And neither was like the Bay Area when I moved to Mendocino County in 1976. The last vestiges of that are in Marin County.
By the way, Marin has its own version of The Onion, and anyone who knows the area will get some good laughs:
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Anyone listening to the yacht rock weekend on klos
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And neither was like the Bay Area when I moved to Mendocino County in 1976. The last vestiges of that are in Marin County.
By the way, Marin has its own version of The Onion, and anyone who knows the area will get some good laughs:
That's America's Best Music, the satellite format that is what passes for standards these days.
I don't know about 1977 to 1981, but when I was in college WROQ Charlotte played Van Halen, ZZ Top, Journey, etc.
Also The Stray Cats.
I think the A to Z thing is an overdone, wornout tired idea.
I wonder if anyone does the Rock Block weekend anymore like KUPD notoriously did back in the 80's. An artist would be featured in a 3 song set every hour. Like the Black and Blue Weekend, that featured Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult.
Hey, if this KLOS experiment turns out to be a big success, I can see Classic Rock stations across the country adopting a Yacht Rock Weekend Who knows, we could be witnessing the beginning of a new trend.
It's a three-day holiday weekend where a large number of people are out of town. There is no metric by which they could declare it a "big success". At best, it doesn't hurt the monthly.
If that's the case, and stations can work out a sponsorship deal for a weekend that nets them more money than typical spot sales would, then I could see more doing it.
Then the question becomes---is it something you can only do once? If you do three or four of them a year, does that hurt your image as a rock and roll station or not? This is KLOS' second one.
Keep in mind that with the DMCA and the resulting negotiations between broadcasters and the record companies that it is much easier for broadcasters to run three- and four-song blocks than to run one hour featuring a single artist. It can be done (I know of some college stations who have done it) but, assuming you want to do it legally, you have to make arrangements with that artist's current record label beforehand.
BTW The DMCA only applies to streaming and digital, not to broadcast or HD radio.
However, it's a consideration for stations that duplicate their signal on the stream.
I hope it is successful. Anything to gets KLOS and other stations like it to stop playing the same 500 tired AOR records and expand out is a good thing.
I am a little partial because the late 70s and early 80s is when I came "of age" and so I have a particular fondness for the music that came out during that time, all of it. But until this "yacht rock" format came along, much of the music from those years has been ignored while the earlier 70s and later 80s have been overplayed. This is especially true of the many country cross-overs and soft rock (the phrase used then) artists that were popular at the time. I understand the WHY ("they don't test well"... whatever) but the hole still existed. I am glad that this goes a partial way to filling it back up, and wouldn't it be great if a whole new generation got to hear some of these artists and songs? Many will love them because they are of truly great quality that far surpasses the content and production values of what is being passed of as modern pop and AC these days.
OK ,thanks, going back to my Steely Dan "Gaucho" album music now.
Thanks, but I think the person to whom I replied was referring to a scenario involving a three song block at or near the top of the hour devoted to an artist, with a different artist featured each hour. I might be mistaken, though.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Still holding on to that dream, aren'tcha, Flip ...
Without repeating the reality (and also relieving BigA, Mike and David from having to say it), you know perfectly well that those "same 500 tired AOR records" are the consensus favorites for Classic Rock audiences. We long ago conceded that you are not part of that consensus, so all you do by repeating that sentiment every time the opportunity arises is cement our collective opinion of you in that regard.
Face the facts, sir. This is how we program, the system works, and we're not going back to your outdated version of the format.
(Wait a minute ... "records"?!?)
Their normal playlist diverges quite a bit from the "same 500 tired AOR records." Here's a sample of what they played last week. The Beatle songs are likely from their regular Beatles feature:
| 1 | BAD OMENS | Specter | 1 | -1 | |||
| 2 | BEATLES | Free As A Bird (2025 Mix) | 1 | -1 | |||
| 4 | EVANESCENCE | Fight Like A Girl f/K.Flay | 1 | -1 | |||
| 6 | SHINEDOWN | Killing Fields | 1 | -1 | |||
| 7 | SLEEP THEORY | Static | 1 | -1 | |||
| 8 | SLEEP TOKEN | Caramel | 1 | -1 | |||
| 1 | BEATLES | One After 909 (Take 3) | 1 | 1 | 0.0321 | ||
| 2 | BUSH | The Land Of Milk And Honey | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 | ||
| 3 | 3 | DEFTONES | my mind is a mountain | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 | |
| 4 | FILTER | All The Good | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 | ||
| 5 | GHOST | Lachryma | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 | ||
| 6 | ICE NINE KILLS | The Great Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 | ||
| 7 | JOHN MELLENCAMP | Wasted Days f/B. Springsteen | 1 | 1 | 0.0339 | ||
| 5 | 8 | NINE INCH NAILS | As Alive As You Need Me To Be | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 | |
| 9 | VOLBEAT | Time Will Heal | 1 | 1 | 0.0063 |
KLOS plays anything by Bad Omens? This playlist favors more “active rock” in my opinion
KMR, you have to get out of this post-first, read-second (or never) mode you are in. I will direct you to post number 10 of this thread. Once you read it, you are welcome to pull your proverbial foot out of your mouth.
BTW, personal attacks are supposed to be against board policies, but for whatever reasons the mods look the other way when you engage in it. I will still call it out though.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I do not see the relevance of BigA's posting that this is a special weekend inspired by the one-day April Fool's Day "prank" to my calling out the trend by many here -- yes, you are included in that group by your own postings -- of referring to the consensus favorites philosophy of both Classic Rock and Classic Hits as "burned to a crisp" or "tired". Inserting that into the context of anything those complaints can be fit into still doesn't give them any credence. It's not a "personal attack" ... it is an attack on the ad hominem disagreement with reality which has become more "tired" than any of those songs. As I just said, you are one of many who continue making those postings.
There is no foot removing here. Nothing I said relates directly to the post you referenced.
And you have "called me out" on nothing.
All or nearly all of the currents from that list were played during Full Metal Jackie's late Sunday night show in all probability:
Whiplash with Full Metal Jackie
Whiplash is 2 hours of hard rock and the heaviest Metal, hosted by renowned radio personality Full Metal Jacki...
www.955klos.com
I am going from personal memory here, but although the term may have originated elswhere earlier, it was not part of the SoCal rock lexicon until KLSX signed on in 1986, playing nothing but "classic rock", a shot across the bow to KLOS and KMET who some felt had lost their way. A three-way AOR rock war started with KMET the loser, signing off in Feb 1987.
Thanks, but I was referring specifically to KLOS's "Classic Rock that Really Rocks" positioner, as opposed to usage of the simpler term "classic rock."
KXOK St. Louis, KDBN Dallas, and KSAN San Francisco were among the more notable stations using the phrase. KSAN used it for many years and perhaps still does.
KXOK St. Louis, KDBN Dallas, and KSAN San Francisco were among the more notable stations using the phrase. KSAN used it for many years and perhaps still does.
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I am saying that it must have been no earlier than 1986 when KLSX came on; in fact it sounds like a direct call-out back to KLSX.The local rock wars were pretty in your face. But at the time KLSX came on, I think Denise Westwood was still at KMET, so I dunno. I didn't see a timestamp on that KLOS clip, so am guessing it came later.