oldies
Actually, the original poster is the one who was whining about "there must be no good music before 1965" and slamming "crocodile rock" music, etc. It's OK for us to challenge them because I personally do not think all Oldies radio (terrestrial) sucks. What sucks is this "oldies radio is over since the '50s are gone" drone that gets so old. I stated my opinion in my response, something like "get over it" and stand by that response. Radio in general is evolving at a faster pace than ever, due to increasing choices- this is our chance to get better at what we do instead of crying about why it sucks.
Those who deal with what is instead of complaining about what isn't will be the future of radio. It's OK to dream about the ideal world but we all live in the real world of radio and our energies should be poured into solutions instead of getting vapor-locked by what's not perfect about the biz.
> I read the initial post diffrently than you. I saw a
> question, and an observation about supergold. He/she also
> linked to Mike Harvey's web page. So I automatically read
> the question as a request on Mike Harveys program
> availibilty in Las Vegas. The following posts start beating
> up this poor poster about the whining about how todays
> oldies "suck". I instead saw him/her complaing about Clear
> Channel. Maybe I read his/her post wrong, but that is how I
> interpreted it.
>
> I look at this board as a common site on the internet to
> discuss oldies, wherever the source. Yes, we have beat up
> terrestial oldies to death. We all agree it "sucks" for a
> variety of reasons. We also have those on this site that
> feel that since satellite only pulls in 1-2% share, they
> should not be discussed. (but if anyone is old enough to
> remember ESPN when it started in 1978, or CNN and the
> disparinging comments that followed). But if someone posts a
> question about an oldies music source, I would like to
> discuss it further with him/her instead of beating them up.
>
> Someone else posted about a year ago about setting up some
> type of oldies listening source (I belive it was broadband)
> and listening to them in their living room. A frequent
> poster on this board (who shall go nameless but frequent
> readers will know who it is) responed about how foolish it
> would be to listen to oldies music from 56 - 63 in your
> living room on a Saturday night. I'm probably not getting
> all the facts correct, but I remenber thinking, how
> unfortunate for this frequent poster to immediately go into
> a brain dump without encouraging a discussion on Oldies.
>
> We all have our backgrounds and music biases. But this board
> is about oldies, whatever the concerns.
>
> > Has nothing to do with temperment. It's just that the
> > "oldies today suck" whine is sooooooooo old.
> >
> > NEWS FLASH: Oldies stations who've held onto the '50s too
>
> > long are dying. Those who've wised-up and evolved (as
> every
> > successful radio format has) are doing well.
> >
> > If you want '50s, XM or Sirius or CDs are fine- but this
> > "radio sucks because they've abandoned the '50s" is
> denial,
> > since there's no future (ad dollars) marketing to people
> > over 60 years of age. That's not MY OPINION- that's just
> > the way it is. I don't like it any more than many of you
> > but I'm not going to stick my head in the sand and cry
> about
> > no more doo wop on the radio.
> >
> > Radio is a business- just like any business, there's no
> > sense in staying open if customers aren't coming through
> the
> > door. Satellite or iPods are not the saviours of '50s
> > music- just an option to a few thousand nationwide who
> can't
> > live without their '50s music.
> >
> >
> > > My, my, my Oldiescat. I hope you fix that temperment of
> > > yours before your loved one joins you for Valentines
> > > tonight. Oh sorry, possibly that's the problem. Anyway,
> > lets
> > > go ahead and fix your original statement.
> > >
> > > "Most currently successful Oldies stations have moved
> away
> >
> > > from '50s and into the '70s. Deal with it "OR ORDER
> SIRIUS
> >
> > > OR XM. THE 50'S AND 60'S ARE ALIVE AND WELL ON
> > SATELLITE!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Happy Valantines day Oldiescat.
> > >
> >
>
