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I thought this section was for discussion of stations playing 50s/60s Oldies...oh wait! :-\

Seriously, does anyone have any stations in their markets still playing 50s/early 60s (pre Beatles) songs as part of the regular format?
 
radiomonkey2 said:
I thought this section was for discussion of stations playing 50s/60s Oldies...oh wait! :-\

Seriously, does anyone have any stations in their markets still playing 50s/early 60s (pre Beatles) songs as part of the regular format?
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I brought this issue up about 6 months ago. At that time the response was only about a few small market stations. No reason to abandon this board, tho. There's some good '50s/early '60s programming on satellite and internet radio. We should be able to discuss that here, even though they have their own forums.
 
WDRC-FM Hartford is still playing a few pre-1963 songs in regular rotation, about 10 a day. maybe more -- the yes.com logging software is malfunctioning lately and often catches only a few songs in any given hour, total.

Here's what's been played over the past couple of days:
Don't Be Cruel
Splish Splash
Tequila
Hello Mary Lou
Please Mr. Postman (Marvelettes)
Jailhouse Rock
Hound Dog
Sherry
It's My Party
Wake Up Little Susie
Walk Like a Man
Having a Party
The Wah Watusi
 
I mentioned this in the other thread I believe, but I'll gladly repeat and add:

In Sebring, FL, there's WJCM 1050 "Cruisin' Oldies." No title/artist given in the songs (no DJs), but they pretty much run 1955-1963 pre-Beatles & they are careful about going outside that. I have heard "Rainy Day Bells" by the Globetrotters (1970), but it fits the sound of WJCM.

Also they have little extras like old TV theme snippets, reminiscences (something like "Do you remember when hamburgers were 15 cents? Another memory from Cruisin' Oldies!"), and the following.....

"Cruisin' Oldies---where you don't have to sit through THIS (plays snippet of a dull song in their opinion), to get to THIS (plays a full song in their rotation)!"

"This is NOT a Cruisin' Oldie....(plays snippet of "Monday Monday" or a similar song outside their rotation)......THIS is a Cruisin' Oldie (plays song in rotation)!"

Fun to hear when we drive thru the area....sounds very AM-like as well.

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A great Oldies station that just popped up this year in the DFW area is
KGVL 1400 (Big 14GVL) out of Greenville, TX.
Another goodie that just turned its lights on for oldies after Christmas is
KGAF 1580 (Memories 1580) a small 250 watter out of Gainesville, TX
Both stream online.

Then of Course there's Mine in McKinney, TX on 99.9,
but I only play 4 50's an hour.
The rest is heavily 60's Rock & Roll centric with a good amount
of early 70's tossed in there (mostly Rock & Roll too)
 
1200 KYAA in the Salinas-Santa Cruz-Monterey (California) market plays quite a few songs from pre-Beatles time (mid 50s to early 60s) but they still play some songs past that time as well. Even though this station is in a relatively small market, on a car radio in the daytime, it can be easily heard all the way north to Oakland, CA and in San Jose, CA too. Can't really speak for the coverage to the east or to the south, but it least it gets into parts of the SF Bay Area.
 
oldiesed said:
I hear more 50's music as background at certain resturants more often than any radio station!
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At supermarkets, too. ShopRite, a NY/NJ/CT chain, has used an in-house oldies feed for years, with plenty of pre-British Invasion gold.
 
Our high school radio station, WRSG, features 50's and 60's Monday through Friday, with syndicated shows like Glenn Sauter's "Hits of Yesteryear," which features a ton of 60s music, much of which doesn't get regular airplay. BTW, we're finally going off Christmas music tomorrow, and we'll feature Glenn's show again beginning this Sunday night.
 
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