Safe '90s songs for WOGL

[Miguelito]

EDIT: Sorry, I just edited this to remove a handful of titles I meant to delete before I posted it.

Continuing the thought from the earlier '90s-music-on-WOGL thread: WOGL or any other Classic Hits could probably have been very safely putting many (if not all) of the below songs in rotation for the past few years while removing '60s tracks. I don't see how these would be problematic considering compatibility with the rest of the library--and especially considering the aging demographic.

* "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" / Bryan Adams
* "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" / Paula Abdul
* "All Around the World" / Lisa Stansfield
* "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" / Heart
* "All I Wanna Do" / Sheryl Crow
* "All the Man That I Need" / Whitney Houston
* "Another Day in Paradise" / Phil Collins
* "Baby Baby" / Amy Grant
* "Because the Night" / 10,000 Maniacs
* "Black or White" / Michael Jackson
* "Black Velvet" / Alannah Myles
* "Blame It on the Rain" / Milli Vanilli
* "Blaze of Glory" / Jon Bon Jovi
* "Breathe Again" / Toni Braxton
* "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" / Elton John
* "Can't Help Falling in Love" / UB40
* "Can't Let Go" / Mariah Carey
* "Come to My Window" / Melissa Etheridge
* "Cradle of Love" / Billy Idol
* "Cryin'" / Aerosmith
* "Don't Know Much" / Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
* "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" / George Michael and Elton John
* "Downtown Train" / Rod Stewart
* "Emotions" / Mariah Carey
* "End of the Road" / Boyz II Men
* "Endless Love" / Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
* "Escapade" / Janet Jackson
* "Fantasy" / Mariah Carey
* "Found Out About You" / Gin Blossoms
* "Free Fallin'" / Tom Petty
* "Freedom 90" / George Michael
* "From a Distance" / Bette Midler
* "Have I Told You Lately" / Rod Stewart
* "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" / UB40
* "Hero" / Mariah Carey
* "Hey Jealousy" / Gin Blossoms
* "Hold My Hand" / Hootie & the Blowfish
* "Hold On" / Wilson Phillips
* "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" / Michael Bolton
* "I Can't Make You Love Me" / Bonnie Raitt
* "I Go to Extremes" / Billy Joel
* "I Have Nothing" / Whitney Houston
* "I Will Always Love You" / Whitney Houston
* "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" / Meat Loaf
* "I'll Be There" / Mariah Carey
* "I'm Every Woman" / Whitney Houston
* "I'm the Only One" / Melissa Etheridge
* "I'm Your Baby Tonight" / Whitney Houston
* "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" / Lenny Kravitz
* "It Must Have Been Love" / Roxette
* "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" / Boyz II Men
* "I've Been Thinking About You" / Londonbeat
* "Janie's Got a Gun" / Aerosmith
* "Joyride" / Roxette
* "Just Like Jesse James" / Cher
* "King of Wishful Thinking" / Go West
* "Let Her Cry" / Hootie & the Blowfish
* "Life Is a Highway" / Tom Cochrane
* "Linger" / The Cranberries
* "Losing My Religion" / R.E.M.
* "Love Shack" / The B-52s
* "Love Sneakin' Up On You" / Bonnie Raitt
* "Love Takes Time" / Mariah Carey
* "Love Will Lead You Back" / Taylor Dayne
* "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" / Janet Jackson
* "Make It Happen" / Mariah Carey
* "Mary Jane's Last Dance" / Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
* "More Than Words" / Extreme
* "Motownphilly" / Boyz II Men
* "Mysterious Ways" / U2
* "Nothing Compares 2 U" / Sinéad O'Connor
* "One" / U2
* "Only Wanna Be with You" / Hootie & the Blowfish
* "Opposites Attract" / Paula Abdul and The Wild Pair
* "Rhythm Nation" / Janet Jackson
* "Rhythm of My Heart" / Rod Stewart
* "Roam" / The B-52s
* "Roll to Me" / Del Amitri
* "Run-Around" / Blues Traveler
* "Rush Rush" / Paula Abdul
* "Save the Best for Last" / Vanessa Williams
* "Shiny Happy People" / R.E.M.
* "Someday" / Mariah Carey
* "Something to Talk About" / Bonnie Raitt
* "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" / Patty Smyth and Don Henley
* "Stay (I Missed You)" / Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
* "Strong Enough" / Sheryl Crow
* "Tears in Heaven" / Eric Clapton
* "The Motown Song" / Rod Stewart
* "The River of Dreams" / Billy Joel
* "The Sign" / Ace of Base
* "Two Princes" / Spin Doctors
* "Vision of Love" / Mariah Carey
* "Vogue" / Madonna
* "We Didn't Start the Fire" / Billy Joel
* "Wild Night" / John Mellencamp featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
* "With Every Beat of My Heart" / Taylor Dayne
* "You Gotta Be" / Des'ree

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Indeed. Setting aside which ones test (or don’t test) well enough, there would seem to be some viable candidates.

