After, seemingly, decades on the air on Saturday mornings from 6:00am until 10:00am, WAKS 96.5 FM moved the "American Top 40" countdown show from Saturdays to Sunday mornings from 8:00am until Noon. They also moved a Sunday morning show from that timeslot to a night time slot on Sundays.
I do not like this move as on Sunday mornings myself, and two others, routinely listen to the Country countdown show on WGAR. I have wide interests in music, and listen to the countdown shows as a way of keeping up on music in one sitting since the stations normally do such a poor job of sharing the names of songs and the names of the artists who perform them. This change messes things up.
I emailed the Program Director and he got back to me saying that this was a "business decision". He gave me other options to hear "AT 40", but I just want to turn it on and hear it, and not jump through hoops to hear it. On the issue of saying the names of songs and artists, he said they only do it when the song is new. What he doesn't understand is that lots of listeners can't listen all the time, and the listening experience of all of the occasional listeners is enhanced when they mention artist and title. I can see his point with long-lasting songs such as "Circles" by Post Malone and "Memories" by Maroon 5, but not with others. I will address this with him in my reply.
I do not like this move as on Sunday mornings myself, and two others, routinely listen to the Country countdown show on WGAR. I have wide interests in music, and listen to the countdown shows as a way of keeping up on music in one sitting since the stations normally do such a poor job of sharing the names of songs and the names of the artists who perform them. This change messes things up.
I emailed the Program Director and he got back to me saying that this was a "business decision". He gave me other options to hear "AT 40", but I just want to turn it on and hear it, and not jump through hoops to hear it. On the issue of saying the names of songs and artists, he said they only do it when the song is new. What he doesn't understand is that lots of listeners can't listen all the time, and the listening experience of all of the occasional listeners is enhanced when they mention artist and title. I can see his point with long-lasting songs such as "Circles" by Post Malone and "Memories" by Maroon 5, but not with others. I will address this with him in my reply.