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There’s a big rumor going around today (9/10/09) that the new owner of Energy 92.7 is very homophobic and he fired a lot of the employees at the radio station. Ed Stolz (former owner of KWOD in Sacramento, and current owner of 2 stations in Vegas) purchased Energy for $6.5 million. Energy’s facebook fanpage has been leaving comments to keep people updated. Below are some of the comments from the page:
Energy 92.7 FM Tune into Energy 92.7 right now until 3pm...on the dial or Channel 964 on Comcast
Energy 92.7 FM It was supposed to be 3pm...So stay tuned because we don't know what to tell you now! It's out of our hands. Just remember to come to The Lookout tomorrow for the very last Energy event with Fernando & Greg and the entire Energy crew...
Energy 92.7 FM UPDATE: Energy is on the air until 5pm everybody. Listen with us until the end...Channel 964 on Comcast. Get all your friends together to celebrate the end of an era. You're all the best listeners in the world.
Energy 92.7 FM Thank you fans of Energy 92.7! You are truly the best. We love hearing your comments, we are all reading them all! Please, keep them coming and share your favorite moments of Energy with us. Don't forget to come party with us one last time at The Lookout tomorrow from 5-9p.
Energy 92.7 FM Dear fans, we are not controlling the programming. We are listening with you and we are in the same boat. The music is programmed to run until the flip happens to the next station. Thank you again for all your kind words and memories.
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.
You can no longer listen to Energy 92.7, and when you try to streamline the music online, you get a blank web page. Looks like everyone will need to go to the Lookout tomorrow in the Castro to find out what happened. Goodbye Energy 92.7. This truly is an end to an era. We will miss you!
A facebook page petitioning to bring the station back can be found here.
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Of course, another niche in the LGBT Community is being taken away from us.
Cry me a river you pole smoking fruit loops
Its about time... Congrats Ed Stolz, you are the man, screw these flaming fudgepacking retards. It is about time someone stepped up for straight rights in this god forsaken piece of hippie liberal hole of a city
Keith and Daryl, chill out - are you that afraid of gays?
Today is a sad sad day. Energy was the only station that dared to recognize the gay population in San Francisco and had no apologies about it. I woke up this morning not to dance music and Fernando and Greg, but to Linkin Park and rap that does not make me want to dance. There are no words for the mixture of sadness and anger that I am feeling right now.
Keith If you do not like living in this god forsaken piece of hippie liberal hole of a city then move!!! you will not be missed!
How sad is Daryl and Keith to continue to promote hate. When they become educated and grow up, mabye they will promote acceptance.
I don't understand why it has to about "homophobia". It's about economics...the station was bought 5 years ago for $30 Million bucks....sold for $6.5 Million. The bottom fell out of the major market out of home electronic media spending. Look on the bright side it's still privately held and may spend it's budget locally.
Unlike the "Clear Channel" and "CBS" make out money in the big markets and give a sliver it back to the shareholders.
I listened after reading this posting and it's really not that bad...I like the variety, not just one 118 BPM track after another. I do hope that those whose employment is effected find new jobs soon. It not about sexuality, it's about lifestyle, live your life with style.
Wow, Gay hate... how mature of you. Ignorant pricks. I want to punch people like you. People lose their jobs, and you want to focus on their sexual orientation... People like you douche bags should just get out. YOU'RE the true scum of this place.
The music of REV 92.7 is no different than what you here on so many other Bay Area radio stations from Wild 94.9 to Star 101 and so on. Where is the dance music on the air now? No where.
92.7 is a unique station - plays fun energy music with mixes you don't hear on the ohter hip hop obsessed popular stations in the Bay. Energy is a station that wakes me up happy in the am when I hear Greg & Fernando and helps get my "Energy" back up in the afternoon as well when trying to finish out my day of work. I love this station and have listened for years - I even got my husbady listening to it over the past couple of years - We love Energy and especially love Greg & Fernando.
xoxo
Like we need more ghetto thug music! Sad.
Back to AM. No reason to turn on the radio except for traffiic. No smart radio left in the bay area. And they can't figure out why traditional media is dying. RIP Energy! And for you small minds I'm straight and this is a loss for all, a victory for none!
How is this a LGBT story? Was Energy 92.7 really a "gay radio station"? (I am gay and listened to 92.7 but so did a lot of straights.) Come on now Eric. What gives you the right to call someone a homophobe? That's an accusation that shouldn't be thrown around frivolously - much like the race card. The station had low ratings and its new owner has every right to change the format. I am sad to see Energy leave the airwaves but that's show biz.(Remember Party 92.7? another low rated failure.) Best of luck to Fernando and Greg. I am sure they'll be just fine.
