How to Fix Power 96 and Other Thoughts

[djeddy]

its not so much the 'mind-controlling' i think the younger generation, with all the gadgets and easy access to everything just makes every genre, not just rap, but dance, rock, jazz, and past music much more easy to access and investigate into even more that it just gets to the point that..well they cant process anything original. when you have so much info out there, it leaves little room for finding anything new and innovative. such ideas worked in the past because information wasnt so easy to access. but now that that is not the case..let alone the fact that nearly all radio stations in america are corporate-owned (ie. they all want to make money.) the difference in selection blends into one as well.. gone are the 1-hit wonders, the difference between adult contemporary and pop, as well as urban and r&b..they all merge into one. we all expect innovation, but with all this distractions, we just end up making copy cats of one another.

pretty sad philosophy...but the buggles predicted it 26 years ago.
'video killed the radio star'

 

[Radaioman]

Re: Recording analog cassette tapes to the computer

Well the good news is it ain't brain surgery. Even for the "computer illiterate".

This should get you off to a good start: http://audacitybook.org/html/ch-recording-vinyl.html

Personally, I prefer using "Cool Edit", but I've had it since 2000 and I'm not even sure it's still available online. You really don't need any additional software, but if your tapes are "dirty", then a quality piece of recording software (like Cool Edit) can help you clean things up a bit.

Good luck!

The link doesn't work. Is it a bd URL or is the site just down temporarily?

 

[John Waywoods]

There is a nice little write up (from the Miami Herald) about DJ Ciro Llerena. There is a killer 10 minute mega-mix available to listen to. It's a great example of the classic WPOW sound.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/15103674.htm

Anybody know what Phil Jones, Felix Sama, and Mohamed Moreta are up to?

 

[bat manny]

There is a nice little write up (from the Miami Herald) about DJ Ciro Llerena. There is a killer 10 minute mega-mix available to listen to. It's a great example of the classic WPOW sound.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/15103674.htm

Anybody know what Phil Jones, Felix Sama, and Mohamed Moreta are up to?

Felix Sama is now the morning show host at mega 949. havent heard anyhting about the other two

 

[djeddy]

i remember mohammed moretta going to los angeles mid 90s..joined swedish eagle's Groove 103.1...i think he became PD or something like that there..but when 103.1 flipped a couple of years after, i havent heard from him since...

i remember his 'turntable terrorism' sets. he wasnt that good of a mixer, picked great songs but he mixing was usually sloppy.

 

[John FL]

With all the hype now going on for the Fresh format, could this be a viable future for Power 96 or any other station in Miami/South Florida?

 

[wildeam]

I loved the power mixes, especially from Phil Jones. Anyone has tape recordings of those mixes? Or can fans download those old classic live sets somewhere?

 

[davideduardo]

With all the hype now going on for the Fresh format, could this be a viable future for Power 96 or any other station in Miami/South Florida?

"Fresh" is not a format, it is a name being used for several similar hot AC varieties. Hot AC is not a new format.

Power 96 is not a station in search of a format. It is a top 10 biller and quite successful.

 

[dj_dalimah813]

if anyone has any power mix shows or just regular rotation on tape from the mid to late 90s, let me know, i have some and would be willing to trade or do wuttever it takes to get my hands on them.. shoot me a message!

 

[doublejm1]

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to chime in, as Power 96 has been on my mind a lot lately.

Power 96 was really at the top of its game in the 90s. As others have mentioned, in the late 90s/early 2000s, they succeeded at backing away from dance and adopting an urban format.

This didn't sit well with dance/freestyle lovers like me. But I understand that Power isn't solely to blame. Music in general started changing as we drew closer to the new millenium. Dance music seemed to have lost its appeal, and hip hop -- thanks to Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, and the like -- became the "it" thing.

As someone else noted, Power 96 simply followed the trend and adjusted its playlist accordingly.

The Power 96 of today is a completely different station than the one I grew up listening to. In all honesty, I regret not having tuned in more often as a kid. (I was in elementary school and middle school from 1990 through 1999.) If someone had told me that the station would change this drastically in the 2000s, I would have surely recorded their broadcasts. Had I done so, I'd be listening to them as we speak.

Their jocks, mixers, and shows in the 90s were first-rate. The biggest difference between now and then is that the station has gone corporate. The programming is no longer tailored specifically to this market. That, in effect, is what made Power 96 so unique.

 

[Groove1670]

I miss the freestyle and mixshows too. I also understand that was a different time, and era. Power has more competition now. I am glad to see that they still occasionally reserve a place for a regional artist. However to stay in the game they have had to adjust their strategy.

I also miss the days when call out research was king, and where regional hits could be broken out in a metro (such as South Florida), but now with digital technology which allows for more focused research, those days are over too.

I wish one of the LPFM's in town (if any are on the air) would pick up some of the old school/freestyle format with a touch of the old I-95/Y-100 elements.