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Oldies......the beginning
- Thread starter TheFonz
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> On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs on
> XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM satellite will have to miss it.
>
> pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs on
> XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM satellite will have to miss it.
>
> > On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
> on
> > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
>
> I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.
> >
>
Solution: Winamp 5.12. Yeah, I know, everyone hates Winamp except me. LOL HOWEVER they provide (albeit a lowbit but rather pleasing) stream of handpicked XM sat channels, for free. XM 50's on 5 is one of them, and since Shoutcast and Winamp are hosting the stream through parent company AOL, bandwidth is plentiful.
Spread the word. Maybe 291,000,000 will miss it?
> > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
> on
> > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
>
> I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.
> >
>
Solution: Winamp 5.12. Yeah, I know, everyone hates Winamp except me. LOL HOWEVER they provide (albeit a lowbit but rather pleasing) stream of handpicked XM sat channels, for free. XM 50's on 5 is one of them, and since Shoutcast and Winamp are hosting the stream through parent company AOL, bandwidth is plentiful.
Spread the word. Maybe 291,000,000 will miss it?
[On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
> on
> > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.]
>
> [I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.]
I'm just a messenger..........trying to inform those 292,000,000 Americans (especially Oldies fans) that GOOD radio is still out there.
> > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
> on
> > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.]
>
> [I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.]
I'm just a messenger..........trying to inform those 292,000,000 Americans (especially Oldies fans) that GOOD radio is still out there.
F
foreverchanges
Guest
> > > On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> > > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
>
> > on
> > > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
> >
> > I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> > satellite will have to miss it.
> > >
> >
> Solution: Winamp 5.12. Yeah, I know, everyone hates Winamp
> except me. LOL HOWEVER they provide (albeit a lowbit but
> rather pleasing) stream of handpicked XM sat channels, for
> free. XM 50's on 5 is one of them, and since Shoutcast and
> Winamp are hosting the stream through parent company AOL,
> bandwidth is plentiful.
>
> Spread the word. Maybe 291,000,000 will miss it?
>
They did have higher bandwidth streams, but they aren't working anymore. I need to find these other streams. And we have a XM radio where I work.
> > > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
>
> > on
> > > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
> >
> > I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> > satellite will have to miss it.
> > >
> >
> Solution: Winamp 5.12. Yeah, I know, everyone hates Winamp
> except me. LOL HOWEVER they provide (albeit a lowbit but
> rather pleasing) stream of handpicked XM sat channels, for
> free. XM 50's on 5 is one of them, and since Shoutcast and
> Winamp are hosting the stream through parent company AOL,
> bandwidth is plentiful.
>
> Spread the word. Maybe 291,000,000 will miss it?
>
They did have higher bandwidth streams, but they aren't working anymore. I need to find these other streams. And we have a XM radio where I work.
B
BigRadioFan
Guest
> On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs on
> XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
Will it be thrown together and use all voicetracking and overly repeated promos like most of XM's music specials?
I will admit that their yearly special "IT" is pretty good musically. Presentation wise, the way they just use the same promos over and over and over telling you "This is IT..." etc, it's very hard to listen to for extended periods. XM is repeating promos to the power of X.
> pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs on
> XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
Will it be thrown together and use all voicetracking and overly repeated promos like most of XM's music specials?
I will admit that their yearly special "IT" is pretty good musically. Presentation wise, the way they just use the same promos over and over and over telling you "This is IT..." etc, it's very hard to listen to for extended periods. XM is repeating promos to the power of X.
> [Will it be thrown together and use all voicetracking and
> overly repeated promos like most of XM's music specials?
>
> I will admit that their yearly special "IT" is pretty good
> musically. Presentation wise, the way they just use the same
> promos over and over and over telling you "This is IT..."
> etc, it's very hard to listen to for extended periods. XM is
> repeating promos to the power of X.]
The show sounded good to me. In addition to the great music, Pat Clarke gave us some insight into the music and the artists. It was a nice history lesson for younger Oldies fans. The kind of stuff we used to hear on local radio up until about 10 years ago.
