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ROCK AND REAL OLDIES ON ONE STATION!!

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Those RRRRs

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Check out this station...

On Sunday's they play 50's, 60,s and 70's... a lot of unusual stuff.

Throughout the week they play an awesome mix of Active Rock.

It's 88.9 FM from Akron, OH.

There are two links as far as I know:

Sundayoldiesjukebox.com OR Rock889.com

It's definitely worth listening to.
 
Thanks for the link.
However, I think it's fair to say there are many stations playing rock and playing real oldies available online (including the Hy Lit website).
There is no shortage of this music available on the Internet - or satellite radio.
It hasn't died.
It's only moved.
 
I'm working on an online Classic based rock station except it will be more on a Rock Hits basis. It will coincide with my Classic Based R&B. I'm gonna help move it to the net, so I can help keep O'Hara happy.
 
Another place for great real oldies, that's a bit more local to Philly than Ohio is, www.1260wams.com, the online service from 1260 WAMS in Newark, Delaware. The radio station's signal is limited to most of New Castle County with some overlap in PA especially around Landeberg, etc, but the world wide web is just that, world wide, so enjoy. Their playlist ranges from 1955 - 1982.
 
Mike: do you work for 1260AM? You seem to enjoy promoting that station quite a bit, via this forum...and telling us how great it is.
 
If you buy him an IPOD , maybe he won't promote the station again.
 
THE WORLD'S ONLY OLDIES STATION

Shawn O'Domski said:
Mike: do you work for 1260AM? You seem to enjoy promoting that station quite a bit, via this forum...and telling us how great it is.

MFD and Julius must be drinking Kool-Aid from the same bucket. ::)
Interesting that he has switched his promotional efforts from "Delaware's ONLY News Station" to The World's Only Oldies Station.

Guess what?
Radio Locator reports 79 Oldies stations streaming online.
vTuner reports 403 (they include foreign stations and Internet only stations).
On top of that, Live365.com has 365 Oldies Streams.
Add to that the other Internet only music channels (Real Networks, MSN, AOL) and services that deliver a customized stream based on your own song preferences or rating (like Yahoo!).

1260AM runs Scott Shannon's syndicated Oldies service; so do several other radio stations with online audio streams.

If WAMS really wants to make their "number one fan" happy, maybe they could hire a likely-to-be-unemployed-again fat former program director and do the world's only Oldies and foreign phone calls format. If nothing else, it would be "different."

PS: Hey, Julius. ESPN Radio is one of the top-cume online networks. Arbitron says lots of people are listening to it online (and not calling stations to complain).
 
Re: THE WORLD'S ONLY OLDIES STATION

maybe they could hire a likely-to-be-unemployed-again fat former program director

You either mean Charger or Fennessey, which one???? Fat Farley was just the owner LOL.

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As far as I know, Charger has never been a program director (I could be wrong)...and Fennessy isn't fat/overweight. I don't know of Charger's physical features. I've never met the guy or laid eyes on him.

The only person Fred/Mike busts balls on is Loudell. Loudell is no longer a program director and isn't really on the thin side.

If you are going to bust balls, at least know who you are talking about first.
 
Read it again, Shawn. I said "former program director."
 
88.9 WSTB is a very good, unique, sounding station, especially for a High School operation. While in the Ohio section, I checked out a few other stations in the Akron area. WMMS the Buzzard, is a fantastic Rocker, coming out of Cleveland, they play Hard Rock, plenty of Metal and they have a Hair Metal day during the week. Also, WRQK Rock 107, from Canton plays a great variety, they both have great Streams, but it seemed the Stream on WSTB is not consistant, it fluxuates on occasion.
 
Fred: I wasn't directing my post towards you. I know who are referring to. I was writing in response to the post from "AS." He was busting balls towards two people who have nothing to do with what you originally said about a "former program director."
 
