This used to happen on my Stardust affiliate. They would play a song that didn't quite fit the format during a commercial break. It was pretty obvious what was happening because the song was short and so was the commercial break. I once complained about a particular song and was told Stardust (or Timeless Classics or Timeless Favorites or whatever it was by that time) didn't play it. So that was even more evidence. But ever since the market lost its oldies station, the Stardust affiliate had moved its morning show closer to oldies. Eventually, possibly before Timeless Favorites was discontinued, they just went all oldies. Which didn't last, by the way, and when the local Spanish broadcaster wanted a better signal ...
The same thing seems to be happening on my America's Best Music station. They could certainly use more local commercials, but several commercial breaks have been shorter than usual and three songs get played. This morning it was a song an oldies station might play (I've already forgotten the name) and a standards station probably would play, but it still sounds a little out of place. The first time this happened, it was the theme from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Now I assume this is something happening locally. The first time, I just thought a basketball game was about to start.
The same thing seems to be happening on my America's Best Music station. They could certainly use more local commercials, but several commercial breaks have been shorter than usual and three songs get played. This morning it was a song an oldies station might play (I've already forgotten the name) and a standards station probably would play, but it still sounds a little out of place. The first time this happened, it was the theme from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Now I assume this is something happening locally. The first time, I just thought a basketball game was about to start.