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Soul Train

Alan Criswell

Alan Criswell

I'v recently been diggin' the "Best of Soul Train" episodes from the '70s and '80s,
via WPMT (York, PA) and WPHL (Philadelphia, PA).

I'm curious why these classic eps are airing, and is the show still being produced?

Also, back in the late '70s and early '80s, I watched "Soul Train" via WTTG (D.C.).
Is WTTG still airing the show?
 
I caught the tail end of a retro "Soul Train" yesterday on the local Fox station (I think, could have the digital CW station). Didn't know they were replaying them.
 
We have another thread talking about the Best of Soul Train here...

http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,63178.0.html

Myself, being 27, I actually enjoy watching those old episodes, because even though the majority of today's popular music is targeted towards my age demographic, the quality of music is lightyears better back then than it is now. Soul Train itself has become more irrelevant in recent years, with a lot of big-name stars appearing more on shows on BET and MTV, while you have nothing but the up-and-coming stars appearing more and more. I haven't watched an entire episode of Soul Train (outside of the classics currently airing) pretty much since Don Cornelius stopped hosting in the mid-90s. Equate it to either the turnover of hosts (including a sopa opera-turned primetime star, an out-of-work comedian, and a C-list actor) or the quality of music, today's Soul Train is nothing like it was compared to its hey-day in the 70s and 80s.
 
I too have been diggin the old Soul Train episodes. Here's my theory. The show has ended production. They are now running old episodes to fulfill their committment to provide programming. When the current season ends, the show will cease to be delivered....UNLESS...perhaps, maybe....the response to the old shows indicate a possibility of syndicating the old ones indefinitely. Just my thoughts....
 
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