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Need to locate new internet Adult Standards station

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KilowattKat said:
They have changed, unfortunately, they are like WAVV mother ship (not the new Easy) now. When did they change? It's been some time since I last listened.
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I couldn't tell you. I was a long and gradual process. One day Dean Martin was still there and a month or so later i listened again and people like him were simply not being played, at least not when I listened.

And one day I heard "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman.

I only listened in the car when I was in the area. At home, Variety Hits 102.9 the Lake messes it up. In fact, even where I can pick it up, The Lake is still a problem.
 
vchimpanzee said:
Why not? Though it doesn't make me feel quite the same way now.

Also, it's way more conservative than the fun songs in iHeart stations.
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Will wait till the summer "Christmas in July" to listen to the Xmas tunes again. It's a way to musically cool down when it's blazing hot outside. ⛄ Ho ho ho
 
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It might be useful to have samples of the music on each station.

Here are two hours of KTUC Tucson:

Tom Jones "It's Not Unusual"
Johnny Burnett "You're Sixteen"
Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
Dean Martin "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
Johnny Tillotson "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"
Jack Jones "Love with the Proper Stranger"
Elvis Presley "All Shook Up"
Frank Sinatra "I've Got the World on a String"
Dion "Donna the Prima Donna"
Johnny Mathis "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Lenny Welch "Since I Fell for You"
Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife"
Sam Cooke "Cupid"
Louis Armstrong "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
Four Seasons "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Jimmie Rodgers "Honeycomb"
Steve Lawrence "Go Away Little Girl"
Brenda Lee "Break It to Me Gently"
Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel"
Rod Stewart "Moonglow"
Dixie Cups "Chapel of Love"
Andy Williams "Can't Get Used to Losing You"
Petula Clark "Downtown"
Nat King Cole "Just One of Those Things"
Drifters "Save the Last Dance for Me'
Dean Martin "Sway"
Gerry and the Pacemakers "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"
Patti Page "Once in a While"
Glenn Yarbrough "Baby the Rain Must Fall"
Peggy Lee "Till There Was You"
Elvis Presley "Don't Be Cruel"
Frank Sinatra "That's Life"
Ben E. King "Stand by Me"
Tony Bennett and Michael Buble "Just in Time"
Buddy Holly "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
 
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vchimpanzee said:
It might be useful to have samples of the music on each station.

Here are two hours of KTUC Tucson:

Tom Jones "It's Not Unusual"
Johnny Burnett "You're Sixteen"
Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
Dean Martin "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
Johnny Tillotson "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"
Jack Jones "Love with the Proper Stranger"
Elvis Presley "All Shook Up"
Frank Sinatra "I've Got the World on a String"
Dion "Donna the Prima Donna"
Johnny Mathis "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Lenny Welch "Since I Fell for You"
Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife"
Sam Cooke "Cupid"
Louis Armstrong "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
Four Seasons "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Jimmie Rodgers "Honeycomb"
Steve Lawrence "Go Away Little Girl"
Brenda Lee "Break It to Me Gently"
Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel"
Rod Stewart "Moonglow"
Dixie Cups "Chapel of Love"
Andy Williams "Can't Get Used to Losing You"
Petula Clark "Downtown"
Nat King Cole "Just One of Those Things"
Drifters "Save the Last Dance for Me'
Dean Martin "Sway"
Gerry and the Pacemakers "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"
Patti Page "Once in a While"
Glenn Yarbrough "Baby the Rain Must Fall"
Peggy Lee "Till There Was You"
Elvis Presley "Don't Be Cruel"
Frank Sinatra "That's Life"
Ben E. King "Stand by Me"
Tony Bennett and Michael Buble "Just in Time"
Buddy Holly "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
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And that, ladies and gentlemen is a "true" adult standards radio station!
 
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/m3u/KTUCAMAAC.m3u (AAC)
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/m3u/KTUCAM.m3u (MP3)

KTUC (1400 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tucson, Arizona. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs an adult standards radio format, known as "Tucson's All Time Favorites." On Sunday mornings, it plays three hours of big band music. Most hours begin with co-owned Westwood One News.
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Okay, so....... does this mean they run a syndicated format that is a "semi-return" to the early Transtar Watkins-era AM Only library of yore, rather than the "Special Blend" remake that today's "New Variety" AM Only/Adult Standards/America's Best Music is (for example, as I observed/logged via the WNAM stream last year)?

In other words, a second AM Only feed. That would really be incredible if it were the case.
 
oldradiotapes said:
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/m3u/KTUCAMAAC.m3u (AAC)
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/m3u/KTUCAM.m3u (MP3)



Okay, so....... does this mean they run a syndicated format that is a "semi-return" to the early Transtar Watkins-era AM Only library of yore, rather than the "Special Blend" remake that today's "New Variety" AM Only/Adult Standards/America's Best Music is (for example, as I observed/logged via the WNAM stream last year)?

