99.7-The Fox' "Classic Rock 600 Weekend"

[amfmradio1]

Is named after the Coca-Cola 600 stock car race @Lowes' Motor Speedway in Charlotte -

It's not named after the 600 songs they play throughout the weekend, even though they want the "dumbed-down" listener to think that's what it is.

They don't have 600 different songs in their library!

They're playing the same songs they play hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, then repeat them - all to add up to 600 songs, however long it takes to play 600 - a few days or so.

No variety!

There are too many suits working there -

What a sham & a scam!

 

[fitzy95]

1 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird
2 Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
3 Eagles Hotel California
4 Derek & The Dominos Layla
5 Pink Floyd Money
6 Rolling Stones You Can’t Always...
7 Aerosmith Sweet Emotion
8 Led Zeppelin Black Dog
9 ZZ Top La Grange
10 Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama
11 Peter Frampton Do You Feel…
11 Beatles Come Together
12 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall
13 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
14 Van Halen You Really Got Me
15 Rolling Stones Satisfaction
16 Boston Foreplay/Longtime
17 Black Sabbath Paranoid
18 Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker/Livin Lovin Maid
19 Marshall Tucker Band Can’t You See
20 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
21 AC/DC Back In Black
22 Aeromsith Dream On
23 Bob Seger Turn the Page
24 Boston More Than a Feeling
25 Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watchtower
26 Allman Brothers Ramblin’ Man
26 Kiss Rnr All Night
27 Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man
28 Kansas Carry on Wayward Son
29 Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride
30 Led Zeppelin Rock & Roll
31 Blackfoot Train Train
32 Eagles Take it Easy
33 Charlie Daniels Band Long Haired Country Boy
34 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
35 Rush Tom Sawyer
36 Molly Hatchet Flirtin With Disaster
37 ZZ Top Tush
38 Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin
39 Guess Who American Woman
40 Led Zeppelin Over The Hills & Far Away
41 AC/DC For Those About to Rock
42 Boston Peace of Mind
43 Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter
44 Van Halen And The Cradle Will Rock
45 Joe Walsh Life’s Been Good
46 Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Three Steps
47 Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train
48 Who Who Are You
49 Aerosmith Walk This Way
50 Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever
51 Led Zeppelin Hey Hey What Can I Do
52 AC/DC TNT
53 Styx Renegade
54 Eagles Already Gone
55 Guns N Roses Sweet Child of Mine
56 Ram Jam Black Betty
57 Red Rider Lunatic Fringe
58 Van Halen Panama
58 Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
59 Led Zeppelin The Immigrant Song
60 Fleetwood Mac The Chain
61 Eric Clapton Cocaine
62 Bob Seger Hollywood Nights
63 Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way
64 AC/DC Hell’s Bells
65 Boston Smokin
66 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising
67 Van Halen Dance The Night Away
68 Queen Fat Bottom Girls
69 Scorpions Rock You Like a Hurricane
70 Foreginer Double Vision
71 Jethro Tull Aqualung
72 Black Sabbath War Pigs
73 Steve Miller Band The Joker
74 Pink Floyd Time
75 Journey Any Way You Want It
76 Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women
77 Marshall Tucker Band Take The Highway
78 Rush Limelight
79 Led Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times
80 Foghat Slow Ride
81 Bad Company Bad Company
82 Tom Petty Breakdown
83 Def Leppard Photograph
84 Doors Roadhouse Blues
85 Steppenwolf Born to be Wild
86 Guns N Roses Paradise City
87 Led Zeppelin Fool in The Rain
88 Doobie Brothers Black Water
89 Boston Don’t Look Back
90 Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen The Rain
91 Elton John Tiny Dancer
92 Bachman Turner Overdrive Let it Ride
93 Blackfoot Highway Song
94 Police Roxanne
95 Lynyrd Skynyrd Don’t Ask Me No Questions
96 Van Halen Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love
97 Rolling Stones Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker
98 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
99 Bob Seger Main Street
100 Nazareth Hair of the Dog

 

[fitzy95]

