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Am I the only one disappointed in Sirius 5? I would have thought that a subscription oriented service such as Sirius would better program their Real Oldies Channel...

I am hearing the same songs everyday with very little variety...it's no better than a terrestrial Real Oldies radio station except for the commercial free aspect.

There are A LOT of songs that they could be playing that they do not play.

Very disappointed.
 
> Am I the only one disappointed in Sirius 5? I would have
> thought that a subscription oriented service such as Sirius
> would better program their Real Oldies Channel...
>
> I am hearing the same songs everyday with very little
> variety...it's no better than a terrestrial Real Oldies
> radio station except for the commercial free aspect.
>
> There are A LOT of songs that they could be playing that
> they do not play.
>
> Very disappointed.
>
I'm not totally disapointed in Ch 5, just suprised. I was actually thinking the same thing yesterday as I was listening to Dave Baby Cortez's "Happy Organ" and Freddy Cannon's "Palisades Park" for what seemed like multiple times in several days. I agree that the play list seems a bit tight. I would not go as far as equating it to the play list on terrestial oldies though. Sirius does make an attempt to open up the play list quite a bit more. The rotation seems slanted to the popular hits and not to the obscure or B side songs. But you will hear songs from 1956 - 1963 that you do not hear on terrestial radio anymore. An exception to your observation might be Norman Nite's program from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I think you will listen to a wider play list with a much more intelligent presentation of presenters and song facts. That you will never hear on terrestial radio with the 20 year old announcers reading the liner cards. But for my monthly fee, Ch 5 is still the first channel I punch in my car and I usually enjoy it very much..
 
> Am I the only one disappointed in Sirius 5? I would have
> thought that a subscription oriented service such as Sirius
> would better program their Real Oldies Channel...
>
> I am hearing the same songs everyday with very little
> variety...it's no better than a terrestrial Real Oldies
> radio station except for the commercial free aspect.
>
> There are A LOT of songs that they could be playing that
> they do not play.
>
> Very disappointed.
>
I agree with you, this is why I still have XM, I feel that over all the stations on Sirius are better, except for the decade ones, esp. the 50’s on 5 and the 60’s on 6, I love that the 60’s on six plays the old jingles and they have a deep play list, and they do the sweet 16 music machine everyday ( a count down show that plays the top 16 songs from that day in……Mon. they do 1960……Tue. They do 1961 and so on) I love Sirius, but XM has them beat when it comes to the oldies from the 50’s and 60’s
 
You are not alone in your disapointment. I also have both services and when I want 50's or 60's I turn on XM. XM also plays "IT", which plays every song in their library chronologically and proceeds through each decade channel. It takes them over a month to go from 40's to 90's. Talk about a no repeat week!

> Am I the only one disappointed in Sirius 5? I would have
> thought that a subscription oriented service such as Sirius
> would better program their Real Oldies Channel...
>
> I am hearing the same songs everyday with very little
> variety...it's no better than a terrestrial Real Oldies
> radio station except for the commercial free aspect.
>
> There are A LOT of songs that they could be playing that
> they do not play.
>
> Very disappointed.
>
 
I really like the Norm N. Nite shows live from the R&R Hall of Fame. I hadn't heard him since the late '70's on WNBC and he still sounds as good, very informative about the artists being played. I'd like to see more of that with some classic oldies jocks. I know weekender Don Tandler "The Record Handler" knows his music from listening to him on Trenton, NJ stations until recently. They are using the same jingle package that WPEN in Philadelphia used in 1975-77. There are a number of good jocks who could fit the station, especially if they would be live, like Jim Nettleton and some of the WSAI & WWKB jocks from their recent attempts at oldies. Also like the Sunday doo-wop show.

