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92.1 WVTK. The True Oldies Channel is here !!

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It's official, at the stroke of midnight, May 1, 2007, Kiss-FM is history and the 92.1 frequency gets to do what it always had it's best success doing.. OLDIES !! This is Scott Shannon's "True Oldie's Channel" , and the format has a very polished and uptempo feel to it..

Disgruntled OLDIES listeners from Chittenden County to Rutland County now have a station to call their own ! I think, better yet, I know the station will be a winner for what it is !! :)
 
The vermontskiss.com website is now announcing that it is off air..."hip hop is dead" OLDIES LIVE!!! Will the new True Oldies hurt Star? WJJR?

The last time 92.1 was oldies, there weren't any jocks. Anyone know of any jocks for the new schtick?
 
Is True Oldies at sister station WZRT 97.1 as well? The site just says 92.1
(you ask if the new format will hurt WJJR 98.1 so I wonder if 97.1 is indeed also playing oldies
down in Rutland)...from what I see on radio-locator, WJJR is also owned by "6 Johnson Road Licenses"

This Fybush column says when 92.1 and 97.1 changed to Kiss, July of '03:
http://fybush.com/nerw-030707.html
 
92.1 Kiss FM launched on July 3, 2003 at Burlington's annual July 3rd celebration.

97.1 in Rutland has gone back to its former moniker of Z-97, which it had been before the Kiss switch. Pamal is running them now.

Driving through southern Vermont last week, it was a trip for me to hear the voice of Sean Caldwell saying "The Z is back." He's the voice for my old college station, Z89 in Syracuse, NY.
 
So much for local radio...
The TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL is a NEW 24/7 SATELLITE MUSIC STATION dedicated to honoring the greatest Rock & Roll music ever recorded, with a spotlight on the greatest hits from the late 50's to the early 70's.

The True Oldies Channel is programmed and hosted by New York radio personality and oldies fan, Scott Shannon.

I listen to scott on WPLJ NYC occasionally as I am flipping through the dial (its my #3 preset @ home) , he is ok..
but I am not in favor of National syndication
 
In my opinion the best oldies stations in the world – ever… was CBS O&O, WCBS FM in New York, which went into either in the Fall of O5 to make way for the “Jack” format.

I heard there is a web-based tribute podcast or streaming radio station which uses the old jingles and liners from some of the old CBS-FM Jocks. Does such a thing exist? If so …Know where to find it? I’ve tried and invariably wind up at an air check website.

What I find interesting about the oldies format is they always seemed unwilling to incorporate their constantly expanding audience in to the music rotation. Every year people get a year older so to keep pace shouldn’t the parameters for what an “oldie” is, expand by a year as well? Oldies formats always seem to be stuck in the mid-60s to 1980. Perhaps that’s where the “Jacks” and MP103’s of the world have the edge. It would be nice to see the music rotation philosophy of the (“What ever whenever”) stations combined with the sound of a good “big city” oldies station – with lots of unnecessary jingles and reverb.
 
louiemanno said:
What I find interesting about the oldies format is they always seemed unwilling to incorporate their constantly expanding audience in to the music rotation. Every year people get a year older so to keep pace shouldn’t the parameters for what an “oldie” is, expand by a year as well? Oldies formats always seem to be stuck in the mid-60s to 1980. Perhaps that’s where the “Jacks” and MP103’s of the world have the edge.
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Check out the oldies board sometimes. Lots and lots of whining how oldies radio should "stay true" to it's original nothing-but-pre-1965 oldies and NEVER grow. Oldies stations HAVE tried to shift the music to appeal to a new generation of 35-49 year olds. Alas, the 80s present a bit of a problem in where most 80s music isn't really all that compatible with older stuff. Dunno if you remember CHRs of the 80s playing almost 100% currents/recurrents because there wasn't a lot of gold that fit.
 
