I thought I would mention something in radio that I'm actually-- get this-- sort of excited about.
And that's the Top 5 at 5 on KOOL, again.
I miss the days when I could not miss a Top 5 at 5, and it never disappointed. I got hooked on the segment, for sure, in 2005. The themes were always clever then, and made you really rack your brain to guess what came next. The presentation was flawless-- from the introduction, to the music, countdown, Camelback Jack himself, and a prize-winning listener at the end of each one.
Obviously, much more than time has changed since then, and with Steve Goddard later in the afternoon drive, the Top 5 at 5 became negligible up until recently. No offense, and it has nothing to do with the talent of Steve Goddard (FYI), but the Top 5 at 5-- as far as a purpose was concerned-- died when Camelback Jack fell unfortunate victim to the ax.
Out went the tight, neatly put-together presentation. There were top five songs minus the same sort of countdown, flow, and without much introduction to each song. Many themes later turned into "On this day...", and if you weren't tuned-in at (around) five o'clock, it was actually difficult to tell you were in the middle of one, until Steve Goddard spoke.
Fast forward to today, KOOL has spiced up the Top 5 at 5 recently with a homepage widget calling for the (evermore important) listener involvement. Listeners are now urged to vote for their favorite song, out a handful of choices. It offers the entire songs to listen to in order to make the right decision, for the one vote per poll, per computer.
I happened to hear the Top 5 at 5 yesterday. Steve Goddard gave the choices listeners had to vote from, and a countdown of the popular voted songs. It was almost exciting.
There's great potential in this, and something is being done to fix a dead element. Check it out and vote. I like it.
And that's the Top 5 at 5 on KOOL, again.
I miss the days when I could not miss a Top 5 at 5, and it never disappointed. I got hooked on the segment, for sure, in 2005. The themes were always clever then, and made you really rack your brain to guess what came next. The presentation was flawless-- from the introduction, to the music, countdown, Camelback Jack himself, and a prize-winning listener at the end of each one.
Obviously, much more than time has changed since then, and with Steve Goddard later in the afternoon drive, the Top 5 at 5 became negligible up until recently. No offense, and it has nothing to do with the talent of Steve Goddard (FYI), but the Top 5 at 5-- as far as a purpose was concerned-- died when Camelback Jack fell unfortunate victim to the ax.
Out went the tight, neatly put-together presentation. There were top five songs minus the same sort of countdown, flow, and without much introduction to each song. Many themes later turned into "On this day...", and if you weren't tuned-in at (around) five o'clock, it was actually difficult to tell you were in the middle of one, until Steve Goddard spoke.
Fast forward to today, KOOL has spiced up the Top 5 at 5 recently with a homepage widget calling for the (evermore important) listener involvement. Listeners are now urged to vote for their favorite song, out a handful of choices. It offers the entire songs to listen to in order to make the right decision, for the one vote per poll, per computer.
I happened to hear the Top 5 at 5 yesterday. Steve Goddard gave the choices listeners had to vote from, and a countdown of the popular voted songs. It was almost exciting.
There's great potential in this, and something is being done to fix a dead element. Check it out and vote. I like it.
