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1067 WILL TAKE A REQUEST

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BIGSTICK

I just called 404-741-1067, and talked to the Dj who was on , and they actually took a request from me. It was the Cowsills. How many station's do that now???? He was amazingly nice, no attitude, and he said "just wait", He did not elaborate anymore, but he said this town is going to be blown away. This station will easily be a top 5 in the ratings book thissummer.


This is reminding me of Lake 102 ,and Sunny 100
 
Brent, I know lots of stations that take requests. It's not that big of a deal.

I'm sorry...hope I didn't spoil your infatuation with WYAY. ::)
 
ClarkKent said:
Brent, I know lots of stations that take requests. It's not that big of a deal.

I'm sorry...hope I didn't spoil your infatuation with WYAY. ::)
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I know, but it was during a commercial break, and it was played immediately after the commercial's were over, not 2 hours later.
Sounded like real local radio.
 
BRENT said:
ClarkKent said:
Brent, I know lots of stations that take requests. It's not that big of a deal.

I'm sorry...hope I didn't spoil your infatuation with WYAY. ::)
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I know, but it was during a commercial break, and it was played immediately after the commercial's were over, not 2 hours later.
Sounded like real local radio.
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Brent, Dont fret when people give you the business over oldies. I like the new format too. There are just some folks who dont understand that all genres of music and audiences need to be served. Not just rock and REDNECK country.
Im very happy that Atlanta has one less country station, in fact when we get down to one it will be a day of celebration. When I got into radio the first format I worked was country, and I hated it.. It was 1980. I learned to enjoy the music and before long I found lots of songs I really liked. As I aged the 70s and 80s country became one of my fave type of music. BUT, I think the change is refreshing and I hope that IMUS and True Oldies get great ratings books. I know that were in the south and its a popular format but for god sakes it isnt the only type of music. Enjoy your new format and lets hope that soon programmers realize that more than one type of format will work if done well and trying different approaches will enhance how you and I spend our time flippin thru the dial. Now, how a bout some Standards... That would be a neat thing to hear even if its on a AM frequency like WGUN. Instead of the Train Wreck mish mash programming that currently exists over there.
 
lilburncommunityradio said:
BRENT said:
ClarkKent said:
Brent, I know lots of stations that take requests. It's not that big of a deal.

I'm sorry...hope I didn't spoil your infatuation with WYAY. ::)
Click to expand...

I know, but it was during a commercial break, and it was played immediately after the commercial's were over, not 2 hours later.
Sounded like real local radio.
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Brent, Dont fret when people give you the business over oldies. I like the new format too. There are just some folks who dont understand that all genres of music and audiences need to be served. Not just rock and REDNECK country.
Im very happy that Atlanta has one less country station, in fact when we get down to one it will be a day of celebration. When I got into radio the first format I worked was country, and I hated it.. It was 1980. I learned to enjoy the music and before long I found lots of songs I really liked. As I aged the 70s and 80s country became one of my fave type of music. BUT, I think the change is refreshing and I hope that IMUS and True Oldies get great ratings books. I know that were in the south and its a popular format but for god sakes it isnt the only type of music. Enjoy your new format and lets hope that soon programmers realize that more than one type of format will work if done well and trying different approaches will enhance how you and I spend our time flippin thru the dial. Now, how a bout some Standards... That would be a neat thing to hear even if its on a AM frequency like WGUN. Instead of the Train Wreck mish mash programming that currently exists over there.
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Thank you. :)
 
BRENT said:
This station will easily be a top 5 in the ratings book thissummer.
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Might want to apply several demographic limitations to that claim, otherwise you're going to look pretty silly when the book comes out.
 
Every station TAKES requests...whether or not they PLAY them is a completely different story.
 
"Just wait" meant that he was looking at the computer screen and saw that your song was scheduled to come up in a few minutes.

You can bet you butt that in a Top 10 market with a brand new format drawing new cume, every song is pre-selected and the music logs are spit polished every day.


I always found it odd that playing requests was somehow deemed a mark of a "good" station. If they have a solid music list and good scheduling, you should be digging what they are playing already.
 
OutOfTheBiz said:
I always found it odd that playing requests was somehow deemed a mark of a "good" station.
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It isn't, except on an extremely limited basis, at least not by anyone who has the slightest clue what they're doing.
 
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