I don't listen to WROR too often but when I streamed it online today I heard All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow. I thought it was a 90's song and when I looked it up on wikipedia I found it was from 1994. Can anyone who listens to WROR more often tell me if they air other 90's songs? If so their slogan The 60s, 70s and 80s all in one place is wrong.
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105.7 WROR 90's Song?
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I know they have played "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. I think they *might* have also played one of the U2 songs from "Achtung Baby" (possibly "Mysterious Way"?) But that's about it. 99%+ of the songs they play are indeed from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Also, I know this is overly technical, but even with 90s tunes, the slogan would NOT be wrong. It would only be incorrect if you could not hear either the 60s, 70s or 80s on the station. The slogan only tells you what IS included...it does not in any way outright state that nothing else is included OR what is excluded. At worst, you could say that it would be misleading...
Also, I know this is overly technical, but even with 90s tunes, the slogan would NOT be wrong. It would only be incorrect if you could not hear either the 60s, 70s or 80s on the station. The slogan only tells you what IS included...it does not in any way outright state that nothing else is included OR what is excluded. At worst, you could say that it would be misleading...
wpxt said:
that's about all the 90's songs they play thus far
and as time goes on, they will add a few more 90's songs, and drop some of the lesser known 70's songs.
When was the last time you heard The Carpenters on ANY broadcast station?
When was the last time you heard The Carpenters on ANY broadcast station?
Well that song is almost 16 years old (!!!) and actually fits the format ok. I even heard U2's "Beautiful Day" on WZLX a couple times...isn't that 2000? 2001? It's hard to believe that I can recall a song coming out that is getting airplay on a Classic Rock station. Makes me feel old...even though I'm barely in WZLX's demo ;D
MRBIboredop said:
Many of their hits are in regular rotation on WJIB 740 AM.
The only time I spend any great amount of time listening to WJIB (sorry Bob) is when I am out driving my mom mom around. I think I set every preset in her car to WJIB so she can't screw it up. I do like the station though, but in Southern NH it is a stretch to get it. At night I get a similarly formatted station out of Toronto.
I do hear The Carpenters on XM 27 quite a bit, along with Paul Simon and Dan Fogleberg
I do hear The Carpenters on XM 27 quite a bit, along with Paul Simon and Dan Fogleberg
Eli Polonsky said:
A check on yes.com reveals that they still get quite a bit of airplay nationwide. I didn't see any familiar New England call letters, though. Here in Connecticut, they get an occasional spin on WDRC-FM during the request show and themed weekends, and of course their "Merry Christmas Darling" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" are holiday-season staples on any number of stations.
The Carpenters are a core artist on a station I listen to online..WEZV/Myrtle Beach. They are the #2 station in the market and the #1 music station. If you like soft hits that have long been taboo elsewhere I highly recommend this station. You will love it. I feel like I am cheating at life when I hear this station because I am so aware at how rare it is to hear these songs on the radio.
www.wezv.com
I like a lot of 90s music..that decades music isn't as burned out to me as 80s..maybe because there were so many niche formats by then so not as many songs got overexposed. But if I had to pick one 90s song I never want to hear again "all I want to do is have some fun" would be it. It's extremely burned out to me plus I never cared for the characters in the song.."Billy and Me" sound so boring, aimless, and empty.
www.wezv.com
I like a lot of 90s music..that decades music isn't as burned out to me as 80s..maybe because there were so many niche formats by then so not as many songs got overexposed. But if I had to pick one 90s song I never want to hear again "all I want to do is have some fun" would be it. It's extremely burned out to me plus I never cared for the characters in the song.."Billy and Me" sound so boring, aimless, and empty.
It would seem so on face value. But maybe not. Depends on the Warning, Radio Speak Ahead dayparting and rotations. Same thing for U2 showing up. One U2 song played next to The Way You Do The Things You Do shouldn't force even the most ardent Classic Hits fan to flee. I mean really, the 80s are damn near 30 years past. And doesn't the Clash Classic, Rockin' the Casbah (aka Robbin' the Cash Box) fit right in after great classic hits like Roys' Oh Pretty Woman.DToTheJ said:
wpxt said:
It isn't so much the song is from the 1990's, but that it "fits" sound wise next to the other songs the station plays. "The Motown Song" with Rod Stewart and Ronald Isley would fit - and that song is from the 90's as well (1991).
WROR's sister station in Jersey (WJRZ), in it's last incarnation of classic hits, played All I Wanna Do as well. ROR seems to lean to the "rock" side of classic hits, so the song would sound normal, where as on WODS it might stick out a bit too much.
Turnpike Tuner said:
Some back-to-backs from today's DRC-FM Hartford playlist:
Everything She Wants/Satisfaction
Love Shack/Jive Talkin'
Let's Go/Kentucky Rain
Heart of Glass/No No Song
Song Sung Blue/Easy Lover
ROCK in the USA/Help!
Hush/Driver's Seat
Life's Been Good/Unchained Melody
Feelin' Stronger Every Day/Raspberry Beret
19th Nervous Breakdown/Hungry Eyes
ABC/Super Freak
I'm in my early 50s -- squarely in the station's prime demo -- and I don't mind any of these. I can think of a couple of dozen '90s titles that would fit just fine, too.
DToTheJ said:
Any Classic Hits station not playing that should get on iTunes and download it ASAP. I could slam that next to Cool Jerk or I Want You Back and it would segue nicely. Don't burn it to a crisp....but it should be a power record.
CBS-FM has the best balance of decades and titles for a classic hits station, with K-Earth a close second. My pet peeve with many classic hits stations is that they traded 325 "Good Times, Great Oldies" titles for 325 "*Insert City*'s Greatest Hits" titles. Going from burning "Unchained Melody" 1x per day to slamming "Sweet Home Alabama" like its 1970 something again.
I'll get off of my soapbox now.
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