By Joey Mills

January 25, 2008 5:56 AM | Link to this

It’s over. Next on the roller coaster.. . 10am at 100.5. Will they play Wheel of Formats? I almost don’t care.

By Snoozing!

January 25, 2008 6:17 AM | Link to this

More power doesn’t mean more quality!

The Morning Mess on Star 94 is already more interesting than the Bert Snooze-fest!

Bring back Steve & Vikki on 100.5!

By jss

January 25, 2008 6:55 AM | Link to this

Bert…Just another reason that each day I thank God for XM!

By Donny Velji

January 25, 2008 7:08 AM | Link to this

Screw Bert and the itty bitty horse he rode in on….

By Lisa

January 25, 2008 7:24 AM | Link to this

Bring on The Regular Guys 3.0!

By Q100 Fan

January 25, 2008 7:31 AM | Link to this

I love the Bert show and Q100. They would not be taking over a more powerful signal if they sucked. The morning mess is well named, they are a mess. The Bert show rules! Bye bye 99X. Good riddance.

By Nick Wright

January 25, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this

I have to agree with Bert on the choice of last song. They should have ended on “The Last Goodbye” or “Bittersweet Symphony,” by The Verve. “Good Riddance” has been used at every high school graduation in the country over the past five years.

I’m not optimistic about “visual radio” or 10AM on 100.5, but I’ll check it out.

By otown

January 25, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this

Bring Back Power 99!

By Steve Smith

January 25, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this

SHAME ON YOU CUMULUS

Take away a heritage station that was the heart and soul pf this city. I moved to Atlanta in 94’ and 99X was my station. I loved all the joxs and not to even let Steve and Leslie say goodbye is just wrong. I can’t stand the fact that now a Top 40 station will be on 997. Even if this was some business decision you didn’t have to kill the station and take it off the air. No fanfare? No party to show respect? Instead you pour salt in the wound by giving the Bert Show the 99X studio? You guys are gonna burn in hell. Can’t wait to hear the cookie cutter Cumulus rock station you replace 99X with. Off to buy Sirius.

By Rich

January 25, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this

When do the Regular Guys start?

By Pizen

January 25, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this

99X? What was that? Thank goodness for Sirius (channel 20, Octane, folks - you can’t go wrong).

By JP

January 25, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Steve Smith, I’m with you — putting a cliche’ top-40 station on a louder signal so it can SUCK LOUDER is no gain for Atlanta.

Atlanta is not loyal to its heritage AT ALL. New Orleans, for all its faults, now there’s a place that treasures its heritage—and WWOZ is a true Heritage station, showing how it’s done.

I may do HD radio—where I can still get 99x—you won’t find me paying a monthly fee for radio. Too capitalist for me, sorry—I’ll use my iPod in the car before I do that, thankyouverymuch.

COngrats, Cumulus, I’ll now be listening more to my second favorite station—91.9 WCLK.

By Ny Nick

January 25, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this

Ny Nick on Racism and the Word Urban Check out this Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtxpliCGDI

By Stookie

January 25, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this

Siruis is the way to go. Listen to what you want with no commercials. The personalities on Sirius are so much funnier and entertaining then the horrible shows that are on Atlanta talk radio. Join the Revolution!!!!

By Tom Hebert

January 25, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

Every once in a great while there’s a morning I forget to take my MP3 player when I leave for work. Inevitably, I get bored with the silence in the car and turn on the radio. Then it all comes rushing back to me as a scan up and down the FM dial. Drive time radio today is childish, infantile trash. The conversations of the on-mic ‘talent’ are truly mindless, and every spot is geared to either hollywood titillation or keeping corporate coffers filled.

There is no music written and performed by real people with complex thoughts. None.

There is no Patty Griffin (at all), no sonic lushness of Japancakes, no Zero 7, almost no Imogen Heap, no Gillian Welch, no beautiful little spoken sentiments by Robert Earl Keen, no Beth Orton, no Cowboy Junkies, none of the hundreds of other artists out who’ve toiled so without wider exposure.

Thank you Viacom. Thank you Clear Channel. Thank you all, you soul-less corporate things that think we’re arrest development idiots. Thank you for providing something of such poor quality that it’s driven untold thousands of us out into the wilderness to discover the Real.

Mine eyes have been open these last few years. I will never, ever go back.

bayouborne@gmail.com

By Kerry

January 25, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

Just because the Bert show is popular doesn’t mean it’s good quality radio. Far from it. It is simply an appeal to the lowest common denominator of people. For God’s sake, who wants to hear about the chic who found naked pictures of her boyfriend or someone has to ask so-and-so to be a bridesmaid every single morning? Give me a break.
It’s awful. I will navigate between mp3 and npr.

By SuperPaul Bonebreaker

January 25, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

The pain, the humanity…it’s like part of my family died, or a painful divorce…. People in Atlanta have been lucky to have a source of different music available to them. When I lived in Charlotte, I loved driving thru Atlanta just to hear something new, and different on the radio - that wasn’t rednecks, and NASCAR!! Hail and Farewell 99X, now I have to adjust my car radio!!

By Baba Booey

January 25, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

Terrestrial radio is absolute garbage now. If you want the music without all the crap, then you have to go with satellite radio or mp3 players.

By Matt

January 25, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

Sorry. Atlanta radio is officially over. Z93, the coolest radio station ever (the dunhams!) is gone. 96Rock - Gone. Now 99X is gone. Forget about it people. Everybody break out you CD and Sirius radios and try to fill in the time till we all listen to Morning Edition on the way to work.

By Matt

January 25, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

Sorry. Atlanta radio is officially over. Z93, the coolest radio station ever (the dunhams!) is gone. 96Rock - Gone. Now 99X is gone. Forget about it people. Everybody break out you CD and Sirius radios and try to fill in the time till we all listen to Morning Edition on the way to work.

By Baba Booey

January 25, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

Terrestrial radio is absolute garbage now. If you want the music without all the crap, then you have to go with satellite radio or mp3 players.

By nick

January 25, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

top 40 is back at 99.7

By Baba Booey

January 25, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

Terrestrial radio is absolute garbage. If you want music without all the crap, then you have to go with satellite radio or mp3 players.

By WestSider

January 25, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

I can’t believe that people are waxing nostalgic for the likes of 99x. Even when they played ‘good’ music (94-95) the rotation was pathetic. The same songs were played over and over again interspersed with the moronic ramblings of Barnes, Leslie, Jimmy, etc…it was nonsense from the start.

We have had an excellent college radio station for decades now and it ain’t some Clear Channel B.S…check the very left hand of your dial!

By Howard Stern

January 25, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

Thank God for Sirius. I haven’t listened to this garbage in 3 years and I don’t miss it!

By Good Riddance

January 25, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

All I have to say is thank God for Sirius satellite radio….puts the FM dial to shame

Baba Booey to all….

By Steve

January 25, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

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What is Atlanta Radio, anyway ?

It has totally changed in the last 2 years, that I don’t recognize it anymore …

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By kpiz

January 25, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

Seriously? That Green Day song is, like, top party-killing song of all time. Come on, 99X! You should have gone out in a rocktastic blaze of glory. It reminds me of what Jefe says in the movie Three Amigos: “El Guapo only kills men…he does not kill crying women!” Anyway, I’m sad top 40 has replaced one of Atlant’s precious few decent radio stations. Best of luck to all y’all!

By CB

January 25, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

I tried to listen to the Burp show this morning but I felt my IQ dropping by the minute. What an inane load of horse squeeze! After 15 minutes and the start of drool running down the side of my face from the boredom I turned back to Sirius.

By lc

January 25, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

WHERE IS CRIS CROCK?

By George Gipp

January 25, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

There’s only one Rock station left in Atlanta. I like Project 9.6.1, because the musical format is more like the old 96Rock before they decided to go classic, which was Z93’s niche, which was killed off by that awful DaveFM. What does Q100 stand for, one hundred queers? Figures.
Good Bye 99X.

By Unclebuck

January 25, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

Bring Back the Grease Man!!

By Sabrina

January 25, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

I like Scheffy and Giant Brian on the Project. Even if they do get a little scandalous from time to time, at least they are still funny. I haven’t laughed at the Morning X in 5 years. Not everyone can afford new technology so I geuss some of us will have to make do with what we’ve got. Besides, I liked the “Regular Guys” too, so I will definitely be checking them out. 99X has been like an old dog that has clung to life in spite of the fact that he is blind, deaf, and decrepit. It was about time that Cumulus euthanized the poor, pathetic thing.

