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Another format like Red

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Eugene, Oregon, has a station called Class 1450. Like Red, they play a hip Adult Standards mix, no Barry Manilow, Anne Murray, Engelbert Humperdinck, Carly Simon, nor other traditional MOR/Easy Listening artists. It reminds me of Red 104.1 when they were running the format fulltime.<P ID="signature">______________
Ivan Badget
Waipahu, Hawaii</P>
 
> Eugene, Oregon, has a station called Class 1450. Like Red,
> they play a hip Adult Standards mix, no Barry Manilow, Anne
> Murray, Engelbert Humperdinck, Carly Simon, nor other
> traditional MOR/Easy Listening artists. It reminds me of Red
> 104.1 when they were running the format fulltime.
>

I haven't heard this station, but looking at the website, it seems similar to Red:

http://www.martini1061.com/
 
> I haven't heard this station, but looking at the website, it
> seems similar to Red:
>
> http://www.martini1061.com/

I was in New Orleans this weekend and spent a couple of hours listening to Martini 106.1. I admire them for being musically adventurous, but I think the format needs tweaking.

Most of what I heard was a combination of Smooth Jazz (Sade, Dave Koz, etc.), remakes of traditional standards by artists like Steve Tyrell, Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, etc., and added to the mix were some obscure blues oriented artists. There was even Dr. John, who of course is a New Orleans favorite son. Some of his songs are great, some "take getting used to." Then there were songs that both artist and genre were relatively hard to figure out. There were no "real" standards like Sinatra, Ella, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, etc, when I listened Sunday afternoon. I think those artists really needed to be included.

I'd like to say I really liked it, but I didn't.

The funny thing is, as I write this down, the concept seems reasonable. Maybe it was the way the songs were assembled in the play list, not the songs themselves. The station appeared to be automated. I don't mean to dis automation, it can work very well.

Given that the Crescent City has a very diverse musical heritage, it may work for them, where it would not work in mainstream America. I guess time will tell.
 
> Given that the Crescent City has a very diverse musical
> heritage, it may work for them, where it would not work in
> mainstream America. I guess time will tell.
>
The funny thing is I just looked at their web site, and all the "missing artists" are pictured at the top of the page. Maybe Sunday has a diferent playlist. Anyone from New Orleans who could comment?
 
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