> overly repeated promos like most of XM's music specials?
>
> I will admit that their yearly special "IT" is pretty good
> musically. Presentation wise, the way they just use the same
> promos over and over and over telling you "This is IT..."
> etc, it's very hard to listen to for extended periods. XM is
> repeating promos to the power of X.]
The show sounded good to me. In addition to the great music, Pat Clarke gave us some insight into the music and the artists. It was a nice history lesson for younger Oldies fans. The kind of stuff we used to hear on local radio up until about 10 years ago.
D
DougD
Guest
Re: oldies are available there
> I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.
> >
>
At least they'll get their oldies, unlike with terrestrial radio which seems to be embarrassed to even use the word.
I'd rather spend my money in XM or Sirius, and others in my family are considering it as well, than waste another minute listening to dreck FM radio.
> I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.
> >
>
At least they'll get their oldies, unlike with terrestrial radio which seems to be embarrassed to even use the word.
I'd rather spend my money in XM or Sirius, and others in my family are considering it as well, than waste another minute listening to dreck FM radio.
> > On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
> on
> > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
>
> I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.
Why the negativity? Lighten up Eduardo. <P ID="signature">______________
Happy Holidays</P>
> > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
> on
> > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
>
> I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> satellite will have to miss it.
Why the negativity? Lighten up Eduardo. <P ID="signature">______________
Happy Holidays</P>
O
OldiesCat
Guest
oldies
Uh, in case you haven't noticed, the word "Oldies" isn't a matter of being embarrassed but a matter of only appealing to those 60+, for which there is virtually zero advertiser support.
Funny- we see a TV show get axed due to lack of advertiser support and nobody says a word. We all get it.
This is the Oldies format's fault for not gently evolving over the years. It signed-on in the late 80s and stayed virtually the same for over 15 years, only beginning to evolve when, for most, it was already too late.
Sorry, truth hurts but it is the truth.
> >
> At least they'll get their oldies, unlike with terrestrial
> radio which seems to be embarrassed to even use the word.
>
> I'd rather spend my money in XM or Sirius, and others in my
> family are considering it as well, than waste another minute
> listening to dreck FM radio.
>
Uh, in case you haven't noticed, the word "Oldies" isn't a matter of being embarrassed but a matter of only appealing to those 60+, for which there is virtually zero advertiser support.
Funny- we see a TV show get axed due to lack of advertiser support and nobody says a word. We all get it.
This is the Oldies format's fault for not gently evolving over the years. It signed-on in the late 80s and stayed virtually the same for over 15 years, only beginning to evolve when, for most, it was already too late.
Sorry, truth hurts but it is the truth.
> >
> At least they'll get their oldies, unlike with terrestrial
> radio which seems to be embarrassed to even use the word.
>
> I'd rather spend my money in XM or Sirius, and others in my
> family are considering it as well, than waste another minute
> listening to dreck FM radio.
>
A
allisonmarie
Guest
Re: oldies
> Uh, in case you haven't noticed, the word "Oldies" isn't a
> matter of being embarrassed but a matter of only appealing
> to those 60+, for which there is virtually zero advertiser
> support.
>
> Funny- we see a TV show get axed due to lack of advertiser
> support and nobody says a word. We all get it.
>
> This is the Oldies format's fault for not gently evolving
> over the years. It signed-on in the late 80s and stayed
> virtually the same for over 15 years, only beginning to
> evolve when, for most, it was already too late.
> The oldies format never went anywhere since it started in the late sixties and the early 70's! We just had a few different attempts at making it viable to a mass audience before it took off for the second time in the early 80's!
> Sorry, truth hurts but it is the truth. "Just like you said!"
>
> > >
> > At least they'll get their oldies, unlike with terrestrial
>
> > radio which seems to be embarrassed to even use the word.
>
> >
> > I'd rather spend my money in XM or Sirius, and others in
> my
> > family are considering it as well, than waste another
> minute
> > listening to dreck FM radio.