101 AC/DC Shoot to Thrill
102 Charlie Daniels Band The Devil Went Down to Georgia
103 Guess Who No Sugar Tonite/New Mother Nature
104 Styx Come Sail Away
105 ZZ Top Legs
106 Boston Rock & Roll Band
107 Eagles In The City
108 Steve Miller Band Take The Money & Run
109 Stevie Ray Vaughan Pride & Joy
110 Van Halen Runnin’ With The Devil
111 Tom Petty Don’t Do Me Like That
112 Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive
113 Journey Lights
114 AC/DC Dirty Deeds
115 Lynyrd Skynyrd What’s Your Name
116 George Thorogood I Drink Alone
117 Phil Collins In The Air Tonight
118 ZZ Top Cheap Sunglasses
119 Edgar Winter Frankenstein
120 Creedence Clearwater Revival Down On The Corner
121 Guns N Roses Welcome To The Jungle
122 Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling
123 Scorpions No One Like You
124 Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing
125 38 Special Hold On Loosely
126 Rush The Spirit Of Radio
127 Marshall Tucker Band Heard it in a Love Song
128 Bachman Turner Overdrive Takin Care Of Business
129 Pink Floyd Brain Damage/Eclipse
130 Steve Miller Band Rock ' Me
131 Reo Speedwagon Roll With The Changes
132 Bob Seger Her Strut
133 Def Leppard Animal
134 Jackson Browne Running on Empty
135 Yes Roundabout
136 Who Won’t Get Fooled Again
137 ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man
138 Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil
139 Bad Company Feel Like Making Love
140 Pink Floyd Young Lust
141 Jethro Tull Locomotive Breath
142 Lynyrd Skynyrd Call Me The Breeze
143 Eagles Life in the Fast Lane
144 Doobie Brothers China Grove
145 Allman Brothers Jessica
146 Led Zeppelin Kashmir
147 Steely Dan Do it Again
148 Black Crowes Hard to Handle
149 Van Halen Unchained
150 Billy Joel Piano Man
151 Bob Seger Night Moves
152 Charlie Daniels Band The South’s Gonna do it Again
153 Hollies Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
154 Paul Mccartney Maybe I’m Amazed
155 George Thorogood One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
156 Doobie Brothers Listen to the Music
157 Blue Oyster Cult Burnin For You
158 Pink Floyd Breathe/On The Run
159 Bad Company Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy
160 Rolling Stones Miss You
161 Beatles Golden Slumbers
162 Robert Plant In The Mood
163 AC/DC Have A Drink on Me
164 Styx Blue Collar Man
165 Eddie Money Two Tickets to Paradise
166 38 Special Fantasy Girl
167 Marshall Tucker Band Fire on the Mountain
168 Elton John Rocket Man
169 Led Zeppelin Ramble On
170 Eagles Take It To The Limit
171 Rolling Stones Angie
172 Cars Good Times Roll
173 Eric Clapton Forever Man
174 Fleetwood Mac The Chain
175 Bon Jovi You Give Love a Bad Name
176 Lynyrd Skynyrd That Smell
177 Van Halen Oh Pretty Woman
178 Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar on Me
179 Journey Don’t Stop Believing
180 Led Zeppelin What Is and What..
181 Foreigner Cold as Ice
182 Chicago Dialogue Parts 1 & 2
183 Eagles Those Shoes
184 Steely Dan Do it Again
185 Billy Squier Everybody Wants You
186 Bad Company Burnin Sky
187 Bob Seger Old Time Rock 'n Roll
188 Billy Joel Big Shot
189 Beatles Hey Jude
190 Genesis Abacab
191 Boston Hitch a Ride
192 Manfred Mann Blinded by the Light
193 Lynyrd Skynyrd The Ballad of Curtis Lowe
194 Foreigner Head Games
195 Stevie Nicks Edge of 17
196 Journey Lovin Touchin Squeezin
197 Eagles Witchy Woman
198 U2 Pride (In The Name..)
199 Emerson Lake & Palmer Lucky Man
200 Whitesnake Here I Go Again

 

[fitzy95]

