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What's up with 1360
- Thread starter Gunsmoke
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Listening to music on AM sounds good to me. Wish they would stay music, Standards, Classic Country or Classic Oldies (ala WFAT/KFXM or WMID) would be nice. They are still operating illegally since day one, trying to be a Philly station, utilizing an Omni direction from the one tall tower putting a signal into Philly, instead of using all four with 5kw, being very directional and driving the signal into southeast Jersey to cover Vineland the original 1360 coverage area, with no Philly coverage. Forgot the calls of the Vineland station they replaced and should be serving their old coverage area, was it WWBZ.
So sad to see this. 1360 was my first job, not just my first radio gig. My grandfather was majority owner in the corporation that owned it until it was sold off in 1986, just as I was getting interested in the business and got my first job. The joke was that I was sold along with the station.
I went off to college, and when I came home for the summer I was the only staff member to stick around after the move to Pitman. That entire summer I literally ran the station by myself on the operations side while the owner was out trying to sell commercial time. By the time I went back to school it was finally segueing into the talk format (anchored by an unknown syndicated host called Rush Limbaugh) that kept the station alive long enough to sell to the next owner along the line, who converted it into Dollar a Holler, which it remains today.
I went off to college, and when I came home for the summer I was the only staff member to stick around after the move to Pitman. That entire summer I literally ran the station by myself on the operations side while the owner was out trying to sell commercial time. By the time I went back to school it was finally segueing into the talk format (anchored by an unknown syndicated host called Rush Limbaugh) that kept the station alive long enough to sell to the next owner along the line, who converted it into Dollar a Holler, which it remains today.
By "The New America", I assume you mean "Any way to make money with a small station on the dying AM band?"
Gotta ask David Eduardo a few things at this point:
Are there any stations in the US -- AM or FM -- where they play the Spanish equivalent of the American Standards?
I realize that the definition of 'Standards' probably varies depending on the country .... Mexico .... Puerto Rico .... Cuba, et al. And naturally I'm talking about pre-rock and roll (or whatever became considered 'rock and roll').
Essentially, I'm asking if the useful-demo cutoff point for sales to the older Spanish audiences was younger, older or the same as for us gringos. When it comes to important sales decisions, were we all treated basically the same ?
Are there any stations in the US -- AM or FM -- where they play the Spanish equivalent of the American Standards?
I realize that the definition of 'Standards' probably varies depending on the country .... Mexico .... Puerto Rico .... Cuba, et al. And naturally I'm talking about pre-rock and roll (or whatever became considered 'rock and roll').
Essentially, I'm asking if the useful-demo cutoff point for sales to the older Spanish audiences was younger, older or the same as for us gringos. When it comes to important sales decisions, were we all treated basically the same ?
I thought gringos meant American Caucasians in Mexico, in the US the Mexicans are gringos lol
There was one true standards station in Mexico City, XEJP 1150 which was called "El Fonógrafo del Recuerdo" (The Memory Gramophone") but it was merged into XEN 690 a month or so ago and is no longer all standards but, instead, a mix of motivational talk and standards from the 50's and 60's mostly.
In Argentina, there is still an all Tango station, playing all the way back to the 30's.
And New York's WPAT-FM has "Señor Bolero" with Douglas Peña on Sunday mornings, with predominantly standards style songs, although many are newer renditions.
Other than that, the very young populations cause advertisers to totally ignore people in their late 60's or 70's who would listen.
You are right that the standards of each country will be somewhat different, but there are many crossover artists who were famous from Chile to Mexico.
The cut-off point would be the pre-"nueva ola" rock 'n roll era, which in Latin America began in the early 60's (as opposed to the mid-50's in the US). In most countries, there were still standards songs becoming popular well into the early 70's.
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Most experts agree that the first use of "gringo" in formal literature occurred in the Argentine epic poem "Martín Fierro" published in 1872. The term traces back to the use in Spain of the term "griego" (Greek) for any foreigner. The Argentine Gauchos, the subject of the poem, used their particular dialect of Spanish, resulting in the term "gringo" similarly meaning both foreigners and, thus, any outsider who was not from the Pampas.
The term appeared in dictionaries considerably earlier than the late 19th Century and there are oblique references to its use in parts of Spain, again with it being a corruption of the word "griego". The origins of the word are not purely clear, but the Wiki is close to being a reflection of the mainstream theories about its origins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo
Mexico has the unique term "gabacho" which originally referred to persons of pure Spanish birth (as opposed to Mexican born Criollos of pure Spanish heritage) but today it means any European looking foreigner.
Gotta' get this in: the Argentine Movie/TV/Radio equivalent of the Emmy and the Oscar is the "Martin Fierro" award. It is named after that famous poem about the national identity. I have one in my office.
Over the weekend I heard a lot of Country Music on WNJC. Then tonight I tuned in during the 8PM Hour:
A Rap Song
"This is WNJC 1360 AM"
An AC Song
Fallin' by Alicia Keys
Alternative Rock Song
Unknown Song Unkown Artist/Genre
"VO" WNJC is under new ownership and is looking for people to host their own show. Call Javier or Antonio".
"Eagles Fight Song"
Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunckle
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stuck Like Glue by Sugar Land *Cut-Off Before the song finished*
Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith
Legal ID: This is WNJC 1360 AM Washington TownShip/Cherry Hill. Listen online WNJC1360AM.COM"
"E-A-G-L-E-S."
Generic Voice Over: announced a song by 3 Doors Down
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something
Voice-Over: This is WNJC 1360AM.
Into Another Country Song.
A Rap Song
"This is WNJC 1360 AM"
An AC Song
Fallin' by Alicia Keys
Alternative Rock Song
Unknown Song Unkown Artist/Genre
"VO" WNJC is under new ownership and is looking for people to host their own show. Call Javier or Antonio".
"Eagles Fight Song"
Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunckle
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stuck Like Glue by Sugar Land *Cut-Off Before the song finished*
Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith
Legal ID: This is WNJC 1360 AM Washington TownShip/Cherry Hill. Listen online WNJC1360AM.COM"
"E-A-G-L-E-S."
Generic Voice Over: announced a song by 3 Doors Down
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something
Voice-Over: This is WNJC 1360AM.
Into Another Country Song.
Maybe whatever Ben feels like playing IS within their format boundaries, as opposed to what some hypothetical other person thinks they should want to play. 😀
I used to work at a Country themed night club when "Red Solo Cup" came out. We played it 3 or 4 times a night.
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