Hey Ed (rapking) classic soul back on WILD

[radiojay1]

Just heard it today in my car, can also hear it on my GE Superadio II here in Johnston, RI. Nice to hear classic soul again on 1090.

 

[raccoonradio]

"I Never Knew Love Like This Before" is on right now (4:52 pm)
I know they were running some classic soul on weekends, but are they dropping the black talk
network weekdays? (Or maybe the shows end at 3 or 4 pm and they go to classic soul then?)
Song ends:
"WILD--Boston's home for classic R&B"

Site "under construction" http://www.wild1090.com

 

[NHRadio]

Did WILD stream before the site went "under condtruction"?

 

[JustinT]

Did WILD stream before the site went "under condtruction"?

Nope, Radio One never streamed in Boston. And they've been really slow at it elsewhere.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

WILD plays Classic Soul on weekdays after 4 PM when the talk shows end, until signoff, and at various other times during the days on weekends.

It's good to hear the music back on at times, but the audio fidelity is the worst I've ever heard on WILD for the past couple of decades. It sounds like it's rolled off at about 2k. It's all muddy, no highs at all. It may be the rolloff they had to use for their analog signal during their very brief HD period, or it may be an EQ for AM talk programming, but it's sounding really poor for music.

WILD used to sound good on a wideband C-Quam AM stereo receiver when they were broadcasting in that mode up until about four years ago. It doesn't make any difference listening to them on wideband now, there's no high end there at all. It sounds the same on wideband or narrowband.

I'm sure Radio One isn't going to spend any money on improving their audio at this point.

 

[rapking]

Just heard it today in my car, can also hear it on my GE Superadio II here in Johnston, RI. Nice to hear classic soul again on 1090.

I post this about a month ago . No DJ , No fulltime soul station , Radio One still SUCK !

 

[NHRadio]

Does ANYTHING make you happy?

[/quote] I post this about a month ago . No DJ , No fulltime soul station , Radio One still SUCK !
[/quote]

 

[Keith321]

Does ANYTHING make you happy?

Judging from previous posts...apparently not! ;-)

 

[Eli Polonsky]

I can understand why someone looking for classic soul/urban AC wouldn't be happy with a daytime only station that plays it only from 4 PM until signoff weekdays (with poor audio quality).

 

[BRNout]

Exactly Eli. If you're a fan of R&B (new or classic), none of Boston's radio stations are going to make you happy. The way that Radio One has bungled WILD is enough to tick off any fan of soul music. That none of the other owners in the market have seen fit to counter program against Jamn and Kiss amazes me too.

I was perusing the FM dial last weekend from my "northern command" HQ in Nashua and what I found sounded like I'd just hopped out of the DeLorean and it was 1979 - and I'm in a totally white area! Almost a dozen stations playing classic rock or some derivative of it. More Doors music than I could shake a stick at. Let's see, we had WZLX, WROR, WGIR-FM, Frank 106.3, The Shark (x 2), The Pike, WHEB, The Mill (96.5), 94 HJY, and even WAAF (yes, mixing in older titles). Oh yeah, and "Mike" was pretty heavy on the classic rock too. More so than 6 months ago - as if that music was somehow in short supply (ha!).

It's fun for a while because you don't hear that much rock in most places but after an hour or so, enough is enough. So, changing stations, I found a few with relatively "safe" adult contemporary music, and others with a hybrid of active and/or classic alternative rock (WBCN, WBOS, WFNX, WAAF). Then we have a little country, some oldies, Kiss and Jamn. That's pretty much it. No other major market in the US has so little diversity on FM. Even much smaller markets such as Fort Wayne, Indiana and Rochester, NY have more to choose from for a fan of R&B.

Jamn, I might add, has the worst playlist of any CH/Urban station that I've heard in a long time! They play the worst hardcore garbage that you don't even hear on similarly formatted stations in markets like Philly, Dallas or Washington. And Kiss is just boring. It leans Hot AC, which would be fine if the market actually had a straight-on CHR to compete with it. Oldies 103 is also too heavily AC to make it enjoyable to an oldies fan like myself.

In fact, it seems like most of the FM stations in the market are some version of rock or AC. Honestly, who can blame Ed for being disgruntled about what's on the air in Boston these days?

It need not be so. Go 25-30 years back in time and you'd find that Boston had a lot more rhythmic music on the dial and (amazingly enough) it had a good following. Go even further back and peruse the old playlists of stations like WMEX and WRKO - both had quite a few R&B crossover titles in their top 40 formats. And, Boston still had WILD as a soul station back then too. Those programmers who assume that this is solely a "rock" market are wrong and don't have a well-rounded education when it comes to musical tastes in the area. Boston had soul.........at one time.