By xfan

January 25, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

anticlimatic. how sad. but i’m glad Doug got the last shift - he’s a good dude and he’s earned it. wonder what’s coming up on 100.5…probably more “q100 has moved to the left to the left” garbage for the weekend. ugh.

am i alone in saying that top 40 songs SUCK balls?

By Howard Stern

January 25, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

Terrestrial radio is DEAD. SATELLITE RADIO RULES! BUY A SIRIUS ALREADY!

By finally

January 25, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

I heard Dave FM salute 99x, Leslie Fram and the crew and they played the same Green Day, “Time of your life” song last night at 6:00. I am looking forward to the change at 100.5, I am so sick of “whine rock” with the eyeliner wearing boys, their time is over. Any news on when that stupid loop now playing on 100.5 will be off? Torture!

By Jimbo

January 25, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

I seriously tried to listen to the Bert Show this week….I mean I really tried to give it a chance. The only conclusion I came to is that if you’re not from small town Georgia then you have no business listening to this crap. It is geared towards people who have never left the state. BORING!!!

Bye 99X…we will miss you

By Mark

January 25, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Just out of curiosity, how many (former) 99x listeners out there actually have a “land-line” home phone? It’s the cell phone era now, very few people in the 99x demo have a land line today and therefore would not be counted by Arbitron’s current ratings techniques. Guess what everybody - ratings today are bordering on meaningless.

By Bill

January 25, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

I could care less.

By Jay T

January 25, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

R.I.P. 99x, you’ll be missed (by me at least)

Now I only have the crappy 96.1 for rock.

Hopefully if 100.5 does go to a rock station, it’ll be better than that crap.

By DYJ

January 25, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

Seriously people! Sattelite radio is the now - XM and Sirius are light years ahead. Best $10 a month I have ever spent.

By Cynical listener

January 25, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Wouldn’t it be nice if someone out there in radioland figured out that some of us would actually like to listen to music in the morning. I pick my stations based on the music they play, not the inane antics of their morning hosts. Each morning, when they start talking, I hit the next button on the presets.

I’ll miss 99x though. It was the music of my generation, not of the children I teach. I guess Bert’s juvenile humor appeals to them because they are 13, as for me, the cd player will be getting more of a workout.

By Laura

January 25, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Wow… Atlanta officially has no decent rock stations. Z93… now it’s Dave FM, which is just mainstream junk thrown together. 96Rock? Project 9-6-1 has no diretion, no identity - it’s cobbled together too. The Buzz is gone…

99X, which was probably our best radio station, is dead and is being replaced by top 40 trash with the playlist of a 500MB iPod shuffle (which is what they need to use instead of their DJs).

Radio’s dead - thank God for my iPod. Sad that I’ll have to listen to a college station or two to get decent music, and irritated that I have to re-program my car stereo.

Bye, 99X - thanks for being the last station with integrity in Atlanta.

By Jim

January 25, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

If the signal wasnt so weak I would tell everybody to try 97.1 The River…but its just not available in all parts of the city. When I got fed up with it I purchased a Sirius radio and now I will never go back. Sirius is the best…no commercials to deal with and a ton of diff. genres to choose from.

By Laura

January 25, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Wow… Atlanta officially has no decent rock stations. Z93… now it’s Dave FM, which is just mainstream junk thrown together. 96Rock? Project 9-6-1 has no diretion, no identity - it’s cobbled together too. The Buzz is gone…

99X, which was probably our best radio station, is dead and is being replaced by top 40 trash with the playlist of a 500MB iPod shuffle (which is what they need to use instead of their DJs).

Radio’s dead - thank God for my iPod. Sad that I’ll have to listen to a college station or two to get decent music, and irritated that I have to re-program my car stereo.

Bye, 99X - thanks for being the last station with integrity in Atlanta.

By jc_atl

January 25, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Commercial radio sucks. Satellite radio is barely any better with very repetitive playlists and poor fidelity due to compression. I say good riddance to bad rubbish. 99X was relevant up to about 1996.

By afan

January 25, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

It died when they let Barnes, Jimmy and Leslie die…it never recovered…they could keep the rednecks and the businessmen locked for the drive.

By April

January 25, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

I relocated to Atlanta from a college town in michigan for my job. I love Atlanta as a city but the radio! Ugh! I miss the college station from home that was truly alternative. And 99x was the closest I could find to that. Now I have no idea what to listen to. I really tried to listen to the Bert show or whatever the awful mess that plays in the morning now is called but it is humor geared towards middle schoolers I think. Seriously it’s awful! Anyone that knows of a good station to replace 99x please let me know!

By SKINFAN

January 25, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

DAAAAAAANNNNNNGGGG Dude, the “X” is really gone… No more almost good rock. Cumulus SUCKS!!! What’s sad is that they don’t even care that they suck. The Bert Show? Why not get the Smothers Brothers? (Oh, tried that at the Super Bowl already…). The Morning Mess…couldn’t really think of a name, eh? And the lame music from both Bert and the Mess. Guess we won’t be breaking any new sounds now. DAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNG Dude…The took the “X”. Travesty of the Airwaves…

By Greg

January 25, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

I don’t really love Bert or Q100, but Bert nailed it, They summed up their whole existance w/ their last song….how cliche and blatantly uncool. They (99x) seemed to cater to the “angry for no reason” generation of spoiled college kids and adults. 99x at one point was cool, back when it was ok to like Barnes, leslie and Jimmy….but trying to stay alternative, means playing alternative to popular music. Green day is popular music, thus putting an exclamation mark on why they left. They truly lost sight that when something becomes popular, its no longer the alternative….it is main stream. Or am I missing what they were the alternative to?! In the end is was an alternative to good music, and enjoyable radio. Congrats to 99x on driving the bus off the cliff, luckily by the end it was a very short bus.

By Eric

January 25, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Q100… idiot music, for stupid, American Idol watching sheep.

Atlanta radio is D E A D

97.1 has a 20 song playlist

Dave FM is soft rock to make baby boomers feel like they don’t suck and can still ‘rock’

96.1… well I don’t know WHAT that is.

I hope Q100 on their new number fails miserable, causes everyone to be fired who is associated with that station, and is taking over by a Spanish speaking station… that would be 10 times better than the watery stool that is Q100

By Nikki

January 25, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

That ridiculous, moronic show replaces what was the 3rd or 4th best rock station in the country. Got to cut the cord? What a jerk.

Radio in this town is dead. I miss Steve Craig.

By Willeeee

January 25, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

I quit listening to morning shows when clear channel nuetered the Regular Guys. Larry Wachs, Eric Von Haessler….Where are you when Atlanta needs you?

By It figures

January 25, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

While 99x wasn’t the greatest (I’m an 88.5, 91.1 gal myself), it was the best as far as commercial stations go. The only thing worse would have been replacing it with yet another Spanish language station but the fact that it was replaced with Slop 40 just goes to show how many common-mentality sheeple morons live in Atlanta. I HATE all morning shows! It’s nothing but giggling & hyena-like hysterical laughing. I DO feel bad that one of the 99x dj’s, who I know, & is a really nice guy, is losing his job

By Hank

January 25, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

It is a sad commentary on the state of radio in this town when the biggest topic is where the Bert show is going. Listening to some girl whining on the “voice disguiser” about a phone number found in her boyfriend’s pocket is supposed to be cutting edge radio???

A city the size of Atlanta HAS to be able to offer something better than this awful drivel.

By Brian

January 25, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

OH GOD! GREEN DAY HAD A HIT! They’re SELL-OUTS!

Grow up you morons.

By Matthew T S

January 25, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

There are two defining moments in rock history. 1) Late Sixties/Early Seventies rock and 2) Grunge/Alternative. Everything in the middle and everthing since has been trash. When will the next period come?!? 99X was the last semblance of good music without HipHop crap or Top 40 American Idol garbage. Real music with real musicians able to make a place in a major market. 99X—people who grew up as Gen Xers will miss you dearly. Ahhh the days of hating everything corporate and being a true individual….ooops!….My corporate job awaits! I guess we all have to move on and grow up, and so to radio stations’ profit margins. It is still a business, people.

By Larry

January 25, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

The more I listen to Atlanta radio, the better I like my CD player!

L

By Matt the Brave

January 25, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

A sign of the times. My best friend, who loved 99X, died in September, then 99X goes off the air. I hate Atlanta FM radio. Nothing but a whole lot of crap.

By Brooke

January 25, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

99x.com website had been taken down!

By Jeff

January 25, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Even though I haven’t listened to 99x in years, it’s sad to see it officially die. I went to high school in the 90s, and 99x was it. Also I’ll miss the concerts they helped put on. The heyday of Music Midtown, On the Bricks, etc. has already been over, but now it feels real.