201 38 Special Caught Up in You
202 Steely Dan Reeling in the Years
203 Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back in Town
204 Eagles Seven Bridges Road
205 James Gang Funk 49
206 ZZ Top Just Got Paid
207 Eric Clapton Lay Down Sally
208 Lynyrd Skynyrd Saturday Night Special
209 Ted Nugent Stranglehold
210 Rick Derringer Rock n Roll Hootchie Coo
211 Cars Just What I Needed
212 Doobie Brothers Jesus is Just Alright
213 Creedence Clearwater Revival Who’ll Stop the Rian
214 Boston Feelin Satisfied
215 U2 Where The Streets Have no Names
216 Van Halen Hot for Teacher
217 George Thorogood Who Do You Love
218 Eagles Victim of Love
219 Billy Idol White Wedding
220 Eddie Money Shakin
221 Bad Company Shooting Star
222 Ozzy Osbourne Flying High Again
223 Kenny Wayne Shephard Blue on Black
224 Tom Petty American Girl
225 Grand Funk We’re an American Band
226 Bon Jovi Livin On a Prayer
227 Don Henley The Boys of Summer
228 Boston Let Me Take You Home Tonight
229 Bob Seger Travelin Man/Beautiful Loser
230 Van Halen 1984 Jump
231 Foreigner Urgent
232 Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Back My Bullets
233 Pat Benatar Heartbreaker
234 Journey Separate Ways
235 Rolling Stones It's Only Rock ‘n Roll
236 Fleetwood Mac Gold Dust Woman
237 AC/DC Hard As a Rock
238 U2 New Year’s Day
239 Tom Petty Mary Jane’s Last Dance
240 Eagles Best of My Love
241 Allman Brothers Midnite Rider
242 Steve Miller Band Swingtown
243 ZZ Top Got Me Under Pressure
244 Foreigner Feels Like the First Time
245 Heart Crazy On You
246 Aerosmith Train Kept a Rollin
247 Creedence Clearwater Revival Up Around The Bend
248 Pink Floyd Hey You
249 Styx Too Much Time on My Hands
250 Billy Squier The Stroke
251 George Thorogood Bad to the Bone
252 Joe Cocker With A Little Help From My Friends
253 38 Special Rockin’ Into The Night
254 Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks
255 John Mellencamp Crumblin Down
256 Rush Freewill
257 Van Halen Jamie’s Cryin
258 Pink Floyd Run Like Hell
259 Golden Earring Twilight Zone
260 Queen We Will Rock You/We Are..
261 Aerosmith Back in the Saddle
262 Bob Seger Against the Wind
263 Deep Purple Smoke on the Water
264 Talking Heads Burning Down the House
265 Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused
266 Dire Straits Money for Nothing
267 Cream Crossroads
268 Buffalo Springfield For What it’s Worth
269 Heart Barracuda
270 Tom Petty Runnin Down a Dream
271 Van Halen I’ll Wait
272 Creedence Clearwater Revival Lookin Out My Back Door
273 Supertramp Give a Little Bit
274 Sammy Hagar I Can’t Drive 55
275 Kansas Dust in the Wind
276 Foreigner Juke Box Hero
277 Phil Collins I Don’t Care Anymore
278 Blue Oyster Cult Don’t Fear The Reaper
279 Rush Working Man
280 Doors Riders On the Storm
281 Queen Another One Bites the Dust
282 Tom Petty Free Fallin
283 ELO Turn to Stone
284 Cars Let’s Go
285 Def Leppard Bringin’ on the Hearbreak
286 Elton John Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
287 Billy Squier Lonely is the Night
288 Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River
289 Van Halen Finish What You Started
290 Rolling Stones Get Off My Cloud
291 Edgar Winter Free Ride
292 Santana Evil Ways
293 Mountain Mississippi Queen
294 Who Behind Blue Eyes
295 Heart Straight On
296 Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle
297 Led Zeppelin Trampled Under Foot
298 Beatles Let It Be
299 Rod Stewart Maggie May
300 Pink Floyd Have a Cigar

 

[fitzy95]

