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KoKomo Played on the "oldies" station
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WCBS-FM New York played "Kokomo" in 1988 when the record was a current. At the time, WCBS-FM was in its glory days as an oldies station. It probably worked because it was The Beach Boys and CBS-FM played lots of their 60s hits at the time. 
radioguy39nj said:WCBS-FM New York played "Kokomo" in 1988 when the record was a current. At the time, WCBS-FM was in its glory days as an oldies station. It probably worked because it was The Beach Boys and CBS-FM played lots of their 60s hits at the time.
And CBS-FM played one current song an hour from the beginning of the format into the 80s.
And "Kokomo"'s a 14-year-old song. In the 80s, that's about in the median age of songs oldies radio played. The format was initially never meant to be ossified for years on end into 1955-to-1972 or 1965-to-1985 or whatever period you want to pick.
Dear friend of mine programmed K-EARTH for years ... building it to its mega-station status. At one point he was called to CBS corporate to discuss how they could reach younger audiences with their stations -- a question "the corporate brass" was clearly struggling with. He marched into New York ... suggested that if they wanted to reach a younger audience, play younger tunes ... and got on his plane and went home. That always struck me as a great example as to how wrapped around the axle people can get when a common sense answer is sitting on the table. Sometimes we just LOVE having all those "rules" to tell us we can't do something OBVIOUS.
Who gives a crap what year a song is ... or what other classification it has? If a station wants a "vibe" and a song fits the taste that audience has ... add it! (OR is that just too much common sense already sitting on the table???)
Who gives a crap what year a song is ... or what other classification it has? If a station wants a "vibe" and a song fits the taste that audience has ... add it! (OR is that just too much common sense already sitting on the table???)
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LBB is spot on.
There's no problem in having an opinion on radio (we all do). But if your reasoning is "that's the way it has always been done," then you're screwed.
There's no problem in having an opinion on radio (we all do). But if your reasoning is "that's the way it has always been done," then you're screwed.
I think pretty much all oldies stations play that one. My local Clear Channel one does.
Exactly! It drove me crazy back in 1995 that KBSG would not play the Beatles reunion tracks, I mean, they played the Fabs aat least once an hour, the dj's talked endlessly about the Anthology series, why not just play the songs?semoochie said:
When we had an oldies station back in the '90s and early 2000s, they played "Kokomo," along with other "newer" oldies that you might not have associated with an "oldies" station, like "Old Time Rock and Roll" and even "I Will Survive."
The bigger problem is that the Beach Boys think of a city in northern Indiana as "tropical paradise"! ;D I knew we had a geography problem here in the states, but I didn't know that it was that bad!
The bigger problem is that the Beach Boys think of a city in northern Indiana as "tropical paradise"! ;D I knew we had a geography problem here in the states, but I didn't know that it was that bad!
firepoint525 said:The bigger problem is that the Beach Boys think of a city in northern Indiana as "tropical paradise"! ;D I knew we had a geography problem here in the states, but I didn't know that it was that bad!
The Beach Boys have explained the song isn't about a real place and obviously Kokomo, IN isn't even close to a tropical paradise nor was it the inspiration for the song. "Kokomo" just seemed to rhyme.
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If the Beach Boys were okay on K-Best in 1988 when their music was 25 years old, then why wouldn't another Beach Boys song be okay 25 years later?
Back in the day, KoKoMo was where you drove your date to make out in the car.
Naturally, the Beach Boys would have NO idea of this bit of slang since they weren't into chicks and cars or anything.
Naturally, the Beach Boys would have NO idea of this bit of slang since they weren't into chicks and cars or anything.
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I think the problem with "Kokomo" is that's it's a cheesy "ear-worm" song. Might work for some of the Jimmy Buffett fans ( ), but it turns off those of us who's rather hear some long forgotten Carole King, Temptations, Sergio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Chad and Jeremy, Emmylou Harris, Aretha Franklin, etc etc.
It's not a matter of what category you store an album, but how it sounds, in the context of what airs before and after it. KMCQ actually thinks about segues, and they often work!
KMCQ has a fan base because it brings back stuff we used to hear all the time on the radio - one hit wonders and all. And while sometimes the diversity doesn't work for me (I tune out when it gets too hard or Jam band-y for my taste -- why not just leave that for the "classic rock" outlets), I do come back and can expect to be rewarded for listening.
Maybe the one other thing the format could do is feature a weekend specialty show, or spice up the evening daypart, by mixing in some deeper album cuts with current/recent material from the same artists they're playing - especially since the latest releases from these legendary artists don't seem to have a radio outlet anymore. But that doesn't mean they don't necessarily still have talent, or that their admirers don't want to hear anything new from them ever again.
), but it turns off those of us who's rather hear some long forgotten Carole King, Temptations, Sergio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Chad and Jeremy, Emmylou Harris, Aretha Franklin, etc etc. It's not a matter of what category you store an album, but how it sounds, in the context of what airs before and after it. KMCQ actually thinks about segues, and they often work!
KMCQ has a fan base because it brings back stuff we used to hear all the time on the radio - one hit wonders and all. And while sometimes the diversity doesn't work for me (I tune out when it gets too hard or Jam band-y for my taste -- why not just leave that for the "classic rock" outlets), I do come back and can expect to be rewarded for listening.
Maybe the one other thing the format could do is feature a weekend specialty show, or spice up the evening daypart, by mixing in some deeper album cuts with current/recent material from the same artists they're playing - especially since the latest releases from these legendary artists don't seem to have a radio outlet anymore. But that doesn't mean they don't necessarily still have talent, or that their admirers don't want to hear anything new from them ever again.
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