Magic 1560 considering weekend Disco Show?

[scottwmro]

Now when you start to read this, I, the owner of Magic 1560 am NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO DO THIS OR MY REGUALR FORMAT IS GOING TO CHANGE! I just had a idea that I'm thinking about trying this, on a "trial basis". Tonight, I was playing with my Napster Account and I was thinking a Disco Show on the weekend would sound nice on Magic 1560 to compliment my "Today's Best Hits" format. This would be like my own program off the satellite network.

The program would be a weekend program, anywhere from 1-2 hours, with the hottest Disco/Dance stuff from the late 70's & 80's. I may throw in a current dance song every now or then. Oh yes, I will sound simular to Romer's "Majik 13" of the late 70's, but updated. The show will be fully automated (music on hard drive) with very little talk.

I was listening to a lot of the disco stuff played from " back in the day" (my generation) and I thought, I may take a crack at this a "feature program only".

I know to some of you it's a dumb idea, but it's just a thought, and it doesn't mean I'm going to do it. Just wanting feedback for now please!

Thanks!

 

[romer979fm]

Romer's "Majik 13"

no no no...not mine: I was just following orders...
although the mechanics were pretty damn good

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom hey boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom hey

 

[Tibbs4]

Will you promise to play "Boogie Wonderland?"

 

[deltas69]

don't forget "disco inferno", at 7 minutes plus..great song to hit the bathroom since "macarthurs park" is not quite inside the disco format.. ;D

 

[deltas69]

wait...hold that thought..donna summer did indeed do a disco version of "macarthurs park"...and it's longer than disco inferno..so..scott either way..your covered..long enough for two magazines in the can.. :

 

[Tibbs4]

Scary, Disco Inferno went through my mind. If you play "Born to be Alive" Long Version --- I'm listenin' and promoting it. Scott ---
you may just be onto something --- "Let's Get it On." Well, you know what I mean.

 

[deltas69]

last time i had a white suit on, i looked looked Ricardo Montalban after taxes..anyone have some gold chains i can borrow ??

 

[scottwmro]

Romer's "Majik 13"

no no no...not mine: I was just following orders...
although the mechanics were pretty damn good

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom hey boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom hey

I was listening to Alicia Bridges, "I Love the Night Life” on Napster last night. I miss hearing some of those old late 70’s Disco songs. I’ve heard Mix 92.9 play that old Alicia Bridges song one or two times in the past, but they mix it all in with the other junk they play.
As to some of you on the list, sixties oldies like “Hermits Hermits”, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Turtles, etc., was your type of music, but I’m about 10 to 13 years younger than some of you, and I grew up to the Disco stuff in High School. Yea, the white suits, unbutton black shirts, with guys showing their chest hairs and chains. I remember it very, very well.
As I reminisce about those days, Chris I recall you were just the mechanics of Majik 13, but, I recall a song on your playlist sent down to you for airplay from K97’s consultants. The song was played on Majik 13 before it changed, and it was Patrice Rushen’s, “Haven’t you Heard”? Do you remember that song Chris? We danced to it at the junior prom at Hendersonville High and the cheerleaders dance to it at Pep Rally’s and was played at the Football Games. IMHO, Majik 13 had more suburban “white listeners” than what Arbitron says it had. The suburban white kids up this way loved it, along with 15 WLAC & 92Q (way before its Urban Days, then I ended up there!)
“Haven’t you Heard” from Patrice Rushen was played a lot on Majik 13 before the Chris Romer/Bill Berlin/Watt Hairston “Disco Duck Execution” in 1980! Partice Rushen had another dance hit in the 80’s that was in a movie I saw about 1983, but I’m trying to remember the name of the song.
Majik 13 had more white listeners than what you realized, especially in Hendersonville & Gallatin, where I was growing up, and Majik 13 was hitting hard at 15 WLAC as well. These days the folks in their 60’s and even 70’s loved the Disco stuff (I know my mother does & she is only 63), as well as younger adults 20-40.
I recall for a short time somewhere around 1976-77 or so, WMTS-FM 96.3 (when it was in Murfreesboro) had a Disco Dance Show ( I think it was on Saturday Nights) when that old man that was on during the week, Bruce Harper, wasn’t on playing that real old 30’s & 40’s Big Band stuff.
Oh yes, Earth, Wind, and Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland”, Donna Summer hits, Bee Gees (70’s Hits), I’ll play, Eighty’s dance hits from Wham, Midnight Star, Madonna, The Whisper’s, “When the Beat Goes On” and Kool and the Gang and some Rod Stewart will be the majority of what will be heard. Every now and then, one current dance song from Pink, Justin, etc. might get played, but NO, NO, NO, Brittney….Give Me, Give Me, Wanna Wanna….will be tolerated! Only the good stuff!
Oh by the way Chris, no throwing darts at the Disco Duck! (HA!)
Chris, A QUESTION FOR YA! There was a “Live Show” (at least I thought it was live) done on Saturday Nights on Majik 13. The dude doing the show was good, he played a lot of hot dance mixes. He referred to the station as “DISCO 13”. Who was that guy jocking that show? This was about the summer of “79”, that I recall.

