Well programmed and, I'm thinking, well researched. They identify themselves as playing hits from the 1970s and 1980s. However, if they know of songs that are evergreen outside of those two decades, they'll consider and play them. Yesterday, I heard the Beatles version of "Twist And Shout" (1964) This morning, I heard "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison (1967). A lot of listeners don't really know, or recall, or even care, exactly when a hit song they like was released. Makes sense to me.
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WMJI's winning ways
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Keep in mind that both 60s songs were used in very popular 80s movies, thus had their time stamp updated. Twist & Shout in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Brown Eyed Girl in The Big Chill. Sweet Caroline has been revived because of its use in sports events. So yes, release date doesn't matter. It's if a song still resonates with the target demo.
Keep in mind Cleveland is an older skewing demo city so an MJI playlist would be a sweet spot in attracting an audience.
Yes, on occasion, they do play a few selections from the 60s. So many legendary artists from that timeframe that even those who were not around then should appreciate.
I was in Vegas last month and was listening to KOOL 102, an oldies station that was playing a lot of stuff from the 60s and 70s. It sounded a lot like the WMJI of yesteryear. I do find it odd there is nothing like that in Cleveland, an older skewing demo city, not even on an HD subchannel.
I was in Vegas last month and was listening to KOOL 102, an oldies station that was playing a lot of stuff from the 60s and 70s. It sounded a lot like the WMJI of yesteryear. I do find it odd there is nothing like that in Cleveland, an older skewing demo city, not even on an HD subchannel.
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Ted Alexander's 93.7 in Lake County does but over the air it doesn't reach the whole area.
WJCU has Joe Madigan's long running weekend show and WSTB in Streetsboro and WBWC also have shows spotlighting older tunes but there's been no all market OTA like that since WMJI HD2 dropped its oldies channel service which I recall was from Scott Shannon.
There are many online sources of course including his.
WJCU has Joe Madigan's long running weekend show and WSTB in Streetsboro and WBWC also have shows spotlighting older tunes but there's been no all market OTA like that since WMJI HD2 dropped its oldies channel service which I recall was from Scott Shannon.
There are many online sources of course including his.
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How anyone can listen to WMJI with the Voltair turd up to fnord! levels is bewildering. When I was in Ridgway, PA about 120 miles away I could hear WMJI when tropo kicked up and it had an awful, obvious metallic ringing noise caused by votlair, watermarking equipment for PPM
I can't get Ted's 93.7 or WSTB in Parma. I do listen to WJCU on Saturday and WBWC on Sunday evening. I liked Madigan's Retro Radio show. I'm not very fond of the basement show he is currently doing - too much obscure stuff played. And Ray King's show is all over the map with selections from 50s-80s.
At least in the past what made WMJI stand out to me were the DJs/personalities. Even Lanigan played music every once in a while until his show devolved into a gabfest. Nowadays, with the exception of Mark Nolan [who I don't really consider a DJ anymore] can anyone even name any of the voice-tracked DJs that are on the station now?
To give someone the space they need to become an actual "personality" means there's less room for music. So that's the trade-off. A personality radio station becomes less music intensive. On the other hand, more music leaves less room for the personality.
Plenty of music on WMJI when they had personalities, Vernon With a V, The "Real" Bob James, Phil Gardner and more and they managed to do their "bits". I was going to go to 440: Satisfaction to get a list of others that I couldn't recall offhand but it's been shut down.....Argggggggggh! Anyway, when one left it seems like they were able to obtain a replacement just as talented and funny. Also, it seems like most songs nowadays are quite a bit longer than in the past [even the "edited for radio" versions but I think a lot of them are to edit out the filthy words] so longer songs leave less time for MORE music and personalities to talk. And when they do it's usually "Hey did you hear about the wallabies falling from the sky in Texas after the recent storms? Come back in 10 minutes and we'll tell you all about it. Or 20 minutes if we're going into a commercial break."
That was then. This is now. Being a "personality" is not what was then. The audience now is not what it was then. People's patience is not what it was then. YOU now are not what you were then. Don't judge what we are today by what we were then. We exist in our own time for a brief moment. Then time passes. Things change. Today, a personality like Mark Nolan has a contract that gives him more time to do what he wants. Things change. It's not the 70s anymore. It's not better or worse. It's different. Get used to it. When you compare things today to your memories from the past, you will always be disappointed.
Keep in mind the number of commercials hasn't increased in over 40 years. You can't pay the personalities without those commercials.
Except there are very few live, local personalities now.
Costs have risen, salaries are higher, but revenue has dropped. So that's what happens.
They can't add more commercials to make up for revenue losses, can they?
If hiring more local staff would translate to revenue increases, that's what they'd do. But what we see over and over is that ratings and revenues stay the same when the local talent is dropped. WMJI is #1.
The music seems to be the star on Majic as opposed to the personalities outside of the morning show and maybe middays, which does feature Martha Quinn. Even though she is syndicated, she is still well-known in the area from her days on MTV.
I doubt today's personalities are earning anything near that of someone like Lanigan.
The morning show likely doesn't make as much money as it did then either. He's been gone 11 years.
On the other hand, I'd bet Steve Harvey makes more money than Lanigan. It's the same company.
Scott Davidson does weekend shifts on Majic. He might be voicetracked, but he's local and is very locally focused in all of his breaks. That he's recording them in advance does not change the fact that he's providing some local service talking points while introing a Hall & Oates or Billy Joel staple. Which, as stated above, is currently bringing the station excellent results in the ratings.
More personality means less music? WTH? LOL!!! Ever hear KHJ? CKLW? WMJI late 90s at it's personality peak? First Marconi, first R&R Large Market Station of the Year, and more.