Since the DJs are all in different locations, it must all be on a computer somewhere.
The most popular song from 1905 was Arthur Collins 'The Preacher and the Bear'. However, Billy Murray was the superstar of that year with the next 3 most popular: 'Give My Regards To Broadway', 'Yankee Doodle Boy', and 'In My Merry Oldsmobile '.
He plays the songs popular on a particular date, so we'll have to see if he does this again.
Arthur Collins was one half of a successful team whose songs were so racist that you wouldn't dare mention even the titles anywhere in any circumstance within my lifetime! It's not just that they did it. It's that huge crowds of people loved it!
There are MANY songs and other acts that, while considered perfectly fine in their time, is pretty much cancelled now because it offends everyone.
How many of these have been "mercilessly cancelled"? For example, Joni Mitchell, who wore blackface on one of her album covers, and defended it by saying "I have experienced being a black guy on several occasions", is still considered a folk music icon, and her music is still played on Oldies stations.
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The "cancellation" of recording artists over the issues brought up by the previous two posters usually includes reduction or elimination of airplay on radio, so the topic is not far from broadcasting at all. Was Mitchell ever "canceled" by classic hits or soft rock radio over the referenced album cover? Compare her with Morgan Wallen, who was, at least temporarily,or R. Kelly, who was and still is (albeit over a different issue). Legitimate radio-related topic, IMO.
Just to be clear, this is not a matter akin to Gen-Z being convinced that "Baby It's Cold Outside" is about date rape. These titles would enrage Archie Bunker! They go far beyond anything I'd ever heard before and are just plain evil! I return you to your regularly scheduled forum.
Well, OK, but I can’t help but remember that KSLQ had KXOK for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, starting in the fall of 1972, and when KWK was revived in 1978, it started as Top 40 but didn’t stay there for long. I’d say let’s not also forget KKOJ, but if you blinked your eyes, you would have missed it;
There are multiple factors working against reception of KSWV in Albuquerque. First, Santa Fe is 60 miles away, more or less. Then, there's the station's facilities, with an antenna whose electrical height is 56 degrees, which is rather short. The site appears to be a replacement transmitter site; the FCC history cards for the station indicate the original site was on Agua Fria Street southwest of the city center. The present site is just off the Relief Route on the north end of Santa Fe. So it moved farther away from Albuquerque at some time in the past. And then there's just the matter of electrical noise in general.
"I Say a Little Prayer" might work on a gospel station.
How about "Swearin' to God"? "God Only Knows"? "Heaven"? No, no, no, no. They're all songs about human love for their significant others, not about Christianity or the Bible.