 

[romer979fm]

There was a “Live Show” (at least I thought it was live) done on Saturday Nights on Majik 13. The dude doing the show was good, he played a lot of hot dance mixes. He referred to the station as “DISCO 13”. Who was that guy jocking that show? This was about the summer of “79”, that I recall.

that was John Bryant...(sp)...he was hired by Dan Vallie for weekends on 92Q...did nights for a while...used the Name "John Boy Bryant" too...and the "DISCO 13" Staurday night show on WMAK for a while. He moved to Atlanta (96ROCK)...and I haven't heard anything else about him since then. Quite a jump from DISCO13 to 96ROCK.

 

[scottwmro]

There was a “Live Show” (at least I thought it was live) done on Saturday Nights on Majik 13. The dude doing the show was good, he played a lot of hot dance mixes. He referred to the station as “DISCO 13”. Who was that guy jocking that show? This was about the summer of “79”, that I recall.

that was John Bryant...(sp)...he was hired by Dan Vallie for weekends on 92Q...did nights for a while...used the Name "John Boy Bryant" too...and the "DISCO 13" Staurday night show on WMAK for a while. He moved to Atlanta (96ROCK)...and I haven't heard anything else about him since then. Quite a jump from DISCO13 to 96ROCK.

You know, I've told these kids in thier late teens and early 20's that they must go into a station or group owned cluster and accept was is being played on thier station and shift you're assigned. No it's, and's or but's about it. John come from the old school, I'm sure, and learned to play any format assigned to him.

I'm not picking on Howard Espravnik and Vol State, but he needs to instill in those kids minds that they just can't go out there and do what they want in this business, just because Mr. "E" let them do it at WVCP.

 

[courier37027]

Chris, John Boy Bryant got his start in Centerville TN at WHLP.

Which is the bigger leap: Centerville TN to Magic 13, or Magic 13 to Atlanta's 96 Rock?

 

[PaulO]

There was a “Live Show” (at least I thought it was live) done on Saturday Nights on Majik 13. The dude doing the show was good, he played a lot of hot dance mixes. He referred to the station as “DISCO 13”. Who was that guy jocking that show? This was about the summer of “79”, that I recall.

that was John Bryant...(sp)...he was hired by Dan Vallie for weekends on 92Q...did nights for a while...used the Name "John Boy Bryant" too...and the "DISCO 13" Staurday night show on WMAK for a while. He moved to Atlanta (96ROCK)...and I haven't heard anything else about him since then. Quite a jump from DISCO13 to 96ROCK.

He also worked for a while in 1980 at WKDF before he went to 96 Rock.

I was in Atlanta rather driving through in 81 and thought 96 Rock sounded a lot like KDF with him and Jenna.

 

[romer979fm]

Chris, John Boy Bryant got his start in Centerville TN at WHLP.

