The new krth

[oldies76]

Radio Rewind: Your favorite song was played not once, but TWICE in one day today!

6:30pm
4:38am

Thought you'd like to know.....

 

[davideduardo]

Radio Rewind: Your favorite song was played not once, but TWICE in one day today!

6:30pm
4:38am

Thought you'd like to know.....

Replaying songs "wasted" in overnight hours during the daytime is a fairly common practice to optimize rotations.

Either the songs used in 10 AM to 7 PM are played the following day in overnights, or the ones played today in overnights are used the same day after 10 AM or 11 AM.

 

[ChannelFlipper]

Replaying songs "wasted" in overnight hours during the daytime is a fairly common practice to optimize rotations.

Either the songs used in 10 AM to 7 PM are played the following day in overnights, or the ones played today in overnights are used the same day after 10 AM or 11 AM.

Yep. Because nobody will listen at BOTH of those times and figure out that our playlist could fit in a shoebox. Nobody I tell you.

 

[ChannelFlipper]

ChannelFlipper, let me simultaneously correct your spelling and explain the difference: Coffee will keep you awake, whereas a playlist created by Jay Coffey will put you to sleep.

Yes you are correct. This is what happens when I am multi-tasking and posting at the same time. Oddly enough, in my life I don't use either coffee or Coffey.

 

[ChannelFlipper]

KRTH just ran a promo with Charlie Van Dyke intoning, "When you hear this song on the radio, you're listening to K-Earth 101." Then they played Rick James' Super Freak. Uh, Charlie? When I hear that song on the radio, I could also be listening to KHHT.

Instead of all the r&b and classic rock, KRTH should be playing the pop groups who aren't played on other stations: ABBA, Aqua, Hanson, Beach Boys, Real McCoy, Lobo, Pablo Cruise, New Kids On The Block, Bay City Rollers, et al. Then KRTH would have a unique identity instead of sounding like a blend of KLOS, KHHT and KCBS-FM.

I agree with LARadioRewind on one point. It is really getting hard to tell the difference between KRTH and Jack. The overlap percentage by song must be quite high. Are both stations targeting the same demo or is KRTH still designed to skew older even with the new regime and playlists?

 

[CTListener]

No need to buy an HD receiver. With the Internet and smart phones these stations are easily accessible. A tribute station to the great stations and jocks of all time - think of the possibilities. Not just KRTH, but legendary stations like KHJ, KFRC, WRKO, WLS and more. A great place for those of us out of the demo.

Too bad my favorite HD2 belongs to the only station in the market that DOESN'T stream any of its HD signals. Not that it's perfect, but at least it's not 400 songs frozen in time like KRTH's. My only problem is that it has no flow and is obviously completely randomized. Playing Arthur Brown's "Fire" right after the Five Satins' "To the Aisle" is a mind-meltingly bad trainwreck.

 

[Thomps2525]

I would much rather hear the so-called "train wrecks" than an endless parade of boring overplayed burned-out hits. And I'm sure that the "train wreck" concept, and its prohibition, were a creation of radio programmers. I've never heard listeners complain about hearing two consecutive songs that didn't sound similar. I hear listeners complain about repetition and too many ten-minute-long commercial blocks. Mister oldies76 noted that Brown Eyed Girl gets played twice a day now. So do Grease, Tainted Love, Lights, Holiday, I Will Survive, Shake It Up, Only The Good Die Young and dozens of other hits. KRTH is just as repetitious now as during the Jay Coffey area---'80s have replaced '60s but the repetiition is just as bad.

I continue to add songs to the KRTH list at that other site:
http://xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?p=2001165#2001165

Among the "new" songs this weekend are Kool & the Gang's Fresh (9/1985) and, surprisingly, the Eagles' Already Gone (32/1974). Well...I guess it isn't so surprising when you consider that KRTH seems to be going after the audience of KLOS and Jack-FM!