No Shawn, I don't work at 1260 WAMS. I just prefer their music selection to WOGL's or WVLT's. Whether it's Scott Shannon's show, or the other satellite show they now use or WAMS's live and local weekday afternoons and early evening, the music selection for my ear is superior to that of WOGL or WVLT. I'm speaking on musical preference, not quality of jocks, production, sales force, market share, etc, etc, simply their music selection.

The ironic thing about all of this is, WOGL has some great jocks who have extensive knowledge of the music (Bob Charger I worked with at the original 1380 WAMS back in 1987 so I have first hand experience of learning much from Mr. Charger while we both worked at WAMS. The man is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge of the music and the artists from the 50's-70's) who if allowed to program WOGL could have the best selection of music anywhere, in my opinion.

As WAMS is streaming on line, it gives those of you online here who can't get the station over the air the opportunity to hear the difference rather than take my word for it. Never mind what anyone thinks of how the owner runs his station, etc, I'm strictly talking about the music. If you want to hear songs you haven't heard for years plus all the big hits, then WAMS on line is a good place to hear those types of oldies, that's the plain simple truth.
 
MFD: OK, you don't like WOGL and WVLT. We get it. You prefer Scott Shannon's Oldies.
Fine!
But there are several 24/7 satellite delivered Oldies formats and most of them can be heard online through stations which carry them. Add to that dozens of locally-programmed Oldies stations streaming online plus hundred of Internet audio Oldies streams and online music services. Plus satellite radio Oldies channels (XM's are available online for free).
Have you listened to any of them?
The only one you ever mention is "WAMS."
You seem to think there are three Oldies options ("WAMS," WOGL and WVTL - the latter does not stream online), but there are hundreds.

You keep coming on here to promote "WAMS." When challenged, you say you recommend "WAMS" based on your own "preference," but you never describe your specific preferences (or conditions of satisfaction): Exactly what do you like and in what way does "WAMS" provide you with that?


And why should anyone outside the immediate Newark, DE area (most people who read this board) want to listen to this audio stream rather than any of the others?

Scott Shannon's playlist is different than WOGL's but just as narrow (I suspect, you'll get tired of it when the novelty wears off.). He goes a little further back in time but it is not a true Real Oldies playlist - like what Clear Channel offered in Chicago, Allentown, North Jersey and other markets (they dropped it in most markets but it is still available online and via HD2 channels). Shannon's playlist is not really Real Oldies, more like "Classic Hits - The Prior Generation." It's a very narrow range of songs that test well now; not a real representation of what Top 40 stations played back in the day.
And like all 24/7 formats, Shannon's sounds very generic and canned - without local or topic references.

Your statment that your affinity for "WAMS" is "personal preference" amounts to it's-good-because-I-say-so.
Sorry, that's not enough.
 
Fred/Mike, I said, to my ear, I like WAMS music selection better than WOGL and WVLT. I don't have to justify why, I'm offering an opinion, take it or leave it. To my ears, I like WAMS better. They play more songs I want to hear (they may not be one's that you'd want to hear, but I like them).

I have listened to other oldies online. There used to be a great one from Oklahoma that disappeared a few years ago. I remember one night when they played the first song recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford. The host of the show, you couldn't really call him a jock, gave some interesting history of Les Paul and Mary Ford and the song. The record was the first time anyone had used a voice over rather than extra live voices. It was a great show. That sort of program, to my ear, would beat out WAMS, if the play list was large like WAMS. WOGL misses the boat where they could do shows like that using Bob Charger, he has that sort of knowledge of that music and the artists.

If I find another oldies format I like better, I'll let you know, but WAMS's play list from their inhouse computer system runs from 1955-1982. That's a pretty broad range of music by most people's standard. They aren't airing Scott Shannon now, it's another satellite feed that they use during their not live and local times. I don't remember the name, but it played a pretty good range of music too. They dropped Shannon's feed, because of complaints about only hearing his voice all day/night long.

I'm sure there could be a better Oldies source somewhere, I've just not found it, however, truth be told I don't spend a lot of time looking either. I like what I'm hearing and won't bother until I get tired of it, but with such a large list of music that will take far longer than WOGL's playlist.
 
