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I think our local terrestrials are getting the message.

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apco25

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Since Boss radio has come on.....I noticed the Sacramento airwaves are sounding alittle more broader & deeper (as far as playlists are concerned.)
For the first time I've been tuning in over my satellite radio to what has been missing for a long time. Unincorporated radio. Finally the stations are going back to the way it was played, not the way advertising consultants want it played.
KCCL has a done a well surprising job. And it seemed to open other area station's playlist according to their format. Flash 92.1 has had surprises, songs of the 80's I thought I would never here again, Y92 is advertising more songs that there adding you haven't heard in a long time. How deep ,only listening time will tell. It looks like someone is going into the Joel Whitburn book of charted music and researching the question, where did we go wrong or where did all the songs we played on KROY went to.
It gets to a point where who cares about directly targeting this and targeting that, yes I know it's ratings and it's money, but it isn't listeners. And that's why it's bland. No one has to show up to any ball games, but your still going to have a team in first place by the end of baseball season.

The only bout I have on the boss format is that the album tracks should be taken out. Foghat's "Big Ten Inch" is inappropriate. "Slow Ride" and "Third Time Lucky" should be the only cuts from that group. George Thourogood, Certain AC/DC, Bob Seger tracks etc, belongs to stay on KSEG. They were never singles or boss hits. But hey....it's much better then it has been. KCCL and Flash have been an added bonus toward satellite radio. But just in case it doesn't test well with female collies ages 5-9 or men & women 350 lbs or over...I'm not canceling my XM subscription yet.
 
> Since Boss radio has come on.....I noticed the Sacramento
> airwaves are sounding alittle more broader & deeper (as far
> as playlists are concerned.)

That's a good thing, I think. The same old 300 songs on a hard drive sucks big time...

> For the first time I've been tuning in over my satellite
> radio to what has been missing for a long time.
> Unincorporated radio. Finally the stations are going back to
> the way it was played, not the way advertising consultants
> want it played.

I don't think we have any trends here. It's just one station. However, I'll take a varied, established format in a heartbeat. It's rather enjoyable, don't y'all think?


> KCCL has a done a well surprising job. And it seemed to open
> other area station's playlist according to their format.
> Flash 92.1 has had surprises, songs of the 80's I thought I
> would never here again, Y92 is advertising more songs that
> there adding you haven't heard in a long time. How deep
> ,only listening time will tell. It looks like someone is
> going into the Joel Whitburn book of charted music and
> researching the question, where did we go wrong or where did
> all the songs we played on KROY went to.

There were occasions when KROY would rock out late in the evening. However, back in the day, if you wanted real rock, you would turn to KSFM or KZAP for a consistent groove. They had the goods. In this day and age, any foray into Rock is a good thing.

> It gets to a point where who cares about directly targeting
> this and targeting that, yes I know it's ratings and it's
> money, but it isn't listeners. And that's why it's bland. No
> one has to show up to any ball games, but your still going
> to have a team in first place by the end of baseball season.
>
>
> The only bout I have on the boss format is that the album
> tracks should be taken out. Foghat's "Big Ten Inch" is
> inappropriate.

I think Aerosmith did "Big Ten Inch" and Grand Funk Railroad did "Third Time Lucky." Nonetheless, it sure is nice to hear the old rock songs on the radio again. It almost sounds fresh to hear Foghat again on the radio.

"Slow Ride" and "Third Time Lucky" should be
> the only cuts from that group. George Thourogood, Certain
> AC/DC, Bob Seger tracks etc, belongs to stay on KSEG. They
> were never singles or boss hits. But hey....it's much
> better then it has been.

A lot of us were listening to the FM Rock Stations of the day back in the 1970s. Those stations rocked...heavily. Hell, I'd personally listen to KCCL if I knew they would throw in a Pat Travers or Robin Trower track after that damn song by Donna Summer...

KCCL and Flash have been an added
> bonus toward satellite radio. But just in case it doesn't
> test well with female collies ages 5-9 or men & women 350
> lbs or over...I'm not canceling my XM subscription yet.
>

I wouldn't cancel my subscription either. I'm a dedicated "Deep Tracks" (XM 40) listener myself. I've been a dedicated listener since December 2001. It sure is odd how one single station can draw one listener in. My God, can a terrestrial station programmer actually make a listener DEDICATED to a format or station? Not in this day and age.

It's kinda like being out on a date with your girlfriend. KROY has just played Foghat, and you want to hear "Freeway Jam" by Jeff Beck, but your girlfriend wants to hear "Boogie Oogie Oogie." You simply deal with the song and hope that the next track doesn't suck so much...just like KROY......You just deal with the situation and get on to better things. Life goes on. We deal with it...30 years on.
 
> I wouldn't cancel my subscription either. I'm a dedicated
> "Deep Tracks" (XM 40) listener myself. I've been a
> dedicated listener since December 2001. It sure is odd how
> one single station can draw one listener in.

Nevertheless, I don't think it is the threat of satellite that is driving the decisions locally. XM and Sirius combined still have fewer subscribers than the number of radio listeners in the New York City market (and that is optimistically based on XM znd Sirius' own numbers, which may not have been adjusted for churn).<P ID="signature">______________


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