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Musical selections that seem out of character

Yes, I couldn't agree more about the personal attacks.... They are offensive.
Getting somewhat back to the original topic. I've often heard that true
lovers of the "easy listening" or "beautiful music" formats say that KAHM
FM 102.1 and KAHM.Info doesn't really fit the format because they play
too many vocals. FYI.... If you listen from 10pm to 6am MST, you'll hear
instrumentals almost exclusively. Perhaps the best part, there are very
few commercial interruptions, meaning much more music!
 
Prescott Joe said:
Yes, I couldn't agree more about the personal attacks.... They are offensive.
Getting somewhat back to the original topic. I've often heard that true
lovers of the "easy listening" or "beautiful music" formats say that KAHM
FM 102.1 and KAHM.Info doesn't really fit the format because they play
too many vocals. FYI.... If you listen from 10pm to 6am MST, you'll hear
instrumentals almost exclusively. Perhaps the best part, there are very
few commercial interruptions, meaning much more music!
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There was never a "right" way to do the Beautiful Music blend.

Shulke and Bonneville set the example of a vocal as the centerpiece of each 13-minute set. That delivered four vocals per hour.

But there were Beautiful music stations that played more vocals and those that played none at all. The program services that did random select rather than matched flow allowed for both tempo control and percentage of vocals to be set by the station.

I syndicated my own version of the format in the early to mid 80's and had several clients running 50% vocals and others that did the vocal centerpiece daytime and pure instrumental at night.
 
Avid Listener said:
They know such things if they participate in radio discussion forums and pay attention to what is posted.
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I should mention that since I have been reading and participating in radio forums, my general awareness of the industry has increased dramatically. I can believe that someone paying attention to the posts might have at least a student's understanding, if not more.
 
I thought I was going to have one to add to the thread about DG additions. They haven't added any songs that aren't true standards in a long time.

"My Sweet Lord" isn't really bad, but I had just never heard it. Then I looked at the clock. America's Best Music is usually in a commercial break. Then I heard "Eve of Destruction". Then two more songs that really didn't fit. Finally, a man came on to say it was time for the pre-game show preceding American Legion Baseball.

Usually they just stay with John Gleason. True, they started five minutes early, but at least let us hear GOOD music until then.

"Black Is Black" on the morning show. I'll be glad when the man who runs the station is back.
 
Power Ratio

Quick question for David --

Please explain "Power Ratio" as used a couple of posts previous. Have heard it over the years and couldn't find an explanation. Thanks.
 
"Cheeseburger in Paradise". That was on the local morning show but with a DJ who sounded like he might have been a college student announcing that he was playing the "six-pack", listener requests. Nat King Cole preceded this and either Michael Buble or Harry Connick Jr. followed. I don't know how to tell those two apart.

For some odd reason they needed to play their own music after an hour of Jeff Rollins this morning, but that's when they started with the live remotes from a new store. I guess trying to coordinate those with Jeff's music would have been too hard. "The Things We Do for Love" doesn't sound all that out of place, though the fewer songs like that the better. I also heard a song that I think I remember but haven't heard in years, but I can't remember the name of it right now. Some of the other songs were just completely off the wall.
 
Unregistered said:
Quick question for David --

Please explain "Power Ratio" as used a couple of posts previous. Have heard it over the years and couldn't find an explanation. Thanks.
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If you have a 5 share of listening, and you bill 5% of the radio revenues in the market, you have a 1 power ratio.

In that same scenario, if you have a 3% share of radio revenue, you would have a .6 power ration

In other words, how well you do in monetizing your share is called "power ratio".
 
DavidEduardo said:


If you have a 5 share of listening, and you bill 5% of the radio revenues in the market, you have a 1 power ratio.

In that same scenario, if you have a 3% share of radio revenue, you would have a .6 power ration

In other words, how well you do in monetizing your share is called "power ratio".
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Certain formats generally have a better power ratio than others, Hot AC for instance. The ratings don't have to be as high, to do so well.
 
"Black Is Black". That must have meant American Legion Baseball. Why they can't just interrupt John Gleason I don't understand.

I was actually worse off with Hot AC and rap. I know I'm not supposed to be able to pick up the station with bluegrass, but still ...
 
At least now if there s baseball or it is near or after sunset, I have a station which is close enough to what I want. Still annoying, but the music all fits.

And back to my usual station now: "Jeremiah was a bullfrog."
 
"Hey Jude" was the first of six requested songs on the local morning show.

However, they stop it after the second time that last part repeats. And unfortunately John has already screamed twice. Or is it John that screams?
 
"Light My Fire" on the local morning show. And not the Jose Feliciano version that Timeless Classics played. The one where Jim Morrison screams at the end.
 
Chuck said:
I've always liked The Doors, but they don't belong on a "Standards" station....
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Not even the Alabama Song, written by Bertolt Brecht? And when the song "Touch Me" came out, many critics panned it, claiming it was "lounge music".
 
vchimpanzee said:
"Hey Jude" was the first of six requested songs on the local morning show.

However, they stop it after the second time that last part repeats. And unfortunately John has already screamed twice. Or is it John that screams?
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I think it's Paul who does the screaming on that.
 
"Centerfield" by John Fogerty seems to get played a lot on the local morning show, mainly during baseball season and especially at the start and the end.
 
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