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A day in the life of a lamptimer
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Dr. Akbar said:
At least they updated their CD collection for the first time in years.. ;D
BTW I'm a visiting Texan taking a mini-vacation in Phoenix this and next week with my parents. I caught KAZG two years ago, and besides the talk shows it sounds exactly the same.. how long has this station lasted with the same format??? :-\
According to my sources at MI6, KAZG has been broadcasting oldies on the 1440 dial since early 2001. If I remember right, this was about the same time KOOL started abandoning the late 50's and early 60's oldies. What's funny is that Gumpdusky continues to play some of those same old bumpers that they used in 2001. I still hear, "You've found the valley's NEWEST goldmine," or the "All New 1440 KAZG." I guess eight years old is still fairly new considering the songs they play are at least forty years old!billyg said:
As a side note, it's good to see that there are fans of the Lumberyard from all over the country. Welcome billyg! I think the Doc needs to set up one of those Cracker Barrel national maps in the media hut and use some thumbtacks to pinpoint Lumberyard fans from all over the United States. Two states down, forty-eight to go! ;D
What a faculty fundraising op this could be-in honor of Doc's putting up the Cracker Barrel Map, we could serve a chicken fried steak and biscuits w/gravy dinner! Welcome, billyg, Happy TG to you and your folks-
asugeorge1 said:
You gotta give Cactus Media for keeping oldies on 1440 for 8 years! There's been too many AM oldies stations that have come and gone in the past decade because the owners never gave the station a chance to gain an audience (which takes some time for AM radio) and pulled the plug too soon.
Luckily there are some AM Oldies stations like WDJO in Cincinnati, KZQZ in St Louis, KRKE in Albuquerque, KDYL in Salt Lake City, and KWRZ in Denver that are finally catching on.
"Kookie" 1440 was at it again today. To start with, for nearly the entire 9:00 A.M. hour there was dead air. I don't know what happened to the "Positive Side of Life" this morning, but their usual programming that airs at 9:00 wasn't there and instead we all got treated to dead air. Then, at around 9:50 A.M., the Goldmine oldies started, which is a full 10 minutes earlier than usual for a weekday. Yey! ;D
Next up on the list of "Kookie" 1440 happenings today was the airing of yet another Kookie song at 1:47 P.M. This time, it was "You're the Top." Again, it's hard to find lyrics for this song since it never charted, but it had the usual Kookie phrases and even a reference to Maverick the TV show. Now that's the ginchiest! "You're the Top" is the sixth song played on 1440 from the 12 track Kookie album released in 1959, and that's just from what I've heard in my limited listening. 1440 really is turning "Kookie!"
Lastly, inquisitive Lumberyard fans want to know what's going to happen tomorrow when we enter the new month. Will we still get an hour of limited power 1440 at 6:00 A.M.? Could there possibly be some post-sunset limited power used to air oldies into the night? Well mushroom people, we'll just have to wait and see!
Next up on the list of "Kookie" 1440 happenings today was the airing of yet another Kookie song at 1:47 P.M. This time, it was "You're the Top." Again, it's hard to find lyrics for this song since it never charted, but it had the usual Kookie phrases and even a reference to Maverick the TV show. Now that's the ginchiest! "You're the Top" is the sixth song played on 1440 from the 12 track Kookie album released in 1959, and that's just from what I've heard in my limited listening. 1440 really is turning "Kookie!"
Lastly, inquisitive Lumberyard fans want to know what's going to happen tomorrow when we enter the new month. Will we still get an hour of limited power 1440 at 6:00 A.M.? Could there possibly be some post-sunset limited power used to air oldies into the night? Well mushroom people, we'll just have to wait and see!
Has anyone seen KOOL Listener Hearer Cumer Lauren around the Lumberyard lately? The Nurse and I have been wondering if she's somehow involved in all this KOOKIE programming of the Gold Mine. Be on the lookout for a vehicle with an ASU parking lot decal parked outside Ponderosa Lumber on Thomas Road with a license plate that reads Ginchiest!
I don't think it's KLL, but rather Mrs. Lumberyard who has tweaked
the music selector's power rotation once again, as the original Kookie
aired at 4:49 PM today.
the music selector's power rotation once again, as the original Kookie
aired at 4:49 PM today.
oldiesfan6479 said:
I was actually getting worried that I wasn't going to get my daily Kookie fix but, as you said Oldiesfan, the Lumberyard came through and played the original Kookie song less than 30 minutes before sign-off. Whew, that was close!
P.S. Sign-off today was at 5:17 P.M. and 27 seconds. For the Lumberyard, being 2 minutes late is actually not that bad. The real problem is over at 1510! As the Magic Lanterns would say, "Shame, Shame!"
More "Kookie" happenings over at the Lumberyard today! First off, there was a test from the emergency broadcast system at 3:00 P.M. with no warning or explanation that it was a test. This was the first time I've caught one of these on the Lumberyard. I don't know how it's integrated into the DOS computer, but it went off without a hitch. This test was immediately followed by a real Kookie song at 3:00 P.M. and 32 seconds, "Kookie's Mad Pad." Yup, the song that has the "overstuffed couch with feathers from Birdland, plaid light bulbs and wall to wall television." Say what? ???
I think by know we have all come to expect at least one Kookie song a day from the Goldmine. I wonder which one we'll get tomorrow? My bets are on the "Kookie Cha Cha Cha!" ;D
I think by know we have all come to expect at least one Kookie song a day from the Goldmine. I wonder which one we'll get tomorrow? My bets are on the "Kookie Cha Cha Cha!" ;D
Dr. Akbar said:
Am I behind KAZG's programming?
"Yikes!"
billyg said:
At the Buckeye Media Hut, Nurse Jeff and I call it Programming Patina....a little something that sets Lumberyard 14~Forty apart from everyone else. In addition to long stretches of dead air, Gumpdusky is world renown for their carrier dumps and lack of legal ID at sign off. No wonder the legions of Lumberyard Listeners stretches far beyond their Thomas Road and Crosscut Canal location!
billyg said:
I am wondering what automation system they are running. A wrong macro in NexGen can cause an extended period of dead air until Resync catches up (unless it's off). If it's Audio Vault that's just normal. If it's ENCO chances are it's just sitting around chillin until someone on realizes that DAD playback has stopped. Must have missed an "Autoload" in the playlist.
Of course if we keep the theme of the lamptimer alive, then I should know that their automation has to be Aarakis Digilink - the version hooked up to thd 15 six disk changer players.
billyg said:
this would create tune outs normally, but when u got nerds studying to see where the TOH plays, i guess their 10 listeners will sit thru anything! The answer is simple, the pre-recorded segment has silence at the end of the file and the bonehead producer didn't trim and tone it. no need to analize the automation program!
Gusto said:
Us geeks will defend our Lumberyard to the death!
Topics that don't matter? Hmmm...oh, I have one...anything on Pulse 87.
Gusto said:
5:01:58 PM. (Where the TOH played.)
Legal ID alert: that's probably the last "legal on Lumberyard 1440" until
around 7 AM tomorrow, since there wasn't one at sign-off (5:18:19 PM),
and thanks to the ever-drifting lamptimer, there probably won't be one
at or near the 6 AM PSRA sign-on either.
Lamptimers Rule.
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