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More Nashville impressions

LouPickney

LouPickney

I was back in Nashville this weekend, just two weeks since my last visit. This is what happens when a good friend plans a wedding right after you have your high school class reunion.

I heard "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" played on Jack FM, which is from 1971. I know that song was listed as well on the SAM Radio (WW1's satellite-fed format) sample playlist, and it seems to be one of the few exceptions of a pre-1974 song that makes the cut on the Variety Hits format.

Oldies 97.1 sounded good yet again. The person (or people) programming it are doing a good job with the music. I heard "Gypsys Tramps and Thieves" by Cher, which I hadn't heard in a long long time (I've never heard in on WRBQ here in Tampa, or even before on WBVB in Huntington, WV, which had the WW1 Oldies feed). Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good...

Lightning 100 sounded great, as always. At my friend's wedding reception, my friend Mike (who was the best man at the wedding) asked me what it would take to get a station like Lightning 100 in St. Louis (where he lives). I laughed and explained the AAA format and how it probably would work in St. Louis, but to get it on there it would take some luck, Mike buying a station and flipping the format to AAA (ha!), or him purchasing satellite radio and hearing it that way.

I noticed the Jack FM billboards up all over the place, which is what you want to have with a new station. Also, Oldies 97.1 had a billboard that I saw, though the "Coyote and Kathy mornings" font looked like amateur work with the yellow type on the blue background. But at least they're promoting the station and the talent.<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
 
> I heard "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" played on Jack FM, which
> is from 1971. I know that song was listed as well on the
> SAM Radio (WW1's satellite-fed format) sample playlist, and
> it seems to be one of the few exceptions of a pre-1974 song
> that makes the cut on the Variety Hits format.

101.1 Jack in New York has played the song.

> I noticed the Jack FM billboards up all over the place,
> which is what you want to have with a new station. Also,
> Oldies 97.1 had a billboard that I saw, though the "Coyote
> and Kathy mornings" font looked like amateur work with the
> yellow type on the blue background. But at least they're
> promoting the station and the talent.

No billboards in this area as of yet... I'll keep you posted.<P ID="signature">______________


New York City Radio and TV</P>
 
All of the Cumulus billboards look terrible, like somebody drew it up in Microsoft Paint.<P ID="signature">______________
Bob
Moderator, Nashville board
Radio-Info.com--Always Tuned In</P>
 
> > I heard "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" played on Jack FM, which
>
> > is from 1971. I know that song was listed as well on the
> > SAM Radio (WW1's satellite-fed format) sample playlist,
> and
> > it seems to be one of the few exceptions of a pre-1974
> song
> > that makes the cut on the Variety Hits format.
>
> 101.1 Jack in New York has played the song.

It's a fun song, and I was shocked when I first found out it came out in 1971. I suppose I'm showing my youth with that statement, but if you had to pick one song from 1971 to play on a Variety Hits station, I think that one is a good choice.

> No billboards in this area as of yet... I'll keep you posted.

For what it's worth, South Central's billboards simply had the 96.3 Jack FM logo, with the "Playing What We Want" service mark below it. Simple, but effective. They were on smaller, lower budget billboard spots (like on Harding Place near the Sam's Club close to I-24) and also on the larger, higher end billboards (I saw one of those on I-65 near 100 Oaks).

As for Jack in NYC, with the free pub that's been generated (good and bad) with the WCBS-FM flip, I can understand why Infinity New York has held off on a billboard campaign to this point.<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
 
> All of the Cumulus billboards look terrible, like somebody
> drew it up in Microsoft Paint.

Good point -- I also saw a billboard for 106.7 The Fan, which was not exactly the slickest layout I'd ever seen. The WTN billboard with G. Gordon Liddy on it didn't look bad, though. But at least Cumulus is promoting its stations...<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
 
> > > I heard "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" played on Jack FM,
> which
> >
> > > is from 1971. I know that song was listed as well on
> the
> > > SAM Radio (WW1's satellite-fed format) sample playlist,
> > and
> > > it seems to be one of the few exceptions of a pre-1974
> > song
> > > that makes the cut on the Variety Hits format.
> >
> > 101.1 Jack in New York has played the song.
>
> It's a fun song, and I was shocked when I first found out it
> came out in 1971. I suppose I'm showing my youth with that
> statement, but if you had to pick one song from 1971 to play
> on a Variety Hits station, I think that one is a good
> choice.
>
I have also heard "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin, circa 1969, "Hold Your Head High" - Argent, circa 1972 and several Beatles' songs from "Sargent Pepper", "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Revolver" albums on JACK 96.3 in the last two weeks.
 
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