Modern-ish songs on WJIB

[ssetta]

While WJIB is primarily easy listening/standards, I've heard quite a few songs that are from more recent years that hardly get played anywhere else, such as "Everyday" by Phil Collins, and "Cry for Help" by Rick Astley. Here's some other modern-ish pop songs I've heard on WJIB:

Sting - "Fields of Gold"
Billy Joel - "Don't Ask Me Why"
Toto - "Africa"
Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

And I'm sure there are others. Is there like a time limit where they play no songs made after a certain date? How does this work?

 

[MassMusicMan]

Modern? No song you cited is any less than 20 years old. Now if he played Buble or Bruno Mars, I would take notice.

 

[TRF]

Modern? No song you cited is any less than 20 years old.

Yup - modern.

Now if he played Buble or Bruno Mars, I would take notice.

That would be post-modern.

 

[reelyreal]

The use of the term post-modernism is how you identify old farts. My grandmother would have called any music released after 1964 "post-modern." She would have been 92 this year.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

There's no reason why Buble, Bruno Mars, or any number of other contemporary artists' music couldn't be artfully woven into JIB-Guy's Playlist over on 740.

After all, the "Timeless Cool" syndicated music service manages to do this quite well. I'm confident that anything "Timeless Cool" can do......JIB-Guy can do better.

 

[spt87]

And there is a reason why he doesn't do it - there are a half dozen or more stations in the WJIB coverage area playing that stuff to death already. What WJIB is playing is unique.

 

[robotique]

yeah who needs another station to play bruno mars. the format is unique -- not necesarily my flavor -- but unique and should remain as such