Liberty FM Wishlist

avalone · Sep 6, 2005

Here's My Wishlist Of Songs I Hope That Liberty Will Play In The Near Future Nick Cave Loverman Pure 80's Nostagia, From The WTF Files Exodus Lowrider To Freak People Out, Also Suoxie & The Banshies Kiss Them For Me & The Misfits Die Die My Darling (But I Know The Chances Of Liberty Playing Anything Is Preety Slim, And Still More Artist That I Want Hear Anything From Tom Waits, Morissey, And Another Add To The WTF File Diamondhead For Bascially All Of Metallica's Covers Of NWOBHM.Edited by avalone on 09/07/05 04:16 PM.

Radio-X · Sep 6, 2005

> Here's My Wishlist Of Songs I Hope That Liberty Will Play In
> The Near Future Nick Cave Loverman Pure 80's Nostagia, From
> The WTF Files Exodus Lowrider To Freak People Out, Also
> Suoxie & The Banshies Kiss Them For Me & The Misfits Die Die
> My Darling (But I Know The Chances Of Liberty Playing
> Anything Is Preety Slim
>

Yay! Somebody besides me likes Nick Cave!

I think some 80's alt would be excellent...Siouxsie has probably not seen airplay on RIC radio since WVGO...

I'm sure that a program director has not been hired yet...they're probably using somebody from Oldies

Give it a month, and I think there will be fewer oldies and more currents...we will soon see...______________
If a DJ talks into a microphone, and no one's there to listen to him, does he make a noise?

GRB1053 · Sep 6, 2005

> I think some 80's alt would be excellent...Siouxsie has
> probably not seen airplay on RIC radio since WVGO...
>
> I'm sure that a program director has not been hired
> yet...they're probably using somebody from Oldies
>
> Give it a month, and I think there will be fewer oldies and
> more currents...we will soon see...

Who knows, this "Liberty" thing could be a stunt format for something else to come? I hope not, but does anyone remember when 106.5 was known as "Mix 106" and it went to a heavy metal format for about 3 weeks as "MX 106.5" before flipping to oldies (the first time) as "Oldies 106?"

Hopefully 98.9 won't go through a "format of the week" format flip and stick with what they're doing. Also, I haven't heard any jocks yet. I'm sure it's a little too early for that, but some on-air personalities would really be great. I guess you can add that to my "wish list"

Radio-X · Sep 6, 2005

> Who knows, this "Liberty" thing could be a stunt format for
> something else to come?

Well, "Liberty" is kinda a corny name for a station, and so are the various Voiceover elements. And the TOH ID comes up at :20 til the hour! The only station that I know that does TOH ID's that early is WROV, and that's because WROV can do whatever they want in Roanoke, as they are CC's cash cow. Plus, I think Liberty has too many oldies for a cluster with a 60's and 70's station

I hope not, but does anyone
> remember when 106.5 was known as "Mix 106" and it went to a
> heavy metal format for about 3 weeks as "MX 106.5" before
> flipping to oldies (the first time) as "Oldies 106?"

Yep. I never listened, but I saw newspaper clippings of "MX 106" as they were giving away a Soundesign stereo system as (I assume) their only promotion...

P.S.: There is a similar type station to liberty in Savannah, GA called Liberty 104.7 The music is very similar, and I think they stream______________
If a DJ talks into a microphone, and no one's there to listen to him, does he make a noise?Edited by radiodxrichmond on 09/07/05 03:29 AM.

iLovradio · Sep 6, 2005

> > Who knows, this "Liberty" thing could be a stunt format
> for
> > something else to come?
>
> Well, "Liberty" is kinda a corny name for a station, and so
> are the various Voiceover elements. And the TOH ID comes up
> at :20 til the hour! The only station that I know that does
> TOH ID's that early is WROV, and that's because WROV can do
> whatever they want in Roanoke, as they are CC's cash cow.
> Plus, I think Liberty has too many oldies for a cluster with
> a 60's and 70's station
>
> I hope not, but does anyone
> > remember when 106.5 was known as "Mix 106" and it went to
> a
> > heavy metal format for about 3 weeks as "MX 106.5" before
> > flipping to oldies (the first time) as "Oldies 106?"
>
> Yep. I never listened, but I saw newspaper clippings of "MX
> 106" as they were giving away a Soundesign stereo system as
> (I assume) their only promotion...
>
> P.S.: There is a similar type station to liberty in
> Savannah, GA called Liberty 104.7 The music is very similar,
> and I think they stream
>
Don't you just love technology...then don't you just hate it! Yes I'm remembering Mix106...YES to Siouxsie...bring it on!!! Why don't they just bring back WVGO!
They need a PD...?! Liberty look me up... ______________
Lou

