X 92.9 FM

Great local station!
If like me you’re tired of «classic» rock and hearing the same tired new songs over and over then this is the station for you. I’m an older guy in my mid forties and I find the music a great/​refreshing change of pace. The on-​air personalities are a nice change as well. I highly recommend this station to anyone looking for something a little different from the same old crap on the «regular» stations. Alt rock…, Rocks! :)

X can get a little repetitious if there’s a new song people are excited about, but I get it, I suppose. Aside from this, in my opinion, X is the best alternative rock station in Calgary. I really enjoy the boys from The Show and Carly Meyers. The stuff that comes out of their mouths at times is pretty fantastic and their controversial conversations can make you roll your eyes, angry or laugh, which I appreciate. There just isn’t enough tellin’ it like it is or talk about stuff that makes people uncomfortable, so at least these folks are making an effort to put it out there. Good tunes and occasional mockery makes for some great entertainment in my world.

Of all the main radio stations in Calgary, I find my dial tuned to X 92.9 the most. As a rocker girl at heart, I love to sing along and rock out as I’m driving. It’s actually pretty dangerous. I like that X 92.9 is pretty eclectic, and tends to cover the gamut of my tastes. I don’t really listen to the radio all that often, so I don’t hear too many repeats of the same ten songs over and over. They play some classic rock, some metal, some punk, some ska, some indie, some current, a little bit of everything over the rock spectrum. I dig it.
I like the personalities, I like the contests, and I enjoy the variety in genres that they have. The guys on air usually have some pretty funny raunchy jokes, or trivia tidbits about upcoming songs. But the commercials drive me crazy. I will channel skip at any hint of commercials. They go on for what feels like five minutes at a time. Just get back to the music already!!!

X92.9 is definitely my top choice amongst Calgary radio stations. The music is the closest any mainstream radio will come to matching my tastes and the personalities are, for the most part, entertaining and enjoyable.
With that said, they aren’t perfect. X92.9, with a few exceptions, are a top 40 radio station without the top 40 music. What does that mean? Well, it means that you are likely to hear the same song 3 or 4 times a day. Might not seem like a huge deal to most, but nothing drives me crazier than hearing the same song again, and again, and again and again.
But how about those exceptions? Well, for one, they definitely offer more free tickets than any other radio station. And they make it ridiculously easy to win them. No stupid contests or trivia questions or reciting their top 12 songs. You get through, you win. Sometimes they will ask you some trivia question, but if you’re wrong they’ll still give you the ticket. After making fun of you of course.
X92.9 also has a great community presence. They do a lot to encourage local bands and try to be part of the community. But they’ve had some difficulties on the community front as they tend to insult the community on air a lot. They also support The Doorway, a great local group that focuses on helping street youth get back into society.