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Last Updated: October 1, 2006
There will soon be even more 97X stuff here. If you have something to contribute, email it to me at craig DOT froehle AT gmail DOT com.
Thanks to everyone who has sent stuff in so far!!
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COMMUNITY
• Of course, there are the 97X Message Boards
WANT COPIES OF 97X BROADCASTS?
• I have the entire last week of over-the-air programming as well as lots of previous broadcasts (7 GB worth!). Click here for instructions on how to get these if you want 'em.
• The first hour (the sign-on!) of 97X's new stream is now available as a 56MB MP3 file.
PLAYLISTS
• The last 3 hours of 97X's terrestrial (97.7FM) music programming -- as a tab-delimited text file
• 97X2K -- The definitive list of great alternative rock through 2000. As the folks at 97X put it, "Our end of the millennium selection of 2000 songs that represent not only the history of Modern Rock but our heritage as The Future of Rock and Roll."
-- as an Excel spreadsheet
-- as a tab-delimited text file
• 97X A-to-X The Soundtrack of our Lives (note that the list as published by the station was missing the last song)
-- as a webpage (thanks Mitch!)
-- as an Excel spreadsheet
-- as a tab-delimited text file
• 97X Best of -- annual best albums lists
-- 1986 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file or GIF image (Front and Back)
-- 1987 Need it!
-- 1987 Need it!
-- 1989 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file or GIF image
-- 1990 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1991 Need it!
-- 1992 Need it!
-- 1993 Need it!
-- 1994 Need it!
-- 1995 (albums): JPG image (Front and Back) or Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1996 (songs): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1997 (songs): JPG image (Front and Back) or Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file New! (Thanks, Eleanor and Mike!)
-- 1998 (songs): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file New! (Thanks, Eleanor!)
-- 1999 Need it!
-- 2000 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2001 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2002 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2003 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2004 (albums): Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
• 97X Modern Rock 500 -- Annual 500 Best Alt-Rock Songs (played over Memorial Day weekend each year)
-- 1989: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1990 Need it!
-- 1991: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1992 Need it!
-- 1993 Need it!
-- 1994: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1995 Need it!
-- 1996: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file or the original Word file
-- 1997 Need it!
-- 1998: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 1999 Need it!
-- 2000: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2001: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2002: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2003: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- 2004: There was no Modern Rock 500 in 2004 :-(
-- 2005: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file or Adobe Acrobat PDF
-- 2006: Excel spreadsheet or tab-delimited text file
-- Special: Multiple Years (89, 91, 94, 96, 00, 01, 02, 03) plus composite rankings: Excel spreadsheet (zipped)
PHOTOS
97X 10th anniversary show -- Photo submitted by Dave Tellman (at 97X 1989-1997)
Farewell tribute -- A small shrine my buddy Mitch assembled
The following were sent in by Anna, a past DJ:
Front Lobby record plaques
Art and some tchotchkes in the front lobby
'I need ass' sign from inside the studio
Above the studio door
Dave Matthews' contribution to the 97X signature wall
Various things (?)
Some 2003 staffers (clockwise from rear left: Phil Kollin, Matt Sledge, Adam (sales/DJ), Anna, and Jennifer (front-desk, asst. promotions)
ARTICLES
• "Old-Fashioned Station Plays the Future" -- Cincinnati Enquirer, April 27, 2003 (Acrobat PDF, 211K)
• "97X Took Flight from Humble Start" -- Cincinnati Enquirer, April 30, 2004 (Acrobat PDF, 139K)
• "97X Farewell" -- Cincinnati Enquirer, May 10, 2004 (Acrobat PDF, 206K)
• "More 97X Memories" -- Cincinnati Enquirer, May 10, 2004 (Acrobat PDF, 187K)
• "97x Web Station Returns, Thanks to Pair of Investors" -- Cincinnati Enquirer, June 17, 2004 (Acrobat PDF, 161K)
• "Web 97X Returns Monday" -- Cincinnati Enquirer, July 10, 2004 (Acrobat PDF, 156K)
MISCELLANEA
• Capture of entire WOXY.com website on May 13, 2004 "The Final Days..." -- Acrobat PDF, 20 MB
• Autographs posted online by the entire 97X crew
• Autographs I collected at the station on May 10 & 12, 2004 (missing only Linda)
• 97X Modern Rock Cookbook -- cover photo from 1993
• Old 97X T-shirt -- [front] and [back] (shows you how far they came in their 20+ years!)
• 97Xtra! Edition newsletter from September 1989 [front side] [back side]
• 97Xtra! Edition newsletter from Summer 1989 [front side] [back side]
• Alternatives to 97X -- thread from woxy.com message boards with TONS of links
• Capture of entire WOXY.com website on September 16, 2006 "This sucks..." -- Acrobat PDF, 1 MB
• Capture of WOXY.com homepage on September 16, 2006 "WOXY.com lives..." -- Acrobat PDF, 150 KB New!
JOCK & FAN SITES
• Shiv's blog
• adyonka -- many 97X photos
• Tom Cote -- MP3's of some A-to-X broadcasts
