Radio: NU 107, the home on NO rock by new year.

[roninblade]

my default station is going byebye. I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here yet. The only rock station in town is changing format.

also heard roxy (yeah, she stopped by the station) and some other guys reminiscing while i was stuck in traffic earlier today.

from here

The alternative music station DWNU 107.5 (or NU107, also called the Home of NU Rock), will reportedly be closing down by the end of the year to make room for more mainstream programming under new management.

Rumors had been circulating since early October that the station’s owner Atom Henares had already sold his shares of the Progressive Broadcast Corporation (the network that operates NU 107.5).

According to the Manila Bulletin, the reported closing was part of the trend noted by industry prognosticators of “high-end, niche-market radio stations” being replaced by stations that cater to a more “mass market audience.”

It was only yesterday that the report was seemingly confirmed by NU107’s Noos Goose jaeDee, who write in the blog Adventures of a Beauty Queen that, “The one and only rock station in town [NU 107] will soon be the Home of NO ROCK!”

“That’s right, I’ve received information from three reliable sources, all part of NU107′s inner circle, that the radio station will finally say goodbye to its rock image and shift to a ‘masa’ pop sound under new management,” she said. “The reason for the image change was reportedly a financial decision on the owners’ part.”

“The transformation won’t be overnight though,” she added. “According to one of my sources, starting this November the NU107 jocks will start slipping in music that will assail the senses any decent rocker.”

“By January 2011, my source claims, the transformation will be complete and so will be the demise of NU107 The Home of New Rock. So I guess this is going to be the News Goose’s last report,” she said. “I’m not too sad though… it’ll take more than just the closure of one rock station to stop Manila’s rock community from moving on!”

NU107 has been playing new wave and rock songs since the 1980’s. It was also instrumental in popularizing local artists and musicians like The Dawn, Identity Crisis, the Eraserheads, Parokya Ni Edgar, P.O.T., Wolfgang, Razorback, Urbandub and others.

[roninblade]

typo pala title ko

[jave]

I don't listen much to radio anymore, but I remember during my schooling days that I used to listen to them most of the time.

Stupid decision, IMO. Business-wise, they have a lot of competition in the "stupidly corny masa joke radio" category.

But really, replacing a unique identity with more overplayed has-beens, stupid/corny jokes and tag lines, and DJ's who squeak like laughing hyenas?

Bah.

[flakez]

actually NU will be signinng off at 11:59 PM this sunday. I thinks there's a program for the last hour, current and former DJ's will be there with some bands.

nag bigay na rin ng message yung ibang DJ nung last rock awards.

[badsekktor]

nauna na nagpalit ang LA 105... tsk! sayang.... commercialized na talaga ang music industry natin.... wala na magcacater sa mga pausbong na mga bandang pinoy....

[uls]

can't make money with rock when everyone listens to lady gaga and justin bieber and katy pery

[Mguy]

When XB102 closed, the nearest type of radio station was NU107. NU's format was good in the 80s and 90s. come 2000, parang pilit na ang radio station, playing B-sides of unknown bands, taking the risk that they will make a name in the future. They kept their heads up by playing great pinoy rock, but in the end it won't be enough.

Funny, Its been a while i've tuned in into NU and when i surfed radio stations on my morning drive to work, I heard NU playing System of a Down. I stuck to it this morning.

[flakez]

^I believe it's more on the the DJ's. I mean, ang gusto ng tao ngayon is yung mga masa DJ's. yung katulad nung maingay na babae na may kasamang bakla ata yung sa isang radio station. yung tipong talk show na, hindi na music ang pinapakinggan ngayon. almost lahat ng malakas na station lahat may ganyan. hehehe.

kahit mag pop music pa sila hindi rin sila mag susurvive just like 92.3. puro conio DJ's with the exception of the brewrats. hehehe.

[badsekktor]

can't make money with rock when everyone listens to lady gaga and justin bieber and katy pery

yep i agree, kaya nga yun ibang musician na kilala ko napilitan "magbakya" para lang kumita ng pera.....

[jut703]

Just curious, how do the mainstay non-palengkera stations like Magic and RX fare against Love Radio or Energy FM?

[jave]

Considering that it's just basically the two of them catering to a higher-class market and with all the products/services/music that cater to the same market, I'm sure it's enough to keep them alive.

[ydreph962]

sayang naman..yan ang station ko since 80's during college days and kahit hanggang ngayon pag may pagkakataon magradio lalo sa byahe naka set sa NU ang radio ko..sa NU ko unang narinig ang new wave, guns n roses, metallica, twisted sister, 80's rock ballads and hair metal like poison, warrant, skid row, tesla, cinderella, slaughter, etc..tapos papalitan ng mga maiingay na dj..di bale ng maingay na sounds wag lang puro daldalan..

[chrismarte]

Yung first DJ na nag on-air sa NU umupo ulit for the last time...i forgot the name nga lang...

Dito nagsimula the likes of Wolfgang, Razorback etc... I remember din wala pang RAW ang WWE sila meron na... eto yung program na nagpapadala ng demotape yung mga banda tapos invite nila to come sa studio. I think Chicosci and Up Down Dharma started sa kanila.

Pag Sunday naman nung late 90's heavy metal ang tugtugan nila pag dito ako naka tune in galit si erpat tugtog adik daw at parang naghahabulang kabayo

Buti sila nakapagpaalam pa sa listeners nila na magpapalit ng genre nang music yung LA dati from pinoy rock nampusa biglang nagkaroon ng mga pop/ballad kinabukasan.

NU 107.5

[OTEP]

I'm no rocker but the demise of NU's current format will surely leave a void in the industry

[thejonchoi]

NU107 signs off for the last time this Sunday. To the rockers and rocker-ettes of yesterday, turn off your iPods for a moment and tune in to NU for one hell of a swan song. It ain't over til the fat lady stagedives!

http://www.nu107fm.com/live-access <-NU Live-cast

[Chikselog]

Sana naman yung Magic and RX wag ng sumunod.

Seriously nacocornihan na ko sa mga radio stations ngayon. Sobrang daming daldal, puro pa kabaklaan. Sorry sa word.

[chua_riwap]

What will happen to the DJs? Are they staying put or will be replaced by the loud mouths & palengkera, faggot DJs?

[roninblade]

Yung first DJ na nag on-air sa NU umupo ulit for the last time...i forgot the name nga lang...

Dito nagsimula the likes of Wolfgang, Razorback etc... I remember din wala pang RAW ang WWE sila meron na... eto yung program na nagpapadala ng demotape yung mga banda tapos invite nila to come sa studio. I think Chicosci and Up Down Dharma started sa kanila.

dont' forget about The Breed Charlie Ysmael (vocals) was also a NU dj.

[red16]

Sayang!!! Marami patayong mga lokal proudly PINOY, excellent bands na pasibol....... Pano na sila?!

Anyway, Bago kayo mag sign-off mga "dude" NU107 . MARAMING SALAMAT SAINYONG MGA BINIBIGAY NA MUSIKA NA WALANG KAPARIHAS SA BILIS, LAKAS, INGAAAYY AT MAY KABULUHAN SA ATING BAYAN (ALTERNATIVE LOCAL BANDS. "PRE")NA HINDI MO MARIRINIG SA MGA IBANG RADIO SATATION.

Keep on :rockf: ROCKING!!! No goodbye's for all of you guys!

[chrismarte]

dont' forget about The Breed Charlie Ysmael (vocals) was also a NU dj.

Actually kahapon ko pa nga iniisip yun...hehehe The Breed nga pla...sila yung kumanta ng Black Mercedez Benz....