301 Who Pinball Wizard
302 Aerosmith Same Old Song And Dance
303 Creedence Clearwater Revival Born on The Bayou
304 Grand Funk Some Kind of Wonderful
305 Bad Company Ready For Love
306 Beatles Get Back
307 Elton John Bennie And The Jets
308 Tom Petty You Got Lucky
309 Led Zeppelin Dyer Maker
310 Alice Cooper No More Mr. Nice Guy
311 Deep Purple Woman From Tokyo
312 Foreigner Hot Blooded
313 Who Love Reign on Me
314 The Band Up On Cripple Creek
315 Aerosmith Rag Doll
316 Steve Miller Band Jet Airliner
317 Bob Seger Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
318 Outlaws There Goes Another Love Song
319 Tom Petty I Won’t Back Down
320 Allman Brothers No One To Run With
321 Creedence Clearwater Revival Proud Mary
322 Robert Palmer Bad Case Of Loving You
323 Ten Years After I’d Love To Change The World
324 Foghat Fool For The City
325 Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Cryin
326 Joe Cocker Feelin’ Alright
327 Rolling Stones Shattered
328 Ozzy Osbourne Mama I’m Coming Home
329 Led Zeppelin Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
330 Foreigner Blue Morning Blue Day
331 ZZ Top Sleeping Bag
332 John Mellencamp I Need a Lover
333 Van Halen Dancin in The Streets
334 ELO Evil Woman
335 Allman Brothers Statesboro Blues
336 Rolling Stones Start Me Up
337 Black Sabbath Iron Man
338 Paul McCartney Band On The Run
339 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Teach Your Children
340 Kiss Detroit Rock City
341 David Bowie Fame
342 Bruce Springsteen Glory Days
343 Jimi Hendrix Foxey Lady
344 Jethro Tull Bungle in The Jungle
345 Cream White Room
346 Peter Frampton Show Me The Way
347 Guess Who No Time
348 Heart Magic Man
349 Jackson Browne Doctor My Eyes
350 Reo Speedwagon Time For Me To Fly
351 ZZ Top I Thank You
352 T Rex Bang a Gong
353 Bob Seger Rock ‘n Roll Never Forgets
354 Stealers Wheel Stuck in The Middle With You
355 Queen Somebody to Love
356 Fleetwood Rhiannon
357 Jimi Hendrix Fire
358 Bachman Turner Overdrive Roll on Down The Highway
359 Eric Clapton I Can’t Stand It
360 Doors People Are Strange
361 ZZ Top Waitin For The Bus/Jesus
362 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Ohio
363 Bob Seger You’ll Accompany Me
364 Police Walking on the Moon
365 Elton John Levon
366 Van Halen Right Now
367 Rolling Stones Brown Sugar
368 U2 Mysterious Ways
369 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tuesday’s Gone
370 Allman Brothers Whipping Post
371 Yes Owner of a Lonely Heart
372 Free All Right Now
373 Georgia Satellites Keep Your Hands To Yourself
374 Bob Seger Fire Down Below
375 Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps
376 John Mellencamp Jack & Diane
377 Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
378 Tom Petty The Waiting
379 Golden Earring Radar Love
380 Doors Light My Fire
381 Queen Killer Queen
382 Jackson Browne The Pretender
383 Fleetwood Mack Dreams
384 Doors Hello I Love You
385 Van Halen Beautiful Girls
386 Who Eminence Front
387 Foghat I Just Wanna
388 Foreigner Dirty White Boy
389 Supertramp The Logical Song
390 Kiss Calling Dr. Love
391 Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight
392 Outlaws Green Grass & High Tides
393 Bad Company Can’t Get Enough
394 Chicago Questions 67 & 68
395 Tom Petty Here Comes My Girl
396 Rolling Stones Jumpin Jack Flash
397 Van Halen Ice Cream Man
398 Foreigner Long Long Way From Home
399 Beatles Sgt Pepper/A Day In The Life
400 Police Message in a Bottle

 

[fitzy95]

