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KROCK 105.7 in Kingston baby!

MAv.

NO ONE plays more Hip than KRock...

Ah, the mighty KRock. Home of Kingston's most famous cougar, Nancy Slater.

When I had a car at school, it was really the only station on my presets from outside of Toronto (I stopped listening to CFRC when they wouldn't hire me). One of the first times I really listened to Krock they played Put it Off, which proved I wasn't in Kansas anymore. During the 5-6 hour every day they "Head Home with the Hip" or something like that.

While I agree with Dame, they played too much of the lame CanCon, they certainly support their fair share of local talents, and often would surprise the hell out of you with some song selections (like how they were probably the first station in Canada outside of Toronto to pick up No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age). And if anyone has the acoustic version of Sloan's "The Other Man", it was recorded at the KRock studios.

I too remember the Hip half hours on 97.7. In the lead up to the last ARA both 97 and Q 107 went insane with Hip and it was great (and eight years ago -- wow). The Q was the best though, the day of ARA they did the Hip A to Z and played all the songs up until that point in alphabetical order. It was one great long afternoon.

Cheers

Pat