avalone · Sep 7, 2005

> > I think some 80's alt would be excellent...Siouxsie has
> > probably not seen airplay on RIC radio since WVGO...
> >
> > I'm sure that a program director has not been hired
> > yet...they're probably using somebody from Oldies
> >
> > Give it a month, and I think there will be fewer oldies
> and
> > more currents...we will soon see...
>
>
> Who knows, this "Liberty" thing could be a stunt format for
> something else to come? I hope not, but does anyone
> remember when 106.5 was known as "Mix 106" and it went to a
> heavy metal format for about 3 weeks as "MX 106.5" before
> flipping to oldies (the first time) as "Oldies 106?"
>
> Hopefully 98.9 won't go through a "format of the week"
> format flip and stick with what they're doing. Also, I
> haven't heard any jocks yet. I'm sure it's a little too
> early for that, but some on-air personalities would really
> be great. I guess you can add that to my "wish list"

>
BULL I Belive You Mistaken About MX 106 At The Time They Were Pretty Much Playing Anything And Then During The Summer Of '90 They Switched To Oldies And Then During The Spring Of '91 They Became Just FM 106

VARTV · Sep 7, 2005

Re: Liberty 98.9

> Who knows, this "Liberty" thing could be a stunt format for
> something else to come? I hope not, but does anyone
> remember when 106.5 was known as "Mix 106" and it went to a
> heavy metal format for about 3 weeks as "MX 106.5" before
> flipping to oldies (the first time) as "Oldies 106?"
>
> Hopefully 98.9 won't go through a "format of the week"
> format flip and stick with what they're doing. Also, I
> haven't heard any jocks yet. I'm sure it's a little too
> early for that, but some on-air personalities would really
> be great. I guess you can add that to my "wish list"

This is by NO MEANS scientific, but Main Line did take out the liberty989.com URL for three years and not just one...

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bopst · Sep 7, 2005

Um, you guys can already hear all that stuff on The Bopst Show. Seems liberty is just stealing my good ideas....______________
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redracer · Sep 7, 2005

Why all the oldies on this station? 107.3 and 98.1 plays most of this music already. Liberty is playing a lot of 80's as well, which that format did not do well here a few years back. Richmond needs something different like a HOT AC or CHR Rhythmic.

iLovradio · Sep 7, 2005

> Um, you guys can already hear all that stuff on The Bopst
> Show. Seems liberty is just stealing my good ideas....
>
Jason and I were more diverse than this in 1986 [WENZ Z-14 AM]. We were turning heads and ears back then... To bad it didn't last. Right now they're stuck in the '80's. What's in the 10 disc unit in my van is more diverse. They surveyed what Richmonder's want in a radio station... Did you answer a survey? I never answered a survey! I just love phony promos…
Chris are you still interested in syndicating I never heard back from you after like the third or fourth e-mail regarding syndi’s.
Cheers, Lou More listening.... This is nothing but a Lite 98 hybrid mix in a little mix103...but that's still a take off on Lite 98 just with DJ's. This one doesn't have DJ's...so it's a Hybrid Lite 98 w/o the mayo....lololol lot of good songs.[nothing really diverse there]. Nothing that makes me want to shout out "HEY YOU'VE GOT A HELUVA RADIO STATION". I'm still waiting for something to leap out at me...and it is not happening...sorry MainLine my 10 disc unit in the van plays better...
______________
Lou
Edited by iLovradio on 09/07/05 08:07 PM.

Dan_Evans · Sep 7, 2005

I considered Mix106, before oldies to be a 80's alt rocker back in the day. There would be the place to listen to The Cure, Smiths, Depeche Mode, REM. XL was the place where I first heard Guns and Roses(which is in Liberty's playlist, as I am headbanging to Paradise City as I type this!), Metallica, Judas Priest, Motley Crue as they were releasing stuff out. All of this before they hit Q94(although they never played Smiths, Cure, Depeche or Judas). I think that the Mix106 was a good station, but back in that day, it was hard to reach a alt audience in a area that was already then focused more on Q94 and XL 102 calling it new.

