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An aircheck for you all

RMarino

RMarino

For all you Easy/Soft AC fans, here's an aircheck from one of my old stations, WFCF in St. Augustine, FL on April Fools Day 1996, when our AAA format took a sharp turn to soft (really soft) AC. The operations manager put me in charge of the stunt. I chose the name "Warm 88.5" I chose the playlist "Soft Hits of the '70s", all from my personal collection and I voiced all of the recorded station liners you hear. The two girls (I forget their real names) who were DJing were nervous at first but did a great job creating that "easy" sound. Take a listen, and I'd be curious to know what you all think of the aircheck.

Part 1:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.p...id=68B3EAA32B321EFB&[email protected]

Part 2:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.p...id=2795216E5B751395&[email protected]
 
That's pretty amusing. I bet that you had quite a group of people fall for that one. Did you all regret leaving the phone lines open for listeners to comment on the "new" format? I bet with some of those calls you probably wish you had left the phone off the hook. lol

Back in the mid-80's, we had a country station here in Alabama which actually changed its format to soft AC on April Fool's Day. Although the owners at the time announced the upcoming change a week prior in the local newspaper, I'm sure there were some of the listeners who really thought it was an April Fool's joke, but twas not so... :)



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Actually it was a lot of fun answering the phones that day. Oddly enough, most of the angry calls were during the first hour, followed by the "Is this a joke" calls and eventually POSITIVE calls with a few actual requests!
 
btw, nice touch with Paul Anka's, "You're Having My Baby". Does anyone remember Dr. Johnny Fever (or Johnny Caravella as he was called at the time) of "WKRP in Cincinnati" playing that song before the station's format change to rock 'n roll, and how he shook his head in horror as he announced it and it began to play? :D




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WCRT rises from the ashes.
www.WCRT1260.info
 
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