> > Am I the only one disappointed in Sirius 5? I would have
> > thought that a subscription oriented service such as
> Sirius
> > would better program their Real Oldies Channel...
> >
> > I am hearing the same songs everyday with very little
> > variety...it's no better than a terrestrial Real Oldies
> > radio station except for the commercial free aspect.
> >
> > There are A LOT of songs that they could be playing that
> > they do not play.
> >
> > Very disappointed.
> >
> I'm not totally disapointed in Ch 5, just suprised. I was
> actually thinking the same thing yesterday as I was
> listening to Dave Baby Cortez's "Happy Organ" and Freddy
> Cannon's "Palisades Park" for what seemed like multiple
> times in several days. I agree that the play list seems a
> bit tight. I would not go as far as equating it to the play
> list on terrestial oldies though. Sirius does make an
> attempt to open up the play list quite a bit more. The
> rotation seems slanted to the popular hits and not to the
> obscure or B side songs. But you will hear songs from 1956 -
> 1963 that you do not hear on terrestial radio anymore. An
> exception to your observation might be Norman Nite's program
> from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I think you will listen
> to a wider play list with a much more intelligent
> presentation of presenters and song facts. That you will
> never hear on terrestial radio with the 20 year old
> announcers reading the liner cards. But for my monthly fee,
> Ch 5 is still the first channel I punch in my car and I
> usually enjoy it very much..
>
 
> > Am I the only one disappointed in Sirius 5? I would have
> > thought that a subscription oriented service such as
> Sirius
> > would better program their Real Oldies Channel...
> >
> > I am hearing the same songs everyday with very little
> > variety...it's no better than a terrestrial Real Oldies
> > radio station except for the commercial free aspect.
> >
> > There are A LOT of songs that they could be playing that
> > they do not play.
> >
> > Very disappointed.
> >
> I agree with you, this is why I still have XM, I feel that
> over all the stations on Sirius are better, except for the
> decade ones, esp. the 50’s on 5 and the 60’s on 6, I love
> that the 60’s on six plays the old jingles and they have a
> deep play list, and they do the sweet 16 music machine
> everyday ( a count down show that plays the top 16 songs
> from that day in……Mon. they do 1960……Tue. They do 1961 and
> so on) I love Sirius, but XM has them beat when it comes to
> the oldies from the 50’s and 60’s
>
However, doesn't XM's 50's channel play everything from 1950-1959 meaning you could hear rock & standards, which I would think would be a turn off. The people that like rock probably wouldn't want to sit through the standards. I like the way Sirius breaks up there oldies channels by genre instead of year. Sirius Gold (channel 5) starts with the beginning of the rock era through 1963 (basically doo-wop and girl group music). 60's vibrations basically starts where Gold stops (basically Beatles and after). There's a few songs that overlap between the two stations, but not many.
 
> I really like the Norm N. Nite shows live from the R&R Hall
> of Fame. I hadn't heard him since the late '70's on WNBC
> and he still sounds as good, very informative about the
> artists being played. I'd like to see more of that with
> some classic oldies jocks. I know weekender Don Tandler
> "The Record Handler" knows his music from listening to him
> on Trenton, NJ stations until recently. They are using the
> same jingle package that WPEN in Philadelphia used in
> 1975-77. There are a number of good jocks who could fit the
> station, especially if they would be live, like Jim
> Nettleton and some of the WSAI & WWKB jocks from their
> recent attempts at oldies. Also like the Sunday doo-wop
> show.
>
I agree that hiring some ex KB jocks would be an improvement for Sirius (instead of blowing $55M on Stern). As long as they still would like to make the same progamming effort that Norman Nite makes. The times that Ch 5 really shines is when Norman Nite is on the air. Otherwise, it can sound like a juke box. As an example of Norm's value to Ch 5, his play list yesterday included Ruth Brown's 5-10-15 from 1952, Chuck Berry's Anthony Boy from 1959 and The Spaniels Goodnight Sweetheart from 1954. He rotated Sweet Talkin Guy (Chiffons), He's Late (R Nelson), All in the Game (Tommy Edwards) and others to make it a very enjoyable hour of listening.
 
> The times that Ch 5 really shines is
> when Norman Nite is on the air.

I agree...there's only one Norm N Nite...who is just amazing.
He literally wrote the (reference) books we all use to sound smart
and Sirius having him on is also smart...
(as long as they let him do his thing)!

Bill Weisinger
Pgm Dir - Akron's Oldies Radio - FM 88-9
www.SundayOldiesJukebox.com
 
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