Thats Soooo 97X – On Demand
Over our 26 year history, 97X / WOXY.com has spun literally thousands of bands and songs that you simply 
wouldn’t hear anywhere else. Many, in fact, broke through to listeners and became hits that were truly unique to the station. I mean, where else were you going to hear “The Sweater”, “Rebirth Of The Cool”, “Sci-Fi Wasabi”, “Get On The Bus”? Exactly!
So, we put together this special edition of the WOXY Vintage program to feature a sampling of those special songs & bands that can only be associated with the FM days of The Future of Rock & Roll. They may not have been hits anywhere else but sure rocked our world at 97.7 FM. We also tossed some old commercials from longtime 97X advertisers Jungle Jim’s, Everybody’s Records, Scentiments/Rock City, Oxford Kroger, and the Rock & Roll Grocery himself, Frank Eavey, into the mix. We’ll also put the ‘”GEE!” in Ecology’ and hear Bake “save, save, save, save, save, save” with 97Xtra Cash Coupons. These audio extras haven’t been heard anywhere in years.
In all, That’s Soooo 97X is a love letter to longtime listeners. Listen & enjoy a stroll down 5120 College Corner Pike. BAM!
Full tracklisting for this program after the jump…
Lyle Lovett – Here I Am
Soul Coughing – Screenwriter’s Blues
Guadalcanal Diary – …Vista
Barenaked Ladies – Grade 9
Depeche Mode – Route 66 (Beatmasters mix)
Concrete Blonde – God Is A Bullet
Splashdown – Ironspy
John Wesley Harding – When The Beatles Hit America
Bob Mould – Sunspots / Wishing Well
DJ Lance Lockarm – Bring The Muzik Back
Was (Not Was) – I Feel Better Than James Brown
The Nails – 88 Lines About 44 Women
MC 900 FT Jesus – The City Sleeps
Howlin’ Maggie – Alcohol
Toad The Wet Sprocket – One Little Girl
Meryn Cadell – The Sweater
The Raisins – Fear Is Never Boring
Cibo Matto – Sc-Fi Wasabi
Daisy Chainsaw – Love Your Money
Bran Van 3000 – Drinking In L.A.
Fear Of Pop – In Love
The Afghan Whigs – Rebirth Of The Cool
Royal Crescent Mob – Get On The Bus
July 24th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
The one I would have added is “Everyone Wants to be My Sister” by The Libertines. 97X made that band in 1985-86? I remember going to Oxford to a show, and everyone sang that song when they played it because we’d been listening to it on the radio. Thx for the memories.
July 25th, 2009 at 7:27 am
97x stopped being cool at the end of the 80s when they reprogrammed and started controlling what everyone played. my fave dj of all time was robin plan, who gave me an amazing musical education when i tuned in to 97x from my northwestern cincinnati suburb. here is her blog about that time period in the late 80s, early 90s: http://writhesafely.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/revolution-come-and-gone/