What? You've grown tired of the lapping water, the crickets, the bogus splashing? Simply because those little production pieces have been part of the the Lake's since day one, without change, you've grown tired of them? I'm shocked!
Y'know, the Lake must have set some sort of record with those elements. It can't be all bad, afterall, afficianados here have been writing about them for a few years. Can't say they haven't made an impression... like the guy at work who tells the same joke at the water cooler. I'd use the "broken record" analogy, but it would only paint me as hopelessly old skool to the hip avant garde dudes and dudettes who post here... so hopelessly old skool it's almost cool. Hip 2 B2.
The mention of the dead air gaps between songs on the Lake makes me wonder if the fine art of the creative segue has been forever lost. Recall the days of WYSL, WPHD and progressive radio, when jocks creatively and masterfully seg'd cuts from different albums to weave an audio tapestry. There was a time when even AC formats featured creative segues.
These days, songs on the Lake fade into nothing. Segues in general, a minimum of two in a row song to song couplets, are rarely heard in ANY format. Too risky, I guess. (I jest.)
The Lake, in a weird way, does remind me of the old album rock era... those gaping spaces recall a time when jocks were caught answering nature's call, in the loo... or when they were too busy chatting up a request line caller and completely forgot about the job at hand... or when they had a "visitor" in the studio... the days of progressive FM.
Since no other Buffalo radio station plays songs back-to-back without some kind of production piece or jingle between the songs, you'd think the Lake would make something of creative segues and promote the fact, kind of like WJYE promotes "three song no talk music sweeps."
As to the Lake's niche, it could be the perfect position for the station as male listeners who no longer hear 60's and 70's CCR, Beatles and Stones on WHTT turn to the Lake an 97 Rock to get their classic hits fix.
The Guess Who is a legitimate AOR staple, especially in our neck of the woods. As long as the Lake is playing more than "These Eyes" and "No Time," why not? They should be playing Undun, American Woman, Sour Sweet, (When the Band Was Playin') Shakin' All Over, Hang On To Your Life, Raindance, Runnin' Back to Saskatoon and other classic deep cuts.