I think that Liberty is corny for a name, the only relation I can think of Richmond to that is Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech. As for the station ID's, well the one that comes to mind of being lifted from another station is the one that says, we have to say this once a hour.....WCUL Midlothain-Richmond. That was lifted from WCBS when they went "Jack" and their ID would be "We have to say this once a hour...WCBS New York".

Note to MainLine, if you are going to keep this format, add in DEEP radio cuts, meaning one hit wonders and tracks off albums that NEVER get airplay anymore.

One last thing, based on my listening to this station, a LOT of FM stations might have to worry about ratings. Q94 can kiss goodbye Flashback Friday, Mix103 along with The X and Y101 can kiss goodbye the alienated 80's fans as well. The planet might take a hit, if someone in the mornings steps up for a GREAT alternative to John Boy and Billy. That and if Dick Hungate would be on WCUL, then (OUCH) the planet takes a hit on WHATEVER time slot Dick is on.

iLovradio · Sep 7, 2005

> I considered Mix106, before oldies to be a 80's alt rocker
> back in the day. There would be the place to listen to The
> Cure, Smiths, Depeche Mode, REM. XL was the place where I
> first heard Guns and Roses(which is in Liberty's playlist,
> as I am headbanging to Paradise City as I type this!),
> Metallica, Judas Priest, Motley Crue as they were releasing
> stuff out. All of this before they hit Q94(although they
> never played Smiths, Cure, Depeche or Judas). I think that
> the Mix106 was a good station, but back in that day, it was
> hard to reach a alt audience in a area that was already then
> focused more on Q94 and XL 102 calling it new.
>
> I think that Liberty is corny for a name, the only relation
> I can think of Richmond to that is Patrick Henry's Give Me
> Liberty or Give Me Death speech. As for the station ID's,
> well the one that comes to mind of being lifted from another
> station is the one that says, we have to say this once a
> hour.....WCUL Midlothain-Richmond. That was lifted from WCBS
> when they went "Jack" and their ID would be "We have to say
> this once a hour...WCBS New York".
>
> Note to MainLine, if you are going to keep this format, add
> in DEEP radio cuts, meaning one hit wonders and tracks off
> albums that NEVER get airplay anymore.
>
> One last thing, based on my listening to this station, a LOT
> of FM stations might have to worry about ratings. Q94 can
> kiss goodbye Flashback Friday, Mix103 along with The X and
> Y101 can kiss goodbye the alienated 80's fans as well. The
> planet might take a hit, if someone in the mornings steps up
> for a GREAT alternative to John Boy and Billy. That and if
> Dick Hungate would be on WCUL, then (OUCH) the planet takes
> a hit on WHATEVER time slot Dick is on.
>
I agree... on every point you've made. Have you noticed there's no SOUL?! I've heard Marvin singing "Sexual Healing" and Rufus' "Tell me something good" but that's it. They are devoid of any MOtown or Stax material or Aretha for that matter...! No Ice man, no wicked Wilson Pickett, No Luther! No Country either... unless I've missed it. Mostly metal and eighty's with a sprinkle of seventies. oh they do play the Beatles...mostly the white album! WHy is it they always get stuck on just the white album...Haven't they ever heard "Rubber Soul", "Revolver", or "Sgt Pepper". How does she sound to you? I'm sure they or someone within is reading these posts. Maybe they'll get the hint... I'll give'm two maybe three years. Right now it's just an FM version of The TUBE!______________
Lou
Edited by iLovradio on 09/08/05 03:37 AM.

GRB1053 · Sep 8, 2005

> BULL I Belive You Mistaken About MX 106 At The Time They
> Were Pretty Much Playing Anything And Then During The Summer
> Of '90 They Switched To Oldies And Then During The Spring Of
> '91 They Became Just FM 106

Nope. No Bull-I was employed there during the reign of Mix 106, MX 106.5, Oldies 106 and then WVGO. The day that Oldies 106 changed to WVGO we did play anything...whatever we found we played it, just because we could! I was one of only 2 people that was kept when the format changed.

