Alternative Radio March Madness!!! WIIS v. WARQ

So a new game to amuse me and anyone who happens to stumble upon this humble site.

68 alternative stations -- seeded by cume for the top markets and by ratings plus market size. 8 of them are pitted against each other in an opening round. Just like the NCAAs the stations are grouped into four regionals. I tried to keep the stations geographically similar. Each station gets a set of 10 songs randomly picked from their logs that the stations played more or less at the same time. The opening round is not quite a fair fight -- four scrappy small market indies against four fairly generic alt stations from small markets -- but you never know, upsets happen.

The first game pits WIIS, from Key West Florida, which just got its website up and running again after an absence of several years against WARQ of Columbia SC

WIIS -- Never is Enough -- Barenaked Ladies
WARQ -- What I've Done -- Linkin Park
Instead of going for the kill WIIS feints with a deep cut from an underrated band. Advantage WIIS

Ready to Start-- Arcade Fire vs. Rope -- Foo Fighters. Gotta call this one a draw.
The Reeling -- Passion Pit vs. Ride to California -- Paper Tongues A closer call than you may think, but WIIS wins again.
Clocks -- Coldplay vs. Lost in You -- Three Days Grace. WIIS again. No contest.
Hands -- The Ting Tings vs. The Red -- Chevelle. WARQ finnally gets on the board.
Old White Lincoln -- Gaslight Anthem vs. Simple Math -- Manchester Orchestra An excellent deep track against a brillant, beautiful new track OHHH I CANT CHOOSE.
Barricade -- Interpol vs. Even Flow -- Pearl Jam Hard not to pick Interpol, but even harder to vote against Pearl Jam. WARQ edge
Hang On -- Weezer vs. Diamond Eyes -- Shinedown RU kidding me? WIIS all the way.
Rhinestone Eyes -- Gorillaz vs. All Mixed Up -- 311 311's song is more memorable. WARQ wins. This is closer than I thought it would be.
Serve the Servants -- Nirvana vs. Shake Me Down -- Cage the Elephant You gotta give WIIS points for playing the more obscure and abrasive Nirvana songs. WIIS edges out WARQ and goes on to meet the #1 seed in the South

That would be KYSR -- LA's Clear Channel outlet in LA.

Next up: Bend, Oregon's KRXF vs. Baton Rouge's WNXX/KNXX for the # 16 seed in the Midwest regional (yeah, I know, that's a mighty big midwest)