Question

[Robrt32]

I may be strange or something but ive always wanted a station that didn't have just 1 format. Has this ever been tried? I'm talking about playing country,classic rock, pop, hiphop all on the same station.. I like a little bit of everything . just curious

 

[PaulBWalkerJr]

i think one of Doc's stations have probably played all that in a year or two timeframe, just not at once

 

[spin003]

The closest thing we have around here is WEVL - Community Radio.

But there used to be something called 'The Pig'.... Those were the days.

 

[robgrayson]

WHBQ/WMPS circa 1974... From Charlie Rich to Steve Miller to Barry White to John Denver to Grand Funk to Bobby Womack to Bo Donaldson to Roberta Flack to BTO to Billy Swan to Carl Douglas, all on the same station, and nobody thought a thing of it.

 

[radiosaur]

I may be strange or something but ive always wanted a station that didn't have just 1 format. Has this ever been tried? I'm talking about playing country,classic rock, pop, hiphop all on the same station.. I like a little bit of everything . just curious

Some stations years ago had a "Block format"...The morning guy might do country, then something else for middays, then maybe rock at night. It was usually on smaller town stations. I don't hear it that much any more.

 

[mchatham103]

It happens frequently in college radio, but in the commercial radio world, I don't think it would work.

 

[Donde esta la radio bueno]

The Pig was awesome... it was everything you couldn't hear on Memphis radio on one station

 

[Lucille]

I think Drake and Zeke came close to doing it when they first landed at 98.1. I guess the suits didn't let them get away with it for long.

 

[lash]

Circa 1974, that was top 40. Great days in radio! Now they don't play those songs mentioned, but instead mix others together and call it Jack!