So, my wife and I moved here in 2006 from Portland, OR. Portland has a pretty active music scene, esspecially in the late '90s early '00s; predominantly of the heavier variety.
When we first moved here it wasn't such a big deal because we listened mostly to our CDs and such so we didn't listen to the radio a lot until we became acclimated to what was available.
In August of last year, though, we went back to the mainland to visit some family and holy crap were the radio stations there better. Not just in a variety of genres, but in the playlists on said stations. Most notably though was the presence of a hard rock station which filled up the growing holes in our respective souls that we hadn't even noticed until it was pointed out to us.
Coming back home (to Hawaii) we've suddenly realized the dearth of hard rock/metal/anything interesting on the radio. Is there really so small a market for this particular genre on the islands that no one has bothered to get a broadcast station going? Or is there like a secret AM station/college radio or something I'm missing out on?
When we first moved here it wasn't such a big deal because we listened mostly to our CDs and such so we didn't listen to the radio a lot until we became acclimated to what was available.
In August of last year, though, we went back to the mainland to visit some family and holy crap were the radio stations there better. Not just in a variety of genres, but in the playlists on said stations. Most notably though was the presence of a hard rock station which filled up the growing holes in our respective souls that we hadn't even noticed until it was pointed out to us.
Coming back home (to Hawaii) we've suddenly realized the dearth of hard rock/metal/anything interesting on the radio. Is there really so small a market for this particular genre on the islands that no one has bothered to get a broadcast station going? Or is there like a secret AM station/college radio or something I'm missing out on?
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