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charles123

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Has anybody noticed the change in the music, less country and more classic rock? What's up with that? I also noticed this morning they added the following:

Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Kansas
Styx
Elton John
The Hollies
Foreigner
Boston
Phil Collins
The Beatles
Queen
 
They finally realized what they were trying to do, wasn't working, maybe?

Andy
 
Yep, it looks like all Country/Southern/Texas pretense has been dropped and 92.5 is back to being a traditional classic rock station since about 6 AM.
 
now if they will let Bo and jim BE Bo and Jim. the nyou would get those listeners back and then some.
 
Looked over their playlist this morning and, talk about disjointed and, well, strange. Chris Rea? The guy who sang, "Fool, If You Think It's Over" in 1978? And there's Willie Nelson and plenty of other country scattered in there, but bookended by non-compatible songs like "More Than a Feeling" and "Take the Long Way Home."

With The Bone going 'old' classic rock, as rumored, why doesn't KZPS go MODERN classic rock?

As I said before, someone needs to wake up and realize that the "Lone Star" experiment is a failure. I'm sure Duane and company hoped it would be a new niche format that would explode like Young Country did, meaning it takes off immediately and is peddle-able to the world and CC gets the "patent" for it. Sorry, no go in this corporate-controlled, cookie-cutter industry. Nice thought, though.
 
I have noticed 92.5 playing MUCH more Classic rock then usual...
I like it :) But theres some of that Southern Rock i like 8)
 
Classic rock is good as long as it isn't a playlist which is restricted to the same tracks over and over. Clearly, I'm remembering a time that has come and gone, but I remember when DFW radio was interesting. I thought Lonestar had some potential but it seemed to quickly devolve into something choked out by corporate sensibilities and guidelines. Oh well. ???
 
This failed experiment was overdue for failure. However, I enjoyed it while it was around. I'm so sick of the same old music.
 
It was nice when it first started. Unfortunately the "new music" became old music rather quickly. It would be nice to see someone go a week without playing the same song twice. :-[
 
TexasGopher said:
It would be nice to see someone go a week without playing the same song twice. :-[
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And, depending on what music format you had, that could be done easily enough. I just don't know if it could be done very easily with Classic Rock. With Classic Rock, you'd have to play some pretty deep and/or obscure cuts to go a whole week without repeats.
 
critic319 said:
Classic rock is good as long as it isn't a playlist which is restricted to the same tracks over and over. Clearly, I'm remembering a time that has come and gone, but I remember when DFW radio was interesting. I thought Lonestar had some potential but it seemed to quickly devolve into something choked out by corporate sensibilities and guidelines. Oh well. ???
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But Dude.... THAT'S what "CLASSIC ROCK" IS . . . .

A Playlist that is restircted to the same familiar tracks, over and over, again.

By "Definiton", "Classic Rock", as a musical format S-u-c-k-s, to all but casual common listeners.....

And make no mistake.... there are lots of casual common listeners.

And it is those listeners, theit "target" audience, that advertisers are willing to try to reach, by paying for it through radio advertising.

Dallas, being the great Bottom Line city that it is.....

Would not have it any other way......

You want "Culture", broadcast to the public, on over-the-air radio ? ? ?

Then you're looking in the WRONG city, for that ! !

In Dallas.... It's Talk/Sports/News on the Big Stations.

I think you can go south of the border and find over-the-air radio that delivers something other than the same old same old.... :-\
 
That is why I H-A-T-E Classic Rock stations. It is stale..... I like cutting edge stuff! I can appreciate the classics but don't limit it to just that. The Eagle does a decent job playing Zep, ZZ etc but they play currents too. That is why I hate the Decades station on XM too!
 
Classic rock DOESNT have to be stale rock. The key is to play the normal grind (preferably the songs with attitude) but aslo play a few new songs from classic artists. Throw in a couple of "oh wow i remember that one but i havent heard it in a while" tunes an hour with some attitude promos and youve got a ratings winner. Theres a certain classic rocker I used to involved with that had just such a formula and kicked royal ass in the ratings and revenue for several years. Ulitimatly a change in ownership put a ruin on the place to where what is there now is just a shell of its past.
 
Classic Rock, even in Dallas, can be a very viable format if done correctly. We're all tired of hearing the same old crap over and over. KDBN will not go old classic. ZPS will stay with the same corporate playlist. I regularly tune into KLUV to hear music that neither ZPS or DBN will play. Let Bo & Jim do their thing. Cindy knows her stuff as well. Both stations are restricted by corporate BS.

And don't even get me started on voice-tracking ...
 
jeffdfw said:
From a CC memo just released...

Duane Doherty is no longer with CC Dallas. :eek:

We wish him well.
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I was afraid he had one foot on the gallows when they hired Vince Richards. How many of those CC suits that were lined to bask in the glory when Lone Star launched are around now????
 
Should we start from the top? JD is still there. Kelly K. is (although they are corporate management). The OP's position was eliminated, as was marketing.

Face it ... the PD in today's environment merely answers to corporate. Local research??? Give me a break. Classic Rock playlists are mostly standard nationwide. CHR/Top 40 is a no-brainer. AC playlists come straight from Billboard (just like Country). Rock, like KEGL, is a hybrid playlist that comes from Billboard with a sprinkle of semi-classic thrown in. Alternative (KDGE) playlists come from Billboard as well. Christian/AC is a Billboard playlist as well. And Urban, well, Urban playlists are merely a Billboard Top 40 for the African-American population.

Programming today is a shell of its former self.
 
CCEX said:
Should we start from the top? JD is still there. Kelly K. is (although they are corporate management). The OP's position was eliminated, as was marketing.

Face it ... the PD in today's environment merely answers to corporate. Local research??? Give me a break. Classic Rock playlists are mostly standard nationwide. CHR/Top 40 is a no-brainer. AC playlists come straight from Billboard (just like Country). Rock, like KEGL, is a hybrid playlist that comes from Billboard with a sprinkle of semi-classic thrown in. Alternative (KDGE) playlists come from Billboard as well. Christian/AC is a Billboard playlist as well. And Urban, well, Urban playlists are merely a Billboard Top 40 for the African-American population.

Programming today is a shell of its former self.
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With the playlists tied down.... there's no need to look any further.

It's the world of "AM" radio... only on the FM Frequency......


MOBILE AND VIABLE INTERNET RADIO . . . .

SOMEDAY ...

SOMEHOW....

THE REVOULTION OF REVOLUTIONS.... :D
 
Don't count on it. The RIAA still wants to kill Internet Radio.

Andy
 
TheRover said:
It's the world of "AM" radio... only on the FM Frequency......


MOBILE AND VIABLE INTERNET RADIO . . . .

SOMEDAY ...

SOMEHOW....

THE REVOULTION OF REVOLUTIONS.... :D
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The majority of the American public does not want to hear the Rotting Scabs and the Festering Boils, including adults who actually work for a living. They want to hear what they already hear and they only want to hear their favorite songs. The most popular satellite channels are the same formats that dominate radio, just with broader playlists for the most part and no commercials--and there are still 300 million Americans who are not interested in satellite radio. They do not want to hear weirdo music. Deal with it.

And the 60s ended 38 years ago, hippie. Stop taking the windowpane acid and start living in the real world.
 
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