posted by Ballard.  Nobody cares as that much
    about a radio station.  Ballard is trying to get at Apex because of Graffiti.  He
    doesn't care about 96 WAVE.
     
    Most of you will see the scam when you read this.  For the rest of you that believe
    Ballard; "Follow on Sheep".  BAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh cool &mdash; an anonymous article in Graffiti Magazine explains everything this week. According to the piece, Apex (who own both 96 Wave and Graffiti) was planning to move 96 Wave away from the restraints of broadcast radio and over to the web, where they could really stretch things out. How convenient. Now all an old fan needs is a computer, access to the internet, speakers, and a fast-enough connection &hellip;and then they can maybe kinda-sorta catch a bit of semi-&ldquo;Waveworthy music&rdquo; programmed by Lancer or Wendy (if Apex lets them).
    
    I used to listen to Wave mostly on a clock radio and in the car. Not no moh&rsquo;!
        
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      <![CDATA[Who cares what the guy from American Media Services says about the ratings "rocketing" with the new change in format...to us, the new format sucks.  The only thing he hopes will rocket are his numbers and therefore his salary.  What really is a shame is that someone down at Apex had this planned for a while and purposely deceived the alienated fan base that Wave had developped over the years.  I hope that no one out there will buy into this generic format station.  Who did the research thinking that this format was viable in this market... adult variety hits: there are plenty other Charleston stations providing the same playlists.  Also a shame is that no one at Apex had the guts to stick up for a niche station such as Wave and revive it to what it once was: local, alternative, original, and creative.  
     
    I hope that we here posting comments will not let this topic die and become voiceless.  The disturbing thing though is that this power play by Apex is happening all over the nation and now something that made Charleston great has been immaturely and untimely erased.  I propose an all out boycott of this new Chuck FM.  I've removed it from my dial and refuse to listen...as should we all.  Maybe they will hear that we're not listening.  
    
    Oh yeah...anyone want a model of what works for a radio station...check out WXRT 93.1 from Chicago...local, alternative, original and creative.  When I moved up here from Charleston, I was blessed to find something similar to 96 Wave to remind me of home.   Please don't let the rest of  our beloved Charleston become generic like Apex is showing it is... Boycott Chuck
        
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      <![CDATA[the real issue was that the wave died long before the introduction of chuck fm. even loyal wave listeners like myself tuned out from hearing another shitty 30 seconds to mars song follwed by breaking benjamin. granted there was always something that a real music listener might want to hear between these awful emo-mtv rock shit bands, it just wasn't worth the wait. it was like verbal diarrhea  i've spoken to the new dj's about the awful change in format and they assured me that ratings were low and the new format would bring new listeners. bull fucking shit. it brought the demise of a radio station that had moe loyal listeners than any radio station i've ever come across. so lets focus on the real problem...the people that turned the wave into TRL.
        
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      <![CDATA[Ballard, you silly little man. You make me laugh. You ask who cares, but it&rsquo;s obvious that &ldquo;you&rdquo; care. If it weren&rsquo;t for 96 Wave & Apex Broadcasting, you would have very little, if anything, to write about. 
    
    I used to think that this publication was a credible source of information, but your diatribes have reduced the City Paper to nothing more than a cheap knockoff gossip rag.
    
    From questioning people voting 96 Wave as their favorite, to getting into a fight with some kid on MySpace, to heralding the 96 Wave glory days of the 90&rsquo;s, to all of the speculation as to what&rsquo;s truly going on now. You talk about the &ldquo;heavy rock hybrid&rdquo; they were experimenting with, which had them playing the likes of Disturbed, Saliva, Puddle of Mudd, Fuel&hellip; no wait, those bands have played previous Wavefests from a few years back. Must have been revisiting a past experiment.
    
    With your uninformed blogs ripped from other blogs, it&rsquo;s pretty clear that your main objective is to stir the pot & see what happens, instead of actually doing your job & getting to the core of why these things are happening. That, of course, would require work.
    
