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Oldies stations and other formats switching formats isn't anything new. In 1993 here in Los Angeles KCBS-FM Oldies 93.1 literally over night switched too Arrow 93.1 a new and original format tagging it self as "Rock and roll oldies of the late 60s, 70s, early 80s". It was "classic rock oldies". The station hit it big, and KCBS-FM LA Oldies were a memory. Arrow 93.1 lasted eleven years; in its later years it simply went too strait classic rock format. But, about a month back KCBS-FM ditched the one time amazing format that took the country by storm and took KCBS-FM too #4 in its early years and flipped it into JACK-FM. They had the little petitions, and protest too get Arrow back but nothing occurd. Just like WCBS-FM New York lost its oldies, KCBS-FM lost its classic rock format that had left a mark in LA. LA does have another oldies station but its following the same issues all oldies stations are facing...but it's not just oldies. Oldies isn't the only format too die for many formats come and go; oldies in fact lasted a good thirty something years and now FM is moving on too new music and formats. The 80s are considered the modern day oldies but without the term "oldies".
I love oldies of the 50s & 60s, its more or less the only format I listen too but stations will change formats, DJs will move on, new eras of radio will be born and will die. It's just the business of radio and its nothing new.
Jack-FM isn't my style of music but it seems too target the younger audiences and the younger audiences should have listening ablitys. There has been a void in stations that play 70s,80s,90s music so this opens up a new door for new listeners. One of the reasons I personally believe WCBS-FM fell victim is because of its Freqency location, the call letters "CBS", WCBS was having format issues as you all had seen with new changes that occured over the year, and finally it was a popular fequency that played some of the songs JACK-FM plays. KCBS-FM in Los Angeles took the Jack-FM. So with both CBS-FM's airing Jack-FM and a Jack-FM in Chicago (not sure of its call letters) it's opening the door for good promotion and cross country stations that are one station format pretty much. Do I support Jack-FM? Yes, I do even though I'll never listen too the station, and the music is way out of my listening area...Im a 50s/60s oldies person. Why do I support it? Young radio listeners deserve a chance too hear their format in a unique style, and they deserve for their music tastes to get its fair chance of high promotioned time as we oldies fans and classic rock fans have had for thirty years. 1980s music also needs a home too keep broadcasting for those who were from the 80's era, and without having too be shadowed out by the 1960s or the 1970s, or having too try and hide the fact they are modern day oldies.
You guys in New York lost a 33 year old well established oldies station with WCBS-FM flipping too Jack-FM format. We in Los Angeles lost a 12 year old well estbalished classic rock oldies station with KCBS-FM/Arrow 93.1 flipping too Jack-FM format.
In the modern era we're not lost and not stuck too only AM, FM, SW. With Satellite radios, Ipods, internet radio, we can easily get the oldies and the oldies we want. Sirius and XM has both 50s & 60s formatted oldies stations, IPods you can create your own little oldies station by putting thousands of songs you like into one unit, and internet radio has amateur radio station all over the internet. So, we're not lost.
. WCBS was a lost format anyhow...Why hang on too an oldies station that was going more and more away from oldies (ditching the 50s, going deep into the 70s & early 80s) when we can move into other oldies areas and as Jack with put it in regards too our Ipods...Play what WE want in the oldies format. Throw in some CBS-FM jingles into your oldies formated ipods and you have your own little CBS-FM but without commericals and annoying chatter.
Regards,
Anthony--
Oldies stations and other formats switching formats isn't anything new. In 1993 here in Los Angeles KCBS-FM Oldies 93.1 literally over night switched too Arrow 93.1 a new and original format tagging it self as "Rock and roll oldies of the late 60s, 70s, early 80s". It was "classic rock oldies". The station hit it big, and KCBS-FM LA Oldies were a memory. Arrow 93.1 lasted eleven years; in its later years it simply went too strait classic rock format. But, about a month back KCBS-FM ditched the one time amazing format that took the country by storm and took KCBS-FM too #4 in its early years and flipped it into JACK-FM. They had the little petitions, and protest too get Arrow back but nothing occurd. Just like WCBS-FM New York lost its oldies, KCBS-FM lost its classic rock format that had left a mark in LA. LA does have another oldies station but its following the same issues all oldies stations are facing...but it's not just oldies. Oldies isn't the only format too die for many formats come and go; oldies in fact lasted a good thirty something years and now FM is moving on too new music and formats. The 80s are considered the modern day oldies but without the term "oldies".
I love oldies of the 50s & 60s, its more or less the only format I listen too but stations will change formats, DJs will move on, new eras of radio will be born and will die. It's just the business of radio and its nothing new.
Jack-FM isn't my style of music but it seems too target the younger audiences and the younger audiences should have listening ablitys. There has been a void in stations that play 70s,80s,90s music so this opens up a new door for new listeners. One of the reasons I personally believe WCBS-FM fell victim is because of its Freqency location, the call letters "CBS", WCBS was having format issues as you all had seen with new changes that occured over the year, and finally it was a popular fequency that played some of the songs JACK-FM plays. KCBS-FM in Los Angeles took the Jack-FM. So with both CBS-FM's airing Jack-FM and a Jack-FM in Chicago (not sure of its call letters) it's opening the door for good promotion and cross country stations that are one station format pretty much. Do I support Jack-FM? Yes, I do even though I'll never listen too the station, and the music is way out of my listening area...Im a 50s/60s oldies person. Why do I support it? Young radio listeners deserve a chance too hear their format in a unique style, and they deserve for their music tastes to get its fair chance of high promotioned time as we oldies fans and classic rock fans have had for thirty years. 1980s music also needs a home too keep broadcasting for those who were from the 80's era, and without having too be shadowed out by the 1960s or the 1970s, or having too try and hide the fact they are modern day oldies.
You guys in New York lost a 33 year old well established oldies station with WCBS-FM flipping too Jack-FM format. We in Los Angeles lost a 12 year old well estbalished classic rock oldies station with KCBS-FM/Arrow 93.1 flipping too Jack-FM format.
In the modern era we're not lost and not stuck too only AM, FM, SW. With Satellite radios, Ipods, internet radio, we can easily get the oldies and the oldies we want. Sirius and XM has both 50s & 60s formatted oldies stations, IPods you can create your own little oldies station by putting thousands of songs you like into one unit, and internet radio has amateur radio station all over the internet. So, we're not lost.
. WCBS was a lost format anyhow...Why hang on too an oldies station that was going more and more away from oldies (ditching the 50s, going deep into the 70s & early 80s) when we can move into other oldies areas and as Jack with put it in regards too our Ipods...Play what WE want in the oldies format. Throw in some CBS-FM jingles into your oldies formated ipods and you have your own little CBS-FM but without commericals and annoying chatter. Regards,
Anthony--