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Song ID question/NE Trip

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JoshB

I had the chance to drive up to Atlantic City this weekend from NC, so I had the chance to listen to 105.9, 104.3, and 106.1 while I was coughing up money for tolls, lol. For the most part I was pretty impressed (keep in mind though this is coming from someone who lives in an area without jazz), although a bit heavy on the vocals, but I noticed a lot more of this with 105.9 and 104.3 than Philly's station 106.1. Not to ironically, 106.1 has pretty strong ratings in its market. Interesting enough they all are Class B stations, but it seems like 106.1 didn't suffer from interference, which made it possible to listen to them from Delware to Atlantic City, unlike 104.3 (which seem to die off as soon as you left Delaware) and 105.9, that suffered heavy bleeding as soon as you passed Laurel (which is in the immediate "Local Coverage" area) from 105.7. I guess those things are the only real thing that stood out to me, all 3, like most SJ stations have the trip a day giveaway, and WSMJ and WJJZ have similar introductions (I guess in keeping part of the CC tradition). Loni Taylor, like someone mentioned before in another thread does segments for both stations, does CC even care anymore about listeners knowing that segments are voice-tracked? Anyone know WSMJ and WJJZ have the same program director?

While I'm on it, does anyone know the saxophonist who does the rendition of Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"? I heard it on WJJZ 106.1, and I thought it would be easy to find that track, but haven't had much luck.

Thanks
Josh
 
> I had the chance to drive up to Atlantic City this weekend
> from NC, so I had the chance to listen to 105.9, 104.3, and
> 106.1 while I was coughing up money for tolls, lol. For the
> most part I was pretty impressed (keep in mind though this
> is coming from someone who lives in an area without jazz),
> although a bit heavy on the vocals, but I noticed a lot more
> of this with 105.9 and 104.3 than Philly's station 106.1.
> Not to ironically, 106.1 has pretty strong ratings in its
> market. Interesting enough they all are Class B stations,
> but it seems like 106.1 didn't suffer from interference,
> which made it possible to listen to them from Delware to
> Atlantic City, unlike 104.3 (which seem to die off as soon
> as you left Delaware) and 105.9, that suffered heavy
> bleeding as soon as you passed Laurel (which is in the
> immediate "Local Coverage" area) from 105.7. I guess those
> things are the only real thing that stood out to me, all 3,
> like most SJ stations have the trip a day giveaway, and WSMJ
> and WJJZ have similar introductions (I guess in keeping part
> of the CC tradition). Loni Taylor, like someone mentioned
> before in another thread does segments for both stations,
> does CC even care anymore about listeners knowing that
> segments are voice-tracked? Anyone know WSMJ and WJJZ have
> the same program director?
>
> While I'm on it, does anyone know the saxophonist who does
> the rendition of Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the
> World"? I heard it on WJJZ 106.1, and I thought it would be
> easy to find that track, but haven't had much luck.
>
> Thanks
> Josh
>
Not a sax player, Alex Bugnon the keyboard player remade that one.

Nock
 
> > I had the chance to drive up to Atlantic City this weekend
>
> > from NC, so I had the chance to listen to 105.9, 104.3,
> and
> > 106.1 while I was coughing up money for tolls, lol. For
> the
> > most part I was pretty impressed (keep in mind though this
>
> > is coming from someone who lives in an area without jazz),
>
> > although a bit heavy on the vocals, but I noticed a lot
> more
> > of this with 105.9 and 104.3 than Philly's station 106.1.
>
> > Not to ironically, 106.1 has pretty strong ratings in its
> > market. Interesting enough they all are Class B stations,
>
> > but it seems like 106.1 didn't suffer from interference,
> > which made it possible to listen to them from Delware to
> > Atlantic City, unlike 104.3 (which seem to die off as soon
>
> > as you left Delaware) and 105.9, that suffered heavy
> > bleeding as soon as you passed Laurel (which is in the
> > immediate "Local Coverage" area) from 105.7. I guess
> those
> > things are the only real thing that stood out to me, all
> 3,
> > like most SJ stations have the trip a day giveaway, and
> WSMJ
> > and WJJZ have similar introductions (I guess in keeping
> part
> > of the CC tradition). Loni Taylor, like someone mentioned
>
> > before in another thread does segments for both stations,
> > does CC even care anymore about listeners knowing that
> > segments are voice-tracked? Anyone know WSMJ and WJJZ
> have
> > the same program director?
> >
> > While I'm on it, does anyone know the saxophonist who does
>
> > the rendition of Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the
> > World"? I heard it on WJJZ 106.1, and I thought it would
> be
> > easy to find that track, but haven't had much luck.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Josh
> >
> Not a sax player, Alex Bugnon the keyboard player remade
> that one.
>
> Nock
>

Are you sure that's the only remake of that song? I listened to his version and it sounded nothing like the one I heard on WJJZ. I checked their song history feature, but it only goes back like 24-hrs. :-/
 
There's a sax tune with that title on a CD of the same name by Brian Gallagher.
It came out in the mid 90's. Not sure if it was a Prince tune or not, but it's definitely aired on smooth jazz formatted stations.