 

[davideduardo]

Among the "new" songs this weekend are Kool & the Gang's Fresh (9/1985) and, surprisingly, the Eagles' Already Gone (32/1974). Well...I guess it isn't so surprising when you consider that KRTH seems to be going after the audience of KLOS and Jack-FM!

Here are all the songs played last week on KRTH...

10cc I'm Not In Love
4 Seasons December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
4 Seasons Who Loves You
A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away)
A-HA Take On Me
ABBA Dancing Queen
Ace How Long
Allman Brothers Band Ramblin Man
America A Horse With No Name
America Sister Golden Hair
America Ventura Highway
Andrea True Connection More, More, More
Archies Sugar Sugar
Average White Band Pick Up The Pieces
B-52S Love Shack
Bachman-Turner Overdrive Takin' Care Of Business
Bachman-Turner Overdrive You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Badfinger Come And Get It
Badfinger No Matter What
Bailey, Philip & Phil Collins Easy Lover
Bangles Manic Monday
Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian
Beach Boys Dance, Dance, Dance
Beach Boys I Get Around
Beach Boys Little Saint Nick
Beatles A Hard Day's Night
Beatles Across The Universe (Naked Version)
Beatles Can't Buy Me Love
Beatles Dr. Robert
Beatles Eleanor Rigby
Beatles Get Back
Beatles Help!
Beatles Hey Jude
Beatles I Am The Walrus
Beatles I Saw Her Standing There
Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand
Beatles In My Life
Beatles Rock And Roll Music
Beatles She's A Woman
Beatles Twist And Shout
Beatles We Can Work It Out
Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends
Beatles You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees Jive Talkin'
Bee Gees More Than A Woman
Bee Gees Night Fever
Bee Gees Stayin' Alive
Bee Gees Too Much Heaven
Bee Gees You Should Be Dancing
Benatar, Pat Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Benatar, Pat Love Is A Battlefield
Benatar, Pat We Belong
Benson, George On Broadway
Berlin Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")
Bishop, Elvin Fooled Around And Fell In Love
Blackbyrds Walking In Rhythm
Blondie Call Me (Theme From American Gigolo)
Blondie Heart Of Glass
Blondie One Way Or Another
Blondie The Tide Is High
Blues Image Ride Captain Ride
Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer
Boston More Than A Feeling
Boston Rock & Roll Band
Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy
Bowie, David Let's Dance
Box Tops The Letter
Bread Everything I Own
Bridges, Alicia I Love The Nightlife
Browne, Jackson Doctor My Eyes
Browne, Jackson Running On Empty
Browne, Jackson Stay
Buffett, Jimmy Margaritaville
Cafferty, John & The Beaver Brown Band On The Dark Side
Cara, Irene Flashdance...What A Feeling
Carey, Mariah All I Want For Christmas Is You
Carlton, Carl Everlasting Love
Carlton, Carl She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
Carnes, Kim Bette Davis Eyes
Cars Just What I Needed
Cars Let's Go
Cars Shake It Up
Chairmen Of The Board Give Me Just A Little More Time
Cheap Trick I Want You To Want Me
Cher Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
Chi-Lites Have You Seen Her
Chic Good Times
Chic Le Freak
Chicago 25 Or 6 To 4
Chicago Feelin' Stronger Every Day
Chicago Old Days
Chicago Saturday In The Park
Chiffons He's So Fine
Clapton, Eric Lay Down Sally
Clapton, Eric Wonderful Tonight
Climax Blues Band Couldn't Get It Right
Cody, Commander & His Lost Planet Airmen Hot Rod Lincoln
Collins, Phil You Can't Hurry Love
Commodores Brick House
Commodores Easy
Commodores Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Contours Do You Love Me
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Too Late To Turn Back Now
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Treat Her Like A Lady
Cougar, John Hurts So Good
Cougar, John Jack & Diane
Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival Lookin' Out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival Up Around The Bend
Croce, Jim You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Dazz Band Let It Whip
Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen
Dire Straits Money For Nothing
Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits Walk Of Life
Doobie Brothers Black Water
Doobie Brothers China Grove
Doobie Brothers Listen To The Music
Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin'
Doobie Brothers Takin' It To The Streets
Doobie Brothers What A Fool Believes
Doors Touch Me
Dr. John Right Place, Wrong Time
Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf
Eagles Already Gone
Eagles Heartache Tonight
Eagles Hotel California
Eagles Life In The Fast Lane
Eagles Lyin' Eyes
Eagles One Of These Nights
Eagles Peaceful, Easy Feeling
Eagles Take It Easy
Eagles Take It To The Limit