Radio-X · Sep 8, 2005

To clarify the history of 106.5

> > BULL I Belive You Mistaken About MX 106 At The Time They
> > Were Pretty Much Playing Anything And Then During The
> Summer
> > Of '90 They Switched To Oldies And Then During The Spring
> Of
> > '91 They Became Just FM 106
>
>
> Nope. No Bull-I was employed there during the reign of Mix
> 106, MX 106.5, Oldies 106 and then WVGO. The day that Oldies
> 106 changed to WVGO we did play anything...whatever we found
> we played it, just because we could! I was one of only 2
> people that was kept when the format changed.

First off, to de-confuse everyone...this is the 106.5 timeline:

March 25, 1988: WRFK Signs off
June, 1988: WVMX Signs on as "Mix 106", with a hot AC format
Late 1989: WVMX turns to "MX 106" then goes Oldies as WVGO after two weeks
August 2, 1991: WVGO becomes AAA
Late 1995: WVGO starts becoming more modern to counteract 104.7 the Buzz
May, 1996: ABS (owner of the Buzz) buys WVGO
July 28(?), 1996: WVGO simulcasts the Buzz and after two weeks is the sole home for the Buzz
September 5(?), 1998: WBZU signs off and becomes 'Sunny 106-5' for three days, the goes COOL 106.5 (WRCL)
June, 11(?), 2001: WRCL becomes the BEAT

Oh, wow...Greg, next time you meander into Farmville, we gotta talk sometime, I'm sure you're full of awesome Richmond radio history facts (and audio tapes!

...And you worked at AAA WVGO? Wow...

If you're interested, shoot me up an e-mail at [email protected]

Oh...and didn't WVGO call themselves "Rock and Roll Radio FM 106" for about a year?

Radio-X

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If a DJ talks into a microphone, and no one's there to listen to him, does he make a noise?Edited by radiodxrichmond on 09/09/05 03:45 AM.

avalone · Sep 9, 2005

> > BULL I Belive You Mistaken About MX 106 At The Time They
> > Were Pretty Much Playing Anything And Then During The
> Summer
> > Of '90 They Switched To Oldies And Then During The Spring
> Of
> > '91 They Became Just FM 106
>
>
> Nope. No Bull-I was employed there during the reign of Mix
> 106, MX 106.5, Oldies 106 and then WVGO. The day that Oldies
> 106 changed to WVGO we did play anything...whatever we found
> we played it, just because we could! I was one of only 2
> people that was kept when the format changed.
>
Oh Sorry About That, Because When I Was In High School I Did Listen To Both Mix 106 & MX 106 During It's Dying Days,When Y'all Went Oldies I Just Stoped Listening To The Radio All Together, But When I Was In College Up In Stauton I Saw The Ads For FM 106 I When I Came Home It Was Just The Best Station I'd Ever Listened To Outside Of JMU's Station Of Course, But When You Trully Were Great Was On Sundays With The Jazz Show On Sunday Morning And Then At Night With Page Wilson's Out Of The Blue And Erik E Stanleys Show, I Can't For The Life Of Me Remember The Name Of It, I Mean That's What Liberty Needs To Be Right Now As Free Form Like Hearing Clasic Bluegrass Next To Grindcore Ok I'll Admit It I Was A FM 106 Fanboy.

GRB1053 · Sep 9, 2005

Re: To clarify the history of 106.5

> First off, to de-confuse everyone...this is the 106.5
> timeline:
>
> March 25, 1988: WRFK Signs off
> June, 1988: WVMX Signs on as "Mix 106", with a hot AC format
>
> Late 1989: WVMX turns to "MX 106" then goes Oldies as WVGO
> after two weeks
> August 2, 1991: WVGO becomes AAA
> Late 1995: WVGO starts becoming more modern to counteract
> 104.7 the Buzz
> May, 1996: ABS (owner of the Buzz) buys WVGO
> July 28(?), 1996: WVGO simulcasts the Buzz and after two
> weeks is the sole home for the Buzz
> September 5(?), 1998: WBZU signs off and becomes 'Sunny
> 106-5' for three days, the goes COOL 106.5 (WRCL)
> June, 11(?), 2001: WRCL becomes the BEAT
>
> Oh, wow...Greg, next time you meander into Farmville, we
> gotta talk sometime, I'm sure you're full of awesome
> Richmond radio history facts (and audio tapes!

...And you
> worked at AAA WVGO? Wow...
>
> If you're interested, shoot me up an e-mail at
> [email protected]
>
> Oh...and didn't WVGO call themselves "Rock and Roll Radio FM
> 106" for about a year?
>
> Radio-X
>

Man, you've even got the dates and everything! I'm impressed!

