I remeber that we had two commercial alternative stations in Winsto_salem, NC at the time. From what I recall, neither changed formats. I do recall one of them definitely going with the heavier Korn and Slipknot stuff around '98 though. '96 was still a pretty fun free-for-all on alternative radio, at least around…

I'll offer a counter-opinion here. Look at all the names he mentioned, and the fact that even if a lot of them were one-hit wonders, their one-hit was usually pretty good! Taking them individually, yes, you can make a case for a decline in "alternative" music, but taken as a whole, it was a fairly diverse and…