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bobmathers
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It's interesting how this thread rolls on. Interesting, but not surprising. Oldies remains one of the more passionately discussed subjects in radio. One camp holds to the philosophy that short playlists are better. Another view seeks larger playlists and unpredictability of what will come next.
Concerning KVI, you have Tom Hutyler and Marina Rockinger. I worked with them for parts of 4 years at KOMO. They are savvy, sharp broadcasters who can handle any format they wish...and handle it well. I met Ric Hansen back in 1984 for about 10 minutes when I was with Steve Nicolet at 1150 AM. He impressed with his energy and enthusiasm. Never met Mark Christopher but certainly appreciate what he did at KBSG and when you stop to think about it, he planted some solid seeds at the station that now competes with KVI for oldies listeners, 104.5. I enjoyed my time at Fisher, and no doubt it would have been fun to do oldies with that bunch if I had the chance.
Some recent posts have commented about 'the suburban Baltimore station'. At WTTR-AM in Westminster, Maryland, our playlist runs the gamut from the 50's to the 90's. However, we're very careful of what we play at either end of the spectrum. And the playlist takes a lot of daily massaging to ensure variety, flow, and minimal repetition. I also have the advantage of working with jocks like Johnny Dark (Cruisin' 68) and Jack Edwards. Both of these guys have been doing radio for a long time. Jack started in Baltimore in 1956 and Johnny built his legend at stations like WCAO in Big B where he and Jack worked together for almost 15 years.
I regularly solicit opinions from these guys about the music because they not only know it, they know how to present it.
WTTR does stream its product. It can be heard at wttr.com. I welcome all critiques, pro and con.
Thanks...
Concerning KVI, you have Tom Hutyler and Marina Rockinger. I worked with them for parts of 4 years at KOMO. They are savvy, sharp broadcasters who can handle any format they wish...and handle it well. I met Ric Hansen back in 1984 for about 10 minutes when I was with Steve Nicolet at 1150 AM. He impressed with his energy and enthusiasm. Never met Mark Christopher but certainly appreciate what he did at KBSG and when you stop to think about it, he planted some solid seeds at the station that now competes with KVI for oldies listeners, 104.5. I enjoyed my time at Fisher, and no doubt it would have been fun to do oldies with that bunch if I had the chance.
Some recent posts have commented about 'the suburban Baltimore station'. At WTTR-AM in Westminster, Maryland, our playlist runs the gamut from the 50's to the 90's. However, we're very careful of what we play at either end of the spectrum. And the playlist takes a lot of daily massaging to ensure variety, flow, and minimal repetition. I also have the advantage of working with jocks like Johnny Dark (Cruisin' 68) and Jack Edwards. Both of these guys have been doing radio for a long time. Jack started in Baltimore in 1956 and Johnny built his legend at stations like WCAO in Big B where he and Jack worked together for almost 15 years.
I regularly solicit opinions from these guys about the music because they not only know it, they know how to present it.
WTTR does stream its product. It can be heard at wttr.com. I welcome all critiques, pro and con.
Thanks...
