After living in the Bay Area for nearly three years, I think I might have finally found a radio station that I can call “my radio station.” I’m not positive just yet, but 103.7 on the FM dial has been really doin’ it for me lately. The station on that broadcast frequency is called The Band, and is the Bay’s Classic Rock station.
The reason I’m not sure if it’s “my station” yet is because I’ve gone through periods where I’ve left my radio on the jazz station or KDFC (the classical station), but those have never stuck. Of course, sports-talk radio is always one of my presets and sometimes, I get the urge to cycle through some of the top-40 stations or April’s preferred R&B/Hip-Hop stations. For some reason. the personalities on the radio up here just aren’t what they were in L.A. We’ve had a hard time adjusting, but I think I might have found a station that plays music I can dig and just leave on.
The music on The Band makes me feel one of two ways: like I’m playing Guitar Hero, or like I’m tripping out on acid. I’ve never taken acid, so I can’t be positive what that feels like, but the songs either make me want to let go of my steering wheel and pretend like I’m on Star Power ripping through a solo, or they make me feel like I should put up a peace sign and sway from side to side.
For now, it’s it. I’m down with The Band and there isn’t much out there today that compares to the quality of music that was 70′s and 80′s classic rock. Even though it’s not the hot stuff I enjoyed on the L.A. airwaves, for now, this will do. It’s certainly a fine band-aid in the meantime.