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How Deep Can You Go?

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Been listening to KHJ stream lately and really like4 it. I have heard some oldies I've never heard before (and I've heard A LOT of 'em). They had a promo mentioning a "10,000-song playlist".

My questions are: how deep a playlist are you comfortable with? Do you think this internet station could survive on the air with such as deep playlist?
 
I'd be very comfortable with a 10,000 song playlist.

If this were on the air, I would be listening and not building up my own huge playlist on my part 15 AM.
Im up to 1800 or so songs with about 350 "drop-ins: which are jingles, one-liners and sound effects that bridge other elements.
 
Same Tom Wells that sang and arranged the "end credits music" to WKRP in Cincinnati?
 
troone said:
Same Tom Wells that sang and arranged the "end credits music" to WKRP in Cincinnati?
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Gosh no. I was in my early 20's at the time, and it was after I had "given up" on watching TV.
During those years I was in radio engineering school, and working evenings in grocery stores.
I've only ever seen 2 or 3 episodes of WKRP, and never did see "my" name in the credits, but I 'member now people telling me about that.
I still don't watch any more than an hour or two of TV per month.
 
Are there even 10,000 oldies tunes worth playing? Methinks that's more a slogan than an actual practice. I've heard it used on other stations before; they're not the first.
 
whitfm said:
Are there even 10,000 oldies tunes worth playing? Methinks that's more a slogan than an actual practice. I've heard it used on other stations before; they're not the first.
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There aren't 1000 oldies tunes worth playing - if you are in business to make a profit.
 
OutOfTheBiz said:
whitfm said:
Are there even 10,000 oldies tunes worth playing? Methinks that's more a slogan than an actual practice. I've heard it used on other stations before; they're not the first.
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There aren't 1000 oldies tunes worth playing - if you are in business to make a profit.
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Couldn't you have a core rotation of songs, and then drop in the other ~9000 here and there to keep things interesting? I think people will forgive the occasional clunker on an oldies station...understanding that it's not the station's job to play nothing but any given listener's favorites. If I can listen to through an ostensible yet excessively schmaltzy and maudlin classic like the dead-teenager songs "Leader of the Pack" or "Last Kiss", then you can listen through some lost hit. There is the recognizability factor, but I'm the kind of guy who changes the station when "Hotel California" or some other burned-out AOR cliche comes on. This is the kind of question that PPM is made for.

As an aside, that's one reason why I always enjoy listening to Casey Kasem AT40 reruns on satellite...you get to hear those top-40 songs that haven't been played in a while. Sometimes you understand why, and sometimes you don't. Then you can go and download it from your favorite service, as opposed to having to rummage through a used record store or three because it's been out of print for so long.
 
2000 core, then 500 replacements 4 times a year. Literally gives a solid core library in a year. 10,000 won't work. You'll lose the core audience quickly. They don't listen for TSL as much in the PPM world. Play the hits ... and 4000 rotated as above would give a fresh sound on a yearly basis.

If you don't hear "Brown Eyed Girl" for 3 months ... thank goodness. Same with "Soul & Inspiration" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."
 
I have been listening, and they are playing retro commercials, I used to love this sound, it brings back alot of memories. I wish this is the way is still was. The jingles are the Bill Drake singers.

It reminds you of the movie American Graffiti, with the "Wolfman".

Really cool sounds.
 
BRENT said:
It reminds you of the movie American Graffiti, with the "Wolfman".
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Really the Wolfman was in it??? I thought all of his appearances were always with Donna, no?
 
RTibbs said:
BRENT said:
It reminds you of the movie American Graffiti, with the "Wolfman".
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Really the Wolfman was in it??? I thought all of his appearances were always with Donna, no?
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Donna didn't come along until later. Was he selling furniture or lamps in the movie? Did he use his trademark line "Ask for the Wolfman!!!"?

Reminds me of a 96 Rock Mark McCain Wake Up Crew "Mr. B" bit (from 25 years ago!) that I have mentioned before on this board.
 
I'm just saying that I work at an "80s, 90s and today" Hot AC station and I don't think we've got 10 thousand songs on CD in the whole building. Heck, we struggle to keep about 400 in our rotation. I wonder what a 10 thousand song station would sound like. Boggles the mind.
 
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