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It seems like this station is finally going all in on the 90s. With their Sunday night 90s show. I mean it has been more than 30 years since 1990.
Some of my fave songs played were Enter Sandman by Metallica and Alive by Pearl Jam.
I think they are finally shedding their oldies image.
I wonder how long until they fully drop the 70s all together. I think right now they still play between 1-3 70s per hour.
I could see in 2 years the Greatest Hits of the 80s, 90s and more.
 
JH_Radio said:
Is the Sunday '90s a hosted presentation?
I saw on the web Sunday 7:00PM-10:00PM but not that a DJ hosted it.
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I believe there was a DJ and could have been live as the DJ I believe was one of the weekend ones and not the Monday through Friday…but it could also be voicetracked.
I know during the week only the morning and drive home times are live and the rest is voicetracked
 
I heard a bit of it and there was a jock. No idea whether he was local, though I'd lean toward it being tracked.
 
Checked it out for a bit on Sunday night and my wife made me shut it off around 8pm when they played an over-extended dance mix of "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera. Felt like an odd choice (the song, not wife shutting it off... hah...).

Was ok up until that point, but not something I'd make an effort to seek out on Sunday nights. Plenty of other places where I can get a generic mix of '90s any time, day or night. (iHeart, SXM, etc.)
 
andygradel said:
Checked it out for a bit on Sunday night and my wife made me shut it off around 8pm when they played an over-extended dance mix of "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera. Felt like an odd choice (the song, not wife shutting it off... hah...).

Was ok up until that point, but not something I'd make an effort to seek out on Sunday nights. Plenty of other places where I can get a generic mix of '90s any time, day or night. (iHeart, SXM, etc.)
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I do sometimes wonder about the value of specialty shows these days. Does it actually help in the long run to tweak the format for a few hours every week? Or do you just risk turning off regular listeners who happen to tune in during the show? Of course, it's Sunday night, so, you know, if a tree falls...
 
If you’re reasonably within your format that feels a little different than some of what we saw seemingly eons ago where stations really went outside their format for speciality shows. And yeah, that tree doesn’t make a noise either way. Does the Friday night 80s show hurt them? I’d doubt it; the 90s is now pretty firmly into their space so it creates something of a beachhead there for the 7 people listening. 🤣
 
Miss their old specialty shows like the Bob Pantano Dance Party on Saturday nights and Street Corner Sunday Night doo wop show. The doo wop was there as recently as 5 years ago.
 
Didn't Street Corner Sunday end once Harvy Holiday retired?
Or did they yank it before that.
It was notable how long Street Corner Sunday lasted when you consider everybody else dropped their doo wop shows a long time ago.
 
Miguelito said:
I do sometimes wonder about the value of specialty shows these days. Does it actually help in the long run to tweak the format for a few hours every week? Or do you just risk turning off regular listeners who happen to tune in during the show? Of course, it's Sunday night, so, you know, if a tree falls...
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You are right in your thinking at least in PPM markets. Specialty shows were mostly a diary market system to get people to remember things when filling in diaries.
 
Don K Reeds doo wop shop which lasted almost 30 years on CBS-F was the highest rated show on Sunday nights in the Apple. There was also the Sunday night doo wop shows battle, the Geat on CAU-F and Holiday on DAS-F mid early 70s.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
As the station moved forward and that remained as a relic? Out.
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Street Corner Sunday was cancelled sometime in the 2000’s and there was enough of an outrage they they brought it back some time later albeit for 3 hours instead of 5. By that time the audience had aged out of the money demo but nevertheless it lasted another decade or so before being phased out completely. Fast forward to 2023 and much of that audience is no longer with us.
 
Radio Wreck said:
Street Corner Sunday was cancelled sometime in the 2000’s and there was enough of an outrage they they brought it back some time later albeit for 3 hours instead of 5. By that time the audience had aged out of the money demo but nevertheless it lasted another decade or so before being phased out completely. Fast forward to 2023 and much of that audience is no longer with us.
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I’m 35, I used to listen to Street Corner Sunday, and I’ll probably live for several more decades. Someone who was 15 in 1960 is now 78. They’re still around.
 
Miguelito said:
Do we think more people tuned in or out for Street Corner Sunday?
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I’m sure a lot of people tuned in for the Bob Pantano Dance Party. Audacy can see the stats for how many people stream the HD2 on Saturday nights. Would like to see Bob purchase a translator and put WOGL-HD2 on it
 
NickD said:
I’m 35, I used to listen to Street Corner Sunday, and I’ll probably live for several more decades. Someone who was 15 in 1960 is now 78. They’re still around.
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Sure, some are still around, but they're way past the point of advertisers caring. Is terrestrial radio interested in reaching anyone who was born before the mid '70s? I don't think so.
 
NickD said:
I’m 35, I used to listen to Street Corner Sunday, and I’ll probably live for several more decades. Someone who was 15 in 1960 is now 78. They’re still around.
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They are, huh?

Most of the music that was featured on that show was recorded between 1955 and 1964. Many of those groups started recording even before that. The Chords for example began their career in 1951. They were best known for “Sh-Boom.” The last surviving member of that group died in 2013. That’s just one example.

There is a very well known record store owner in our area that specializes in that music. He’ll tell you firsthand that there aren’t a lot of people coming into the store these days to buy that music however he hears from widows on a regular basis who wish to sell their late husbands records.

You’re 35. You listened to the show. That’s great. But how much of that audience do you know personally? I’ve partied with them. I’ve spun records with them. I’ve been to many of their homes and hung out with them at concerts and dances. And over the last decade alone I’ve bid farewell to dozens of them. Don’t dishonor the memory of those who have passed on just because some of them are “still around.”
 
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