CBS FM RATINGS ARE DOWN FOR FALL..THIS STATION IS BAD!!

[davideduardo]

A CBS-FM thread with no thoughts and backlashes from David?? wow that must not have been juice i was drinking...

I didn't check but maybe that's because the phrases "55+", "listeners", "advertisers", and "agencies" were not all mentioned in the same post anywhere ;D

Mention PPM and he will magically appear.

This has all been beaten yto death. No new news, nothing to comment on.

 

[BACKnUSSR]

A CBS-FM thread with no thoughts and backlashes from David?? wow that must not have been juice i was drinking...

I didn't check but maybe that's because the phrases "55+", "listeners", "advertisers", and "agencies" were not all mentioned in the same post anywhere ;D

Mention PPM and he will magically appear.

This has all been beaten yto death. No new news, nothing to comment on.

If you build it....he will come.

 

[8638]

As someone born in the 80's, I can say, CBS as it stands right now, is an oldies station.

I think its crap compared to what it was BEFORE JACK!

If you mean RIGHT before Jack, no way. Their playlist at that point was very bland and narrow, and even the presentation had gone downhill. CBS-FM may not be what it was in the 90s, but it has a deeper playlist and more punch than it did in 2005. Even five months in, the station sounds reinvigorated and is really fun to listen to again. But I guess an 80s song every half hour is too much for some oldies fanatics to swallow.

Couldn't agree more with that statement. To me, the station is actually something I like to listen to. There seems to be energy associated with the presentation. I remember the weekend of the flip, I was driving home from the Washington area after dark, listening to WWKB, when I learned CBS was gone. While saddened by the news, I realized that its 'final' pre-Jack iteration was pretty miserable, and deserved to die. The reborn CBS-FM is pretty good product, and most of the 80's cuts played are consistent with the format. Hey, I love the fifties tunes, but the 80's cuts now played on CBS-FM are TODAY's oldies! Can't see the format expanding beyond 80's though. In my opinion, the 80's music was the tail end of the Top 40 era.

 

[Radknowski]

Merciful bejebus, I can't believe all the whining, wailing, b*tching and moaning about WCBS-FM. Can't you accept that it is what it is, and it's a pretty damn fine radio station that offers a product that's different from Lite and Fresh. The energy level should be applauded. The fact that the jocks sound like they're having fun and doing the kind of radio that allows them to entertain the listener is another positive attribute.

As to people having issues with the "80's music," a song that was a genuine hit in 1980 is soon to be 28 years old. Twenty. Eight. Freakin Years. Very similar to playing a hit from 1970 in 1998. If the song is compatible with the format, why not play it!

These "Oldies Purists" sound like "Music Nazis." "No 80's for you! Come back ten years!"

Yeesh!

 

[prescott]

cbsfm is a bore, they should make fresh use the 80's and 90's format you all love, and make cbsfm all oldies, anything is better than what they have now.

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

In 1972 OLDIES stations played music from the fifties. Less than 20 years old. Golden Oldies on the heritage AM's of the 60's were ten years old. WCBS plays oldies by any definition. They even brought back Bob Shannon and Pat St.John. Maybe some small brokered AM could get somebody to pay them to play oldies or maybe the Pacifica station would do 50's music as part of Americana music . At least they are trying.

 

[neo11]

cbsfm is a bore, they should make fresh use the 80's and 90's format you all love, and make cbsfm all oldies, anything is better than what they have now.

If *anything* is better than what they have now, then I say, bring back Jack FM! ;D

 

[adma]

In 1972 OLDIES stations played music from the fifties. Less than 20 years old. Golden Oldies on the heritage AM's of the 60's were ten years old. WCBS plays oldies by any definition. They even brought back Bob Shannon and Pat St.John. Maybe some small brokered AM could get somebody to pay them to play oldies or maybe the Pacifica station would do 50's music as part of Americana music . At least they are trying.

Well, given how the Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star" is itself 28 years old (and the MTV it launched is 26 years old), you might as well consign the medium to the dumpster, never mind the music, by that estimation...

30-40 years ago, were there any stations dedicating themselves completely to old radio serials? (Paradoxically, they often found their happiest place on prog-FM outlets.)

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

when KHJ and WCFL flipped to Top 40 in 1965, Chuck Berry's music was considered 'gold" . The actual concept of all oldies tended to come later. Based on my astute analysis-----all classic hits, classic rock, Jack's and Bob's are "oldies" stations. you all should be writing and e-mailing listender supported stations to do a Doo Wop show. It has worked for bluegrass and big bands.

 

[scooty430]

The only thing I don't like is how they do their special weekends. Special weekends are not supposed to be Hall Of fame spotlights done once an hour period.

Agreed. I was really excited to hear they were playing vinyl on Tuesdays. But I assumed it would be all-vinyl all day long. Instead, it's one vinyl cut per hour. Cool, but not as cool as it could be.

As for the pre-64 era, I don't see any reason to keep some of those songs in there. Turn new fans onto that stuff, just like teenage girls are getting into the Beatles right now. Heck, I wasn't around (well, I was 3) when Stairway to Heaven came out, but I certainly became a Zep fan in the 80's with all the airplay they got on AOR and Classic Rock.