Myself and another part timer by the name of Kevin Matthews were the only ones that survived the oldies-to-AAA format change. He and I sat in the lobby, when the studio was still at 1011 Boulder Springs Drive, and watched as the "Oldies 106" staff single-filed out the door. A few minutes later, the "WVGO" staff came in with boxes of CDs and went to work setting up the new format.

WVGO did indeed call themselves "Rock and Roll Radio FM 106" in the beginning. Even now when I hear "Crazy" by Seal I think back about being on the air at WVGO! It was a great to work with Erik E. Stanley, Dal Hunter, everyone there was great.

I always thought it was kinda funny that they kept the WVGO call letters for the new format since they stood for "Virginia's Golden Oldies"

Radio-X, I'll definitely drop you a line!

GRB

bmwmottorrad · Sep 10, 2005

What I don't understand or like is how this station says they play music from 60s,70s,80s,90s and today. I have not heard one song from today this whole week. It is mostly 70s and 80s with a couple songs from the 90s. It wont work.

WVGO · Sep 12, 2005

Re: To clarify the history of 106.5

It's great to read all these fond remembrances of WVGO here...
We had a great time and I'm glad that what we did was appreciated at least by some.
If it hadn't been for deregulation, the net result of which individual radio stations in a market became simply players on a chess board for big group owners to play the Arbitron game, I would be the sole owner of WVGO today....and it would still be the "original" version we signed on with.
Unfortunately for me, we were made an offer by ABS that my partners "couldn't refuse". I had first option to buy them out in the original agreement, but at the price ABS was offering and I would have had to match, I was looking at a note payment that would have kept me awake at night.
To answer another question....we kept the WVGO calls simply because I liked the sound of them, and Oldies 106 never really used them on the air. It's interesting that some people thought the calls were "new" and were some kind of tribute to the old WGOE.
These days I'm still awake at night....thinking about what could have been.
Oh well...maybe in the next life.
And in the meantime, if anyone wants to try to "recreate" WVGO somewhere here, I'll be glad to dust off my jazz cd's and do my Sunday Morning show again!
Guy

> > First off, to de-confuse everyone...this is the 106.5
> > timeline:
> >
> > March 25, 1988: WRFK Signs off
> > June, 1988: WVMX Signs on as "Mix 106", with a hot AC
> format
> >
> > Late 1989: WVMX turns to "MX 106" then goes Oldies as WVGO
>
> > after two weeks
> > August 2, 1991: WVGO becomes AAA
> > Late 1995: WVGO starts becoming more modern to counteract
> > 104.7 the Buzz
> > May, 1996: ABS (owner of the Buzz) buys WVGO
> > July 28(?), 1996: WVGO simulcasts the Buzz and after two
> > weeks is the sole home for the Buzz
> > September 5(?), 1998: WBZU signs off and becomes 'Sunny
> > 106-5' for three days, the goes COOL 106.5 (WRCL)
> > June, 11(?), 2001: WRCL becomes the BEAT
> >
> > Oh, wow...Greg, next time you meander into Farmville, we
> > gotta talk sometime, I'm sure you're full of awesome
> > Richmond radio history facts (and audio tapes!

...And
> you
> > worked at AAA WVGO? Wow...
> >
> > If you're interested, shoot me up an e-mail at
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Oh...and didn't WVGO call themselves "Rock and Roll Radio
> FM
> > 106" for about a year?
> >
> > Radio-X
> >
>
> Man, you've even got the dates and everything! I'm
> impressed!

Myself and another part timer by the name of
> Kevin Matthews were the only ones that survived the
> oldies-to-AAA format change. He and I sat in the lobby, when
> the studio was still at 1011 Boulder Springs Drive, and
> watched as the "Oldies 106" staff single-filed out the door.
> A few minutes later, the "WVGO" staff came in with boxes of
> CDs and went to work setting up the new format.
>
> WVGO did indeed call themselves "Rock and Roll Radio FM 106"
> in the beginning. Even now when I hear "Crazy" by Seal I
> think back about being on the air at WVGO! It was a great to
> work with Erik E. Stanley, Dal Hunter, everyone there was
> great.
>
> I always thought it was kinda funny that they kept the WVGO
> call letters for the new format since they stood for
> "Virginia's Golden Oldies"
>
> Radio-X, I'll definitely drop you a line!
>
> GRB
>

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