Hearing two oldies stations compete on the same frequency is a problem I wish I had!
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Markets With A 50s/60s Oldies Station
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Most likely because you were young when they were going out of style, and you remember them in association with that negative context. I'm in my forties and those songs are as associatively unblemished (and as thus fascinating and likeable) to me as genuine late-'50s oldies (and beyond).
What is old becomes new again -- or at least sheds its passé factor.
Forgive the question if you've answered it a million times, but where can I find that show?
Sincerely,
#1,000,001
I second that. For me, those are about the least "tune out" tunes there are for an oldies format because they are so seldom heard. I'll stop what I'm doing to listen if one of them come on.
Yeah, I'm an outlier. And a square one at times at that, too...
Undoubtedly, there are some "oldies" or "classic hits" listeners who like those songs. However, in the larger markets where stations have their own or corporate research, stations know that there are songs that may have a small percentage of "likes" but which have strong "dislike" scores.
Most stations won't risk playing songs with strong negatives because they are likely to cause listeners to tune out.
The problem for one-to-many programmed radio stations and services is that they target averages, not individuals. So even the curated playlist is both populated with songs any individual does not really love (they score them as "neither like nor dislike") and does not, sometimes, include songs they really would like to hear.
I get them both here. You might also hear WXYT Detroit at times, like me. They are all sports format.
I’m also in my 40s but I can’t stand those songs
But do you like the late-50s oldies that proceeded them or do you hate those too?
I'm starting to think "outlier" sounds too much like "outcast," and that terms like pop culture "free agents" or "mold buckers" would better describe such people.
I like some stuff, like LaVern Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard and James Brown, but I don’t listen to it all the time. I can’t stand Pat Boone and that type of 50’s music.
I like that stuff (e.g. Pat Boone, Marty Robins) in limited amounts for its quaintness. But I can't listen if it sounds excessively redneckish.
Same reason I like classic country but bail when I start hearing "redneck bar steel guitar."
In any case, none of it is as scary as your new portrait of Dr. Phil's face.
I’ve never heard Pat Boone’s music described as redneckish. Marty Robbins is ok, I heard “Big Iron” for the first time a few months ago and it’s pretty good.I like that stuff (e.g. Pat Boone, Marty Robins) in limited amounts for its quaintness. But I can't listen if it sounds excessively redneckish.
Same reason I like classic country but bail when I start hearing "redneck bar steel guitar."
In any case, none of it is as scary as your new portrait of Dr. Phil's face.
But when I hear “El Paso” I start looking like this:
Was that what that was?In any case, none of it is as scary as your new portrait of Dr. Phil's face.
I'll listen to that sort of stuff for hours, but what I'll listen to varies a bit depending on my mood.
I wouldn't have thought of Pat Boone or Marty Robbins as particularly "redneckish" though?
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Good luck getting the industry to go along with you.
Either that or a failed face transplant.
I just meant within the genre, not within Robbins' repertoire.
And I usually end up listening to it for hours on end too -- but at intervals of only every couple months or so.
As self-describing trend buckers, we don't need them to.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
As self-describing trend buckers, we don't need them to.
Okay, if you want us to pay even less attention to your programming suggestions than we already do ...
And the term "outlier" is used by researchers everywhere from studies about toothpaste to streaming services. It is "industry standard".
As mentioned to K. M., that term is a research "standard" used universally, even in other languages.
It ain't changin'.
Pat Boone may not be redneckish, but he is red, as in MAGA red....Never a fan of his music, and him either.
I would say 'outlier' describes a lot of people on this board, myself included... especially this last sentence in the paragraph below. 😁
To be an "outlier" means to be different from the others in a group, either in your thoughts, behaviors, or circumstances, or to be a data point in statistics that is significantly different from the main group of data. It can be a positive attribute, suggesting unique strengths and a different perspective, or it can lead to feelings of not fitting in or being misunderstood
To be an "outlier" means to be different from the others in a group, either in your thoughts, behaviors, or circumstances, or to be a data point in statistics that is significantly different from the main group of data. It can be a positive attribute, suggesting unique strengths and a different perspective, or it can lead to feelings of not fitting in or being misunderstood