And I totally agree with Rodney; Good Riddance may have been cliche, but was a totally appropriate send-off for the station. Goodbye, 99x. Y’all truly helped shape my formative years.

By I AM 99X

January 25, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Q100 is HORRIBLE!!!! They are like a dumbed down Star94 which is HORRIBLE!!! Project 961 needs to expand their playlist. Whoever made the decision to pull the only decent radio station off the air is a freakin genius! The only radio station that could bring AWESOME bands to Atlanta (not ATL) is now off the air. Real smooth operator. The only thing that kept me from slamming into people during my morning commute was the Morning X. And now all I have to listen to is the bert show. God help anyone Beaver Ruin Rd.

Who will save us from the Hip Hop now?

By court_fanatic

January 25, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

I’m still mourning the fact that 99X is no more (only available online). I can’t believe that a supposedly up and coming city like Atlanta won’t have an alternative rock station anymore. What a shame. Besides Dave FM, there’s just crap on the dial now.

By DJ C-lite

January 25, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

V-103 is SWEET!! tune in and have fun…

By atl native

January 25, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

Where is Z-93? Atlanta radio has gone down the stale tubes!

By Rentvent

January 25, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

Please let JACK FM or some such enter the market. I can’t believe a city this size has such a lousy selection of radio stations. I suppose I’m going to have to break down and load up a MP3 player.

By Patrick

January 25, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

It seems like Atlanta’s radio market is always changing. I remember when 92.9 was Z93 and played top 40, 94.9 was The Peach and played instrumental, 99.7 was Power 99 and 106.7 was Y106. Thank God we still have our country stations and have even added a new one!

By Kristie

January 25, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

I’m listening to 100.5 at 10:15 right now. Please tell me this is a joke…

By AK

January 25, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

It’s 10:17 and 99x.com is still down. I can’t believe this is the only place I will be able to go for the music I enjoy. In the car, I guess it’ll be my iPod and occasionally DaveFM when Margot is on.

By Kat

January 25, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Bill: I think you meant to say that you couldn’t care less.

By MADMOMMY

January 25, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Someone please help me understand what the heck is going on here. We have no classic rock stations, no oldies station (hey these are fun songs), now we have no alternative station to speak of. All we are left with is the Project, which I like, but the talk show in the morning is a bit much for my 14 month old baby even if she does like the music. (I had to start her off right) If this city really wants less road rage, give us some decent music to listen to while we are in our cars without all the talking and BC that we normally have to listen to. I worry about my mental health every time I turn the radio on.
Honey if you read this I need a new Ipod so Sam and I can be saved from all this crap radio.

By shannon

January 25, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

The best radio station for music is out of Athens…The Bulldog 103.7. Too bad the signal doesn’t reach passed Discover Mills!

By shannon

January 25, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

The best radio station for music is out of Athens…The Bulldog 103.7. Too bad the signal doesn’t reach passed Discover Mills!

By RamblinLonghorn

January 25, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Clear Channel killed radio a decade ago people.

nothing special to see here. Move along.

By chris

January 25, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

I spend the 1st part of the morning scrolling through 99.7, 96.1, 94.1, and 97.1 and they all suck. Everyonce in awhile I can get a station out of Athens, 103.7, that is OK. But I ultimately end up listening to CDs or XM. It is a shame that a city as large as ATL has such crappy radio. I wish we had Stern, but will settle for the Regular Guys.

By Kelly Honea

January 25, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

No more organic X on sunday mornings.. sigh. Thanks for all of the great mornings Matt. I let go of 99x years ago. Honestly after the original Morning X split up.. it went downhill fast. I sure did enjoy those Sunday mornings though. DAVEFM is my new best friend. Did someone say Power 99!!??? Yea baby

By Confused

January 25, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

I’m with Kristy…tell me what’s playing on 100.5 right now is a joke!?!?!?

By cc

January 25, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

Atlanta is catering to the black listener. Anything that white people like is not important anymore!

By MrHughes

January 25, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

If all of you people were still listening, then 99x would likely still be on the air. 99x was great for a lot of things. They were the first station to play the Cranberries in this country. They pitched themselves as alternative rock, but as someone eloquently said before, they lost their way around Y2K. They stopped playing to their base. 99x basically became a 90s tribute “rock” station over the last few years. I remember my fair share of idiot DJs over at 99x with dumb antics, stupid pranks, and sexist/racist jokes. Clearly, I did not find it very entertaining. So, I won’t miss them all that much. If you love alternative radio so much, then support college radio. They play more indie rock then anyone and proudly display the banner 99x lost long ago.

By Jeff

January 25, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

I’m stuck at work without headphones… What’s on 100.5 right now?

By Ben

January 25, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

I do like the bert show but i do have to change it from time to time, for one thing melissa is a lesbian giving relationship advise just doesn’t work for me, she needs to be quite and only do the news and quit bashing men. My wife cut if off a long time ago.

By Stever

January 25, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

Either I aged a lot in the last few years or 99X took a nosedive. I used to love the music…but the morning drivel of late was unbearable. I’m glad the Regular Guys are coming back…they get old sometimes but at least they offer some degree of entertainment. I’ve been listening to XM since they left the air…and it too is getting old. I’m convinced that corporate radio is trying to cut costs by clearing out the seasoned talent. I am still amazed that the iconic 96ROCK was canned…for Project 9-6-1. Unacceptable. I’m sure some new marketing manager got a promotion becasue of that idea. The listeners still have the ulimate control…just turn the dial.

By Christy

January 25, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

Oh yeh! I love Bert and the gang. I am so glad they are everywhere now.

By Jack Squat

January 25, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

I’ve started listening to David Paul’s Wakeup Show weekdays 6 to 9 AM online at NewsTalk1270.com. At least their bumper music is 99X style.

By mayretter local

January 25, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Need better morning drive time radio listening?? WRFG 89.3 has the blues you can use from 6-10am M-F. Check them out. Music you don’t here over and over on the radio everyday, it’s a great breath of fresh air!!!!

Long live Radio Free Georgia!!!!!!

By Tom

January 25, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

I flipped over to Dave and heard something interesting….

They played a sweep between songs saying now that 99x is gone, they wanted to thank 99x and espcially Leslie Fram for what they did for Atlanta radio and alternative music.

Also, Talk about cyclical trends…Power 99 is back on 99.7….just recycled….think Power 99 2.0.

As far as the format…the Regular Guys coming back to some sort of Rock format is a given. If they were smart (and we know that’s not the case…) they would position themselves somwhere in between Dave, River, and Project, but stay away from the hard, angry music. Work in “theme” hours (retro, hair, classic, smash or trash, deeper cuts, etc.). Dave does the “Retro in the Metro” at 5, a station out of Cincinnati (WEBN, which has won rock station of the year) does hair band lunch. It would be nice to have a station that isn’t trying to emulate another station in the market.

As far as this week went with the simulcast of the Bert Show…I don’t think I heard ONE song played from 7:15 until 10:00. I thought they were a Top 40 station, not talk radio!

By Jenna

January 25, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

As a huge 311 fan, I will be very sad this summer when they come to town and I won’t be able to listen to 311 interviews/songs all day on 99X while I’m tailgating. Y’all were always so great about supporting them. Thanks for the memories, 99X!

By F-Stop

January 25, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

I live in Knoxville, but anytime I get down to Atlanta, I would always tune in to 99X. It always beat the hell out of our ‘alternative’ radio station - gimmie a break.

Jack FM, Clear Channel, et. al. - this is the pablum we’re going to continue to get if we keep going the current route: Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ followed by Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

Who the hell programs this crap anyway?

How many Atlantans listen to KEXP in Seattle? Check it out online; it’s good stuff.

By bill

January 25, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

100.5 is looping a recording where some really obnoxious guy is “presenting” options in different character voices to vote on in the Atlanta Radio Idol for the new format. The choices are:

Old Oldies Country and Western All Talk All the Time Death Metal The Silence Channel The Sound Effects Channel

You can vote by calling 404-497-4847

If this obnoxious loop is any indication of the future of the station, I pick the Silent Option.

Gah.

By Skooch

January 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Is this voting a joke? I’m voting and having my daughter vote for Oldies, mostly so I can stop having to listen to B98.5 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Should I stop voting and have my daughter at home also stop? Anyone out there know?

By RadioDawg

January 25, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Not that I think it will happen, but it would be awesome to see a Jack format, or something similar, land at 100.5. Even if it’s a rock-oriented Jack without the pop music, that would be cool! Not as hard & angry as Project, more upbeat than Dave, and way, WAY more variety than the River. Hey, it could happen!

By Skooch

January 25, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Is this voting a joke? I’m voting and having my daughter vote for Oldies, mostly so I can stop having to listen to B98.5 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Should I stop voting and have my daughter at home also stop? Anyone out there know?