Nick Gerard
 
> > > market. Interesting enough they all are Class B
> stations,
> >
> > > but it seems like 106.1 didn't suffer from interference,
>
> > > which made it possible to listen to them from Delware to
>
> > > Atlantic City, unlike 104.3 (which seem to die off as
> soon
> >
> > > as you left Delaware)

That's because of the IBOC WSNI in Philly is running. The IBOC stations such as SNI run produces a "static-like" carrier that can be heard on co-adjacent frequencies (in this case 104.3 and 104.7) and kills signals on those frequencies usually within about a 30 mile radius. It's driving me up the wall trying to get WQCD (CD 101.9) at my location now, with Q-102 running it.

> > > does CC even care anymore about listeners knowing that
> > > segments are voice-tracked? Anyone know WSMJ and WJJZ
> > have
> > > the same program director?

They have different PD's, but I assume since they're both owned by CC they share a lot of the same things. For a while, Bill Simpson, WSMJ's voicetracked midday host, voicetracked evenings on WJJZ, but he moved to WDAS-FM to co-host mornings.

> > >
> > > While I'm on it, does anyone know the saxophonist who
> does
> >
> > > the rendition of Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in
> the
> > > World"? I heard it on WJJZ 106.1, and I thought it
> would
> > be
> > > easy to find that track, but haven't had much luck.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Josh

The song you heard indeed is Brian Gallagher's version on saxophone. I don't believe the song was ever released outside of radio until it was put on one of the "Rare Requests" compilations, Volume 4 I believe. <P ID="signature">______________
Nick Langan
WNJL.com Radio
</P>
 
> The song you heard indeed is Brian Gallagher's version on
> saxophone. I don't believe the song was ever released
> outside of radio until it was put on one of the "Rare
> Requests" compilations, Volume 4 I believe.
>

That's the one! I've searched the net and still haven't been able to download, so I'll probably just order the whole CD, which has some pretty good tracks on it.

Thanks for the help Nick. lol, didn't know you were the run that ran WNJL. Excellent station, btw. You are probably a good person to ask about this track as well, since you probably play it on your station. I asked in another thread, but didn't know if anyone had read it. Have you ever heard of more funkier version of Herb Alpert's track "Rise". I don't know if it is him or someone else that remade the track, but it's really awesome tune. The only thing I know is that it is somewhat old, like at least 5 years old.

Thanks

Josh
 
> Have you
> ever heard of more funkier version of Herb Alpert's track
> "Rise". I don't know if it is him or someone else that
> remade the track, but it's really awesome tune. The only
> thing I know is that it is somewhat old, like at least 5
> years old.

You are probably referring to Leo Gandelman's version of the Herb Alpert classic. And, in all due respect to Herb, I like Leo's version better. It is as you describe it ... a little funkier and more edgy.
 
> > Have you
> > ever heard of more funkier version of Herb Alpert's track
> > "Rise". I don't know if it is him or someone else that
> > remade the track, but it's really awesome tune. The only
> > thing I know is that it is somewhat old, like at least 5
> > years old.
>
> You are probably referring to Leo Gandelman's version of the
> Herb Alpert classic. And, in all due respect to Herb, I like
> Leo's version better. It is as you describe it ... a little
> funkier and more edgy.
>
Very true Leo tore that tune up...also available on one of The Rare Request volumes.
 
> > > > market. Interesting enough they all are Class B
> > stations,
> > >
> > > > but it seems like 106.1 didn't suffer from
> interference,
> >
> > > > which made it possible to listen to them from Delware
> to
> >
> > > > Atlantic City, unlike 104.3 (which seem to die off as
> > soon
> > >
> > > > as you left Delaware)
>
> That's because of the IBOC WSNI in Philly is running. The
> IBOC stations such as SNI run produces a "static-like"
> carrier that can be heard on co-adjacent frequencies (in
> this case 104.3 and 104.7) and kills signals on those
> frequencies usually within about a 30 mile radius. It's
> driving me up the wall trying to get WQCD (CD 101.9) at my
> location now, with Q-102 running it.
>
> > > > does CC even care anymore about listeners knowing that
>
> > > > segments are voice-tracked? Anyone know WSMJ and WJJZ
>
> > > have
> > > > the same program director?
>
> They have different PD's, but I assume since they're both
> owned by CC they share a lot of the same things. For a
> while, Bill Simpson, WSMJ's voicetracked midday host,
> voicetracked evenings on WJJZ, but he moved to WDAS-FM to
> co-host mornings.
>
> > > >
> > > > While I'm on it, does anyone know the saxophonist who
> > does
> > >
> > > > the rendition of Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in
> > the
> > > > World"? I heard it on WJJZ 106.1, and I thought it
> > would
> > > be
> > > > easy to find that track, but haven't had much luck.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Josh
>
> The song you heard indeed is Brian Gallagher's version on
> saxophone. I don't believe the song was ever released
> outside of radio until it was put on one of the "Rare
> Requests" compilations, Volume 4 I believe.
>
It is on Rare Requests, Volume 4. I gotta get that and Volume 3, I already have the first 2 volumes and I likey a lot....
 
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