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Has B98.5 management cracked up?

jal41

jal41

First, B98.5 dumps the "Voted #1 Again for the Most Music While You Work" slogan. Now, they are dumping soft rock during working hours.

Actually, it is first theme weekend in three years (they did a theme day on the 4th of July) where they are playing summer and party songs. But this is the first time ever that they have actually went off format during regular business hours (it began at 3 PM on Friday).

I actually think that Bob Neil, Dan Kearney, Paul Cilliano, and the others have cracked up, and are actually no longer playing it safe on Cox's flagship FM (playing it safe is a Cox corporate value).

What's coming next. An expanded (500+ songs) playlist? Sounds like to me it might happen.
 
It sounds GREAT.. I would give anything if they stayed with this format. But, they will be back to the boring format Monday morning.
 
I have not used my ipod or satellite today. I have been stuck on this station. It is so much fun to hear what they are going to play next, it goes from Motown to Pink Floyd.
This is an awesome format, and like I said one they should KEEP.
 
I'm really enjoying them too. Noticed it this morning while I was DX'ing and heard them playing "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & The Gang.
 
I am really enjoying the uptempo party songs that B98.5 has been playing all weekend long.

Is it a suitable station to listen to at work now ?
No.

Is the station gearing towards this party/oldies format or stick with the AC station that they have had the most success with.

Is it possible to do both ?
I doubt it.
 
BRENT said:
I have not used my ipod or satellite today. I have been stuck on this station. It is so much fun to hear what they are going to play next, it goes from Motown to Pink Floyd.
This is an awesome format, and like I said, one they should KEEP.
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BRENT said:
I have not used my ipod or satellite today. I have been stuck on this station. It is so much fun to hear what they are going to play next, it goes from Motown to Pink Floyd.
This is an awesome format, and like I said one they should KEEP.
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Once again, I totally agree with you Brent. I haven't listened to XM or my iPod all weekend either and I wish they would keep this format too. It reminds of a station that plays the Greatest Hits of the '70s & '80s.
 
I've also been enjoying it. It would be a great thing for them to do every once in a while, say once every 2 months or so.

When I came to Atlanta in 1994, B98.5 was going all '70's every weekend. Doing this almost-disco format every single weekend made B98.5 sound like 2 different stations, one during the week and another on the weekend. Eventually, the station wised up and killed the every-weekend-a-70's-weekend thing.
 
RoddyFreeman said:
When I came to Atlanta in 1994, B98.5 was going all '70's every weekend. Doing this almost-disco format every single weekend made B98.5 sound like 2 different stations, one during the week and another on the weekend. Eventually, the station wised up and killed the every-weekend-a-70's-weekend thing.
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If I remember correctly they started out with all 70's on Saturday and Sunday. Eventually it was all 70's on Saturday and all 80's on Sunday until they dumped the 70's all together and played all 80's weekend. This weekend is the first time that I've listened to them since then. In fact, I didn't even have a preset set for them until yesterday.
 
....First time my car radio spent more than 5 minutes on the FM band in a WHILE. I listened all weekend. Even in the house. The music mix was great. Would have been nice to have some live jocks and get rid of the liner cards for the weekend too.
 
Delta767 said:
....First time my car radio spent more than 5 minutes on the FM band in a WHILE. I listened all weekend. Even in the house. The music mix was great. Would have been nice to have some live jocks and get rid of the liner cards for the weekend too.
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Totally agree.
 
I've always kind of liked B98.5 from time to time, but this past weekend they sounded great. I was on the treadmill at the gym and heard "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark, followed by Stevie Wonder, followed by Van Halen "JUMP!" It was AWESOME and I almost JUMPED right off the treadmill because the music was so good. It reminded me of the "MOVIN" format. Let's hope they do this more often!
 
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