I was just curious whether anyone listens to or has even heard of this syndicated show. It is 5 hours long, and in my area, it's featured on Saturday nights starting at 8 PM on a rimshot AC station located NW of Harrisburg, PA: WQLV FM 98.9 "The Pulse of Central PA". The show is exclusively dedicated to music from the 70s, and what I like is that Billy Shears doesn't stick to a "safe" (and BORING) playlist...he actually plays certain forgotten or abandoned gems from the decade, some examples including:
Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All- 5th Dimension
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes- Jimmy Buffett
No Time- Guess Who
Hello Stranger- Yvonne Elliman
How Long- Ace
Sharing the Night Together- Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Jackie Blue- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
You are the Woman- Firefall
Venus- Shocking Blue
Wildfire- Michael Murphy
When I Need You- Leo Sayer
Song Sung Blue- Neil Diamond
Also, his show is great for "wimps" like me, because he actually plays artists such as the Carpenters, whom other oldies shows seem to be entirely afraid of. Interestingly, the show is virtually non-existent as far as the internet: it doesn't have a website and no one seems to even talk about it. Due to its complete absence on the internet, I actually thought the show was unique to my local station until I found that a couple of stations around the country feature Billy Shears as a regular "DJ" for various time slots and formats, and he can't be in PA, FL, and TX at the same time...
Now only if he (or someone else) did a similar show for the 60s, notwithstanding "demographics". How cool would that be??
Oh, by the way, my age is a ripe old 27. I put "demographics" in quotation marks because I know there are enough people in my age group who appreciate good OLD music, regardless of what advertisers and stations think.
Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All- 5th Dimension
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes- Jimmy Buffett
No Time- Guess Who
Hello Stranger- Yvonne Elliman
How Long- Ace
Sharing the Night Together- Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Jackie Blue- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
You are the Woman- Firefall
Venus- Shocking Blue
Wildfire- Michael Murphy
When I Need You- Leo Sayer
Song Sung Blue- Neil Diamond
Also, his show is great for "wimps" like me, because he actually plays artists such as the Carpenters, whom other oldies shows seem to be entirely afraid of. Interestingly, the show is virtually non-existent as far as the internet: it doesn't have a website and no one seems to even talk about it. Due to its complete absence on the internet, I actually thought the show was unique to my local station until I found that a couple of stations around the country feature Billy Shears as a regular "DJ" for various time slots and formats, and he can't be in PA, FL, and TX at the same time...
Now only if he (or someone else) did a similar show for the 60s, notwithstanding "demographics". How cool would that be??
Oh, by the way, my age is a ripe old 27. I put "demographics" in quotation marks because I know there are enough people in my age group who appreciate good OLD music, regardless of what advertisers and stations think.
