A new website that may appeal to former listeners of KRTHs oldies format is now broadcasting 24/7 on the Internet. Boss radio hits is the site and it appears this is something jay Coffey has put together and is heavily involved with. The music spans the period from the late 50s to the late 60s with as it's name implies some of the boss radio elements. Even though the site is fully automated at this time, it appears live shows, by jay and from my understanding KRTH veteran Bruce Chandler will eventually be added. This seems to be a win for the many who miss the "oldies radio" format. Any thoughts?
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K.M. Richards
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With so much of the music royalty payment formulas, etc., in flux right now I'm not sure this is the right time for anyone to start up a new stream, but if Coffey has deep enough pockets, sure ... go ahead and compete with the few thousand other oldies-based streams.
I just don't see how any one stream is ever going to get enough critical mass in terms of listeners to be considered a real player in the arena. Even CBS and iHeart have trouble with that on some of their online-only formats.
I just don't see how any one stream is ever going to get enough critical mass in terms of listeners to be considered a real player in the arena. Even CBS and iHeart have trouble with that on some of their online-only formats.
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While I'm a big fan of both Bruce & Jay, what is Boss Boss Radio? The have quite an established line up and I just heard the late Bill Drake as well!
http://www.bossbossradio.com/jocks
http://www.bossbossradio.com/jocks
Not to be confused with boss boss radio, this site is called boss hits radio. Running jockless for now.
Km - I was surprised at the timing of the launch of this as well. I hope to find out more in days to come. interestingly the playlist - at least what I've heard so far seems to be much deeper than what we heard in jays time while programming KRTH.
Can you provide a link to this new site? Not sure if I got the correct link previously, it took me to the Reel Repository!
You can find jays site at www.bossradiohits.com. Just played lulus "to sir with love" followed by Dorsey burnettes "you're 16". I can't recall a time where I've heard those 2 records played back to back!
Thank you! Sounds great so far!! The jingles are timeless as well. Now if someone can bring up a site for earlier KRTH (late 70's to mid 80's), that would be more than sweet! I will definitely bookmark this one.
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Some of the music does sound a tad higher pitched than normal though with effects. Maybe that's how Boss Radio sounded. So far, so good!
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Especially if he's playing pre-1972 music. If I was him, I'd put some money aside just in case the Turtles win their lawsuit. So far they haven't lost a single case.
I agree....it was built by one of those cheap web builder companies. I once bought a site from them for free. This one doesn't look much better.
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Well this geezer is enjoying the music mix and the Drake jingles so far. The music does sound slightly pitched up. I'm not sure this is appropriate for a station playing mostly 60's music. It would be more appropriate for a station playing 70's music since this practice was rampant on stations like KCBQ,WCFL, and WWDJ at the time.
Hopefully Jay will run the full spectrum of Boss Radio, with all those Boss gems from the 70's that are missing today. So far, so good from what I'm hearing. Not really a fan of the higher pitch, but the huge library more than makes up for this. Heck, even "Cherry Hill Park" from '69 was played this morning, followed by "You're 16" by Johnny Burnette, "Bend Me Shape Me" and "The Birds and the Bees"!!
Highly Recommended!
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SMH. Worst, most fatiguing audio I've heard in a very long time. Absolutely painful. List is no different than what we've heard for decades from oldies radio. Not a problem for me, but no doubt disappointing for the every song from the Whitburn book types. Of the two, bossbossradio has the edge. Listenable audio, a few "oh wow" titles and my all time favorite TM You package IDs.
Since when is audio delivered that clear on an internet stream? Yes, the pitch is up a tad, yes it's enhanced, but it's the music and jingles that are winners. And yes, they were played years back, but to hear them today with the jingles sounds great.
It's all about throwback. And if you listen for about 2-3 hours straight, you'd hear a gold song or a song from the vault every so often per hour. This is not the station to listen to, if you only have 15 minutes.
It's all about throwback. And if you listen for about 2-3 hours straight, you'd hear a gold song or a song from the vault every so often per hour. This is not the station to listen to, if you only have 15 minutes.
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I'm hearing some very heavy wideband audio processing on the bossradiohits site.
What processing are you using? It sounds like a heavily-driven analog limiter.
It is very fatiguing because the audio level is pumping. I'm also hearing a reduction of high frequencies during the compression.
The audio sounds like it's running through an old FM Volumax.
The internet is digital. There is no need to over-process.
I'm hearing some very heavy wideband audio processing on the bossradiohits site.
What processing are you using? It sounds like a heavily-driven analog limiter.
It is very fatiguing because the audio level is pumping. I'm also hearing a reduction of high frequencies during the compression.
The audio sounds like it's running through an old FM Volumax.
The internet is digital. There is no need to over-process.
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Thomps2525
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Many times in the latter half of the 1960s, I bought 45s that I had heard on KHJ---anyone remember Thee Prophets' Playgirl or Peter Sarstedt's Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?---and was dismayed after I started playing them and they sounded slow. I didn't know at the time that KHJ sped up all their music by 5% to make the songs sound "brighter." The speeding up of songs also enabled KHJ to play one or two additional songs each hour, in keeping with the "More music" jingles.
A few years ago, KRTH launched an HD channel called KRTH Classics. The channel plays 1950s-60s oldies and is now online. Most of the songs were top-ten hits and the playlist seems to be no more than 500 songs. The channel could have been much better than it is, but at least KRTH Classics and now the Boss Radio Hits channel offer us two more ways to still be able to hear Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Ray Charles, Freddy Cannon, Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly, the Fleetwoods and Dion & the Belmonts
http://tunein.com/radio/K-EARTH-Classics-1011-s67165/
A few years ago, KRTH launched an HD channel called KRTH Classics. The channel plays 1950s-60s oldies and is now online. Most of the songs were top-ten hits and the playlist seems to be no more than 500 songs. The channel could have been much better than it is, but at least KRTH Classics and now the Boss Radio Hits channel offer us two more ways to still be able to hear Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Ray Charles, Freddy Cannon, Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly, the Fleetwoods and Dion & the Belmonts
http://tunein.com/radio/K-EARTH-Classics-1011-s67165/
Actually it sounds like they're attempting to simulate 1960s AM radio.
Not true. KHJ didn't speed up their records until the arrival of Gerry Petersen as PD in 1974. The practice ended under Charlie Van Dyke over a period of time (music carts had to be re-dubbed) in 1975-76. Hundreds of unscoped airchecks of KHJ bear this out.
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Thomps2525
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If that's the case, then maybe my old RCA 45-rpm record player had a badly worn turntable belt. I know that when I played 45s, they always sounded much slower than they did on KHJ. So did any Los Angeles stations besides KHJ speed up their records? And did any record companies try to discourage the practice?
Mr. Hagerty, are you familiar with the pre-Boss radio music surveys, issued prior to July 1965? Supposedly they began sometime in 1963 and were similar to the Boss 30 surveys, but labeled as VIP, Very Important Platters, such as this:
http://www.las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=37902
I am unable to find data on these other KHJ surveys besides what Solanas has to offer (which are just two individual surveys from '63). I am basically looking for a listing of those number one songs from those specific surveys (1963 through July 1965, before the Boss 30 took over). If anyone can help with this, I'd appreciate any sources provided. If not, that's ok also.
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