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Started by garbon, September 11, 2009, 02:50:39 PM

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garbon

http://sfist.com/2009/09/11/energy_927_dead.php

QuoteYesterday, rumors were swirling like a tweaker with glo-sticks that Energy 92.7, the city's preferred dance station with a gay bent, will come to an end. Turns out said rumors are, sadly, true. While calls to 92.7 have gone unanswered, word is that the station's new owner is a homophoobic meanie who stomps on puppies and rainbows. Or something like that.

According to SF Examiner's Eric Ross, there was "a big rumor going around [yesterday] that the new owner of Energy 92.7 is very homophobic and he fired a lot of the employees at the radio station." What's more, he compiled exhaustive Facebook research on the subject at hand. Here is just a sample of what went down yesterday:

Energy 92.7 FM Dear fans, we just got the word. 7pm is the end of Energy 92.7. Thank you all for your support. You have been the greatest listeners a radio station could ever have! We love you. Keep dancing.

Energy 92.7 FM The Energy still lives! Keep it rocking until they pull the plug. It's out of our hands now. We love you all and appreciate your comments today. We'll see you at The Lookout tomorrow for our final Energy event from 5-9pm.

Energy 92.7 FM We are over everyone. We love you all. Please come party with us tomorrow at The Lookout from 5pm to 9pm with the entire Energy staff. We appreciate you all.

Energy 92.7 FM Thank you everyone for the kind words and memories. It is a sad day for radio, for dance music, for the LGBT community, for our staff, and for YOU, the listeners. Join us for our last event tonight at The Lookout from 5pm to 9pm. We'll be handing out all the rest of our Energy shirts, and we would love for you to be there with us for one last hurrah!

So, there you have it. Energy 92.7 is dead. Word is that it will it's gone Top 40. Which is great since we cannot get enough of Cyrus' ouvre.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

I may have to go spend money today at a bar I don't like to show support. :(
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Barrister

Go with Satellite Radio.  I love mine. :wub:
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Dance music?  It's better off dead.
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garbon

Also, no one should ever be subjected to Sean Paul and Soulja Boy...let alone on their morning commute. :angry:
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PRC

Quote from: garbon on September 11, 2009, 03:00:01 PM
Also, no one should ever be subjected to Sean Paul and Soulja Boy...let alone on their morning commute. :angry:

I like that Sean Paul video where they're having a party in the basement and they start banging on the furnace and the old guy kicks everyone out.  WTF were they having a party in his house anyways?

Eddie Teach

Quote from: garbon on September 11, 2009, 03:00:01 PM
Also, no one should ever be subjected to Sean Paul and Soulja Boy...let alone on their morning commute. :angry:

I don't know who those people are. :yeah:
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The Minsky Moment

Why would a homophobe buy a SF dance radio station in the first place?  this story makes no sense.

It's like a skinhead buying a deli in Boro Park.
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Berkut

Because chances are good that the guy buying it isn't a homophone, but that plays better than "We are being shut down because we don't make any/enough money".
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PRC

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on September 11, 2009, 03:16:24 PM
Why would a homophobe buy a SF dance radio station in the first place?  this story makes no sense.

It's like a skinhead buying a deli in Boro Park.

And wouldn't it be illegal for him to fire people based on their sexuality?

Savonarola

Quote from: Berkut on September 11, 2009, 03:21:22 PM
Because chances are good that the guy buying it isn't a homophone,

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garbon

Quote from: Berkut on September 11, 2009, 03:21:22 PM
Because chances are good that the guy buying it isn't a homophone, but that plays better than "We are being shut down because we don't make any/enough money".

That's probably the case, although it is strange that they shutdown so suddenly.  I at first thought they were parodying other radio stations.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Strix

So, the owner wants to save money and clone his Las Vegas station and that instantly makes him a homophobe?

Gays are the new Black!
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garbon

Quote from: PRC on September 11, 2009, 03:22:09 PM
And wouldn't it be illegal for him to fire people based on their sexuality?

Most of the radio station wasn't gay.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Alcibiades

But the part that was drug em down. :(
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grumbler

I was astonished to find that there was still a non-NPR radio station with employees.  Most FM stations (except the talk ones) seem to be just robotic re-broadcasts of tapes made by master stations, and have maybe one employee to maintain the building.
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