How Long Before Movin' Comes To Boston

[Retro]

I've been listening to Kiss, they are not doing it. Its too bad Star went away, this format is a lot like Star minus the disco and plus the early 90's stuff.

 

[Retro]

The format is much more rhythmic too. No Bee Gees on this station.

 

[chitchatjf]

I think if marketed right, Movin could work in Boston. Afterall, like just mentioned, there is a present hole in the market for it.

xks fills now, and has always filled the gap.

you must be reffering to its disco roots.

Those are long gone.

 

[Brooklyndon]

do they still play rose royce every noon?


Besides, the movin' format as present on wnew and wktu are essential top-40 with some casey and the sunshine band thrown in. it sounds terrible, the early 90's offerings are fine, the 80's stuff liek whitney houston is okay, but the 70's stuff is way outta wack. And once again, this format wont work in Boston. Star tried it and failed.

 

[Retro]

Part of Stars problem was that they were all over the place, plus their emphasis was on Disco, and not early 90's. Whether it would work here or not, I do not know. Maybe it just needs to be marketed better.

do they still play rose royce every noon?

Yes, every Saturday at noon.

 

[Brooklyndon]

I, honestly, really liked mix 102.7 last summer when I was living in Staten Island and here in Brooklyn. The station was tight then. they'd play all this obscure disco, bands like Heatwave and Tavarez, Chic, Sister Sledge, Evelyn King, Slave, the Machine, the gap band. All sort of music I discovered on my own out in Amherst when I was chest deep in hip-hop beats. I think the probalm was that they were too disco heavy, and they simply wore out a good part of the catalog, like Gloria Gaynor and a good chunk of the bee Gees. So they had to either get more obscure or update, and they made the engineers choice.

In my opinion, the IROC drivers from New Dorp to Dyker hights to Ronkonkoma would still listen if the music got more authentic. But for whatever reason, Mix 102.7 decided that they'd go personality driven, they moved this dude, Joe Cozzi, who had like a weekend show and might have been on evenings or overnights, and moved him to the morning with a fat-washed out singer, Michelle Visage. He called himself Brooklyn's own, says "fogeddaboutit" like ever three words, I'm pretty sure that is why they chose to anchor their stationa round him. After that alot of Prince, some Rick james, Whitney Houston and Miriah Carey, as well as some Martha Wash projects slipped in. Station started sounding really bad, but the rumours of a flipp disapeared.

I highly doubt someone touting himself as Revere's own Bruno Tutelli would be taken seriously in Boston.

Even over on WKTu, which just tweeked to sound like Mix, they play mostly top 40, still. Their morning dude is Goomba Johnny. Now, I have trouble Boston's IROC drivers would abandon the Freakin Puerto Rican. There really is only room for one ethnic outreach in morning radio in boston.

With that said, I think most of society is ready for some disco hits to be mixed back into the top 40, like tavarez and heatwave, the Gap band etc. Everyone knows that rap comes from those 12 inches realesed in the late 70's. But if thats the case, why won't these station reach out and play uniting nation or the basement jaxx???

of the two stations in postions to tweak, Kiss is the obvious choice, and Mix, given that the marketing is already done for it, is a second. Keep in mind, Clear Channel is the firm seeing room for growth in this genre, which is why they tweaked hard WKTU, already alleged to be a great biller. Has Infinity moved to change any other stations to dance outside of the new York metro?

So once again, if movin' comes to boston, which I doubt because when New York had WQHT and Kiss FM battling each other with Cameo and gap band singles, Boston had WZOU (playing rock till the mid-late eighties from what's been handed down). Boston is a rock city....forget Detroit.

 

[chitchatjf]

Here's a hunch

103.3 will do their Christmas flip as ususal. Early November perhas the 3rd.

Come December 26th Movin 103.3 will arrive.

 

[Retro]

Now I highly doubt that Oldies will become movin. I also forgot that the core audience for Movin is presently being served by Mix 98-5. So it would either be that station or no Infinity station at all. But as you know, anything can happen.

 

[radiodouble]

Here's a hunch

103.3 will do their Christmas flip as ususal. Early November perhas the 3rd.

Come December 26th Movin 103.3 will arrive.

oh no, someone actually ordered joseph gallant's stupid pills over the internet...

 

[TowerBuzz]

Now I highly doubt that Oldies will become movin. I also forgot that the core audience for Movin is presently being served by Mix 98-5. So it would either be that station or no Infinity station at all. But as you know, anything can happen.

 

[TowerBuzz]

Now I highly doubt that Oldies will become movin. I also forgot that the core audience for Movin is presently being served by Mix 98-5. So it would either be that station or no Infinity station at all. But as you know, anything can happen.

That is a problem, Mix isnt supposed to be rythmic like Movin but that is all apparantly Jerry knows. Ods wont flip toMovin theyre actually doing well as an oldies station and in a cluster with many problems why would anyone change one ofthe few things that is working?.

 

[Retro]

Well I guess they could always put it on WBCN.

 

[Retro]

And Maybe Jerry Could program it.

I have to disagree with him only knowing Rhythm music though. When he was nominated as Music Director of the year for his work at Kiss 108 they were playing a lot of Modern music as well.

 

[MassMusicMan]

do they still play rose royce every noon?

Yes, every Saturday at noon.

Actually, Retro, I've noticed at least two instances since Chris Tyler was named MD that they have not played "Wishing On A Star" at noon on Saturday.

 

[Retro]

Ok, I have admitted not listened lately, but when I have, it was there, oh well.

 

[chitchatjf]

Now I highly doubt that Oldies will become movin. I also forgot that the core audience for Movin is presently being served by Mix 98-5. So it would either be that station or no Infinity station at all. But as you know, anything can happen.

No it is not. BMX is generally Modern AC.
They were only 24 hours away from being Jacked.

The 103.3 listener is getting old and they have too much repitition.

 

[JustinT]

Now I highly doubt that Oldies will become movin. I also forgot that the core audience for Movin is presently being served by Mix 98-5. So it would either be that station or no Infinity station at all. But as you know, anything can happen.

The 103.3 listener is getting old and they have too much repitition.

Again, CBS flipped their oldies/classic hits outlet in San Francisco (99.7 KFRC) to Movin' while leaving their modern AC (Alice @ 97.3) KLLC unchanged (along with the no-show 106.9 Free FM KIFR). If CBS flips to Movin' in Boston, they wouldn't necessarily flip WBMX.

 

[TowerBuzz]

And Maybe Jerry Could program it.

I have to disagree with him only knowing Rhythm music though. When he was nominated as Music Director of the year for his work at Kiss 108 they were playing a lot of Modern music as well.

He's a good programmer but the course he has Mix on is not what they are designed to be. Jerry is mainly a dance guy that's what he's done mostly programming in his career and that sounds like what he gravitates to naturally. Mix is not naturally a dancey station they have always been barenaked ladies, Sarah Mclachlan and john Mayer, not rhianna and etc.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

Mix is not naturally a dancey station they have always been barenaked ladies, Sarah Mclachlan and john Mayer...

If that's who they're playing, maybe they're helping to keep WBOS's ratings down.

 

[Retro]

Now I highly doubt that Oldies will become movin. I also forgot that the core audience for Movin is presently being served by Mix 98-5. So it would either be that station or no Infinity station at all. But as you know, anything can happen.

No it is not. BMX is generally Modern AC.
They were only 24 hours away from being Jacked.

The 103.3 listener is getting old and they have too much repitition.

Do you know Movin core demo? Actually Mix 98-5 has returned to "hot ac" since late 1999. Also, Oldies had a very good book in the last ratings. How were the others doing?