By Skooch

January 25, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Is this voting a joke? I’m voting and having my daughter vote for Oldies, mostly so I can stop having to listen to B98.5 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Should I stop voting and have my daughter at home also stop? Anyone out there know?

By George

January 25, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

I listened to the Morning Mess on Star94 for 10 minutes one morning - long enough to hear some bonehead making a prank call to an old women to say he was with the water department and she needed to flush her toilet. Wow - that’s hilarious! If you’re going after the 12-15 male demographic, they might be on to something.

By Tom

January 25, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Yes…stop voting. It’s a stunt to see how many people are listing. The format’s already been decided….long ago.

By Tom

January 25, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Yes…stop voting. It’s a stunt to see how many people are listening. The format’s already been decided….long ago.

By wes

January 25, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

Everybody seems to get it but the radio execs.. I really don’t know what drives them, but I’m certain that ratings will make heads roll.. because I don’t know anybody that listens to project9sucks1 now. They killed the biggest radio brand in Georgia, maybe the southeast. Morons. The station tries to please everybody and instead is a confused lump of you-know-what.

It’s simple what happened to 99xcrement. They left their audience behind in the 90’s… instead of staying with music from the bands they hooked us with, they tried to stay cutting edge and lost us aging gen x’s. They should have stuck with 80’s and 90’s alternative and focused on new stuff from the bands that are still around.

The anchor of a station is the morning crew… I suspect that the Regular Guys will take on huge, and, unless the format is completely whack, they’ll be moving back to 100k watts eventually. My suggestion would be a cross between the old 96 rock and 99x, with focus on the 80’s and 90’s. We’ll see. I’m not optimistic since I’ve watched Clear Channel and Cumulus implode on one bad decision after another.

How about this.. rename 99x to 99rock with TRG, hell bring back Chris Rude for the ride home.. resurrect the brand.. and make 100 an edgy progressive station. Clear Channel had that already before they killed it and the rock.. In the words of Charleston Heston and the great Larry Wachs: “damn you.. damn you to hell.. you blew it up”.

By jason

January 25, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

although this station could be a little repetitive at times, and wasn’t always my first choice, i hate to see it go. i’ve been tuning into to 99.7 since back in the day when it was Power99, years before it evolved into 99x. i hope they replace it with something worth listening to.

By jason

January 25, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

although this station could be a little repetitive at times, and wasn’t always my first choice, i hate to see it go. i’ve been tuning into to 99.7 since back in the day when it was Power99, years before it evolved into 99x. i hope they replace it with something worth listening to.

By 99x FAN

January 25, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

I will miss 99x they should have let everyone say goodbye.I have been a dedicated listener since they wen ton air. Q100 blows they are all so boring and monotone, it is a big snooze. I listen to the radio in the morning to wake up and get energized not fall back to sleep. Does Q100 even play music? Since they have played on 99.7 I have heard nothing but boring talk about stupid crap. And to whoever the idiot is who decided to take the best radio station 99.7 off the air needs to be smacked, they could probably takes the stick that is up Bert’s butt and use that to smack him with. What a horrible mistake these people made, what goes around comes around, karma will get them one day.

By Mark

January 25, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

I suppose Good Riddance was an appropriate last song to play. I was hoping for Weezer’s Say it Ain’t So. Alas, where will an Atlantan now go to hear new, progressive, intelligent music? Is there anything great on Sirius?

By jabster

January 25, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

WPUP Bulldog 103.7 is sitting (working?) on a construction permit that will move their tower closer to the ATL and boost their east metro coverage. Go to radio-locator.com, enter WPUP, and look at the current and proposed coverage.

They also just got bought by Cox, along with sister station WNGC 106.1. WNGC throws enough of a signal into enough of Atlanta where Cox might be interested in doing something with the station other than remaining a country also-ran against Kicks, Eagle, and Bull.

By Mark

January 25, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

I suppose Good Riddance was an appropriate last song to play. I was hoping for Weezer’s Say it Ain’t So. Alas, where will an Atlantan now go to hear new, progressive, intelligent music? Is there anything great on Sirius?

By Mark

January 25, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this

I suppose Good Riddance was an appropriate last song to play. I was hoping for Weezer’s Say it Ain’t So. Alas, where will an Atlantan now go to hear new, progressive, intelligent music? Is there anything great on Sirius?

By Lex Luthor

January 25, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

The most popular radio stations in town are not even frequency modulated. Atlanta sux in that detail. In a way its sad to see 99x go though. Big Radio needs to evaluate what they have done to the airwaves.

By Scoutmamma

January 25, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

Someone, somewhere, please get some decent jocks out there. Steve and Vikki left, albeit they weren’t the greatest, now they’ve been replaced with the Morning Mess and quite frankly, their name speaks the truth. Then, in the afternoon, we have to listen to the constant babbling of Cindi and Ray - on and on and on and on about nothing. We need a decent Top 40 station in the Atlanta area - can anyone help us, please? It’s going to get serious….I’m going to have to crossover to Country.

By Dave

January 25, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

Whenever Arbitron gets around to implementing a 21st Century method of gathering listener data, we’ll see another alt rock station in Atlanta. There’s a powerful, greatly underestimated, mostly wealthy demo that Cumulus just abandoned and advertisers are going to be scrambling for a way to reach it.

By Dave

January 25, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

Score one of the squares! Which sucks, what is a non-conformist too do now! 99x was the only real hip station, now there is nothing on the ATL airwaves for anyone other than squares and country fans. Guess I too will have to get satelite radio now. But thanks for the memorys 99x from music midtown to big day out to Toucher to Axel at the beer garden and American Pie on sundays, guess I am getting old, those were the good ole days!

By Milf In Paulding

January 25, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

The next thing I want to hear is : It’s Larry & Eric! FU Steve!!!!

I LOVE the regular guys!!!

By Jeff

January 25, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this

I remember the “old days” of 99X… hell, I remember coming back in town after a week away when they went from the old “Power 99” to the 99X format and wondering “what the crap?” Truth be told, none of that grunge-alternative-mid-90s stuff was my bag, but occasionally there would be a good nugget that I’d hear on 99X. I liked a lot of the personalities - they always let their true colors come out, different than at a lot of stations. But my FAVORITE memories of 99X, the things I’ll miss the most, were the ol’ Retroplex at lunchtime with Steve and the Resurrection Sundays… that’s when they’d play their BEST stuff, the old late-70s-to-early-90s alternative and rock stuff. There was a time I never missed those! But as I’ve moved around some and had different jobs and changing schedules, I really didn’t follow the X as much in recent years. However, it was still cool to flip around the dial sometimes and run across an R.E.M. or Cure or Morrissey song on there and think of the good ol’ days… Goodbye 99X, you served Atlanta well during your time. Here’s hoping something good will come along to help improve Atlanta radio - it can’t get much worse! Between my Sirius Radio and CDs, about the only Atlanta radio I hear these days is sports talk or game coverage. To all the 99X’ers…. I hope you had the time of your life.

By Dave

January 25, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this

Top 40 stinks, they wont last long at that signal

By Matt G

January 25, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this

I have a love/hate relationship with The Bert Show. I love Melissa and Jenn but can’t stand Jeff with a passion, and find Bert grating half the time with his desperate attempt to sound cool with his “jacked up” wanna-be frat boy vocabulary. I will admit that I am entertained more than I’m not, but when Jeff goes off on one of his obnoxious tangents, or he and Bert get defensive and start attacking anybody who dares call in to challenge them, I turn the station.

By Greg

January 25, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

All I’ve got to say is: Sirius Radio, Lithium 24 - Grunge and Alternative rock! Carry On!

By Mark

January 25, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

Good riddance, 99 xcrement. I wonder where that mealy mouthed little f* Baron will end up….

Can’t wait for the return of TRG!!

Look for 99.1 to either turn talk, or some sort of n**** music.

By Deborah

January 25, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

Sunday will never be the same without Matt Jones and the Organic show. The Bert Show is the lamest thing I have ever heard! Until Atlanta gets a new alternative station, or someone at Cumulus comes to their senses, I have a stack of CDs in my car. ALTERNATIVE IS NOT DEAD!

By Chris H,

January 25, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

My wife and I met while working for the same company. We had nothing in common except that we were big fans at the time of 99X. Our first date was Big Day Out at the Horse Park in Conyers. Next weekend we celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. So, I have to say thank you 99X for helping to make the best thing in my life possible. Although the station got too formulaic and trite in it’s latter days, I will still miss it.

