One of the best lines in cinema history. That's one film that should never, ever be considered for a remake.
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As the Earth Turns.
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One of the best lines in cinema history. That's one film that should never, ever be considered for a remake.
Such a pity.
Because a number of stations were reluctant to the to play "Let's Spend the Night Together," the flip side, "Ruby Tuesday," became a hit.
As I recall, in the '70s, WLS excised "god" from "Life in the Fast Lane" by the Eagles, resulting in, "We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a (muted)-damn thing."
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Can you imagine "damn" being replaced by an F-bomb just to make the remake "edgier"?
iHeart also has a muted version in their master library which I heard played on air. I think it may have been created by Bill Cahill for the Classic Hits library.
Yeah, it's a real pity to bill just under $30,000,000 a year, the second best year out of the last seven. They are also inside the top 25 billing radio stations in the country, out of over 11,000 commercial full signal stations.
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Some other examples of censored lyrics that only some stations played:
Wild Cherry - “Play that funky music <white boy>"
Steve Miller Band, The Joker" - "I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, <I'm a midnight toker>"
Beatles, Ballad of John & Yoko - "<Christ>, you know it ain't easy..."
The <> parts were just excised from the song, as opposed to cleaner radio versions in which naughty words were replaced by cleaner words.
More vulgar ≠ "edgier".
Can you imagine going more than a day in 2018 without enduring some idiot ranting and using the "f-bomb" as if it was the only adjective in his vocabulary?
Wow, what titles would they be playing every 5-1/2 hours? That's even faster than the old days where you could hear Satisfaction and others every 8 hours or so.
Ten years ago or so, I'd say "Hotel California." But at 40 years old, that song's coming toward the end of its useful radio life. Now, it's probably something like "Living on a Prayer" or "Every Breath You Take."
Over the last week, these are the songs that got 20 to 30 weekly spins.
Naked Eyes Always Something There To Remind Me
Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer
Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Michael Jackson Beat It
A-HA Take On Me
Prince Little Red Corvette
Journey Don't Stop Believin'
Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Madonna Into The Groove
Men At Work Down Under
Blondie One Way Or Another
Bob Seger Old Time Rock & Roll
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
Billy Joel It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
Eagles Hotel California
Aerosmith Dream On
Queen Another One Bites The Dust
Am I correct to assume that as long as older songs like "Dream On," "I Will Survive" and "Hotel California" continue to test well with the younger half of the target demographic, they'll remain in power rotation? Is there a concern that 55+ listeners aren't abandoning the station quickly enough with these favorites of late baby boomers lingering on the playlist?
BTW, I'm surprised to see "Dream On" so strong on a West Coast station, always thought Aerosmith was more of a Northeastern thing in terms of mass popularity. Also, "Into the Groove" as Madonna's most-played song is a bit of a surprise. It's not the song that pops into my head when you mention her -- more likely to think of "Material Girl" or "Holiday."
There is no conscious effort to run off the over 55 listeners... it's simply that the station does not focus its research and programming efforts anywhere near that group.
So, as you conclude, if they are playing it, it tests well with the 35-54 group.
My guess is that they likely test leaning a bit younger, such as 35-49 or 37-52 or something like that. Generally, testing focuses on the core as that's where most of the TSL comes from.
I doubt it will ever be remade. The first go-round was boring as hell. And, to appreciate it movie goers would need to know a bit about the Civil War - not something I have seen in our current batch of younger people.
No kidding!
"La Isla Bonita" & "Who's That Girl" I'd rather hear.
KRTH has been and can continue to be a great radio station. From what I'm reading here, is they are backing off from the 90's and focusing on the 80's. That is fine. It certainly is an understandable marketing strategy. I would not discount the best of the 70's, however. Yeah, the target audience may not have been alive during this era, but perhaps they have an appreciation for the era?
I noticed KRTH brought back jingles (a new package) in the last year or so, but the best thing they could do right now is to re-introduce the classic K-Earth package. They would fit with any format modifications and still sound fantastic.
I have always loved K-Earth, and while they have lost their way in recent years, they still have an opportunity to be important when it comes to classic hits. Just put the right ingredients together for the perfect recipe. And stop trying to chase younger demos...it doesn't taste well.
I noticed KRTH brought back jingles (a new package) in the last year or so, but the best thing they could do right now is to re-introduce the classic K-Earth package. They would fit with any format modifications and still sound fantastic.
I have always loved K-Earth, and while they have lost their way in recent years, they still have an opportunity to be important when it comes to classic hits. Just put the right ingredients together for the perfect recipe. And stop trying to chase younger demos...it doesn't taste well.
Couldn't have said it better Seatownmedia. You are 101% right. I could add more, but I won't since I've been through these discussions before. Bringing back the classic package (Johnny Mann Jingles) would be a nice beginning, as these were played for many, many years during a time when I loved K-Earth 101 also. But we're dreaming.
It's not as much that they are "backing off" the 90's as it is that they cut the library size, and obviously eliminated lower testing songs... both from the late 70's and the early 90's.
They also eliminated 80's titles, but since that is and was the bulk of the library, the reduction is far less obvious.
As I have said before: KRTH is a radio station playing today's hit songs that, coincidentally, were recorded in the 80's. They don't need to bring back and 80's radio station... just the songs from that era that are popular today.
That's sort of like getting lost and ending up in a gold mine. The station is having its highest cume and sustained shares now.
I have no idea what "important" means in this context. The station is "important" as it appears, now, to be Entercom's highest billing LA FM station. That is the "important" that counts.
The station has always "chased" 35-54. The issue is that every year, 5% of the listeners age out of the demo and you have to get a new set of 35-year-olds in the door to replace them. The station is not trying to be "younger"; it is trying to keep a constant focus on the target, not yesterday's listeners who have aged out of the demo.
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