Oldies 103.3 had added new songs

[diamondj]

I've heard typically classic rock tunes this week - Bruce's "Dancing In The Dark" and "Glory Days," Cougar's "Hurts So Good," Eddie Money's "Two Tickets To Paradise," and Foreigner's "Cold As Ice." Can Journey be far behind?

 

[jlehmann]

Lately I've heard several other late 70s/early 80s songs similar to these, on there for the first time also. They also seem to have removed the slogan "The Greatest Hits of the 60s and 70s" completely, it's now always "Boston's #1 For The Greatest Hits." For the past year or so, both were sometimes used. They aren't mentioning the 80s yet, but I'd say that they've moved one step closer to being like CBS-FM.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

I've heard typically classic rock tunes this week - Bruce's "Dancing In The Dark" and "Glory Days," Cougar's "Hurts So Good," Eddie Money's "Two Tickets To Paradise," and Foreigner's "Cold As Ice." Can Journey be far behind?

What days and times were you listening? If you were listening weekday evenings 7 pm - 12 mid, you were hearing the nationally syndicated Tom Kent show, which tends to play a lot more Classic Rock (Hits) than WODS's regular playlist. I also heard "Cold As Ice" played on that show, but not during WODS's own local daytime programming.

They also have other specialty shows on weekends that play songs that aren't in their regular format rotation.

 

[jlehmann]

What days and times were you listening? If you were listening weekday evenings 7 pm - 12 mid, you were hearing the nationally syndicated Tom Kent show, which tends to play a lot more Classic Rock (Hits) than WODS's regular playlist. I also heard "Cold As Ice" played on that show, but not during WODS's own local daytime programming.

They also have other specialty shows on weekends that play songs that aren't in their regular format rotation.

That's true. I don't know when diamondj was listening, but I have heard some of these new songs during the daytime local programming.

 

[chitchatjf]

The #1 tune from post 82 I think should be played at Oldies 103

Smooth by Santana

 

[nightfly61]

Any station that plays Mellencamp, Brown Eyed Girl, Paradise By TDBL, Respect, well, ANY mainstream I've eshewed years ago...over & over again :.

 

[Deleted User]

IMHO "Oldies" 103 is no longer an oldies station. Oldies is 60's and 50's and we all know they abandoned the 50's music years ago.

Every time I tune in 103.3 it is a disco song...yuk

and my old standby 104.9 is playing pure crap

Thank God for the "magic radio"

 

[raccoonradio]

Oldies is older pop songs. Back in the 70s, that meant 50s/60s stuff. Nowadays I'm surprised they're not 80s/90s. But they are appealing to oldies fans of the 60s/70s/early 80s specifically, THAT generation. Maybe older pop songs for the next generation will have a different name. But there will always be oldies for a certain generation.

 

[radiojay1]

70's and 80's disco and soul is the main reason I listen to Oldies 103, because it's the only FM station in Boston that plays more than just a couple of songs. WROR plays some, but not as much as Oldies 103. We already have 105.7 WROR and 100.7 WZLX to play the 70's and 80's rock, so I would love to see Oldies play more dance music. As someone said in another topic, there are too many stations with the same type formats, playing the same music. Even 93.7 Mike FM, there is nothing special about it, it plays the same music you hear on other stations. The only thing good about Mike is that, instead of having to switch between stations, you have a combination of music played on many Boston stations, being played on just one station. Big deal.

 

[jake1966]

Not to toot my own horn, but I do play lots of 50, 60s some 80s on my show. WMFO, Thursday Noon to 2PM. Garage stuff from the 60s. Stuff you may not hear on main stream radio. And any request, if I can find it, I'll play it.

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

AOR songs heard on WODS this evening (before Tom Kent):

Hold The Line - Toto
Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp (latter crossed over from AOR to AC and softer formats well over a decade ago)

also, Gladys' Grapevine was heard in that set instead of the "expected" Van Halen (a little sarcasm given WODS' direction)

and no, I'm NOT a fan of wall-to-wall hard rock, especially given my opinion as an original Kiss listener.....and I went back to Howie and Savage Nation afterwards

 

[nightfly61]

AOR songs heard on WODS this evening (before Tom Kent):

Hold The Line - Toto
Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp (latter crossed over from AOR to AC and softer formats well over a decade ago)

also, Gladys' Grapevine was heard in that set instead of the "expected" Van Halen (a little sarcasm given WODS' direction)

and no, I'm NOT a fan of wall-to-wall hard rock, especially given my opinion as an original Kiss listener.....and I went back to Howie and Savage Nation afterwards

That's as bad as ABC's Timeless Favorites playing "Break My Stride" & "Rock With You" (usually into or out of Barry Manilow, Helen Reddy or Pet Clark)

Here's a 60's & 70's hour I'd leave on for the entire hour:

Sky High-Jigsaw
Nothing But A Heartache-Flirtations
With Your Love-Jefferson Starship
Sad Sweet Dreamer-Sweet Sensation
If You Let Me Make Love To You-Ronnie Dyson
Can't Get Enough Of You Baby-? & the Mysterians
Some Velvet Morning-Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood
Pretty Lady-Lighthouse
(They Just Can't Stop It)Games People Play-Spinners
It Doesn't Matter Anymore-Linda Ronstadt
Roxy Roller-Nick Gilder
Black Superman-Johnny Wakelin
Cherry Hill Park-Billy Joe Royal
Never My Love-Fifth Dimension
Twelve Thirty(Young Girls Coming To The Canyon) Mas & Pas
Show & Tell-Al Wilson
TSOP-MFSB


...and the library would be so vast that the few 60's tunes that get played per hour, you wouldn't hear again for months. Same w/ the 70's. There's not even a Sirius : channel that does that. they're just as mainstream as all the rest. Every time I hear Mellencamp, the Cars, I Melt With You & any "Fine Young Cannibals" being considered oldies lunch material : it reminds me of CC's "core artists" & why I turned off music radio years ago.