401 Crosby Stills & Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
402 Greg Allman I’m No Angel
403 Lynyrd Skynyrd The Needle & The Spoon
404 David Essex Rock On
405 Pink Floyd Us and Them
406 Cars My Best Friend’s Girl
407 Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty Stop Draggin My Heart Around
408 Queen Carzy Little Thing Called Love
409 Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side
410 Who You Better You Bet
411 Gary Wright Dream Weaver
412 Def Leppard Hysteria
413 Rare Earth I Just Wanna Celebrate
414 Little Feat Dixie Chicken
415 Bob Seger Katmandu
416 Steely Dan Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
417 Van Halen Feels So Good
418 ZZ Top I’m Bad I’m Nationwide
419 Neil Young Southern Man
420 Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine
421 Zombies Time Of The Season
422 John Mellencamp Pink Houses
423 Stevie Ray Vaughan Crossfire
424 Peter Frampton Baby I Love Your Way
425 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
426 Eric Clapton I Shot The Sheriff
427 Allman Brothers One Way Out
428 Santana Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
429 Doors Love Her Madly
430 Bob Seger Still The Same
431 Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime
432 Who Bargain
433 Yes I’ve Seen All Good People
434 Robert Palmer Addicted to Love
435 Pink Floyd Learning to Fly
436 Billy Squier My Kinda Lover
437 Doors Touch Me
438 Metallica Enter Sandman
439 Who Baba O Reilly
440 Grateful Dead Casey Jones
441 Police Don’t Stand So Close to Me
442 Eric Clapton After Midnight
443 Neil Young Heart of Gold
444 Led Zeppelin Misty Mountain Hop
445 Creedence Clearwater Revival Susie Q
446 Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA
447 John Mellencamp Small Town
448 U2 I Still Haven’t Found
449 Queen You’re My Best Friend
450 Doors LA Woman
451 Dire Straits So Far Away
452 Rod Stewart You Wear it Well
453 Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky
454 David Bowie Changes
455 Led Zeppelin Dancin Days
456 Traffic Dear Mr. Fantasy
457 George Harrison My Sweet Lord
458 Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
459 Argent Hold Your Head Up
460 Bob Seger Firelake
461 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Woodstock
462 Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover
463 Doors Love Me Two Times
464 Emerson Lake & Palmer From The Beginning
465 Yes Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
466 Led Zeppelin All My Love
467 Lynyrd Skynyrd You Got That Right
468 Police Spirits In The Material World
469 Eddie Money Baby Hold On
470 David Bowie Golden Years
471 Who I Can See for Miles
472 Neil Young Cinnamon Girl
473 Gran Funk Closer to Home
474 Rolling Stones Rock and a Hard Place
475 Doors Break On Through
476 Janis Joplin Piece of my Heart
477 Cream Sunshine of Your Love
478 Kinks Lola
479 Grateful Dead Touch of Grey
480 Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice
481 Police De Do Do Do..
482 Billy Squier In the Dark
483 James Gang Walk Away
484 Santana Oye Como Va
485 Robert Plant Big Log
486 Who Going Mobile
487 Led Zeppelin Communication Breakdown
488 Janis Joplin Me and Bobby Mcgee
489 Beatles Revolution
490 Jimi Hendrix Crosstown Traffic
491 Charlie Daniels Uneasy Rider
492 Reo Speedwagon Take it on the Run
493 Stephen Stills Love The One You’re With
494 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Blue On Black
495 Boston We’re Ready
496 Eagles Lyin’ Eyes
497 Billy Idol Rebel Yell
498 War Low Rider
499 ZZ Top Gimme Al Your Lovin
500 Journey Wheel in the Sky

 

[fitzy95]