Eagles The Long Run
Earth, Wind & Fire Fantasy
Earth, Wind & Fire Let's Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire September
Earth, Wind & Fire Shining Star
Earth, Wind & Fire Sing A Song
Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions Boogie Wonderland
Electric Light Orchestra Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra Evil Woman
Electric Light Orchestra Livin' Thing
Elliman, Yvonne If I Can't Have You
Emotions Best Of My Love
England, Dan & John Ford Coley I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy
Firefall You Are The Woman
Five Stairsteps O-O-H Child
Fixx One Thing Leads To Another
Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac Dreams
Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac Gypsy
Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon
Fleetwood Mac Say You Love Me
Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun
Foreigner Cold As Ice
Foreigner Feels Like The First Time
Foreigner Hot Blooded
Foreigner I Want To Know What Love Is
Foundations Build Me Up Buttercup
Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Four Tops It's The Same Old Song
Frampton, Peter Baby I Love Your Way
Frampton, Peter Show Me The Way
Franklin, Aretha A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)
Franklin, Aretha Respect
Free All Right Now
Gaye, Marvin Got To Give It Up
Gaye, Marvin I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Gaye, Marvin Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Gaye, Marvin Sexual Healing
Gaye, Marvin What's Going On
Gaye, Marvin & Tammi Terrell Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Gaynor, Gloria I Will Survive
Genesis Misunderstanding
Genesis That's All
Gibb, Andy Shadow Dancing
Go-Go's Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's We Got The Beat
Grand Funk Railroad Some Kind Of Wonderful
Grand Funk Railroad The Loco-Motion
Grand Funk Railroad We're An American Band
Gray, Dobie Drift Away
Green, Al Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
Green, Al Let's Stay Together
Green, Al You Ought To Be With Me
Greenbaum, Norman Spirit In The Sky
Hall, Daryl And John Oates I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Hall, Daryl And John Oates Kiss On My List
Hall, Daryl And John Oates Maneater
Hall, Daryl And John Oates Out Of Touch
Hall, Daryl And John Oates Rich Girl
Hall, Daryl And John Oates Sara Smile
Hall, Daryl And John Oates She's Gone
Hall, Daryl And John Oates You Make My Dreams
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Don't Pull Your Love
Hartman, Dan I Can Dream About You
Head, Murray One Night In Bangkok
Heart Magic Man
Heatwave Always And Forever
Heatwave Boogie Nights
Heatwave The Groove Line
Henley, Don Dirty Laundry
Henley, Don The Boys Of Summer
Hernandez, Patrick Born To Be Alive
Hollies Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
Holman, Eddie Hey There Lonely Girl
Holmes, Rupert Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing
Houston, Whitney How Will I Know
Houston, Whitney I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Hues Corporation Rock The Boat
Human League Don't You Want Me
Ides Of March Vehicle
Idol, Billy Mony Mony
Ingram, Luther (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
INXS Need You Tonight
Isley Brothers That Lady
J. Geils Band Centerfold
Jackson 5 ABC
Jackson 5 The Love You Save
Jackson, Michael Beat It
Jackson, Michael Billie Jean
Jackson, Michael Black Or White
Jackson, Michael Dirty Diana
Jackson, Michael Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Jackson, Michael Man In The Mirror
Jackson, Michael Off The Wall
Jackson, Michael Remember The Time
Jackson, Michael Rock With You
Jackson, Michael The Way You Make Me Feel
Jackson, Michael Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Jacksons Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Jaggerz The Rapper
James, Rick Super Freak
James, Tommy & The Shondells Mony Mony
Jett, Joan & The Blackhearts I Love Rock 'n Roll
Joel, Billy Big Shot
Joel, Billy It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
Joel, Billy Just The Way You Are
Joel, Billy Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Joel, Billy My Life
Joel, Billy Only The Good Die Young
Joel, Billy You May Be Right
John, Elton Bennie And The Jets
John, Elton Crocodile Rock
John, Elton Daniel
John, Elton Island Girl
John, Elton Philadelphia Freedom
John, Elton Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
John, Elton & Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Journey Any Way You Want It
Journey Don't Stop Believin'
Journey Lights
Journey Who's Crying Now
K.C. & The Sunshine Band (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
K.C. & The Sunshine Band Boogie Shoes
