Wow, that jogged my memory banks. Haven't heard that song in at least a decade or more.
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Layoffs Hit Westwood One’s 24/7 Formats
- Thread starter Y2kTheNewOldies
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What a shame great talent put out to pasture
I'm not sure if WW1 handles the nationally syndicated "Jack" adult hits format. But it's on numerous stations, even in some medium markets. I think WGTZ Dayton, WXMA Louisville and a Cumulus-owned translator at 102.5 in Kansas City all run the national Jack format.
Of course, it doesn't sound like its a national feed because there are no DJs. The sarcastic liners are all there. If the station has sold enough spots, it will break at certain times of the hour. If it hasn't, it stays with the network and we hear the 4 1/2 minute song that goes where the spot break would otherwise be.
Of course, it doesn't sound like its a national feed because there are no DJs. The sarcastic liners are all there. If the station has sold enough spots, it will break at certain times of the hour. If it hasn't, it stays with the network and we hear the 4 1/2 minute song that goes where the spot break would otherwise be.
a surprising lack of names after almost a week of the event happening.
They do not, as reported 2 years ago:
Jack is consulted but not distributed for the top roughly 50 markets. Below that, it is a syndicated format. Generally, if it is a diary market, it is syndicated with one size fits all.
In the consultation markets, the music library and mix are adjusted or tailored for each market specifically and many of the liners are market specific. Years ago in LA I heard a snarky one on Friday afternoon about the horrible traffic on the freeway that runs from LA to Las Vegas... and example of customizing even in the liners.
Most distributed music formats don't have fixed length breaks. The station's computer assembles the format with the "right" amount of music to balance service elements and commercial loads.
This even allows the syndicator to run different network spots in different markets.
Local Radio Networks distributes Jack FM now.. and its all on hard drive, not satellite
That explains how Jack FMs in San Antonio, Kansas City, Louisville, Dayton, and East Texas have identical playlists, only shifted when accounting for time zones. All but one are owned by Alpha, and the Kansas City translator is owned by Cumulus.
Though fellow Alpha Classic Hits stations KLKL/Shreveport and KDGL/Palm Springs may not be identical. I could be wrong though.
I feel like all of this is essentially what iHeart does in house with their Premium Choice logs. It's able to be localized and customized as much or as little as wanted/needed, but even if you're rolling with the national jock doing generic breaks and no music log changes, it's all on your own harddrive/cloud now and you aren't bound to the limitations of hitting spot times and exact top of the hour.
I think that's right. When iHeart bought Capstar, they inherited the technology for VT. They have all of the resources in house to operate their own national format service, which they offer to all of their O&Os, and also utilize on their online platform.
I've noticed many of the actual standards on America's Best Music have been during the breaks, so if your affiliate runs commercials then, you might think you're hearing soft adult contemporary.
When i worked for an ABM affiliate, we called it soft adult oldies amongst us in the building and when sales was talking to clients.
Considering how many "standards" are on 63 Big WAYS suburban Charlotte NC, it's pretty hard to call ABM standards any more.
Right.. standards, as a whole, in overall sound.. is just OLD and calling it standards makes it sound old
KTUC and WERT are standards, but even they play a lot of "oldies".
That was the case even in the 90s when I worked at an oldies format as a live jock, but we carried Westwood One Adult Standards. There were a number of songs that were common to both playlists.
The America's Best Music affiliate where I live played oldies whenever anyone other than the station owner was a DJ, which happened if someone was substituting for him on the morning show, or sometimes before sports events they would switch form the satellite early. Even the station owner played more oldies than standards but at least he played some standards. "Born in the U.S.A." and "We Are the Champions" (for a special occasion) were included. When I was one of those who complained about the change, I was told it was till oldies. Apparently they didn't get that there is a difference, and how do you play Michael Buble in an "oldies" format? Or "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat? Which made no sense on the satellite and even less sense on the station the way it was when local.
I have to say the person who told me a lot of the same songs are still there was right. At the time, it didn't seem like it, but Good Time Oldies plays a lot of what America's Best Music plays.
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