> >
>
You are so completely biased against the format why do you even say anything? All one has to do it call up all your posts and it is clear as day. And the oldies audience is hardly all over the age of sixty either so wake up and smell the rose's!
> Uh, in case you haven't noticed, the word "Oldies" isn't a
> matter of being embarrassed but a matter of only appealing
> to those 60+, for which there is virtually zero advertiser
> support.
>
> Funny- we see a TV show get axed due to lack of advertiser
> support and nobody says a word. We all get it.
>
> This is the Oldies format's fault for not gently evolving
> over the years. It signed-on in the late 80s and stayed
> virtually the same for over 15 years, only beginning to
> evolve when, for most, it was already too late.
> The oldies format never went anywhere since it started in the late sixties and the early 70's! We just had a few different attempts at making it viable to a mass audience before it took off for the second time in the early 80's!
> Sorry, truth hurts but it is the truth. "Just like you said!"
>
> > >
> > At least they'll get their oldies, unlike with terrestrial
>
> > radio which seems to be embarrassed to even use the word.
>
> >
> > I'd rather spend my money in XM or Sirius, and others in
> my
> > family are considering it as well, than waste another
> minute
> > listening to dreck FM radio.
> >
>
You are so completely biased against the format why do you even say anything? All one has to do it call up all your posts and it is clear as day. And the oldies audience is hardly all over the age of sixty either so wake up and smell the rose's!
K
KMRichards
Guest
> > > On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
> > > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
>
> > on
> > > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
> >
> > I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> > satellite will have to miss it.
>
> Why the negativity? Lighten up Eduardo.
David, like myself, gets very tired of posts that promote XM and Sirius.
And, in case you missed it, his quote makes it very clear that XM subscribers constitute a minority amongst radio listeners. A very small minority, in fact.
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> > > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show airs
>
> > on
> > > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
> >
> > I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> > satellite will have to miss it.
>
> Why the negativity? Lighten up Eduardo.
David, like myself, gets very tired of posts that promote XM and Sirius.
And, in case you missed it, his quote makes it very clear that XM subscribers constitute a minority amongst radio listeners. A very small minority, in fact.
<P ID="signature">______________
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> > > > On Tuesday 12/27 XM satellite radio spotlights 1956, a
>
> > > > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show
> airs
> >
> > > on
> > > > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
> > >
> > > I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> > > satellite will have to miss it.
> >
> > Why the negativity? Lighten up Eduardo.
>
> David, like myself, gets very tired of posts that promote XM
> and Sirius.
>
> And, in case you missed it, his quote makes it very clear
> that XM subscribers constitute a minority amongst radio
> listeners. A very small minority, in fact.
>
You're right and David's right. I do know and believe and agree that XM subscribers constitute a minority amongst radio listeners, but XM is a type of radio and its ok to be discussed. We talk about what goes on in the world of terrestrial radio, its ok for satellite radio listeners to talk about "their radio". I just don't think it was necessary to bring numbers into the discussion. It had nothing to do with what the thread was about. The original intent was about this oldies program.
<P ID="signature">______________
Happy Holidays</P>
>
> > > > pivotal year in the birth of rock & roll. The show
> airs
> >
> > > on
> > > > XM's channel 5 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.
> > >
> > > I guess about 292,000,000 Americans who do not have XM
> > > satellite will have to miss it.
> >
> > Why the negativity? Lighten up Eduardo.
>
> David, like myself, gets very tired of posts that promote XM
> and Sirius.
>
> And, in case you missed it, his quote makes it very clear
> that XM subscribers constitute a minority amongst radio
> listeners. A very small minority, in fact.
>
You're right and David's right. I do know and believe and agree that XM subscribers constitute a minority amongst radio listeners, but XM is a type of radio and its ok to be discussed. We talk about what goes on in the world of terrestrial radio, its ok for satellite radio listeners to talk about "their radio". I just don't think it was necessary to bring numbers into the discussion. It had nothing to do with what the thread was about. The original intent was about this oldies program.
<P ID="signature">______________
Happy Holidays</P>
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