K.C. & The Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight
K.C. & The Sunshine Band I'm Your Boogieman
K.C. & The Sunshine Band Keep It Comin' Love
K.C. & The Sunshine Band That's The Way (I Like It)
Kansas Carry On Wayward Son
Katrina & The Waves Walking On Sunshine
Kendricks, Eddie Keep On Truckin'
Khan, Chaka I Feel For You
Kim, Andy Rock Me Gently
King Harvest Dancing In The Moonlight
Kingsmen Louie Louie
Knack My Sharona
Knight, Gladys & The Pips Midnight Train To Georgia
Kool & The Gang Celebration
Kool & The Gang Fresh
Kool & The Gang Get Down On It
Kool & The Gang Ladies Night
L.T.D. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
LaBelle Lady Marmalade
Larson, Nicolette Lotta Love
Lauper, Cyndi Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Lauper, Cyndi Time After Time
Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
Lennon, John Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
Lewis, Huey & The News Heart And Soul
Lewis, Huey & The News Stuck With You
Lewis, Huey & The News The Power Of Love
Lipps, Inc. Funkytown
Loggins & Messina Your Mama Don't Dance
Loggins, Kenny Footloose
Loggins, Kenny Whenever I Call You "Friend"
Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Los Lobos La Bamba
Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme
Loverboy Working For The Weekend
Lowe, Nick Cruel To Be Kind
Lynn, Cheryl Got To Be Real
Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama
Madonna Borderline
Madonna Dress You Up
Madonna Holiday
Madonna Into The Groove
Madonna Lucky Star
Madonna Vogue
Main Ingredient Everybody Plays The Fool
Manhattans Kiss And Say Goodbye
Mann, Manfred Blinded By The Light
Mann, Manfred Do Wah Diddy Diddy
McCartney, Paul Live And Let Die
McCartney, Paul & Wings Band On The Run
McCrae, George Rock Your Baby
McFadden & Whitehead Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
McLean, Don American Pie
Mellencamp, John Cougar R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
Mellencamp, John Cougar Small Town
Melvin, Harold & The Blue Notes If You Don't Know Me By Now
Men At Work Down Under
Men At Work Who Can It Be Now?
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance
MFSB Feat. The Three Degrees Tsop (The Sound Of Philadlephia)
Michaels, Lee Do You Know What I Mean
Mills, Stephanie Never Knew Love Like This Before
Miracles The Tears Of A Clown
Money, Eddie Baby Hold On
Money, Eddie Take Me Home Tonight
Money, Eddie Two Tickets To Paradise
Monkees I'm A Believer
Morrison, Van Brown Eyed Girl
Morrison, Van Moondance
Mungo Jerry In The Summertime
Naked Eyes Always Something There To Remind Me
Nash, Johnny I Can See Clearly Now
Nicks, Stevie Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove)
Nightingale, Maxine Right Back Where We Started From
O'Jays Backstabbers
O'Jays For The Love Of Money
O'Jays I Love Music
O'Jays Love Train
O.M.D. (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dar If You Leave
Ocean, Billy Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Ohio Players Love Rollercoaster
Orleans Dance With Me
Orleans Still The One
Outsiders Time Won't Let Me
Palmer, Robert Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)
Partridge Family I Think I Love You
Paul, Billy Me And Mrs. Jones
Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing
Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
Petty, Tom Free Fallin'
Petty, Tom & The Heartbreakers Don't Do Me Like That
Pickett, Wilson In The Midnight Hour
Pilot Magic
Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love)
Police Every Breath You Take
Police Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Presley, Elvis Suspicious Minds
Pretenders Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)
Prince - 1999 -
Prince I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince When Doves Cry
Prince & The Revolution Let's Go Crazy
Quarterflash Harden My Heart
Queen Another One Bites The Dust
Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen We Are The Champions
Queen We Will Rock You
Queen You're My Best Friend
Rafferty, Gerry Baker Street
Rafferty, Gerry Right Down The Line
Rare Earth Get Ready
Rare Earth I Just Want To Celebrate
Raspberries Go All The Way
Redbone Come And Get Your Love
Reo Speedwagon Keep On Loving You
Reo Speedwagon Take It On The Run
Richie, Lionel All Night Long (All Night)
Robinson, Vicki Sue Turn The Beat Around
Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Rolling Stones Beast Of Burden
Rolling Stones Brown Sugar
Rolling Stones Miss You
Rolling Stones Start Me Up
Rolling Stones Under My Thumb
Romantics What I Like About You
Ross, Diana Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Ross, Diana I'm Coming Out
Ross, Diana Upside Down
Ross, Diana & The Supremes Someday We'll Be Together
Royce, Rose Car Wash