    If you were to have done a little digging, you would have found that alternative stations across the country, are on the verge of changing formats. Some markets are already void of alternative outlets. WKQX in Chicago, KITS in San Francisco, WPLY in Philly (no more), WHFS in D.C. (no more), 99X in Atlanta, WFNX in Boston, The End in Seattle & the list goes on & on. They are all struggling to stay afloat. Why is that, you might ask? That&rsquo;s a good question to ask & might be a more compelling story to your readers. 
    
    I&rsquo;ll leave it at that & let you get back to doing a job. However, if you need any more help to nudge you in the right direction of true journalism (that is what you do, correct?), please feel free to copy & paste your info from some other message board. I&rsquo;ll be back with some more leads for you.
        
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      <![CDATA[I HATE the round-the-clock Christmas music so not tuning in is NOT a problem.  I'm with you on that, Chris.
    
    As for 96Wave, yes, they did sort of become the monster they claimed to fight all those years. For me, however, someone who does not have the $$$ for satellite radio, I rely on the radio to keep me company when I'm driving.  And for all it's flaws, the Wave did get me interested in some new music - the trick was knowing when to tune in.
    
    I just have some really fond memories for which 96Wave was the soundtrack.  Its just hard to see it go.
        
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      <![CDATA[It was the suits that got involved on this decision. Corporate radio doesn't understand about legendary jocks like Uncle Miles not being on the air or The Critic. Consultants "think" that the format change would do OK. Chris Johnson of Apex Broadcasting has set out to destroy 96 WAVE since he got hired that getting a 1.4 share 12+ was what his goal was. His evilness will one day get the best of him.
    
    On another note, PLEASE do not listen to ANY radio station this fall that intends on playing all Christmas songs.  Consultants and programmers are trying to falsely bump up numbers to show prospective sales clients that the station is performing at a better level than normal. 
    
    So, if ABC Company comes to that station in March, the sales people are possibly going to show the ratings for that Fall arbitron diary and let them know that maybe they had 5 or 6 share during Christmas, but for the other 10 1/2 months of the year, they only have a 3 share.  Do not listen!!! Do9 not listen!!!!
        
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      <![CDATA[Even if they bring it back as a zombie shell of its old self, it's still not a portable format that you can take with you in the car or on a boom box at the beach. It'll be no different at that point from listening to a streaming feed online of WLIR, KDGE, or KROQ. There's dozens of alternative format stations around the country that stream online, so it's not like this is a novel concept, and those streams have a REAL live radio station as their symbiote host. Something tells me that subscriptions to XM and Sirius (or when they merge, X-ius)in the Chucktown Sphere of Economic Influence are up.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:11:41 -0400</pubDate> 
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    <author><![CDATA[Dave]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The Wave died years ago, they just didn't know it. I think their head exploded after the Rolling Stone plug. They became the exact kind of Radio Station they mocked for many years. Too bad.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:10:54 -0400</pubDate> 
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      <![CDATA[I can't believe that ratings are expected to "skyrocket".  Are these people high?  The new format of tired songs that one can hear on any number of different stations around town is completely devoid of personality.  Sterile, bland, nothing music.   If this is the new trend in radio, no wonder everyone is switching to satellite radio.   I, for one, am disappointed by the change and will be tuning out.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:40:21 -0400</pubDate> 
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      <![CDATA[Exactly,Ballard. Who cares! WAVE on the internet? I hope the local business owners don't fall for this advertising "hi-jinx". I wish the City Paper could back Ballard in some type of internet radio station, playing local bands or undiscovered music. Who wouldn't listen to Ballards picks while sitting at their desk tunning into CP radio?Local band days, wth your favorite local musicians taking over the programming for a day.Maybe even have some sets of local gigs played.It might not be a huge revenue builder,but just one more way to show support for the true last locally owned media outlet.
    
     You can't just take the WAVE logo and stream the same crappy music, we all have had to listen to for the past few months.
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:40:42 -0400</pubDate> 
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      <![CDATA[Who cares about the website unless the format changes back to the old WAVE.  But that won't be enough.  Without the DJ's it won't have any personality.  For shame.
        
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    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:24:35 -0400</pubDate> 
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