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Majic Change

skiwest said:
There were quite a few easy listening stations on the FM dial in the Cleveland area from the 60s to the mid 80s - WDOK 102.1, WQAL 104.1, WDBN 94.9 (Medina), WBEA 107.3 (Elyria), WAEZ 97.5 (Akron). WKSW 99.5 was short-lived, lasting only from 1975-1980. WNOB 107.9 until the early 70s when it became WELW-FM and switched to a rock format. WKYC-FM 105.7 until the mid 70s when it became WWWM aka M-105 and switched to album-oriented rock. There are probably a few more I am forgetting.
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WHBC 94.1 in Canton had easy listening for some time but I think you have all the others although WJW 850 had some quiet music but more singers as I recall similar to WKHR in that area.
 
VintageMac said:
WHBC 94.1 in Canton had easy listening for some time but I think you have all the others although WJW 850 had some quiet music but more singers as I recall similar to WKHR in that area.
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WJW 850 was probably more pop standards rather than easy listening. The only easy listening program on the AM dial I can think of was Joe Black's Journey into Melody which aired on Sunday morning, either on WJW 850 or WGAR 1220.
 
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I read in a book that WJW 850 was supposed to go Country, but WHK 1420 beat them to the format. I believe WJW later went to news/talk until the change to WRMR in 1985. The news/talk programming moved to WWWE.
 
skiwest said:
WJW 850 was probably more pop standards rather than easy listening. The only easy listening program on the AM dial I can think of was Joe Black's Journey into Melody which aired on Sunday morning, either on WJW 850 or WGAR 1220.
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They did have easy listening but further back in time as Wikipedia mentions:

"Under Storer Broadcasting ownership from 1952 to 1977, WJW sported a beautiful music format throughout the 1960s. After Art Modell's Lake Erie Broadcasting purchased WJW, the format transitioned into middle of the road in 1978, and again to talk radio in 1982. Relaunched as WRMR in 1985, the station became best known as an adult standards outlet from 1988 to 2001 featuring Bill Randle."
 
Also, Majic, iHeart, whoever..., needs to stop trimming the songs down in order to squeeze in more ad time. This includes single/radio cuts that are already trimmed down, which are trimmed down even further in some cases.
 
Nothing new. In the 60s. WHK and WIXY, when actual records were use, played 45s at 47 or so rpm. Whie the law limited commercials to 18 minutes an hour, that allowed them to squeeze in one or 2 more songs to claim they played "more music". They did it by wrapping friction tape around the motor capstan on the old rim drive turntables to increase the speed.
 
And even though the fcc limit was 18 commercial minutes an hour, competition (remember that?) had stations limiting themselves to 12, 10, even 8 minutes in peak hours so they wouldn't chase away the audience. How quaint!
 
Santa fe said:
Nothing new. In the 60s. WHK and WIXY, when actual records were use, played 45s at 47 or so rpm. Whie the law limited commercials to 18 minutes an hour, that allowed them to squeeze in one or 2 more songs to claim they played "more music". They did it by wrapping friction tape around the motor capstan on the old rim drive turntables to increase the speed.
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Time compression. I remember WDOK used to do that when it was still owned by CBS Radio, but of course they did it digitally. Either on-the-fly or in the song itself. I definitely was able to detect the change in pitch. Majic did this as well several years ago, though it was far less noticeable. I played a digital copy of a song and synced it up perfectly with what they were playing on the radio. After 20 or so seconds, it was clear that the one on the radio was slowly drifting ahead.

Now I wonder how long it will be until all the songs are trimmed down to 1 minute & 30 seconds. More music indeed...repeated every hour.:LOL:
 
I don't listen to WMJI much anymore, but at certain times it does seem like they are speeding up the music slightly.
 
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