Royce, Rose I Wanna Get Next To You
Royce, Rose Wishing On A Star
Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan Tell Me Something Good
Rundgren, Todd Hello It's Me
S.O.S. Band Take Your Time (Do It Right)
Sam & Dave Soul Man
Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs Wooly Bully
Sanford/Townsend Band Smoke From A Distant Fire
Sang, Samantha Emotion
Santana Black Magic Woman
Santana Evil Ways
Santana Oye Como Va
Santana Feat. Rob Thomas Smooth
Santaolalla, Gustavo September
Scaggs, Boz Lido Shuffle
Scaggs, Boz Lowdown
Seals & Crofts Diamond Girl
Seger, Bob & The Silver Bullet Band Hollywood Nights
Seger, Bob & The Silver Bullet Band Night Moves
Seger, Bob & The Silver Bullet Band Old Time Rock & Roll
Shannon Let The Music Play
Simon & Garfunkel Cecilia
Simon, Paul Kodachrome
Simon, Paul Loves Me Like A Rock
Simon, Paul Mother And Child Reunion
Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me)
Sister Sledge We Are Family
Sledge, Percy When A Man Loves A Woman
Sly & The Family Stone Dance To The Music
Sly & The Family Stone Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin
Soft Cell Tainted Love
Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin'
Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
Spinners I'll Be Around
Spinners It's A Shame
Spinners One Of A Kind (Love Affair)
Spinners The Rubberband Man
Spinners Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl
Spinners W/Dionne Warwick Then Came You
Spiral Starecase More Today Than Yesterday
Springfield, Rick Jessie's Girl
Springsteen, Bruce Dancing In The Dark
Springsteen, Bruce Hungry Heart
Staple Singers I'll Take You There
Starbuck Moonlight Feels Right
Starship We Built This City
Stealers Wheel Stuck In The Middle With You
Steam Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steely Dan Do It Again
Steppenwolf Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride
Steve Miller Band Fly Like An Eagle
Steve Miller Band Jet Airliner
Steve Miller Band Rock 'n Me
Steve Miller Band Swingtown
Steve Miller Band The Joker
Stewart, Amii Knock On Wood
Stewart, Rod Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Stewart, Rod Maggie May
Stewart, Rod Some Guys Have All The Luck
Stewart, Rod Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Stewart, Rod Young Turks
Stories Brother Louie
Styx Babe
Styx Lady
Sugar Hill Gang Rapper's Delight
Summer, Donna Dim All The Lights
Summer, Donna Last Dance
Summer, Donna MacArthur Park
Summer, Donna On The Radio
Supertramp Give A Little Bit
Supertramp Goodbye Stranger
Supertramp Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp The Logical Song
Supremes Baby Love
Supremes Stop! In The Name Of Love
Supremes You Can't Hurry Love
Supremes You Keep Me Hangin' On
Survivor Eye Of The Tiger
T. Rex Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Taste of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie
Tavares Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Taylor, James How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Taylor, James You've Got A Friend
Taylor, James Your Smiling Face
Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Temptations Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Temptations Get Ready
Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Temptations My Girl
Three Dog Night Celebrate
Three Dog Night Joy To The World
Three Dog Night One
Tierra Together
Tommy Tutone 867-5309/Jenny
Toto Africa
Toto Hold The Line
Travolta, John & Olivia Newton-John You're The One That I Want
Troggs Wild Thing
Turner, Tina What's Love Got To Do With It
Turtles Happy Together
U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Valli, Frankie Grease
Van Halen Jump
Waite, John Missing You
Walker, Jr. & The All Stars Shotgun
War Cisco Kid
War Low Rider
War Me And Baby Brother
War Why Can't We Be Friends?
Wham! Last Christmas
Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Whispers Rock Steady
White, Barry Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
White, Barry Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
White, Barry You're The First, The Last, My Everything
Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music
Williams, Deniece Let's Hear It For The Boy
Wilson, Al Show And Tell
Wings Maybe I'm Amazed
Wings Silly Love Songs
Winwood, Steve Higher Love
Winwood, Steve Roll With It
Withers, Bill Lean On Me
Withers, Bill Use Me
Wonder, Stevie Higher Ground
Wonder, Stevie I Wish
Wonder, Stevie If You Really Love Me
Wonder, Stevie Isn't She Lovely
Wonder, Stevie Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Wonder, Stevie Superstition
Wonder, Stevie You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Wood, Brenton Gimme Little Sign
Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Young Rascals Good Lovin'