Then the should look at the ipod plays lists of their target demo. The advent of iPods and the flexibility that they offer have led people to indulge in more diverse taste. The Beatles re-released Love Me Do in 1982 and it sounded fine next to Joe Jackson, Asia and Steve Miller.
 
I agree Louie, WCBSFM Oldies 101.1 was the best oldies station around. go to WWW.WCBSFM.COM they have a live stream for free, you just have to register to listen and its automated. It features all 4 decades of music the 50's to the 80s like CBSFM always did with Ziggy doing all the promo's and all their great jingles too. On sunday nights at 9pm they have the Top 20 Countdown show hosted by the WCBSFM.COM PD Jeff Mazzei who is a good host of the show.
 
WCBS-FM seemed to set the standard for Oldies stations to follow, I'm sure the HD feed is a shell of it's former self. I don't think the "Jack-FM" replacement (similar to Burlington's MP-103) has lived up to listenership and revenue expectations.

Hearing lots of positive feedback on 92.1, arguably as the station has had it's best success in an oldies based format through it's very interesting history, first when Brady owned it as "Oldies 92" and Excalibur as "Q92" . It's very hard to dislike the presentation and the music of 92.1, "The True Oldies Channel", it's very well done for what it is.. Have yet to hear a crummy or unknown song, that's the way "True Oldies" should be.. ;)
 
I discovered 92.1 last night went back to the oldies format that they had a number of years ago. I guess they
are the only one now in the Champlain Valley since WKOL changed to " Classic Hits " which is not a oldies format.
I agree WCBS FM 101.1 set the corner stone in this country for playing the oldies from the 50's thru to the
70's. At least if you have a computer with high speed connections you can listen to it at www,wcbs.com.
Another great oldies station is in Pompono Beach Florida that has a great signal from West Palm Beach to
the Keys at 102.7 WMJX FM. They are also on the internet. They still have a few DJ"S that were on the
AM radio back in the 50's and 60's out of Miami ion WQAD 560 AM. Although 92.1 signal is not that strong
in the northend of Burlington and to the north and northeast. I do not know where their tower is and the
power of the signal.
 
Has anyone here ever heard WLNG in Nassau County – In Long Island New York. The mus use about 4 jingle packages.
 
I use to live in New London Conn for many years in the 1960's thru to 1987 and listened to WLNG then was 1600 AM and they came in like gang busters at the beach there. Now the 1600 AM went off the air a few years ago because of WWRL 1600 AM NYC to give them a better signal east of the city. WLNG now at 92.1 with a
jammin signal rocks Eastern Long Island and the Conn. shore line from Old Saybrook to Westerly Rhode Island
on the other side of the pond there. The lengendary Paul Sidney I think is still there and their oldie format
is the best along side of the former WCBS 101.1 ( now jack radio ) but it still lives on www.wcbs.com.
WLNG 92.1 is also on the internet and they still play their jingles like back in the great era of the 1960's
To bad we can not have the famous WDOT that use to be on 1400 AM ( moved to 1390 AM ) back a
number of years ago. They were a great rock and roll station back in the 1950's and 60's with their
window studios on College street next to the Free Press.
 
Simian said:
FYI: Scott Shannon is the ONLY DJ on True Oldies Channel with recorded tracks 24/7.
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You're 100% correct, Scott Shannon who was also the original PD at Z-100 since it went on the air back in 1983 until he left in 1989, but returned in 1991 where he was a PD for WPLJ under the "Mojo Radio" name. He is still doing mornings on WPLJ as Scott & Todd while he is still doing liners for his "True Oldies Channel".

They also have it on WREF in Richfield, CT and WZZN in Chicago where they were doing local jocks such as John Records Landecker and Dick Biondi centered around the nationally syndicated stations.
 
A "Pluggers" cartoon that ran yesterday said, "You know you're a plugger when the oldies station
isn't old enough anymore". It shows an anthropomorphized dog driving a car, and out of the radio comes
"...with the greatest hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s", and the dog says, "Hey! What about
the 50s and 60s?"
 
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