Which is the bigger leap: Centerville TN to Magic 13, or Magic 13 to Atlanta's 96 Rock?

actually JB was a 92Q full-timer (just did the Majik thing for fun and profit)...so it's a close call...
but I'd still pick 92Q to 96ROCK as the bigger leap

 

[firepoint525]

Star 97 did a cool "supermix" special on Saturday nights for several years, featuring dance mixes of songs neatly segued together, with a minimum of talk in between. Still, they felt they had to drop a station ID (not a legal ID, just a station liner) between every song. It would have been nice if they could have done this show without constantly reminding us who we were listening to. And unlike "Friday night '80s," which they promoted the crap out of, this "supermix" got almost no buzz at all! You never would have known that it existed, if you weren't tuned in on Saturday nights.

I wish they'd bring that back. Sorry, J. Patrick, but your "Saturday night special" on the Tower doesn't hold a candle to the old "supermix." Bring back the "supermix!"

 

[ShadowB]

A Disco show?!?!?! I say go for it Scott! See you can do that kind of stuff when your the boss!!!
As for broadcasting students well I was one and yes I thought I knew it all....found out quick I didn't!!! Fast forward to 1993 I was in Baton Rouge as the APD of WFMF, a kid walks up to me at a remote and said "I'm getting a job at FMF and show them how to run a station" I said " So where have you worked?" " Oh I haven't" said the kid " But I have been on the air at the LSU station " I say " Well send me your air check"
" Oh I don't need one!" the kid said...." I'm on the air on saturday just tune me in" I tell him " Go get a job at a small station and learn"...he says " I told you I'm on the air at the LSU station I don't NEED to learn more!"

 

[firepoint525]

A Disco show?!?!?! I say go for it Scott! See you can do that kind of stuff when your the boss!!!
As for broadcasting students well I was one and yes I thought I knew it all....found out quick I didn't!!! Fast forward to 1993 I was in Baton Rouge as the APD of WFMF, a kid walks up to me at a remote and said "I'm getting a job at FMF and show them how to run a station" I said " So where have you worked?" " Oh I haven't" said the kid " But I have been on the air at the LSU station " I say " Well send me your air check"
" Oh I don't need one!" the kid said...." I'm on the air on saturday just tune me in" I tell him " Go get a job at a small station and learn"...he says " I told you I'm on the air at the LSU station I don't NEED to learn more!"

My experience at a college station was good enough to get me a job at a 500-watt AM daytimer. I was not surprised at all. I figured my first experience would be on such a station. My guess is that kid's experience (getting a first job at a small station) was similar to mine. If he stayed in broadcasting, he learned rather quickly that you must crawl before you can walk, and must walk before you can run!

Scott, if you can, put your signal on the internet, and I will listen to it. I know I can't pick up your AM from here, and I seriously doubt an FM repeater based near Gallatin would reach me, either. But either way, good luck with the show! ;D

 

[bub]

A Disco show?!?!?! I say go for it Scott! See you can do that kind of stuff when your the boss!!!
As for broadcasting students well I was one and yes I thought I knew it all....found out quick I didn't!!! Fast forward to 1993 I was in Baton Rouge as the APD of WFMF, a kid walks up to me at a remote and said "I'm getting a job at FMF and show them how to run a station" I said " So where have you worked?" " Oh I haven't" said the kid " But I have been on the air at the LSU station " I say " Well send me your air check"
" Oh I don't need one!" the kid said...." I'm on the air on saturday just tune me in" I tell him " Go get a job at a small station and learn"...he says " I told you I'm on the air at the LSU station I don't NEED to learn more!"

My experience at a college station was good enough to get me a job at a 500-watt AM daytimer. I was not surprised at all. I figured my first experience would be on such a station. My guess is that kid's experience (getting a first job at a small station) was similar to mine. If he stayed in broadcasting, he learned rather quickly that you must crawl before you can walk, and must walk before you can run!