 

[raccoonradio]

>>so little diversity on FM

college radio can be a good alternative--blues, jazz, classic country (WMWM's "Uncle Jack's Roadhouse"
with Jack Smith Sat 3-6 pm; "Backwoods" on WMBR Sat 10-noon, etc), vintage R&B (doesn't WMBR have
such a show?), folk (despite the dropping of the name "folk radio" you might find quite a bit of it on WUMB),
reggae, etc.

We (WMWM) used to have a lot more rap/R&B in years gone by. Among our DJs was Keith Knight,
a fairly well known underground cartoonist (http://www.kchronicles.com ). He also draws for
ESPN The Magazine.

From the WMBR site http://wmbr.mit.edu
SUNDAYS
>>6-8pm R & B Jukebox Hosted by: Capt Al Vintage soul from the ’60s through the early ’80s. A unique blend of blues, R&B, funk, soulful jazz, and Latin soul. It’s Boston’s hottest jukebox.

If that fails to satisfy there's always HD or satellite.

Blues fans: my show, plug plug plug...
http://www.thejukejoint.info

 

[BRNout]

>>so little diversity on FM

college radio can be a good alternative--blues, jazz, classic country (WMWM's "Uncle Jack's Roadhouse"
with Jack Smith Sat 3-6 pm; "Backwoods" on WMBR Sat 10-noon, etc), vintage R&B (doesn't WMBR have
such a show?), folk (despite the dropping of the name "folk radio" you might find quite a bit of it on WUMB),
reggae, etc.

We (WMWM) used to have a lot more rap/R&B in years gone by. Among our DJs was Keith Knight,
a fairly well known underground cartoonist (http://www.kchronicles.com ). He also draws for
ESPN The Magazine.

From the WMBR site http://wmbr.mit.edu
SUNDAYS
>>6-8pm R & B Jukebox Hosted by: Capt Al Vintage soul from the ’60s through the early ’80s. A unique blend of blues, R&B, funk, soulful jazz, and Latin soul. It’s Boston’s hottest jukebox.

If that fails to satisfy there's always HD or satellite.

Blues fans: my show, plug plug plug...
http://www.thejukejoint.info

Yes, I agree that college radio can have a lot to offer. However, the nature of these stations is that they feature "appointment" programming where you need to be well acquainted with the station's schedule in order to find such programming. And, I am sure that the Juke Joint show is one of the area's finest!

However, your suggestion about HD isn't as helpful as it might seem. Yes, WMKK-HD2 features "Star" music. But, beyond that, much of what's offered is the same ol', same ol'! Like WROR-HD2 featuring "Sounds of the 70s." Huh? Isn't most of WROR's playlist from the 70s? Same is true of a lot of HD2 feeds. There's very little relief to be had from HD.

By the way, this particular issue with HD feeds isn't limited to Boston. Philly's 70s-heavy oldies station (WOGL) features "All 70s" on their HD-2 channel. But most of their usual playlist is from the 70s anyhow and Sundays are "70s Sundays" on WOGL - all demonstrating an immense lack of imagination on the part of CBS Radio. Why not "true oldies" on HD2? Makes you wonder what the suits are thinking. And, it doesn't bode well for what will be on WODS-HD2. So far, only a few of the "stations between the stations" seem worth the price of an HD Radio.

Satellite does provide a nice music fix for any taste - but lacks the local touch that we all enjoy. Not to mention that it costs money. None of these suggestions address the real problem, unfortunately. Which is an incredibly conservative outlook on the part of radio ownership in (ironically) one of America's most liberal markets.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

By the way, this particular issue with HD feeds isn't limited to Boston. Philly's 70s-heavy oldies station (WOGL) features "All 70s" on their HD-2 channel. But most of their usual playlist is from the 70s anyhow and Sundays are "70s Sundays" on WOGL - all demonstrating an immense lack of imagination on the part of CBS Radio. Why not "true oldies" on HD2? Makes you wonder what the suits are thinking. And, it doesn't bode well for what will be on WODS-HD2. So far, only a few of the "stations between the stations" seem worth the price of an HD Radio.

I think Scott Shannon and ABC have the name "True Oldies", but WODS was supposed to run something called "Super Oldies" on their HD-2, described as '50s/early '60s pre-Beatles oldies. But, we'll see what happens if/when they finally get around to it.

