Larry-casting! Now THERE'S a brand new idea!....
> > But a 225 song playlist oldies station ...if even "the
> right
> > mix" is criminal. i could just as easily make my own MP3
> mix
> > CD of oldies, put it on RANDOM play and I'd have pretty
> much
> > the same thing...sans commercials, tired jingles, formula
> > jocks, etc.
> > >
> >
>
> But you'd have Larry's favorites only. And Larry's
> favorties aren't the same as what the masses want to hear on
> the radio. So while you'd have a very successful station to
> your ears - it wouldn't even move the meter on the radio
> ratings.
Thanks for your support and good taste. But if it were MY favorites, you'd be hearing a lot of experimental '60s garage rock and Cambodian Rocks oldies CDs.
If I were programming an oldies station for everybody else, maybe we should begin asking THE LISTENERS DIRECTLY what they want to hear. Keep my own insane (but oh so COOL!) taste out of it.
And how do you know it wouldn't get ratings? Everybody thought JACK Seattle would tank...now look at them.
>
> When it comes to Oldies, people like familiar, comfortable,
> recognizable songs - every time they turn on the radio. And
> before you say "but that's not what Jack does and they're
> successful" - yes, they're doing OK now but let's revisit
> this in a year and see. "Oh Wow" becomes "Oh No! Not
> Again!" VERY quickly.
Yes, familiar, comfortable songs. Not songs that have been drilled incessantly into your skull over and over and over and over. Songs that have had their once innocent lyrics of lost love bastardized into a vehicle to sell cheap burgers at McDonald's. Those get especially annoying during their campaigns. And I'm NOT the only one who feels that way.
Do you even have the vaguest clue of how many "Oh Wow" songs there are that remain untouched by the JACKs? JACK should be fine for a few more years at least
>
> To Jim Small's credit - he IS doing a great job at
> freshening the library and the production value. That may
> just be the key to making Jack work as a long term format.
>
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> > But a 225 song playlist oldies station ...if even "the
> right
> > mix" is criminal. i could just as easily make my own MP3
> mix
> > CD of oldies, put it on RANDOM play and I'd have pretty
> much
> > the same thing...sans commercials, tired jingles, formula
> > jocks, etc.
> > >
> >
>
> But you'd have Larry's favorites only. And Larry's
> favorties aren't the same as what the masses want to hear on
> the radio. So while you'd have a very successful station to
> your ears - it wouldn't even move the meter on the radio
> ratings.
Thanks for your support and good taste. But if it were MY favorites, you'd be hearing a lot of experimental '60s garage rock and Cambodian Rocks oldies CDs.
If I were programming an oldies station for everybody else, maybe we should begin asking THE LISTENERS DIRECTLY what they want to hear. Keep my own insane (but oh so COOL!) taste out of it.
And how do you know it wouldn't get ratings? Everybody thought JACK Seattle would tank...now look at them.
>
> When it comes to Oldies, people like familiar, comfortable,
> recognizable songs - every time they turn on the radio. And
> before you say "but that's not what Jack does and they're
> successful" - yes, they're doing OK now but let's revisit
> this in a year and see. "Oh Wow" becomes "Oh No! Not
> Again!" VERY quickly.
Yes, familiar, comfortable songs. Not songs that have been drilled incessantly into your skull over and over and over and over. Songs that have had their once innocent lyrics of lost love bastardized into a vehicle to sell cheap burgers at McDonald's. Those get especially annoying during their campaigns. And I'm NOT the only one who feels that way.
Do you even have the vaguest clue of how many "Oh Wow" songs there are that remain untouched by the JACKs? JACK should be fine for a few more years at least
>
> To Jim Small's credit - he IS doing a great job at
> freshening the library and the production value. That may
> just be the key to making Jack work as a long term format.
>
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