Scott, if you can, put your signal on the internet, and I will listen to it. I know I can't pick up your AM from here, and I seriously doubt an FM repeater based near Gallatin would reach me, either. But either way, good luck with the show! ;D

Nowadays, you get that "LSU station attitude" from folks who do paid local brokered talk shows. These people are always ready to give me advice about my role in radio but listen to one of these shows and you'll have an audience rooting for colon-blow infomercials. ;D

Scott: WMRO is YOUR station. What you put over YOUR transmitter stick is your business. Who knows? A disco show may be a good change of pace as a specialty show on the weekend...as long as ABC makegoods aren't an issue. And if the show sells, even better. Stations do this all the time. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I don't believe you have anything to lose by trying this. If it doesn't work, you're back to where you started from but at least you tried it. Give it a shot. To quote hockey great Wayne Gretzky, "You always miss 100% of the shots you never take."

 

[SwissVol]

A Disco show?!?!?! I say go for it Scott! See you can do that kind of stuff when your the boss!!!
As for broadcasting students well I was one and yes I thought I knew it all....found out quick I didn't!!! Fast forward to 1993 I was in Baton Rouge as the APD of WFMF, a kid walks up to me at a remote and said "I'm getting a job at FMF and show them how to run a station" I said " So where have you worked?" " Oh I haven't" said the kid " But I have been on the air at the LSU station " I say " Well send me your air check"
" Oh I don't need one!" the kid said...." I'm on the air on saturday just tune me in" I tell him " Go get a job at a small station and learn"...he says " I told you I'm on the air at the LSU station I don't NEED to learn more!"

My experience at a college station was good enough to get me a job at a 500-watt AM daytimer. I was not surprised at all. I figured my first experience would be on such a station. My guess is that kid's experience (getting a first job at a small station) was similar to mine. If he stayed in broadcasting, he learned rather quickly that you must crawl before you can walk, and must walk before you can run!

Scott, if you can, put your signal on the internet, and I will listen to it. I know I can't pick up your AM from here, and I seriously doubt an FM repeater based near Gallatin would reach me, either. But either way, good luck with the show! ;D

One day I tuned into 1560. I was on Gallatin Road headed to the downtown area. I went past East Nashville HIgh School and continued onto Main Street towards the downtown area. Then went through the heart of the downtown area and cut over to Elliston Place headed into West End Avenue.

Then entire time I heard the signal pretty well until I got over by Vandy. Then it faded.

Yeah out that baby on some streaming type deal and I will listen also

 

[romer979fm]

[Nowadays, you get that "LSU station attitude" from folks who do paid local brokered talk shows. These people are always ready to give me advice about my role in radio but listen to one of these shows and you'll have an audience rooting for colon-blow infomercials. ;D

a few years ago, I was producing a Penn State basketball game at the TRN/CC studios...when one of the
"paid fors" doing a golf show on WLAC stumbled in: her advice? "keep practicing...and maybe someday you
can be on the radio like me". I never said a word...

 

[Tibbs4]

Romer said: "a few years ago, I was producing a Penn State basketball game at the TRN/CC studios...when one of the
"paid fors" doing a golf show on WLAC stumbled in: her advice? "keep practicing...and maybe someday you
can be on the radio like me". I never said a word..."


Rome --- did you ever take her advice??? ;D

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Well, this week was full of great conversation here on R-I. Scott, you managed to make a station none of us
can hear the big issue of the week. Actually, pretty cool and a sad reflection on the C-Corps doing nothing
original.. Thanks!

Off the subject TOTALLY more than I have ever wandered --- I actually said something good about
Cumulus --- but it's on the Atlanta board... do I need counseling? Sorry, to bring this up, but I can't
say alot about WAMB-FM 7 or whatever that flashlight of a frequency is...

FYI, "Escape" played Thursday on Mix 92-9 early afternoon. All is well and constant in Nashville radio. CR, I am
not smoking or drinking anything, but can't think of much else to bring up. Crawling back under the rock, er pebble...now.