 

[davideduardo]

And I'm sure that the "train wreck" concept, and its prohibition, were a creation of radio programmers. I've never heard listeners complain about hearing two consecutive songs that didn't sound similar.

Controlling "train wrecks" is about controlling flow and blend.

It's the same thing behind the reasons why one DJ makes $400 doing birthdays and weddings, while Deadmau$ and Tiesto and such may make $100,000 for spinning... it is all about the skillful blend and technique.

There is a big difference between a train wreck and a change of pace.

Fit. Flow. Feeling. Try getting all three on an mp3 player or Pandora.

 

[semoochie]

Calling "Lights" a hit is taking some pretty big liberties with the term! Apparently, it was released as a single and peaked at #68, which must mean that either it was shipped and no one bought it or it had some regional success. It's fairly well known now but I don't think that makes it a "hit". Many people know "Jesus Loves the Little Children" but I wouldn't call it a "hit"l.

 

[CTListener]

David, how come those "moldy oldies" ("Sukiyaki," "Hello Mary Lou," etc.) that Mr. Rewind and I noticed in the KRTH playlist earlier in the week, all played during the morning show when neither of us was listening, weren't on your summary of songs played? Do you have any inside info on why those titles came up? Were they merely song snippets played as part of a commercial or promo (occasionally the tracking software catches such songs and puts them on the WDRC-FM playlist -- there's a Notorious B.I.G. track that keeps coming up; obviously just the instrumental "bed" to some ad, but just the same as "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" to the soulless software)?

 

[oldies76]

Many people know "Jesus Loves the Little Children" but I wouldn't call it a "hit"l.

"Everything Is Beautiful" is a hit by Ray Stevens. #1 in 1970

 

[CTListener]

Most of the KRTH playlist is very familiar. The Patrick Hernandez hit was a complete stiff in New England -- deservedly so, it's a cretinous bit of AutoTuned dance pablum -- ditto the Tierra song. But looking through four hours of DRC-FM from earlier today, I found 25 songs that never got a spin in LA! Now that was a surprise. Three or four of them are from the '90s, which KRTH isn't adding yet, but the rest are from the '60s through '80s. Here they are; why aren't Los Angelenos hearing them?