501 Bachman Turner Overdrive You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
502 Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me
503 Supertramp Take The Long Way Home
504 Joe Walsh All Nite Long
505 ELO Don’t Bring Me Down
506 George Thorogood Move it On Over
507 Kansas Point of Know Return
508 REM The One I Love
509 38 Special If I’d Been The One
510 Toto Hold the Line
511 Metallica The Unforgiven
512 Genesis Just a Job To Do
513 Don Henley Dirty Laundry
514 Pat Benatar Hit Me With Your Best Shot
515 Eagles The Long Run
516 ELO Do Ya
517 Styx Fooling Yourself
518 Van Halen Best of Both Worlds
519 Boston Something About You
520 Bon Jovi Runaway
521 Jefferson Starship Jane
522 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Carry On
523 J Geils Centerfold
524 Kiss Lick It Up
525 Police Every Breath You Take
526 Steely Dan FM
527 Who Magic Bus
528 Beatles Revolution
529 Pure Prairie League Amie
530 Def Leppard Rock of Ages
531 Eagles One Of These Nights
532 Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone
533 Animals House Of The Rising Sun
534 Beatles Dear Prudence
535 David Bowie Space Oddity
536 Jefferson Airplane Somebody to Love
537 Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill
538 Pretenders Brass in Pocket
539 AC/DC Thunderstruck
540 Steve Earl Copperhead Rd
541 Loverboy Working for the Weekend
542 Jackson Browne The Load Out/Stay
543 Rolling Stones Under My Thumb
544 Judas Priest Livin After Midnight
545 Creedence Clearwater Revival I Heard it Thru the Grapevine
546 Black Crowes She Talks to Angels
547 Aerosmith What it Takes
548 Led Zeppelin The Ocean
549 Brownsville Station Smokin In The Boys Room
550 Elton John Someone Saved My Life Tonight
551 Who Squeeze Box
552 Cars You’re All I’ve Got Tonite
553 Meatloaf Paradise by the Dashboard Light
554 Bruce Springsteen Pink Cadillac
555 Dire Straits Skateaway
556 Doobie Brothers Rockin’ Down The Highway
557 Who My Generation
558 Talking Heads Take Me to The River
559 Aerosmith Janie’s Got a Gun
560 Jimi Hendrix Manic Depression
561 Sammy Hagar There’s Only One Way to Rock
562 Faces Stay With Me
563 Beatles Strawberry Fields
564 U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday
565 Steve Miller Band Jungle Love
566 Moody Blues Nights in White Satin
567 Led Zeppelin Dancin Days
568 Journey Walks Like a Lady
569 Police Synchronicity 2
570 Eric Clapton Pretending
571 Crosby Stills & Nash Sothern Cross
572 The Clash Rock The Casbah
573 Rolling Stones Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
574 Jethro Tull Living in the Past
575 Pretneders Back on the Chain Gang
576 Cream Badge
577 ZZ Top Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
578 Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart
579 Robert Plant Little by Little
580 ELO Livin Thing
581 Black Crowes Remedy
582 Rolling Stones Street Fighting Band
583 Fabulous Thunderbirds Tuff Enuff
584 Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies
585 Tubes She’s a Beauty
586 Sugarloaf Green Eyed Lady
587 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer
588 Led Zeppelin The Lemon Song
589 Bruce Springsteen Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
590 Asia Heat of The Moment
591 Moody Blues I’m Just a Singer
592 Gary Wright Love is Alive
593 Grateful Dead Truckin
594 Outlaws Green Grass & High Tides
595 Jethro Tull Cross Eyes Mary
596 Kiss Shout it Out Loud
597 Lynyrd Skynyrd Workin For MCA
598 John Mellencamp Rock in the USA
599 Loverboy Turn Me Loose
600 Rod Stewart I Know I’m Losing You

 

[amfmradio1]

Hey Fitzy,

You didn't have to do that, but, thanks!

All you have to do is go to WRFX.com to see the 600.

But, IMHO, it still sounds lame.

After all, when you program the same songs in repeated repetition, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, (& not 600, by the way) it's kind of hard to believe they have 600 in their library.

After hearing the same songs all the time, you're numb to any variety.

Predictable.

They could have at least mixed it up with giving away tickets to concerts this Summer.

 

[yugoidar]

Me thinks Fitzy has too much time on his hands!

 

[cc917]

AMFM is the one whom has too much time on his hands. Then again so do I.

Like clockwork he comes in complaining about the Fox's lack of variety. Dude should rename himself vinyl because he is starting to sound like a broken record! I wonder just who this guy is, by the handle he is using I think that I have an idea but it would be presumptious to speculate further.

From my handle it is pretty transparent where my allegance lies. Speaking of which I for one would NOT want to see 99.7 or The Ride or any commercial radio enterprise deepen their offerings. I want those who want to hear depth to be captive to the niche that I seek to serve. Not that deepening their selections would cause the ratings to increase dramatically because most people just want sounds they are familiar with, if anything broadening one's playlist when considering commercial concerns is just a recipe for a slow death.