You know just cuz you have your issues doesn't mean you have to take away what I like to listen too. Energy had the best music ever and now you just have made me realize how stupid this new owner is...you suck revolution!
If this turns out the be true, I'm going to maintain a list of station advertisers and the gay community should boycott every one of them. If it can hurt Glen Beck, it can certainly hurt Mr. Stolz.
Yes they were a gay radio station; do you know of any other radio station that would run a steamworks bath house commercial?
Like we need more ghetto thug music! Sad.
This is the gay community's own fault. With the amount of rich gays out there you'd think they'd own their own station by now instead of being at the whims of str8ties. This is like the third time this station has come and gone and this was its gayest incarnation. Surely some rich gay could have bought that station. It's true that FM Radio is dying, but this was an important station. Now we nothing witty and smart left to listen to...
LMDias is on point. What happened to the Black community after desegregation is happening to the LGBT "community:" when the doors and barriers to downtown opened up, Blacks ceased to patronize its own community and sought the prestige of others. The LGBT community Establishment has been more concerned with EQUALITY and no longer LIBERATION. So OUT magazine will make widgets out of us too. Hello, Clearchannel!
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Instead of Fernando and Greg this morning I found KREV "The Revolution". What is so revolutionary about another top 40 radio station? Bring back energy!
I am sad to see this station go.
To the haters on this posting: get the hell out of my state and my city if you can't live with all who inhabit it, you mindless ditto heads.
Keith, move out of our city if you don't like it. You piece of human garbage.
I have to admit that it was pretty shocking to hear NRG replaced by K-R-A-P; and it did feel like homophobia had to have played a role. But then I read some comments and learned that the station wasn't doing that well, which made me realize that other than Fernando and Greg, NRG was just about as suckulatory as this new incarnation seems to be. And I never listened except to their (F & G's) morning show. So the question is where do I find them now? Please don't tell me it will require a relocation to Austin, TX!
You are over compensating Keith. We get it,...You are straight,...or are you? Have you seen American Beauty? Pay close attention to the military dad at the end. Ssshhh,...That might be you buddy.
Fernando and Greg will be fine people! Miss you already.
I am really sad. I looked forward going to work just so that I can listen to Fernando and Greg in the morning. KREV sucks! Hopefully Fernando and Greg will stay in the Bay Area.
We don't need anymore Rap stations in the Bay Area! All that shyte sounds the same! Energy was the best! I hope that it will make a comeback.
We feel your loss here in NYC.
That is why we have to continue to fight for more acceptance of dance music in terms of getting the exposure somehow. THIS MUSIC MUST BE ON THE RADIO! There is still something about terrestrial radio that matters.
For those of you that want to join my fight, join my coalition....New York Dance Music Coalition. We may have "New York" on the title, but this is about ALL dance fans, no matter where you live!
www.myspace.com/nydanceradio
www.facebook.com/nydancemusic
So don't feel upset or angry. Be proactive and lets get a station back in SF soon!
TONY SANTIAGO, Coordinator, New York Dance Music Coalition
I have to admit that it was pretty shocking to hear NRG replaced by K-R-A-P; and it did feel like homophobia had to have played a role. But then I read some comments and learned that the station wasn't doing that well, which made me realize that other than Fernando and Greg, NRG was just about as suckulatory as this new incarnation seems to be. And I never listened except to their (F & G's) morning show. So the question is where do I find them now? Please don't tell me it will require a relocation to Austin, TX!
I DEFY this homophobic load-who-shoulda-been-swallowed to rent a booth at the upcoming street fairs, particularly in the Castro. This frequency gets wiped off my radio presets in the car and the clock radio.
i love the idea of 'some rich gay' whisking his magical gold pen over his gold embossed checkbook and magically resolving all problems... it's true that as time has gone on, we as a community has become complacent, but let's be realistic here.
With all due respect to the music and most of the staff, I cant help but think that SF will be kinder and gentler place without a certain shallow and mean-spirited "sportscaster" on the air. But sadly I suspect he will pop up again somewhere else.