Here we have an example of circular Julius logic:
It's good because I say it's good; I say it's good because it's good.
Apparently Mike/Julius From Delaware posts to:
a. Read his own posts.
b. Suck up to the people about whom he posts.
c. Because he has an obsession with failing radio operations.
d. Because he doesn't know what he's talking about and doesn't know that he doesn't know.
e. All of the above.

There's also an element of pride (a sin) in presuming that anybody would care about or find useful a thoroughly unsubstantiated opinion. Nothing in his I-like-it-because-that's-my-preference post gives anyone else any reason to believe he would (or would not) like the station M/JFD keeps puffing. But, like many in radio, he may not care about his audience (the rest of us here), he is selfishly and egotistically concerned only with his own self-expression. That might be OK on a talk show in one of the deadest time periods in radio when nobody is listening, but people do read this board.

Prior to "WAMS," he was busy promoting Delaware's Only News Station but let it slip - in a thread on another topic - that he really didn't listen much. Wonder if he even listens to "WAMS" or to the other Oldies stations he declares are not good.
 
What is prideful about offering an opinion? I even stated it as an opinion, I never claimed my preference to be the only correct point of view, that would have been prideful. The last time I checked, this is a radio chat room. A place for opinions and dialog. This isn't a court of law where you have to prove anything. This isn't some college course with you, as the professor, who is trying to teach us dim witted knuckleheads, who actually like and enjoy our jobs in radio, about how bad the industry really is where we should have the same lousy attitude you have.

No matter what the discussion, you'll manage somehow to eventually make some negative comment about my employer 1450 WILM newsradio. Frankly, I've had enough of your talking down of WILM. All of us here get it, you hate WILM. You've got a lot of nerve talking about prideful and arrogant attitudes Fred/Mike. By the way, why are you slamming Julius in this discussion? He's not done anything, and even when he does, it's still a free country and whether Julius' opinions meet your standard for intelligent thought, he's still entitled to his opinion without having to be bashed by you.

This discussion, for me, is at an end as it is a waste of time to try to have any sort of conversation with you, so why bother. You sir, simply are looking for an arguement. No matter what topic I comment on, you feel you must be there to be the judge and jury of whether or not what I wrote is worthy of being on this board. I've tried to be civil with you, I've tried to dialog with you, but that isn't what you want. You simply want to argue. You are a preditor, who get's his kicks from putting down other people as you seem to only want to argue with people, not have a discussion.

By the way, just for the record, I listen to 1450 WILM newsradio every morning when I get up until I'm out the door for news, traffic, and weather info. I check out the various talk shows on WILM (both local and national), if their topics interest me, I'll listen, if not, I'll surf the dial.

My talk show has been moved from the 9pm time slot to 7pm, due to listeners requesting the time change, so apparently someone was listening and even liked my show just a bit. That's not being prideful, just truthful.

I used to enjoy coming on this radio board, because a person could have a friendly conversation with others who love radio too, but frankly sir, you have made this board into a miserable experience. As the moderators of this entire board (radio info) don't seem to make an effort to keep things civil and allow the preditor types like you to reign I'm going to have to pass on spending any time here in the future, especially as you post here more than anyone else, so it's impossible to have a civil conversation anywhere on the various boards here at radio info. Maybe you enjoy a "cutthroat" form of dialog, but I don't, so you win. Now you'll be able to post any sort of nonsense you want to say about WILM or WAMS and not have to read any of my innane comments on those subjects or any of my idiotic comments about radio programming, etc. I'm gone, it's just not worth it.

To the rest of you, I've enjoyed our many discussions. Some of you I know personally from having worked with you at the old 1380 WAMS, 1260 WNRK, and 1450 WILM newsradio. I wish you all well. Maybe with me being the last of the current employees from WILM no longer posting here, maybe our angry former WILM employee will mellow out a bit and make your experience posting here a bit more positive with less acidic remarks, etc. However, it is no longer my problem. Peace to all, including Fred/Mike
 
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