Now AMFM if you can go out, sell some advetisers on the validity of your ideas and you can market yourself in a way that gets people to listen in the numbers a station like 99.7 or 95.7 would find viable then more power to you. But the longer I hang around the radio game the better I understand the numbing nature of this beast, again it is numbing rubbish that the average station (regardless of format) trolls out because that is what the average person who is attracted to ANY format really wants. Those who run promo's with listeners commenting on the 'great variety' have those comments made because they are providing a form of variety that the listener finds comfort from. And in this day and age with the volume of different entertainment options that is available sadly you have to dumb down to the lowest common denominator in order to garner the numbers needed to be financially viable. If you want variety, come down to the left side of the dial, go get sirius, or just search the net, plenty of options are available, but to expect a station like The Fox (which as others have pointed out has been very successful over the years) to be the stimulant for change then sir/madam, you are just sadly out of touch with the realities of the industry.

 

[fitzy95]

It took me all of 30 seconds to post the 600 songs. Copy. Paste. Wanted to be sure you saw all of them, some have mentioned that they didn't think there were 600 songs in the library. There they are. Artist. Title. All heard on 99.7 WRFX, the most listened to rock station for years in Charlotte (all time maybe?). It's a shame the well-respected program director Jeff Kent doesnt get the credit he deserves.


CC917-
kudos. check out the thread below that was "moved".

 

[surfdude]

Wow. "Black Betty" over 100 points higher than "Hey Jude". Just one example!
No wonder The Fox is in ratings trouble.

 

[amfmradio1]

CC917,

Agreed on your post.

But, your last statement -

"Expecting the Fox to be a stimulant for change, & being sadly out of touch of the realities of the industry":

It's a shame, isn't it?

It still doesn't make it right, does it?

 

[fitzy95]

Surf-
Play what your P1's want to hear. Not hard to believe that Black Betty is higher than Hey Jude on a classic rock station in the southeastern united states. It's all about audience sampling and a great PD (like Kent) knows that. Ratings? I'll take the consistent run of the Fox over most stations. So will an ad buyer looking for M 25-54. They've survived bad demo sampling from the ratings service before.


-It's a shame, isn't it?-
Nope. not really.

-It still doesn't make it right, does it?-
Actually it does. Great music, proven ratings for the demo. A great PD like Jeff Kent would be very happy and probably well compensated. If we were all so lucky!

 

[yugoidar]

So, how were these 600 songs determined? I've done similar promotions in the past. If it's by listener votes or requests, once you get by the top tier of songs (10-20?), rarely are there enough "votes" for a given song to determine a) which songs to include and b) in what order).

Even if they were to use their most recent auditorium music test (if there is such a thing today), it would be difficult to rank the songs once you get to the lower end of the list.

In other words, as far as ranking -- these types of weekend promotions are largely a creation of the station's Program and Music Director. They have little to no relevance as far as popularity with the audience.

 

[XTalker]

Did you ever hear of a listener turning the radio OFF because of a song he LIKES? True variety results in playing bad songs - and listener tune out! Right?

 

[amfmradio1]

Hey "Fitzy"

You seem to have an answer for everything.

Even SurfDude says the Fox is in ratings trouble.

IMHO, I think it's a shame, & I still think that it doesn't make it right, no matter how you think how great the music sounds (they beat the same songs into your head 24/7), the ratings for this demo, or how happy or well-compensated J. Kent is.

It's about making the most listeners happy as possible, not just one demo, & not about J. Kent being happy or well-compensated.

After all, this is a Mass Appeal format/demographic.

 

[fitzy95]

Hey! " "

If someone asks a question, they can expect an answer.

"making the most listeners happy as possible, not just one demo..After all, this is a Mass Appeal format/demographic."

Soooo, the Fox, Radio Disney, and Link are all going after the same people?
My experience says that is not the case.

The Fox may have a ratings blip. I'd hardly call it trouble in the CC world.

I think we can agree that San Dimas High School Football rules. Yes?

 

[amfmradio1]

Fitzy95,

Agreed, San Dimas High School Football rules, & The Fox, Radio Disney & the Link aren't skewing, focusing & concentrating on the same demos, but, listeners do scan a lot, &, whatever station they tune in, they should be able to hear a hit, not an obscure song or one that they've heard an indescribable amount of times, such as the Fox playing the same stuff they have for 18 years - Fleetwood Mac or Pink Floyd. This is 2008!

 

[quadraphonic]

It's pretty pitiful to see a person never change or grow in 20 years, we all know people from high school like that,
and I guess to me, the same could be said for a radio station since it's made up of people. It just seems like watching a train wreck or a friend never develop past 18 years old.