Money will buy certain straights what ever they want to get rid of us. But we'll NEVER leave! This new station is just another ghetto thug rap station polluting the airwaves with more HATE
Money will buy certain straights what ever they want to get rid of us. But we'll NEVER leave! This new station is just another ghetto thug rap station polluting the airwaves with more HATE
Frank: 92.7 will always do bad in the arbitrons because it has such a weak signal. Energy was selling tons of ads, and making decent money. What killed them is that the owners (Flying Bear) bought them for $35 mil at the peak of the market. They had to pay the mortgage on that, and there was no way then could. The new owners may do OK because they're paying only $6.5 mil for it, and they're not going to locally program it (it's being programmed by Josh Fleming out of Palm Desert, like their Las Vegas station).
Another milestone in the demise of terrestrial broadcasting.
If Royce Broadcasting (the new owners of 92.7) was smart, they would have kept the staff, and put the format on their 97.7 station in Palm Springs. There is a huge San Francisco / Palm Springs crossover - the joint programming and promotion possibilities are endless. Instead we get the same old narrow-minded corporate broadcast thinking.
I am in complete and utter shock!! This radio station has kept me sane for YEARS!!! BRING BACK THE REAK ENERGY!!!!! :(
REAL*
Oh you're going to boycott every station this guy purchases, just because he doesn't like your kind of fruitcake music? That's kind of hypocritical that you want to protest the music he plays, shouldn't you flamejobs be open minded since its HIS station?
Are all you fairies going to slap Keith and Daryl and sprinkle pixie dust on them?
I love how you flamers think rev is repetitive, have you ever actually listened to dance music? Its a deep bass beat with annoying electronic noises over it, every song, all day. The station sucked and got bought out by a successful man who happens to dislike gays. Im pretty sure thats his right. Maybe if you flamers quit crying and holding rally's and actually did something you could still have your awful station
I love how you flamers think rev is repetitive, have you ever actually listened to dance music? Its a deep bass beat with annoying electronic noises over it, every song, all day. The station sucked and got bought out by a successful man who happens to dislike gays. Im pretty sure thats his right. Maybe if you flamers quit crying and holding rally's and actually did something you could still have your awful station
Geez Keith,
Most gay haters are closeted homos; do you have something you would like to share with everybody
I'm bummed...
What's so sad about it is Energy was something kind of different, playing different music then all the other radio stations. Now it's just a Top 40, something you can get anywhere, and with better signal and coverage. Why bother at all with the "new" *scoff* 92.7?
Oh man! I LOVE you guys in the morning when I'm driving to work. Fernando, Greg {the Gay Sports Caster - "If they're playing with balls, I'm ALL over it!} and Jason, who was just starting to show his bi-sexual side. I hope you all find another local station for your morning show, afternoon programming, evening programming, early morning programming. I thought the guy that started this station wanted dance, dance, dance & fun. How could he sell out?! Or did he?? I love you guys. Especially Greg with the stories of Texas, his family, his Mother... made me almost pee in my pants on the way to work talking about his family. God Bless you guys. Hope we can tune in to whatever new station, wherever you land. Man am I bummed!
What a fool! I thought Energy would go on forever! Sorry I didn't tape all those great cuts. I thought I might be able to buy a CD from the station. Anyone know if the DJs (or anyone) are selling CDs with some of those great cuts: Imagination, Disturbia, Devil on My Shoulder, Feel Your Love, If You Knew, Fire, I Did It for Love, The Longest Road, I Remember, Sensual, Don't Call Me Baby, etc. ? I have a long list.
Keith, the only thing more embarrassing than calling out a 'mo is getting your arse kicked by one so watch your tone. I guarantee you I not only work harder than you but make more in a day than you do in a year so keep your ignorant generalizations behind that piece of sht you call a mouh. Also, are you serious with your grammar? What are you like in the 3rd grade???
And as far as the station owner is concerned, if he were truly "successful" as you point out he'd rea
lize that the disposable income of the gays is higher than any other group in america and he would have capitalized on that instead of bringing his politics to his job...but he IS from sacto so what can we really expect.
Lastly, did you know that the name Keith was actually proven to belong to the least unattractive males, so it's not without irony that you poke fun at guys who suck dk knowing full well they wouldn't touch yours with a 10 foot pole after twelve midori sours!?!?!
What now?
Wow dave you're such a tough flamer! All that jizz you swallow must contain a lot of protein! You will probably be pretty weak though when you start to die of AIDS in a few months
92.7 is off my preset as well. Way to ruin a great opportunity new owner. Well, hopefully this is going to make the Energy fan base stronger....let's focus on bringing them ALL back on another frequency!!!! :-)
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