I’ve tried DaveFM, but if I want to hear a dude with an acoutstic guitar I’ll go to Eddie’s Attic. If I feel like hearing the Doobie Brothers or Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away” AGAIN and AGAIN, then I guess it’s the 2-year-old “New” 97.1 The River. If I was a 13 year old girl or a fat, forever-single girl in my 20’s-30’s with 4 cats at my apartment, I guess Bert would be my man. But I really love good, solid rock and roll that’s not limited to a play list of 30-40 songs only (yes Project and River, I mean you!), so I have my fingers crossed hard for the new 100.5, but I’m not holding my breath.

So, I guess like so many others I’ll start looking at my satellite options. Kina makes you wonder if Cumulus and Clear Channel are big stockholders of the satellite radio companies and are purposefully driving this country to it.

Thanks again for the memories 99X!…oh yeah, and Toucher still rulz!

By Q who?

January 25, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

Oh yeah, BABY. Bring back the GreaseMan! At least he kept you entertained. However, political correctness will have to be fixed, (meaning toughen your skin up!) to do that. Before switching to satellite, it amazed me how inane, brainless people would call the Bert Show with ridiculous stuff. The bad thing about humanity is that it never lets you down as long as you look for the idiots!

By Chris H,

January 25, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

My wife and I met while working for the same company. We had nothing in common except that we were big fans at the time of 99X. Our first date was Big Day Out at the Horse Park in Conyers. Next weekend we celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. So, I have to say thank you 99X for helping to make the best thing in my life possible. Although the station got too formulaic and trite in it’s latter days, I will still miss it.

I’ve tried DaveFM, but if I want to hear a dude with an acoutstic guitar I’ll go to Eddie’s Attic. If I feel like hearing the Doobie Brothers or Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away” AGAIN and AGAIN, then I guess it’s the 2-year-old “New” 97.1 The River. If I was a 13 year old girl or a fat, forever-single girl in my 20’s-30’s with 4 cats at my apartment, I guess Bert would be my man. But I really love good, solid rock and roll that’s not limited to a play list of 30-40 songs only (yes Project and River, I mean you!), so I have my fingers crossed hard for the new 100.5, but I’m not holding my breath.

So, I guess like so many others I’ll start looking at my satellite options. Kinda makes you wonder if Cumulus and Clear Channel are big stockholders of the satellite radio companies and are purposefully driving this country to it.

Thanks again for the memories 99X!…oh yeah, and Toucher still rulz!

By Jillo

January 25, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

It’s a black day for Atlanta radio. Kisses to Jimmy Baron, Steve Craig, Leslie Fram and the others who gave us an alternative to the pablum of Top 40 radio. I will be deleting 99.7 from my car and home radio. Aside from Mara Davis, God bless her, there’s really no one I care to listen to anymore. All that’s left is either boring or moronic. Consider me an “X” listener!

By BiteMe

January 25, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

MADMOMMY - thank you for the laugh, as I thought I was the only one who worried about her mental health everytime she turned on the radio…….I notice that I drive in silence these days, A LOT. Can’t stand the radio anymore, ALL COMMERCIALS and top 40 cr@p that only the idiots who like American Idol would like. HELP US ALL!

By Thomas

January 25, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

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Good alternative music is dead!

Long live the top 40 clones!~

(sad day indeed for music in Atlanta)

By BiteMe

January 25, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

IS IT TRUE THE REGULAR GUYS ARE COMING BACK? WHAT STATION? WHEN?? I have DJ’s, but I actually enjoyed their stupid BS!

By kreet

January 25, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Bring back Power 99. I’m so happy the ROTTEN 99X is gone!

By xfan

January 25, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

DAVE Arbitron HAS caught up with the 21st century and have radio people-meters similar to Nielsen and very sophisticated. Wikipedia it.

Chris H In fact Clear Channel DOES have a share in XM Satellite Radio. Very good - thank goodness there are still some media literate people out there.

oh and 96rock failed because they had to fire TRG. their ratings before that were pretty good.

By Lindy

January 25, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

Here is my problem - with shows like The Bert Show and The Morning Mess and their crappy music, they brought the downfall of 99X and TMX. If you lead the listeners to meaningless drivel, they will drink. And why is Bert so cocky about all of this - he helped bring good radio in Atlanta to an end. Does he honestly think that just having a more powerful signal will mean he will get all the 99X faithful? And what about all the 99X crew that has been either displaced or forced into a job at a station they don’t (and probably never will) believe in.

Do these posts tell Cumulus nothing? You had fans, you had a solid base of listeners who attended your concerts and brought in a ton of money for you and you just flipped them all off and decided to feed them annoying radio just because you can. Now it is going to be American Idol-caliber muck all the time and I am relegated to XM 47 Ethel.

I feel like there has been no closure for the loss of my radio station. I feel I should be wearing a black armband (complete with 99X logo) and placing flowers by a tombstone. RIP 99X, Beloved Radio Station, Mother of Alternative Music and Dear Friend.

By BiteMe

January 25, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

I remember when 99x FIRST came out, it was about 2:30 am when I first heard it, and at FIRST, I was like “WTF?” Then I kept listening, and suddenly realized they were playing the CURE, the Ramones, etc…..I was ecstatic to hear a radio station play songs that were NEVER played on the radio! That station actually does hold a LOT of fond memories for me in my early 20’s…….it defined a whole generation and no station has come across since that even comes close. I did, of course, start to lose interest years ago when some “new music” started getting thrown in, and I started to feel my connection slowly drift, as some of it just plain sucked (then again, I’m in my 30’s now and don’t care for some of the new crap that’s out there) - I will miss you, 99X! Not the morning show (they have sucked for years), but the Retroplex and all the outdoor events you sponsored……and I have been missing my Sunday’s at American Pie and Cabo Waho for years now………..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, those really were the days! Fun, fun, funnnnnnnnnnn………

Goodbye, 99x! Hellooooooooooo I-Pod!

By Heather

January 25, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Although 99x was great, their 20-song rotation format for the past 5 years was horrible. Thank my lucky stars someone turned me onto 790 the Zone and the Two Live Stews

By Yuck

January 25, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

I agree that 99X had seen better days by the end… but even at its worst, it is a million times better than 100.5. The Bert Show is nothing but local trash on voice disguisers airing out their Jerry Springer-esque “problems”. I hate to spend the money, but satellite radio, here I come.

By Finally

January 25, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

99X was still on the radio?! How did that crap last that long?

By Ny Nick

January 25, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this

Ny Nick Covers The Urban Thing with hip hop artist DJ Dr Dice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtxpliCGDI

By Ny Nick

January 25, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

Race, Urban What Da!!!! nY nICK sPEAKS WITH hIP hop aRTIST Dj Dr Dice in a Live Interview Check it out Now!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtxpliCGDI

By Finally

January 25, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

The best music is played on the college stations anyway. You don’t have to hear the same crappy songs 1000 times a day.

By Joey Mills

January 25, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

DAVE-FM’s thank you to 99x is so classy. Cumulus sucks.

By Ny Nick

January 25, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Are you a Racist? Do you know what urban Means. Check out NY Nick and Hip Hop Artist Discussing. Are you A Racist?? Check it out Now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtxpliCGDI

By blond on blond

January 25, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

thank god it is dead leslie and all the gang kissed sucked a** Athens GA ONLY!!!!! BLOW ATL

By Finally

January 25, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

Blond on blond, could you repeat that a little more coherently? Didn’t really understand what point you were trying to express.

By Mark

January 25, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

Heather

You listen to those 2 racist idiots? You must have been educated in GA….

By Finally

January 25, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

The Two Live Stews are racists? Please enlighten me with an example Mark.

By WRAS & WREK & WUOG

January 25, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

If anyone wants to hear real music, tune your radio dials to either Georgia State’s World Famous WRAS 88.5 or Georgia Tech’s WREK 91.1 If your close to Athens, WUOG 90.5. All three stations are much better than any commercial one. No commercials, only PSA’s. If you could care less about what the DJ has to say or what the music industry wants you to buy check these stations out. You will not be sorry!!!!!

I made the switch about 5 years ago any I’ve never looked back. Commercial radio has sucked the life out of music. College Radio breaths life into music.

By michael

January 25, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

Folks looking for real music should turn to 88.5 or 91.1FM. No commercials, un-polished DJs and real music.

By A

January 25, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

I’ve tried 99x.com several times today, and while the site seems to be up, I don’t hear any music. Does anyone know when they are supposed to start their live streaming?

And I tried other stations in the car today. Boy was it sad not having 99x. At least Dave is still around to keep me sane!

By Some Other Mike

January 25, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

‘Finally’ is exactly correct. I flip between the following, one will almost always have something useful to listen to: WRAS (88.5), WRFG(89.3), WREK(91.1), WABE(90.1), and WCLK (91.9).