What It Takes -- Aerosmith
65 Love Affair -- Paul Davis
Good Vibrations -- Beach Boys (!)
Can't Fight This Feeling -- REO Speedwagon
Strut -- Sheena Easton
Goody Two Shoes -- Adam Ant
What About Love -- Heart
Every Morning -- Sugar Ray
Unbelievable -- EMF (speaking of cretinous dance hits)
Sara -- Starship
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine -- Lou Rawls
Sunglasses at Night -- Corey Hart
The Boys Are Back in Town -- Thin Lizzy
Something Happened on the Way to Heaven -- Phil Collins
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' -- Journey
The Locomotion -- Kylie Minogue
Renegade -- Styx
Shout -- Tears For Fears
Rockin' Pneumonia -- Johnny Rivers
This Little Girl -- Gary U.S. Bonds
Magic -- Cars
Believe -- Cher
Get Outta My Dreams, Into My Car -- Billy Ocean
I'd Do Anything For Love -- Meat Loaf

All these in four hours! Who'da thunk it?

 

[davideduardo]

why aren't Los Angelenos hearing them?

There could be a bunch of reasons...

First is that some of those songs are in light rotations on KRTH, and did not play this particular 168-hour week.

Another could be regional differences.

And the big reason is that some are not strong with Mexican-origin Hispanics, so they may not have gotten as much play here as elsewhere to begin with and they may have little appeal today. A case in point is any Beach Boys song... a group that essentially got no airplay in Latin America. And those songs that are a bit on the rock side don't do well.

Of course, when I was doing a dance station in Puerto Rico in the early 80's Patrick Hernández was a mainstay. And about a third of the songs on the list are ones, because of my Hispanic market experience, would not recognize if I heard them.

 

[davideduardo]

David, how come those "moldy oldies" ("Sukiyaki," "Hello Mary Lou," etc.) that Mr. Rewind and I noticed in the KRTH playlist earlier in the week, all played during the morning show when neither of us was listening, weren't on your summary of songs played?

What source did you use for the lists? Those titles don't come up on even an extended monitor of KRTH. Gratefully.

 

[CTListener]

What source did you use for the lists? Those titles don't come up on even an extended monitor of KRTH. Gratefully.

They appeared using the last-played feature on KRTH's own website, all around the same time in the morning: between 7 and 8 your time.

 

[Thomps2525]

I can't understand why so many classic hits stations, including KRTH, play Van Morrison's Moondance. The song was a 1970 album track, then was released as a single in 1977 and stalled at #92...and Morrison's voice is painful to listen to. For severaql decades, KRTH played the Isley Brothers' Shout, which likewise was not a hit. It reached #47 in 1959 and #94 in 1962. The Joey Dee & the Starliters version got to #6---why didn't KRTH play that one?

 

[CTListener]

...and Morrison's voice is painful to listen to.

Legions of fans of Van the Man (myself among them) would vehemently disagree with you on this point.

 

[Thomps2525]

David, I'm trying to locate someone who actually listened to Gary Bryan this past week. I'm guessing that only brief snippets of Sukiyaki and Hello Mary Lou and Zorba The Greek were played in the background while Gary read a weird news story (just like Bill Handel on KFI). But those snippets were picked up by the monitoring software and showed up on KRTH's list of "last played" songs. However, I knew better than to add them to my KRTH list. Rick Thomas and Kyu Sakamoto are like the proverbial oil and water!

 

[Thomps2525]

David, any idea why, during the past week, KRTH would play the Beach Boys' Dance Dance Dance (8/1964) but not Good Vibrations (1/1966)? And why are certain '60s songs, such as Wild Thing and Brown Eyed Girl, played ten to twelve times a week while others are completely ignored? And how much longer before KRTH drops all the '60s music?