About 30 minutes is the longest Nurse Jeff and I've been able to listen to the WOW factoid. Many times less. Why? Either there's a real train wreck between songs, or they play something down right stupid that doesn't belong on the station. So while we're all confined to our Huts due to either coronavirus or the scorching heat, what's the longest you've been able to listen to 95~one or 94~nine without bailing out?
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Oh, WOW...how long can you listen?
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Listening here in Connecticut. "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" into "Crazy on You"! "Smooth Operator" into "I Can See for Miles"! And I'm still listening. Not being a radio person -- like the average radio listener -- trainwrecks don't bother me if the songs involved are ones I like, and I like all four of those.
Oh, and when you mentioned "something down right stupid," were you referring to "Somethin' Stupid," played an hour ago between "Fields of Gold" and "Don't Pull Your Love"?
Oh, and when you mentioned "something down right stupid," were you referring to "Somethin' Stupid," played an hour ago between "Fields of Gold" and "Don't Pull Your Love"?
Beyond radio, you need A/C and all your confinement appliances working. Have you seen the ads for HutShield maintenance warranty contracts? They also have GremlinShield as part of the overall JunkerShield auto warranty.
I think the station in question should buy SegueShield, where a a guy rushes in with a bulk eraser and cleans the hard disks at the stations. It's endorsed by Sheriff Joe.
Yes, you need working refrigerator especially. In a hot climate I'd want back up A/C. A couple portable generators, separate chest freezer. Spare can opener. Good cooler (such as RTIC or Yeti) just in case. Etc. Basically a house equipped like a good transmitter site. Interestingly, unless someone got ahead of the crowd, slim pickins to stock a chest freezer, unless you were OK with food you might not ordinarily choose to eat.
Only recently have grocery stores in Annapolis MD area gotten back to something approaching normal stocking.
I remember visiting Palm Springs a few times, and noting it was 90 degrees at 9 PM at night. Magic time was when the sun dipped below the mountain. Then again in winter it could be rainy and dreary.
Only recently have grocery stores in Annapolis MD area gotten back to something approaching normal stocking.
I remember visiting Palm Springs a few times, and noting it was 90 degrees at 9 PM at night. Magic time was when the sun dipped below the mountain. Then again in winter it could be rainy and dreary.
On a recent trip from Tucson to Show Low, I noticed that the WOW's 95.1 signal is back to it's former strength. For a number of months, maybe almost a year, I could no longer pickup 95.1 anywhere along the AZ77 route that I drive frequently. Almost took them off a preset a month ago. Earlier this week I could listen to the WOW Factor again from Oracle to north of Globe. Some of the segues really clash but I like the music mix overall.
Yes indeedy...erasure of some of the idiotic songs in the library would definitely help. But even if they were yanked and the train wrecks prevented, we doubt the WOW Factoid would pull more than a mid 1 share 6+. So what's the point?
While there may be demand for SequeShield, the Nurse and I don't think there's much demand for pink underwear and green bologna sandwiches.
Today Palm Desert, one of the dozen adjacent towns that make up the metro area, hit 121 today, which is a new record. The highest I have seen in nearly 20 years of having a home here is 125°.
The nice thing of the "winter rains" is that there are no more than 5 days like that all year. We were pleased in my area that we had a whole 3" of annual rain last year. On the other hand, the Palo Verde tree we planted 3 1/2 years ago is now 35 feet high and gives us lovely shade in the courtyard. It is not Miami!
I can't get through more than three or four songs. The train wrecks are kind of charming, but there's always one song in a quarter hour that makes you ask WTF it's doing in the library.
I did a quick scan through the recently played songs and didn't see any country. Have they finally dropped the country songs?
Seems so, except for the very occasional big crossovers like "On the Road Again." Honestly, most of the time it sounds like a '60s-'80s oldies/classic hits hybrid that supplies most of its "oh wow" moments by playing "Two Divided by Love" when you'd expect "Midnight Confessions" or "I Am, I Said" when you'd expect "Sweet Caroline." The last hour or so has contained very little surprising material at all. The "wow," I guess, is that it has both "Backfield in Motion" and "Smooth Operator" on its playlist, but both songs were big hits and were played on many stations as older tracks rather than being dropped. Right now, it's the Bee Gees' "Love So Right." I guess most would expect "Stayin' Alive" or "Night Fever," but really, how many listeners is that slower track going to send searching for another preset?
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So the question is are the ratings a WOW! factor?
(cue the organ music)
Has the lamptimer pulled in front?
Will the name be changed to the rimshot?
Will Tiny Tim be added to the rotation or Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) or for that matter Paul McCartney & Carl Perkins - Lend Me Your Comb
Are the audio files real .wav or downloaded youtube videos coverted from 480p MP3?
Will a second affiliate be announced in 2022?
Will ME FM leave Chicago and take over after the Franken FM signal is killed off and mornings will be hosted by Svengoolie.
Tune in next time as the wow turns.
How long can I listen? I don’t recall a day I’ve made it past 15 minutes, but MAYBE there was a 20 in there somewhere (maybe, but I can’t recall it). I’ve removed all the presets I had for this station.
I like some of the music just fine. The changes are too jarring for me, and it’s also true that a noticeable portion of the music is somehow a combination of wrong era (though I like both older and newer) and wrong particular songs from that wrong era.
I like some of the music just fine. The changes are too jarring for me, and it’s also true that a noticeable portion of the music is somehow a combination of wrong era (though I like both older and newer) and wrong particular songs from that wrong era.
Isn't it time already for "Grandson of Svengoolie"? Someone in Berwyn probably has the dirt on Koz.
Back to the WOW Factoid. There's a non-comm in NorCal that would probably give up their call letters for the right price so they could be moved here: KWTF.
I’d take a local Phoenix affiliate of METV FM over the WOW! Factor any day. Svengoolie in the Mornings would be a bonus. Of course, I am saying this as I watch Perry Mason on ME TV right now!
The Point was Randy Kabrich's 80's format from 20 years ago... oh, wrong question.
If Sebastian is giving his programming away for a year as claimed to the first station to get his format on the air and the WOW Factoid remains jockless, then Riviera is right now getting roughly the same ratings they received as The Oasis and they've shed several salaries in the process. Are they crazy, smart, or both?
On the other hand, has this audition gained Sebastian any other affiliates anywhere?
I'd assume we would have heard about it if there were an additional subscriber to his service or consulting. We haven't.
So I'd feel safe in assuming that there have been no new subscribers. I'm guessing that nearly no station that was not already planning a format shift is going to do it now, so it is a bad moment for those selling formats and the like.
It's not that owners aren't still aiming for that demo. Just not doing it with this particular approach. Because we've seen new stations such as WEBR in Buffalo sign on with an older format, but using their own music rather than contracting an outside consultant. The music is easily available, and if you're just going to throw the songs together without much thought to their sequencing, then you really don't need a consultant.
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