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A GOOD format idea!

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Khafre

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Now this novelty I could live with for a while...


(From insideradio.com);
“All Motown, all the time” is the launch-stunt for First Broadcasting’s latest AM around Dallas...a permanent new format that’s “unique to the market” and “will have broad appeal” to listeners and advertisers. First just launched “Rock & Roldies” on sister “Mighty 1190.”

24 hour MOTOWN? I'd take it!!!
 
All MOTOWN Format

YES! This would be similar to the old KSRB-AM - which wasn't exclusively Motown,
but DID play alot of great R&B and STAX stuff - despite that weak 1150 signal...

The old KYAC-AM dates me quite a bit....anyone recall this station's rundown?

Also: CAN an AM station of today repeat the Boss 'KHJ'
sound of the past, employing the RIGHT format & jocks??

Your thoughts...

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For more information, click on
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Re: All MOTOWN Format

> Also: CAN an AM station of today repeat the Boss 'KHJ'
> sound of the past, employing the RIGHT format & jocks??

Not sure about the AM restriction -- but KRTH (Infinity Oldies/LA) is VERY much into the old Boss presentation. If it weren't for the incredibly tight playlist I'd LOVE that station ... CHR-flavored jingles mixed with the old Drake melodies ... jocks uptempo and using every 1/2000th of the intro lip and it sounds like a FUN package even though they're pitching Fontella Bass for the 2 billionth time. Unfortunatly, we're HEARING Fontella Bass for the 2 billionth time and I lose interest after about 4 days. But I have always felt that's the way Solid Gold or oldies should be presented. Take that "energy" and widen the playlist and you've got some playground for great "Jack Meets Yesterday" radio success. If oldies stations weren't so focused on niching themselves into a tight, tight audience I'd think this could be something we'd all find a good "P-2" station now and then if not a "p-1". Was listening to 60s & 70s Music Choice & DMX on Comcast the other day ... those guys do about 80% familiar tunes and mix it up with some second-rate hits -- DEAD ON what I think a great "solid gold" station should present.
 
Re: All MOTOWN Format

> Also: CAN an AM station of today repeat the Boss 'KHJ'
> sound of the past, employing the RIGHT format & jocks??

A perfect example of this presentation is the 60's format on XM Radio. They use all the old PAMS jingles and all their jocks have the high energy "Boss" presentation.

It's programmed by Pat Clarke, formerly of ABC Radio Networks' "Pure Gold" satellite format.

Certainly there is enough interest on a national basis to make this format successful, but on a local AM station? Most of the big AM signals are going to play it safe with news, talk, sports, religion.

So the question is could a lower powered station generate enough revenue with a music format and cover the payroll of a *good* personality air staff?

IMHO, not in 2005.
 
> Now this novelty I could live with for a while...
>
>
> (From insideradio.com);
> “All Motown, all the time” is the launch-stunt for First
> Broadcasting’s latest AM around Dallas...a permanent new
> format that’s “unique to the market” and “will have broad
> appeal” to listeners and advertisers. First just launched
> “Rock & Roldies” on sister “Mighty 1190.”
>
> 24 hour MOTOWN? I'd take it!!!

EXCELLENT IDEA!!

Motown is great! But don't forget to throw in some of that awesome Philly soul. Some Curtom material (Curtis Mayfield, Linda Cliffod, LeRoy Hutson), some classic Atlantic soul and how about some P-Funk Chocolate City Records artists (Parliment, Funkadelic, The Horny Horns, The Brides of Funkenstein)? That would be the PUREST jam!!

(George) CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT '08!!
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Re: All MOTOWN Format

> > Also: CAN an AM station of today repeat the Boss 'KHJ'
> > sound of the past, employing the RIGHT format & jocks??
>
> A perfect example of this presentation is the 60's format on
> XM Radio. They use all the old PAMS jingles and all their
> jocks have the high energy "Boss" presentation.


I hope I don't sound like too much of a moron, but what exactly constitutes a "Boss" presentation?
 
Re: All MOTOWN Format

> > > Also: CAN an AM station of today repeat the Boss 'KHJ'
> > > sound of the past, employing the RIGHT format & jocks??
> >
> > A perfect example of this presentation is the 60's format
> on
> > XM Radio. They use all the old PAMS jingles and all their
> > jocks have the high energy "Boss" presentation.
>
>
> I hope I don't sound like too much of a moron, but what
> exactly constitutes a "Boss" presentation?

Radie-yo, you make me feel old. "Boss" Radio was probably the most imitated radio format in history. Tight top 40, dynamic, entertaining, high energy jocks, good promotions, and most important of all - LOCAL AND INVOLVED IN THE MARKET THEY SERVED.

The king of "Boss" radio has to be the inventor, 93 KHJ in Los Angeles. They started in 1966, when things were "boss" and "Groovy". Within a year, they OWNED Los Angeles Radio Ratings, and crushed their opponents into the early 1970's.

I highly recommend the website reelradio.com, a collection of airchecks.

My personal favorite at Reelradio - do a search for Robert W. Morgan, the top morning man in LA for years. That guy was smooooth, funny and witty, great voice - the whole package. And check out "The Real Don Steele".

The legacy of KHJ is HUGE. They reshaped Radio across America more than any other single station in history, IMHO.

To this day, much of what many music stations do in way of formatics come from "Boss" radio. Things like the singing call letters - a few had been done before, but they had a variety of tempos, modern sounding, and used constantly.

But the thing that set them, and other "Boss" imitators like WLS in Chicago and WABC in New York, and any other succesful station, was the connection to the audience. Real, live jocks in the same town, talking about what was happening now, taking phone calls, making live appearances - all things pretty much gone from today's Cheap Channel Korporate Krap they call radio

I hope that helps you understand the reverence so many people of my generation (45-65) place on Boss Radio.

Robert W. Morgan and the Real Don Steele were my Hero's. And Tina Delgado is Alive! Alive! (Steele's mysterious tag line. Screamed it at the end of every show. He took the secret of who Tina Delgado was to his grave)
 
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