Figures that Big D finally start streaming and promptly slashes the playlist. No wow factor left at all, just safe mega-hits of pop, Motown, disco and classic rock. Look at the playlist for any "True Oldies" satellite-feed clone and you'll see the same songs. You can't even request anything before 1970 on Drive at Five anymore and Ron's taking almost exclusively '70s and '80s requests, with very few songs that don't get played every day. Disappointing. I've loved this station for years, but it's all over now.
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102.9 DRC is finally streaming!
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Couldn't agree more...their programming philosophy is the exact opposite of what it used to be. Shame.CTListener said:Figures that Big D finally start streaming and promptly slashes the playlist. No wow factor left at all, just safe mega-hits of pop, Motown, disco and classic rock. Look at the playlist for any "True Oldies" satellite-feed clone and you'll see the same songs. You can't even request anything before 1970 on Drive at Five anymore and Ron's taking almost exclusively '70s and '80s requests, with very few songs that don't get played every day. Disappointing. I've loved this station for years, but it's all over now.
DRC did use the "wow factor" with the Christmas music playlist last year though.
They should consider putting the HD2 feed (50s/60s) on 1360 AM
Totally agree given WDRC AM's pathetic ratings, with maybe a flavor of some standards added for good measure.
mjb1124 said:Yeah, I have to admit that I would have been more excited about this news a while back when they had a deeper playlist with more 60's. But alas, time marches on. I think the station still has a great presentation, and Ron Sedaille's show is still a must-hear.
Sedaille's Saturday even show is the only saving grace as far as I'm concerned. I've grown tired of hearing Beatles Brunch on Sundays and have actually started listening to one of the news stations instead.
You can't necessarily put all the blame on DRC-FM. I know I'm slowly moving into that part of the cume which they feel it unprofitable to sell to. I know plenty of young people brought up with this music who love it but skewing the playlist for "safe" tracks is probably an attempt to lessen tune-out. Those of us, like me, looking for the "Wow!" factor will probably find it few and far between, with most of it being on Ron's show.
Bill DeFelice said:mjb1124 said:Yeah, I have to admit that I would have been more excited about this news a while back when they had a deeper playlist with more 60's. But alas, time marches on. I think the station still has a great presentation, and Ron Sedaille's show is still a must-hear.
Sedaille's Saturday even show is the only saving grace as far as I'm concerned. I've grown tired of hearing Beatles Brunch on Sundays and have actually started listening to one of the news stations instead.
You can't necessarily put all the blame on DRC-FM. I know I'm slowly moving into that part of the cume which they feel it unprofitable to sell to. I know plenty of young people brought up with this music who love it but skewing the playlist for "safe" tracks is probably an attempt to lessen tune-out. Those of us, like me, looking for the "Wow!" factor will probably find it few and far between, with most of it being on Ron's show.
I'd settle for the return of the tracks that they were playing regularly just last year. No more "Sweet Cherry Wine" from Tommy James these days. Forget anything but "Groovin"" and "Good Lovin'" from the Rascals; forget about "I've Been Lonely Too Long" or "People Got to Be Free." The Grass Roots are down to "Midnight Confessions," "Temptation Eyes" and "I'd Wait a Million Years." "Two Divided By Love" and "Let's Live For Today" are history. Clarence Carter is gone completely; he used to have three songs on the playlist: "Slip Away," "Too Weak to Fight" and "Patches."
I like '70s and '80s music too. Don't you think the big fans of those decades might appreciate a little more depth as well? But as you say, it's all about pleasing Madison Avenue and minimizing tune-out. I'm sure it all makes perfect bottom-line sense. It's just hard to take from a station that used to make it work doing things differently from the rest before the Great Advertising Depression hit. But really, is making the playlist ultra-predictable really going to bring back advertisers who've migrated to the Internet? Like the print and television advertisers who've done so over the past three years, they may be lost for good.
Didn't DRC can the midday guy a short time ago?
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