By Finally

January 25, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

WRAS, I feel the same way. College raido stations are much better. Satellite isn’t really that much better either, at least not enough to pay for it.

By Bill

January 25, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

I feel like a part of me is gone. I have voiced my complaints to the powers that be at Cumulus and decided to share.

Gary Lewis the VP of Marketing wrote back to me after I thanked him for killing 99x: Nothing could be further from the truth than stating we are destroying the 99X brand. It is in fact based solely on our respect for and belief in that brand that we have the courage to have 99X blaze new trails into the internet and HD in the same way similarly adventurous stations did likewise when AM was all there was and FM was a pipedream. And just like when there was only AM in cars and transistor radios, we’ll be getting out info on all the gadgets out now and coming out soon that will allow 99X to be taken with you, and not just heard on your PC. We believe there is a huge audience for Alternative music, and are such firm believers in it that we are returning 99X to a true, adventurous Atlernative station. 99X will continue to live in the real world as we put on Big Day Out, Mistletoe Jam, the Unplugged in the Park concert series, and the other great concerts and events the station has become rightly famous for (and without revealing too much, you won’t be without a lot of the other things you mentioned you want). We will offer the same sense of discovery that 99X did when it was first launched, and reinvent with way it’s done with Visual Radio. This is the best tribute we can pay, and the most appropriate way for 99X to carry on, rather than to live in the past and become just another mainstream radio station. We have nothing but admiration and gratitude for Leslie and Steve and what they accomplished, but this next chapter of 99X needs to be undertaken with a fresh set of eyes, ears, and visions. It’s going to be quite a ride, and I hope you’ll come along. By the way, that new station on 100.5 that we’ll be launching soon just might do some things you like from time to time as well…

I think it all sound like horses@$t to me.. I responded back saying thanks for driving me to Project 961 and he wrote back again:

Bill…It’s only dead for you if you want it that way. I’m being deluged 10:1 by e-mails from people excited to know there will still be Big Day Out and all the other shows, who love what we’ve done on the new 99X.com and their first glimpse of what visual radio might become, about their opportunity to play a direct role in what it is rather than have it fed to them, and who realize there will be plenty of ways coming out that will allow them to take 99X with them, and they can’t wait to see what we do with the new radio station we’re putting on at 100.5 next week will be all about. Hopefully as this all plays out, you’ll see that we’re bringing more listening choices to Atlanta, and taking radio into the future through the strength of 99X…Gary

I think he almost believes the crap he is writing me… I will have to wear black for a while now…

By Halberstram

January 25, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

A, you click on the live stream on the 99x.com website and just wait the music will start playing. It’s been real choppy, but the music has been great so far. I believe all it’s the 99x HD station, so that sounds good to me.

By Mike K.

January 25, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

**Why didn’t they just didn’t move X to 100.5? That would’ve been a reasonable compromise - I bet most Xers live within 12,000 watts of downtown. I really don’t know what they think will do better?

And if they made it “classic alternative” (a ’90s station) it would really take off. Had 99X switched to classic alternative a few years ago they would still be on the air, mining the heritage. And as you can see, the heritage meant something to a lot of folks.**

By Cool

January 25, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

is it gonna be Q99.7 now? that really rolls off the tongue…

hey, why dont we bring back Cool 105.7?

By W. Aymerich

January 25, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Guys don’t fret trust me 100.5 will be a pleasant suprise and filling in a hole that has been missing in Atlanta for a long time… Yes the era of 99x is over and the music really has not been alternative for a long time… Its been the mainstream… Want true alternative on the dial 88.5. If not hit up some HD and Sattelite. For the older 99X fans davefm plays many of those old songs we fondly remember. Hell Sully cranks out the 80’s…

I will miss the X but hey change is a good thing… So is my mp3 player.

By Cool

January 25, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

is it gonna be Q99.7 now? that really rolls off the tongue…

hey, why dont we bring back Cool 105.7?

By xfan

January 25, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

I listened on the HD channel for a while…didn’t have to change the channel because no commercials! yay! i’m sure this will change soon…

i still feel nostalgically sad today; the music is still there, but steve and axel are not. lots of people lost jobs because of this “great new” idea.

By Rodney Ho

January 25, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

It will remain Q100 at 99.7.

By I am numb

January 25, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

I am devastated. Yes, I have XM, and yes, I love Ethel. But, 99X is gone. Gone. It was the best free radio station in the free world. Today is a sad day. Nothing even remotely close will replace it on the dial. I guess that chapter of my life is closed.

…And if you are going to try to keep your audience with “Visual Radio”, then make sure your junk works before you take our station off the air!!!

By Old school listener

January 25, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

What goes around…comes around….sounds like the old “Power 99” has returned (the pre 99x name for those unaware)

Wow…

By Kerry T.

January 25, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Great more Bert show. People! This is a hack program! Any phone call you’ve ever heard through that voice disguiser thing is fake. Fake! Fake! Fake! The girl who’s cheating on her husband… fake. The guy who’s stealing money from the till at work… fake. The woman who’s carrying the landlords baby and the husband doesn’t know…fake. United Station provides actors for these cheap tawdry conversations. Let’s face it real people with these problems would call tinny weenie Bert to confess this stuff. I did this acting job for almost a year until I got sick of waking up early (Midwest time) to talk to a bunch of pretentious morning dorks. The money wasn’t bad but I’m not doing some stage work. It’s much more to my liking. More Bert show… now on two stations! I’m moving back to the Plains states.

By Mi Amore Bon Jovi

January 25, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

Thank God they pulled the plug on this alternative I want to go shoot myself in the head station. They should bring back Power 99!!! :) Or, have an all 80’s station!!!

By jr1

January 25, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

NIPPLES BBBAAAHHHHHHH

By Jungleland

January 25, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Sad to see 99x go. 99x introduced me to some great bands Nirvana, Green Day, STP,Beck, Posies, Self, Verve Pipe, Oasis, Weezer and were the first station to play Chris Isaak.

Now if 100.5 can play real rock and roll that will be good. Like 96 in their heyday

By Thrash

January 25, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

Yay, 99suX is gone!

By Dennis G. Berdanis

January 25, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Who cares. I listen to my iPod to and from work anyway. Radio is a cult market only these days.

By Jimmy Baron

January 25, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Leslie’s gonna have to pawn her folk art and my wife can’t stop eating…please ATL tell me u love me keep your freeloader cards as God as my witness I will be back

By Old school listener

January 25, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

What goes around…comes around….sounds like the old “Power 99” has returned (the pre 99x name for those unaware)

Wow…

By Brian L.

January 25, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

Come on back Jimmy, The early days, the practical jokes and your self depricating (sp) humor was the best radio Atlanta’s ever experienced.

P.S. Sorry about stepping on your foot multiple times at the Steamhouse Lounge. It was crowded.

By crash clark

January 25, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

Hey ATL it’s everybody’s favorite d******* I’m in Boston molesting collies and leaving my stink bombs in lousy apartment pools say hey to fram I miss her wrinkles

By Lester Fram

January 25, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this

Will work for food

By Tim

January 25, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this

“Back in the day…”, 99x was the best station in Atlanta. I remember the day it came on… Atlanta is one of the worst radio markets for major cities. I’m on XM now.

By Leslie's Gone

January 25, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

I have to say, I was really sad to see 99x go. I grew up with them. I graduated from HS in ‘91 and have listened to 99x almost from day one. I think they lost touch a few years back and never really regained it. Leslie was a total disconnect and their morning show has sucked for years. It’s really too bad because it feels like I lost a family member. I guess it really is time to go with satellite radio….

By donald

January 25, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

99 POWER X, I’m so glad you’re gone. This station sucked from day one. Now we have those inbred Regular Guy’s to take your place. More moronic, dead brain food for the zombie masses! I stopped listening to radio long ago because idiots from CC and Cumulus are running the show. Commerical radio is dead people!! What we need to now is to keep these greasers off internet radio before they screw that up!!

By OWK

January 25, 2008 6:49 PM | Link to this

I just heard the Dave FM salute to 99X - that shows much more class the Bert “pulling the plug.”

I listened to the last few minutes this morning - when the Q100 switch was made I turned my XM receiver on…

To some extent we will always be 99X…

By BJohnson

January 25, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this

I’m a Bert Show fan and I used to listen to 99 back in the late 80s/early 90s when it was Power 99FM, the same format the Bert show is today. When they left and turned to jump the then bandwagon of grunge/alt rock, I was upset. It’s okay 99X fans, go to the satellite or CDs, that’s what I had to do before the Bert Show in the morning. You’ll be okay. Radio is a small part of my life. I have an iPod to give me instant satisfaction and the Bert Show to let me bond with the other people up at 5:30am.

