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Music aficionados, don't touch that dial: 100.3 Jack FM is in random-shuffle mode, and a finicky channel changer might miss the next segment of generation-spanning sounds, which at noon includes Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana and Men at Work. Jack FM is an example of terrestrial radio's answer to the satellite challenge, a hodgepodge of sound and attitude that marries prolonged music streams--sans DJ interruptions and caller requests--with limited commercials and shorter ad blocks. And when there are commercial breaks, a Jack announcer all but apologizes. "Time to pay the bills," he says...
...concept of more music, fewer commercials and no DJs was birthed in Vancouver, B.C., in 2003 and later spread stateside with the formation of the first Jack FM station, in Denver, in April 2004. Last August, Dallas--Fort Worth radio listeners were baptized in the new Jack format during their 8 a.m. commute, when the former occupant of the dial space, Wild 100.3, suddenly went jockeyless and played a selection of movie theme songs and sound bites that said "Jack." The station ranked 20th in its debut, then skyrocketed to No. 1 four months later. It has been there ever...
...could be the perfect end to a movie date, particularly if you’re an ace on that gopher-hitting thing. But ladies, be sure to keep your guy with you at all times to avoid the creepy stalkers lurking inside the race-car games. Some men followed FM around for a scary half hour...
Sarah M. Seltzer ’05, who was Magazine Editor in 2004, is an English and American language and literature concentrator in Lowell House. She still believes in the glory that is FM...
Although there was no airborne wood during the FM interview, Stanul did show off his (literally) chiseled body. After removing two carrots from his pocket (“I try to eat healthy,” he says), Stanul proceeded to chisel the hair off part of his forearm. Now that’s skill...