In other words, a second AM Only feed. That would really be incredible if it were the case.
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Good question as far as the source of KTUC's music. My best guess is that it is a library of yore that Cumulus/Westwood One owns. How's it being fed to KTUC? Possibly directly from WW1, but most likely the database of music is there at KTUC, since this is their only station with this playlist.
 
I thought I had done a list for WERT Van Wert, OH but if I did, I don't know where it is. So here are two hours of WERT for comparison. Wikipedia says it was an Unforgettable Favorites affiliate, which means Stardust before 2006. I should mention Berlin was followed by top of the hour news.

Floyd Cramer "Last Date"
Danny Williams "White on White"
Cliff Edwards "When You Wish Upon a Star"
New Seekers "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
Cymarron "Rings"
Ambrosia "Biggest Part of Me"
Beatles "Here, There and Everywhere"
Barbara Lewis "Make Me Your Baby"
Sam Cooke "You Send Me"
Les Paul and Mary Ford "Sittin' on Top of the World"
Neil Diamond "Solitary Man"
Maxine Nightingale "Lead Me On"
Juice Newton "Break It to Me Gently"
Barbra Streisand "People"
Dusty Springfield "Wishin' and Hopin'"
Joe Henderson "Snap Your Fingers"
Frank Sinatra "Young at Heart"
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"
Lawrence Welk "Calcutta"
Jackie Wilson "Baby Workout"
Andy Williams "Canadian Sunset"
Roger Whitaker "The Last Farewell"
Bobby Vinton "My Melody of Love"
Roger Talley "Standing on the Promises"
Marty Robbins "El Paso"
Bobby Vee "The Night has a Thousand Eyes"
Everly Brothers "Walk Right Back"
Wayne King "Goofus"
Anne Murray "I Just Fall in Love Again"
Tony Orlando and Dawn "Candida"
Rod Stewart "The Way You Look Tonight"
Bob Lind "Elusive Butterfly"
Exciters "Tell Him"
Bobby Rydell "Wild One"
 
Good question as far as the source of KTUC's music. My best guess is that it is a library of yore that Cumulus/Westwood One owns. How's it being fed to KTUC? Possibly directly from WW1, but most likely the database of music is there at KTUC, since this is their only station with this playlist.
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Do you think KTUC probably inherited the base library from AM Only and applied their own modifications, or perhaps based their library on Chick's old playlists and programme logs? He was PD from 1987 until 2009 so assuming W1 kept logs going that far back (doubt it, but...), that's a lot of information to recreate an almost complete library from.
 
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Do you think KTUC probably inherited the base library from AM Only and applied their own modifications, or perhaps based their library on Chick's old playlists and programme logs? He was PD from 1987 until 2009 so assuming W1 kept logs going that far back (doubt it, but...), that's a lot of information to recreate an almost complete library from.
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As a longtime listener of KTUC (17 years) here's what I think. Up until shortly after the Citadel/Cumulus merger they had a playlist that resembled ABM back then. I almost think the music logs were ABM but with a local presentation. They had a new competitor that came on the scene KCEE, which had a playlist almost identical to what KTUC is now. But then KCEE was sold, with new owners Good News Broadcasting trying to duplicate KTUC's success by copycating and updating the music with added Soft AC and MOR. After the merger is when KTUC changed to what you hear now. I assume it was to differentiate from KCEE and KGVY (soft oldies). I believe they are sticking with the current playlist because of the 55+ competition in Tucson with KGVY and now the Drive KDRI.

With that said, it must be a custom made music log, tailored to them. Much like what Mod 107.3 does in Palm Springs. WW1 probably is responsible for the music log which is around 300 songs at a time, with titles being rotated in and out. Songs could be picked out from old AM Only logs. But I hear a few songs that were never heard on AM Only. Bottom line it must be custom made for them.

They also have have two specialty music shows (big band and gospel hymns). Those shows have been around almost twenty years, so that music log was probably inherited.
 
With that said, it must be a custom made music log, tailored to them. Much like what Mod 107.3 does in Palm Springs. WW1 probably is responsible for the music log which is around 300 songs at a time, with titles being rotated in and out. Songs could be picked out from old AM Only logs. But I hear a few songs that were never heard on AM Only. Bottom line it must be custom made for them.
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That makes sense. It's kind of what I was thinking as I listened for a little while last night; why it sounded so much like AMO/ABM/AS did in the 90s but also adds many upbeat rock and roll oldies that they probably wouldn't have touched then (but "Sunny 910"'s counterpart KKSN-FM specialised in, which I also listened to a lot).
 
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That makes sense. It's kind of what I was thinking as I listened for a little while last night; why it sounded so much like AMO/ABM/AS did in the 90s but also adds many upbeat rock and roll oldies that they probably wouldn't have touched then (but "Sunny 910"'s counterpart KKSN-FM specialised in, which I also listened to a lot).
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Stardust played "The Twist" but AM Only didn't. I mention this because KTUC just played it.

Also, I recall Stardust didn't play "I Got you Babe" but Unforgettable Favorites did. That format was on the America's Best Music affiliate in my area until Stardust became Timeless Favorites, which other nearby stations were using already.
 
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