By w00t

January 25, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

fcuk you Bert! No one needs your snide comments! If it wasn’t for 99X YOU wouldn’t be here. So get off your effing high horse. Your morning show is garbage made for tweens. No one cares about who is screwing who and why some stupid b!tch broke up with her boyfriend. Is this what we have become as a society?? Mental midgets? The morning show and the music is TRASH!

It’s a shame that we lost such a heritage station. Atlanta deserves better than this.

By Ally

January 25, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this

I LOVED 99X for years!! It is really sad to have to take 99.7 off my presets, but there is no way I can listen to those pathetic Bert Show jerks much less the Top 40 drivel they play the rest of the day. Thanks 99X & especially STEVE for all the musical enjoyment over the years. You guys rocked!!!

By the way, I WAS polled about radio stations. I let them know how I despised “Stiff & Creaky” on 94.1 & the whole Bert Show circus. Also that I loved 99X. Sigh…..oh well, 1 good thing out of 3, at least Steve & Vickie are no longer polluting the airwaves! Hope Vickie can still afford her stinkin’ Intimacy bras!!

By CJ

January 25, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this

We want 100.5 to be Remix or Dance Mix songs, like they play in the gay bars! It’s great to drive to and work out to! Please please please!

By Rob

January 25, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

Not that I listened to any terrestrial radio in years, its kind of sad to see that institution come to an end. Even more reason that my switch to Sirius 5 years ago was a smart idea. Baba Boey, Baba Boey, Baba Boey!!

By Rob

January 25, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

Not that I listened to any terrestrial radio in years, its kind of sad to see that institution come to an end. Even more reason that my switch to Sirius 5 years ago was a smart idea. Baba Boey, Baba Boey, Baba Boey!!

By alohavampire

January 25, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

Leslie was too ugly to do anything else but run 99X into the ground.

The programmers and managers were morons. Corporate was clueless. The station just plain sucked and was out of touch.

There is no good terrestrial radio left in America. The FCC and giant companies like Clear Channel have completely destroyed any chance of keeping audiences engaged. People will still listen to radio when they’re stuck in traffic however the broadcaster’s days are numbered for sure.

Sat radio and internet broadcasting will take over in the next 10 years.

Freedom of speech over the public airwaves is dead. If you say anything that might offend anyone you will be slammed to the ground. Welcome to the People’s Republic of the Former United States.

The FCC is the antichrist. They’re coming for all of us. Soon they’ll be fining and jailing people for having thoughts they don’t approve of.

Wake up folks… get on sat. radio and embrace internet broadcasting. It’s commercial-free, uncensored, unabashed free speech with hundreds even thousands of channels.

Soon the technology will be available to “stream” internet communications in your car. This will change the world. GPS, Phone, Radio, Video and other stuff we haven’t even dreamed of yet. After all… It’s only digital content. Anything is possible with a little imagination and some hard work.

Anyway… good riddance to a terrible radio station.

Bye now.

By Mitchell

January 25, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

I don’t know what Cumulus Radio thinks or anybody that agrees with this move in Atlanta Radio. The only decent morning show in this market is gone plus the only decent music also. The 90s music will never be gone, only Demery. But what is gone is the only creative and enjoyble Radio in Atlanta.Leslie,Jenners, and Mark were the only true talent in morning the morning so now we have nothing. Thanks for nothing!

By Mitchell

January 25, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

I don’t know what Cumulus Radio thinks or anybody that agrees with this move in Atlanta Radio. The only decent morning show in this market is gone plus the only decent music also. The 90s music will never be gone, only Demery. But what is gone is the only creative and enjoyble Radio in Atlanta.Leslie,Jenners, and Mark were the only true talent in morning the morning so now we have nothing. Thanks for nothing!

By Mitchell

January 25, 2008 9:27 PM | Link to this

I don’t know what Cumulus Radio thinks or anybody that agrees with this move in Atlanta Radio. The only decent morning show in this market is gone plus the only decent music also. The 90s music will never be gone, only Demery. But what is gone is the only creative and enjoyble Radio in Atlanta.Leslie,Jenners, and Mark were the only true talent in morning the morning so now we have nothing. Thanks for nothing!

By P

January 25, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this

Leslie Fram ruined 99X. Except for the first 2 or 3 years when they were fun and on the edge, they always tried to play it safe by playing the same songs over and over and over…. They were afraid to take risks, and forgot their roots. I now have XM and will never go back.

By picky listener

January 25, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

I’ve lived in Atlanta since 1984 and ATLANTA COMMERCIAL RADIO HAS ALWAYS SUCKED - with the exception of a few good years that 88.5 had in the 80s and early 90s.

By leah

January 25, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

RetroPlex forever rules! Thanks Steve!

By Ima Nidiot

January 25, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

For such a major city, Atlanta sure has some sucky radio. I live in Alpharetta and work downtown, and most days I can stand the radio almost as far as I-285 going south on 400.

But at least three days a week, it’s around NorthPoint Mall that the suckitude just overwhelms me, and the ipod goes on.

The funny thing is that certain stations even play the same songs in the same rotation at the same time every day. I could almost close my eyes on GA400 and know where I was. Oh, Linkin Park…I’m passing Northridge.

By Horace T. Slitherjohnson

January 25, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

Yeah come-Monday!

By Horace T. Slitherjohnson

January 25, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

Yeah come-Monday!

By chipdip

January 25, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this

N**** S** RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UP THE IRONS…MOTORHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Trent

January 25, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

I used to like that Will Pendarvis on 99X back about 1993-94. He played cool tunes and was always stoned. Yeah, I’m sure about that.

By Glen Pender

January 25, 2008 11:56 PM | Link to this

It’s sad to see 99X gone. I’ve lived in 6 different cities in the last 13 years and 99X was one of the better ones.

By rid0617

January 26, 2008 12:27 AM | Link to this

As usual icons fade away for corporate profit. Then they can’t understand why people are leaving FM radio. They tell us how we don’t want to go to satellite radio but then make us listen to satellite feeds. I have not listened to corporate radio since I bought my satellite system and have not had to listen to one commercial since.

By bulldawg

January 26, 2008 2:09 AM | Link to this

If you are close enough to Athens, listen to HOT 100.7 for commercial free, non-commercial alternative rock, in other words, what 99x should have been! :)

By Brian of Acworth

January 26, 2008 2:11 AM | Link to this

Demery has a blog up that Rodney has linked to an article on here. I think he lays it out pretty well as to what lead to the sinking of 99X. I always hoped that the leaks could be fixed and she would sail straight once more. I raise my glass to the architects of what was a great station. We look forward to what the future holds for you all. Cheers!

By Kevin

January 26, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

I stopped listening to 99X after Toucher left and got Sirius. I’ll never go back to regular radio. Alt Nation, Octane, Faction, Punk… all with no commercials, you cant go wrong. Later cracks!

By Joe

January 26, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

All the blah blah blah on 100.5 in the morning is just crap anyway…get over it and play music. All Bert does is enjoy the sound of his own voice.

By Joe

January 26, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

All the blah blah blah on 100.5 in the morning is just crap anyway…get over it and play music. All Bert does is enjoy the sound of his own voice.

By tim

January 26, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

Sounds just like the death of 96 Wave in Charleston, SC.

By kj

January 26, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Having moved from the Atlanta area several years ago, I was sad to hear this. 99X was the station that got me hooked on alternative rock. I still Have my black 99X tshirt with the big peace symbol on the back. Thanks 99X for the memories. :-)

By JES Guy

January 26, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

I hate to see 99X go…They will be sorely missed. The Bert show is crap…and a BIG Thanks to Dave FM for the kind comments regarding 99 X.

By Think hard

January 26, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

Its so funny that so many people say that Q100 sucks or is childish or is just a bad station but look around. It didn’t make the top 40 becouse everyone hated them. They do have things that people don’t agree with but who doesn’t. Some where along 99xs path their were people who didn’t like something they did. I would like to hear the Regular Guys again so bring them back too.

By Hooper

January 26, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Really, they shoulda played Elvis Costello’s Radio Radio to wrap things up for 99x. That would have been the right balance of “bye” and “up yours.”

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By Mikel

January 26, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

i blame all the radio stations failures to the lack of imagination of program directors…and more so not giving oportunities to new talents instead ,they go back to all those greedy money suckers personalities

evolve..evolve..

By joey

January 26, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

If i only liked crappy rap or crappier soft rock, then atlanta would have a station for me. way ruin a good thing……i will miss 99x.

