My Email To Entercom Communications About 95.7 The Wolf.

It seems like the displeasure with the Bay Area's only major Country Music station (95.7 The Wolf) is growing. From Facebook to blogs, to listener forums, the number of people who are sick and tired of the station's format and syndicated programming (shows that are outsourced from other markets) is into the thousands. This is first time in my life that I have experienced such anger and passion over a radio station.  

The personalities and management at the station don't seem to care about what the listeners have to say.  They have deleted comments submitted to their internet forums, dismissed emails and have even displayed arrogance in public about their station.  Somebody needs to tell The Wolf that they are out of touch with country music fans and Bay Area listeners.  Who better than me to do this?  So after my review of The Wolf got the boot from their Facebook page, I decided to take matters further.  The following is the text from an email that I sent on December 23 to Entercom Communications.  Let's see if they listen.

I'm writing today because I want to express my displeasure with your San Francisco "country music" station, 95.7 "The Wolf".  I am a life-long Bay Area resident and a life-long country music fan.  I have not been a regular listener of this station since it debuted three years ago. I recently started following the station and have noticed some disturbing trends.  The station's morning drive and evening programs are syndicated from other markets.  With technical glitches throughout theses shows, it becomes obvious that they have been outsourced.  There is even a huge grass-roots campaign on Facebook to have the "Fitz in the morning" show replaced, with nearly 1,400 unhappy listeners in less than two months.  My biggest gripe is that the station does not play any of the older country music, and chooses to fill the airwaves with the same "top-40ish" songs that all other A/C & Pop stations play.  The personalities on "The Wolf" are boring and everything from the echo effects on their mics to the hip-hop beats constantly being played in the background are a distraction and not appropriate for a country music station.  I am one of thousands of country music fans in the bay area who cannot continue to listen to your station with this format.  I would be happy to share my suggestions, but apparently the station has chosen to block feedback from their public forums.  With the low ratings this station has, somebody on the radio end needs to listen, because apparently not many people on the receiving end of your programming are.  Thanks for your time.

Of course I will update you on the status and reaction (if any) to this email as details become available.