 

[TheBigA]

I thought the earlier thread said that WOGL was playing fewer 90s, so to create a viable format for WTDY.

 

[Miguelito]

I thought the earlier thread said that WOGL was playing fewer 90s, so to create a viable format for WTDY.

It did. The conversation wound from there to what decades Classic Hits stations should be playing, and eventually to a short thread about whether '90s should be on Classic Hits at all. (Obviously, I think in 2018, there should be lots of '90s on Classic Hits.)

 

[TheBigA]

It did. The conversation wound from there to what decades Classic Hits stations should be playing, and eventually to a short thread about whether '90s should be on Classic Hits at all. (Obviously, I think in 2018, there should be lots of '90s on Classic Hits.)

But the situation in Philadelphia is that there are multiple classic hits stations. So they're differentiating themselves by focusing on different decades.

Seems to me that as a listener, all you should care about is being able to hear your favorite songs. There's no purpose in defining radio formats. Especially when those formats are fluid, based on specific market competition.

 

[AM/FMRAINMAN]

Hey Miguelito. That is a pretty good list, but I don't understand why the list has to be safe. I think you could play some pop rap and hair bands. I think it would fit with some of the Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and Guns n Roses that they already play. As far as WTDY playing 90s...it looks to me that they are back to playing about 2 80s an hour. The rest seems like early 2000s. I am not seeing a lot of 90s on the station.

 

[Miguelito]

Hey Miguelito. That is a pretty good list, but I don't understand why the list has to be safe. I think you could play some pop rap and hair bands. I think it would fit with some of the Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and Guns n Roses that they already play. As far as WTDY playing 90s...it looks to me that they are back to playing about 2 80s an hour. The rest seems like early 2000s. I am not seeing a lot of 90s on the station.

Part of the discussion of Classic Hits adding '90s was about how fragmented pop music became during the decade and how many of the songs might be tune-outs nowadays. I thought, 'I'll bet I could look at just the first 4 or 5 years of the decade and find plenty of songs to add that aren't offensive and likely test pretty well.' So that's what I tried to do.

 

[Miguelito]

But the situation in Philadelphia is that there are multiple classic hits stations. So they're differentiating themselves by focusing on different decades.

Seems to me that as a listener, all you should care about is being able to hear your favorite songs. There's no purpose in defining radio formats. Especially when those formats are fluid, based on specific market competition.

I don't want to hear a day when stations don't define what they're trying to do and everyone just starts playing what tests well. LOL. I'm pretty happy with stations deciding on a sort of programming mission. But I will say this: I don't think Entercom should say "let's put the '80s stuff on WOGL and the '90s stuff on WTDY." I feel like Classic Hits can go up to the mid '90s and WTDY can take care of stuff from then on.
(BTW: What station in Philly besides WOGL do you consider Classic Hits? BEN?)

 

[Miguelito]

Nineties at Noon

WOGL could try a "Nineties at Noon" block to gauge the reaction.

 

[atthestars]

(BTW: What station in Philly besides WOGL do you consider Classic Hits? BEN?)

BEN would be WOGL's closest competition. They've steered hard back into the 80s recently... and WOGL has run liners (and I've heard the jocks mention too) saying "Nobody plays more 80s than WOGL!"

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Listening to Ben today during a long stretch, and while it’s not like they ever left the 80s, but, yeah, they’re living there now, with a splash of 90s from what I hear. Sounds like a bit more pop alongside the rock than perhaps in previous phases, and while certainly sharing a lot with WOGL it feels like they’re a bit more prone to hit the harder edges (without doing anything crazy).

I can’t put my finger on exactly why I have this vibe, but personally they feel like they’re closer to a throwback to Eagle 106 than they’ve been before.