By nurse&mother

January 26, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

I remember driving to nursing clinicals at Grady, Crawford Long and Kennestone in 94 & 95. I live in North Georgia (1.5 hour north of the connector). The morning show with Barnes, Leslie, & Jimmy was the BEST morning show! Where I live, I can barely pick up some Atlanta radio stations, so I don’t listen to it much. I remember one year on April 1st where 99X decided to play an April fool’s day joke on the listeners. They swapped with a conservative radio station in another city. It was great! I listened to the whole morning show in disblief. They said that Barnes, Leslie and Jimmy were fired for violation of FCA rules or something. I was glad it was only a joke, but I thought it was neat that I happened to be driving to Atl on that day. Just curious-does anyone else remember that?

By Jesus H. Christ

January 26, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

Hey Mikel, you only need to hit “post” once, OK?

By hhhind

January 26, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

Though I haven’t had the opportunity to listen to 99.7 FM in quite some time, it occupied every preset on my car radio starting back in the days of Power 99. 99X was music. 99X was better than anything else on the radio and everything on TV. 99X is what convinced me to be a radio DJ. This is truly a sad day. 99X, you will be missed and never forgotten.

I AM 99X.

By hhhind

January 26, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

Though I haven’t had the opportunity to listen to 99.7 FM in quite some time, it occupied every preset on my car radio starting back in the days of Power 99. 99X was music. 99X was better than anything else on the radio and everything on TV. 99X is what convinced me to be a radio DJ. This is truly a sad day. 99X, you will be missed and never forgotten.

I AM 99X.

By my .02

January 26, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

Atlanta radio has been going down the toilet for a while now. My .02 on Atlanta radio stations:

DaveFM - schizophrenic personality not sure what kind of radio station it wants to be or who it wants it’s target market to be. Leaning towards easy listening more than anything else.

Star 94 - same old top forty fluff they have been playing for years, and that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

The bull - Don’t know, don’t like country music.

96.1 Project, or whatever it is called now. Not sure. I am not a preadolescent male.

97.1 the River. The draught is hitting them hard, too. Between the Eagles, Boston and Fleetwood Mac, you hear the same old classic rock songs. If you played a drinking game listening to the “NEW” (ps, you have been on the air a few years now, I don’t think you are new anymore.) River and took a drink whenever they played the Eagles, you would be drunk before breakfast. With the huge catalog of classic rock, branch out some. Remember Sly and the Family Stone, Billy Preston, Edgar Winter to name a few. A waste of perfectly good airwaves.

B98.5 - Doing a good job reaching the adult, easy listening crowd.

99.7 - Haven’t listened in years. See 96.1 reasons.

100.5. Same as above.

102.5. Great use of old soul, classic R&B. Can use the airwaves to cause racial stirrup in the community which can be a waste of a good radio station.

103.3. Not hugely into rap.

104.1 - also a great mix of classic soul, R&B. Again, too much time spent stirring the pot on racism. Keep looking for racism and you will find it which isn’t a great thing.

I don’t go much above the dial than here so no comments on other stations.

Atlanta needs to get an original station - plenty of good underground, unheard of TALENT that would be great to hear on our airwaves.

OK - maybe more than .02, but there it is.

Is there hope for Atlanta radio?

By The Radio Kid

January 26, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

I am not from atlanta. I am just a person who loves to read about changing formats. I love radio, therefore, they call me “The Radio Kid.”

WI have noticed a lot of the posts on here are from people who are crying over the fact that their presious moddern rock is no longer on the radio. Now, I’m not from Atlanta, but I do know about it’s radio dial. So for all you former “99X’ers” who are now boo-hooing over the loss of your favorite radio station, do me a favor. Turn your dial to 96.1. There, you will find a radio station called “Projedct.” And ya know what? They play the same music that “X” used to play… or so I’ve heard. Now, if any of you can provide me with any good reason… any at all… why “Project” isn’t the same as “X,” then, I’d love to hear it. Otherwise, will all you moddern rock fans and former “Xers” please listen to “Project,” stop crying, and shut up? You do have an “Alternative,” and it’s called “Project.” Listen to that.

—The Radio Kid my email: JHANLON001@twcny.rr.com my blog (coming soon): www.theradiokid.wordpress.com

By Nick Wright

January 27, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

Radio Kid, it doesn’t make much sense for you to use that moniker since you clearly don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

Project 9-6-1 is NOT an Alternative (Modern Rock) station; it is an Active Rock station. That means the majority of their playlist is made up of heavier bands like Korn and Slipknot, mainstream rock like Nickelback and Daughtry, and classic rock like Motley Crue and Led Zepplin.

Alternative on the other hand is based on bands like The Killers, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Incubus and Modest Mouse. While there is some crossover play, it is a very different format.

By Frank

January 27, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this

Are they ever going to start playing music on 99X.com? Most of the links on the site take you empty pages, and there is no live stream. BTW, I found the old 99X AV Room is still online, even though it’s not linked to the new 99X.com web site.

By Bob

January 27, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

I must say that I was a long time fan of 99X…up until I got my Sirius. Now that I have satellite radio, I’ll never go back to the FM. Go Alt Nation - 21 on Sirius (Madison is awesome)!

By Al

January 27, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this

Green Day sucks….

By TodMeister

January 28, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

First day 100.5 is up, I decided to give it a listen this morning to see what gives, and whether Cumulus gave us at least something to replace what went away.

I can now say, without a doubt, that radio in Atlanta completely and permanently SUCKS.

Cumulus doesn’t get it, we didn’t need another 96Rock clone, no, I don’t want to have to sit through Def Leppard to hear Nirvana, I didn’t like the crap when it first came out and every redneck wanna-be headbanger in jr. high school was listening to it. I want to hear Muse, I want to hear She Wants Revenge, I want to hear things that I heard on 99x that no one else had the balls to play. I’ll eat my shirt if the NEW Rock 100 plays any of it, ever.

Gods! The Regular Guys! The most obnoxious, self-imprant, irritating, redneck DJ’s this side of John Boy and Billy. I should have known the minute I heard those voices spewing on the air that the station didn’t have a chance in hell.

Way to go Cumulus, you have officially made Atlanta one of the most pathetic radio markets of any metropolitan area in the US. And I’ll believe the station execs’ BS reply about having 10:1 praise emails in relation to complaints, about the time I’ll believe that Clinton didn’t inhale.

By CBN

January 28, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

The person who came up with the idea to replace 99x with a station of no substance should go through with the offer for a free lobotomy—won’t make much difference. Atlanta radio officially sucks now. 99.7 was a decent choice for the morning drive, but now inane banter from a bloke named “Bert” sits in that space. I would like to the name of the philistine that destroyed an Atlanta institution.

By Patrick

January 29, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

When I heard the announcement 18 or so months ago that Cumulus had purchased 99X, a sick feeling started in the pit of my stomach. I fully expected this music-less corporation to lead the only true music station in Atlanta down a path to demise. Upon hearing the news earlier this month that 99x was being pulled from the airwaves, my distain for this media conglomeration achieved its peak. Now that it has been a couple of weeks, I still wanted to get a few things off my chest.

I think most longtime 99X listeners would agree that the all important morning show had struggled to find an identity since Toucher and Crash “left” a few years ago. I certainly recognize the importance of the morning drive audience to advertisers and, as a result, any station. Apparently only vulgarity or fluff can sell these days in Atlanta. I would have hoped that a “major media” organization such as Cumulus could have found an innovative approach to their morning drive time programming. They obviously couldn’t and, as a result, discontinued the most influential station in the city.

The unprofessional and unappreciated way that two true Atlanta music icons (Leslie and Steve) were shown the door is deplorable. These two individuals did more to bring innovative, quality, meaningful music to Atlanta then the combination of any Start 94, Q100, 96.1, or Buzz affiliates combined. Any organization that can treat such valuable employees and contributors to the local market with such disrespect will never have an opportunity to gain mine. I regret that I will have to walk away from the remaining 99X personalities that I have come to really appreciate over the past 15 years listening to the station (especially Matt and Axel…I think you guys do a fantastic job and continue to represent what 99X once was). However, providing any support to this distorted version of 99X will simply be impossible. I can only hope that someone will step forward to as a true steward of music in Atlanta. In the meantime, thank god for satellite radio and my IPod.

-PK

By VW

February 3, 2008 12:14 AM | Link to this

I remember 99x “listening” to it’s audience when they said “Hey, 99x why did you stop playing alternative like you did back in the 90’s?”

Somehow, 99x suits heard this and responded “We heard you… we will now start playing 90’s alternative like you wish we would.”

wtf? They missed the whole point. 99x has sucked for quite some time.