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XERCN 1470

Signal Geek said:
I try to listen to 1470 AM for at least a few minutes every day, and it appears they've made a slight change. I'm no longer hearing oldies from two violently different styles played back-to-back. More of the song groups are from the same genre. Example: they'll play several 1950's oldies in a row, or several Mantovani-style instrumentals in a row. And one weekend night, I heard at least four consecutive disco songs in a row -- all from 1977-78. Maybe they're re-creating the Disco Saturday Night some U.S. stations used to air (I still remember the one that ran for years on 104.3 KBIG/Los Angeles).
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I listen to XERCN everyday, the SD/TJ station I listen to the most for music. That grouping is something they do now and then in the evening. Most of the time, it's like what I just heard in the 4pm hour today:

Gilbert O' Sullivan - Matrimony
Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage
Eddie Murphy - Party all the time
Andy Williams - (Where do I begin) Love Story
Tommy Edwards - It's all in the game
Wayne Newton - Danke Shoen
Boston - More than a feeling
Rita Ravone - Che M'Importa Del Mundo

What has changed...they now have advertisers, local news, information, traffic/gate reports. I hope they are successful and wish them the best!
 
Signal Geek said:
I try to listen to 1470 AM for at least a few minutes every day, and it appears they've made a slight change. I'm no longer hearing oldies from two violently different styles played back-to-back. More of the song groups are from the same genre. Example: they'll play several 1950's oldies in a row, or several Mantovani-style instrumentals in a row.
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I wouldn't be too sure about that. Today, I heard a couple of instrumentals, Crystal Gayle from the 1970s, a song I couldn't identify but it sounded like a Fifth Dimension type group from the 60s or 70s, Frank Sinatra, Duran Duran (The Reflex, kind of a fast one for 1470) and Charlie Rich, all in the same hour of songs, among others.
 
powers said:
I wouldn't be too sure about that. Today, I heard a couple of instrumentals, Crystal Gayle from the 1970s, a song I couldn't identify but it sounded like a Fifth Dimension type group from the 60s or 70s, Frank Sinatra, Duran Duran (The Reflex, kind of a fast one for 1470) and Charlie Rich, all in the same hour of songs, among others.
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That group you heard might have been Sergio Mendes...
 
GEDA1990 said:
Typical and very common of a classic hits radio station
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60's and even most 70's songs are not common to a "classic hits" station; that is an "oldies" format.
 
DavidEduardo said:
60's and even most 70's songs are not common to a "classic hits" station; that is an "oldies" format.
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Also, not too many instrumentals or standards on a typical Classic Hits station, with the exception of the rare ones of the 60s and 70s that topped the pop charts.
 
exbloguero said:
The sound of the rooster is a tribute for being the pioneer in transmitting music in English in Mexico.
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While surfing the Central Valley radio dial today I noticed KCHJ Delano would insert a rooster call into the middle of a song. Yup, it's the old style "poorman's watermarking" to preevnt recording of content.. Sure, there I may be some branding for little rooster aka "el Gallito 1010" but it gets annoying.

This technique does dissuade all those +60 listeners from hitting the "record button" on their cassette decks for that AM high-fidelity recording of their favorite Mariachi singer.

Oh yes, one of KCHJ's recurring English-language adverts is for Babbel, urging the listerners to learn basic Spanish so they can travel to Spain on their next vacation. Wrong demos Babbel! Almost insulting.
 
RF101 said:
Oh yes, one of KCHJ's recurring English-language adverts is for Babbel, urging the listerners to learn basic Spanish so they can travel to Spain on their next vacation. Wrong demos Babbel! Almost insulting.
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That's a national ad campaign. I've heard this same ad on the local radio stations in Cleveland, as well as from other distant cities at night.
 
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