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Happy New Year WCBSFM
- Thread starter mary
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I understand the demographic concerns in the radio business, but I hope that WCBS-FM does not abandon the music of the 1960s.
Bruce
Bruce
Good news- heard Chubby Checker "Let's Twist Again" AND Del Shannon "Runaway" at 2 different times this afternoon while driving and channel surfing.
one thing to remember is that 'kids' who grew up in the 70s were exposed to "Happy Days"/The Fonz, one of the biggest hits on tv,as well as "American Graffitti", etc, the soundtrack album s which topped the charts and were listened to by everybody; the same is true of films like "The Big Chill' and the resultant platinum soundtracks which were mostly 60s Motown;
as a result, in the 70s and 80s, these songs became part of the music of those generations as well, it became their 'oldies/classics, whatever you care to call them...
Happy New Year...
as a result, in the 70s and 80s, these songs became part of the music of those generations as well, it became their 'oldies/classics, whatever you care to call them...
Happy New Year...
What do you define as a party song? New York, New York by Frank Sinatra was #1 on this survey. I did not listen to the entire survey, but does anyone know if Louie Louie by the Kingsmen was near the top? Hopefully this hit was not disregarded because it was from 1963.
Bruce
Bruce
90s 'hits' will NEVER account for a sucessful 'oldies' station;
the market was too fragmented by then, and MTV was in play;
in the 60s, British Invasion and Motown lived peacefully side by side;
grunge and hip hop? not so much.....
forget about it, 90's will never successfully find an audience, if the audience was there, they'd be demanding the format right now, it's been 20 YEARS!!!! already...fageedaboutit
the market was too fragmented by then, and MTV was in play;
in the 60s, British Invasion and Motown lived peacefully side by side;
grunge and hip hop? not so much.....
forget about it, 90's will never successfully find an audience, if the audience was there, they'd be demanding the format right now, it's been 20 YEARS!!!! already...fageedaboutit
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WPOI in Tampa promotes itself as a 90's station, but they don't play grunge or hip hop, just mainstream pop.
lalumia said:
Very true...songs from 1990-2000 are 21 to 11 years old now....and not on Classic hits stations like CBS-FM. And rap is not mainstream pop, so those for the most part, would not be included either. Since there was so much rap in the mid-late 90's ruling the pop charts, pushing regular pop down, there isn't as much as a selection to choose from for a mainstream pop format....ie.. Sugar Ray, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Robyn, Jon Secada, Paula Abdul..etc.. as compared to the 60's 70's or early 80's
There would be way too much repetition.
WIBBAGE FM
WIBBAGE FM @ 9.3 is the Classic Philadelphia legacy station. Our library from 1960 to 1978
provides the widest library of true "WIBBAGE Oldies" classics consists of 3450 carefully
selected and choice files. Everyone of them hits. We also feature specialties with Cool BobbyB
Sunday nights and doo-wop. No other station we know of has as deep a music library 24/7.
WIBBAGE FM @ 9.3 is the Classic Philadelphia legacy station. Our library from 1960 to 1978
provides the widest library of true "WIBBAGE Oldies" classics consists of 3450 carefully
selected and choice files. Everyone of them hits. We also feature specialties with Cool BobbyB
Sunday nights and doo-wop. No other station we know of has as deep a music library 24/7.
I really don't feel 80s should be on CBS or even 70s music. The 70s & 80s-That's not old music at all. 50s & 60s aren't even old.
Re: WIBBAGE FM
I just can't resist, even if this dead horse has been beaten altogether too many times.
Now I agree that there might be over a thousand songs from those 18 years that were hits, but the majority of them are not hits today.
That's deeper than the Marianas Trench... and like the Trench, there is no life at the bottom.
There may be a reason why the others don't play such a big library. They could, and all they would need is a Whitburn book and an iTuenes account. But perhaps they discovered that the more songs they add, the less people listen. There is a difference between a radio station (or stream) and a museum.
I just can't resist, even if this dead horse has been beaten altogether too many times.
wibg1020 said:
Now I agree that there might be over a thousand songs from those 18 years that were hits, but the majority of them are not hits today.
That's deeper than the Marianas Trench... and like the Trench, there is no life at the bottom.
There may be a reason why the others don't play such a big library. They could, and all they would need is a Whitburn book and an iTuenes account. But perhaps they discovered that the more songs they add, the less people listen. There is a difference between a radio station (or stream) and a museum.
Re: WIBBAGE FM
A Dead Horse?? Naaahhh
Right, a large city museum and a large radio station both have the capability of featuring thousands of artifacts and songs.
DavidEduardo said:I just can't resist, even if this dead horse has been beaten altogether too many times.
A Dead Horse?? Naaahhh
DavidEduardo said:
Right, a large city museum and a large radio station both have the capability of featuring thousands of artifacts and songs.
Re: WIBBAGE FM
Check this out:
http://www.marianatrench.com/mariana_trench-biology_001.htm
DavidEduardo said:
Check this out:
http://www.marianatrench.com/mariana_trench-biology_001.htm
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