Cap't Al's "R&B Jukebox" show on WMBR 88.1 FM Sunday nights 6-8 pm is great for classic soul, and WMBR has other soul/R&B shows as well. "For Your Pleasure" Sundays 10 pm - 12 mid and "Mellow Madness" Saturday nights 12 mid - 2 am feature contemporary and classic adult R&B lovers "slow jams". The Wednesday and Thursday editions of WMBR's "Lost & Found" 1960s/'70s obscurities show (weekdays 12 noon - 2 pm) feature '60s and early '70s "lost" deep soul, R&B and funk. "Time Traveling" Friday nights and "The Choice Is Yours" Saturday nights 10 pm - 12 mid feature more contemporary R&B, hip-hop and rap.

 

[MarcB]

If I had the money to buy the station you can bet the house I'd put on a mixture of R&B Oldies & R&B, but with a local host, not that snooze fest and racist known as Tom Joyner.

 

[rapking]

If I had the money to buy the station you can bet the house I'd put on a mixture of R&B Oldies & R&B, but with a local host, not that snooze fest and racist known as Tom Joyner.

Im with you on that . Tom Joyner and Al Sharpton shows SUCK !

 

[raccoonradio]

I wonder if a black conservative would do well? I don't think it's syndicated any more
(strictly KABC for now)
but there's libertarian Larry Elder, "the Sage From South Central"

http://www.larryelder.com/

 

[MoLarryMoLarry]

If I had the money to buy the station you can bet the house I'd put on a mixture of R&B Oldies & R&B, but with a local host, not that snooze fest and racist known as Tom Joyner.

Im with you on that . Tom Joyner and Al Sharpton shows SUCK !

Even though its been 40 years since the politicians and police force of Boston tried to stop James Brown from playing the Garden the night MLK was killed for fear the concert may start a riot in the city, I'm not sure Boston would welcome an open mike with Joyner or Shaprton at the controls. Not that those two could or would ever incite a riot, but their thoughts and opinions often contradict social minority thinking in Boston and they could certainly unsettle the relative comfort and influence the city's politico appears to have on Boston's airwaves.

You can believe the folks at WILD have been approached over the years from various national minority leaders for help in supporting the local minority community from a national persepctive. And, like any other syndicated program not running in a targeted market, I'm sure WILD has had quitea few calls from the Joyner and Sharpton camps as well.

and before any of you get all hot under the collar about my post, I am a black man who has lived in and around the Boston market since 1985.

 

[rapking]

If I had the money to buy the station you can bet the house I'd put on a mixture of R&B Oldies & R&B, but with a local host, not that snooze fest and racist known as Tom Joyner.

Im with you on that . Tom Joyner and Al Sharpton shows SUCK !

Even though its been 40 years since the politicians and police force of Boston tried to stop James Brown from playing the Garden the night MLK was killed for fear the concert may start a riot in the city, I'm not sure Boston would welcome an open mike with Joyner or Shaprton at the controls. Not that those two could or would ever incite a riot, but their thoughts and opinions often contradict social minority thinking in Boston and they could certainly unsettle the relative comfort and influence the city's politico appears to have on Boston's airwaves.

You can believe the folks at WILD have been approached over the years from various national minority leaders for help in supporting the local minority community from a national persepctive. And, like any other syndicated program not running in a targeted market, I'm sure WILD has had quitea few calls from the Joyner and Sharpton camps as well.

and before any of you get all hot under the collar about my post, I am a black man who has lived in and around the Boston market since 1985.

Maybe Tom Joyner concerts, maybe welcme here ( old skool R&B Bands are great ), and Tom Joyner TV Show ( TV One ) is Good . But Tom Joyner Radio show SUCK( Old Lame ,Tired A$$ Joke's) ! Al Crapton is a total waste . Im a Black man, who has lived in and around the Boston market since 1967 ( DOB ) .

 

[BRNout]

Tom Joyner and the others end up spending the morning talking and pushing their own certain political agendas. While they're certainly free to do that without complaint from me, I'd personally prefer an urban/AC that has more of a musical focus. In my travels, Joyner is usually a punch out because I'd prefer to hear music or at least talk that doesn't exclude us white folks.

 

[rapking]

Tom Joyner and the others end up spending the morning talking and pushing their own certain political agendas. While they're certainly free to do that without complaint from me, I'd personally prefer an urban/AC that has more of a musical focus. In my travels, Joyner is usually a punch out because I'd prefer to hear music or at least talk that doesn't exclude us white folks.

That Old saying " never know what you got, Until its Gone " , I Really miss Nash Owned AM 1090 WILD Boston ! Radio One is now gone out of L.A ( Bonnerville buys 100.3 for 137.5 million ) , Lets Hope "Crappy One ",will leave out of Boston soon ( if not, NOW ! ) .