This doesn't exactly strike me as Adult Standards. It's more like Soft AC(without the contemporary part)with an occasional standard dropped in. I think it would be difficult to find an audience. You'd either offend the Soft AC audience with the standards or the standards audience with the mostly constant Soft AC!
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CHR switches to standards in Bend, Oregon
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That's what WPTX in Maryland is doing.
100.7 FM & 1690 WPTX AM
100.7 FM & 1690 WPTX is a radio station located in Mechanicsville, MD, in the the United States. The station broadcasts on 1690 AM, and is popularly known as WPTX Radio. The station is owned by Somar Communications and offers a Adult Standard format.
After a while I concluded that I was hearing exactly what I had heard on WPTX, except I was thinking WPTX played more standards.That's what WPTX in Maryland is doing.
100.7 FM & 1690 WPTX AM
100.7 FM & 1690 WPTX is a radio station located in Mechanicsville, MD, in the the United States. The station broadcasts on 1690 AM, and is popularly known as WPTX Radio. The station is owned by Somar Communications and offers a Adult Standard format.1690wptx.com
WPTX, however, identifies as soft AC. Which doesn't really make sense if America's Best Music is actually called "adult standards" and seems to have fewer true standards by the traditional definition.
As for my comment about a satellite format, I guess I meant something nationally distributed, which this seems to be.
Just like Oldies, that evolved to the point another label was needed (Classic Hits) , the time is past due to do the same with Adult Standards. These America's Best Music and LRN stations should be described now as "Soft Oldies" or "Classic Soft AC". While "Standards" (minus Adult) would describe this station:
Probably serving the retirees from Portland who moved to Deschutes County for sun, outdoor fun, skiing, and less crime. 12.4% of the city of Bend was over 65 as of the 2010 census. I think it's a good move - but will it register in ratings and revenue? We will see.
Not all the music is Perry Como and Frank Sinatra. Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Anita Baker and others get airplay on this station .I still prefer KMGK in Glenwood MN, which is top-notch for a small town, but I'll have to listen to KWXS for a bit and see if I enjoy it too.
Not all the music is Perry Como and Frank Sinatra. Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Anita Baker and others get airplay on this station .I still prefer KMGK in Glenwood MN, which is top-notch for a small town, but I'll have to listen to KWXS for a bit and see if I enjoy it too.
According to their playlist, they only play Adele, Celine Dion, Michael Buble' and Frank Sinatra! The live stream shows otherwise.That's what WPTX in Maryland is doing.
100.7 FM & 1690 WPTX AM
100.7 FM & 1690 WPTX is a radio station located in Mechanicsville, MD, in the the United States. The station broadcasts on 1690 AM, and is popularly known as WPTX Radio. The station is owned by Somar Communications and offers a Adult Standard format.
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The problem with that is those newer performances of the old songs that wouldn't actually be "oldies". Most of those are "standards" by the traditional definition.Just like Oldies, that evolved to the point another label was needed (Classic Hits) , the time is past due to do the same with Adult Standards. These America's Best Music and LRN stations should be described now as "Soft Oldies" or "Classic Soft AC". While "Standards" (minus Adult) would describe this station:
It's listed as "Artist Library" under "Music".
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WPTX's entire web site is just a corporate placeholder. They never mention it on the air, thus no effort is put into maintaining it.
And while it may look like Latin, Italian or even French, depending on which words you're looking at, it is pure gibberish.
I was hearing a number of songs I never heard before, and liked. This station (or the source of its music) isn't just sticking with the few familiar songs.
However, the 80s AC made me go back to something better.
However, the 80s AC made me go back to something better.
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When I had a Chandler and Price in my basement when I was about 10, the ATF book was my wishlist. When I had made a little money doing job printing, I'd go to the local ATF outlet and buy a font or two. Often, the guys at the counter would save fonts that had a damaged letter or two for me and give them to me or sell them for about a 90% discount.
Nothing more fun that sorting pied type!
Thanks, that explains why it didn't translate!
And getting back on topic, KWXS played three songs that were standards rather than AC that I had never heard of, but I liked. One was by Perez Prado, who was played on Stardust though I never heard him on America's Best Music. I recognized the style of "Cherry Pink" so I knew it was him. And Rod Tanner said it was him. So the format, if this is one being played in multiple markets, isn't just playing the same few songs that have been proven. I also discover a lot of new versions or even new songs on Serenade Radio, which is British (with at least one show hosted from the U.S.) and online only.
WTLO 1480 AM/97.7 FM in Somerset, KY recently switched from America's Best Music to the LRN format. Another is WCMY 1430/93.5 FM in Ottawa, IL.
Some songs I've noticed on LRN (via streaming WTLO and KWXS) that aren't played on WW1 (or weren't last I checked):
Doris Day - Que Sera Sera
Dee Clark - Raindrops
Eydie Gorme - Blame It on the Bossa Nova
Janis Ian - At Seventeen
Sammy Davis Jr. - Something's Gotta Give
Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him (used to be heard often on WW1)
Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is to Love Him
Peggy Lee - I've Got the World on a String
Anne Murray - A Little Good News
Don Gibson - Sea of Heartbreak
I'm not concerning myself with labels. I'm just enjoying the music while it lasts.
I've been listening off and on to KWXS. They are definitely playing more older songs like the ones you mentioned, more than what America's Best Music now plays. As well as a larger playlist. ABM can get rather repetitive, as well as very few 50's and 60's, and any song considered a Standard.
Doris Day 'Que Sera Sera' gets airplay on KMGK Glenwood MN. One of my favorite stations to stream, as they also play a lot of soft AC from the 1980s-2000 that rarely get airplay nowadays on soft rock stations, even those like KSWD Seattle that are softer AC.
What a shame that KVSV/Beloit KS still doesn't stream. I heard the 105.5 signal on E-skip DX a couple of years ago from central WA. They are the real deal...a locally-based playlist of standards rarities. I wish that signal would have stayed in for 2 hours straight...to hear songs like 'Speak Low' by Diane Schuur or 'Perfidia' by Linda Ronstadt are *unheard* of on any commercial U.S. radio station!
Regardless, this thread is on KWXS, and I will let the original topic continue on...
What a shame that KVSV/Beloit KS still doesn't stream. I heard the 105.5 signal on E-skip DX a couple of years ago from central WA. They are the real deal...a locally-based playlist of standards rarities. I wish that signal would have stayed in for 2 hours straight...to hear songs like 'Speak Low' by Diane Schuur or 'Perfidia' by Linda Ronstadt are *unheard* of on any commercial U.S. radio station!
Regardless, this thread is on KWXS, and I will let the original topic continue on...
"Perfidia" (the English version anyway - I believe she also did it in Spanish) is on Westwood One's playlist, last I checked. It's a great rendition.
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