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The oldies still live at....

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radiobop

50s/60s Rock 'n Roll at Radio Bop (www.radiobop.com) from early Rockabilly through early Beatles.

Still lamenting the demise of CBS-FM?

100s of listeners in 50 countries can't get enough of us!

Give us a try...

Harold Levine
Program Director
Radio Bop
www.radiobop.com
50s/60s Rock 'n Roll without the 70s!
 
radiobop said:
50s/60s Rock 'n Roll at Radio Bop (www.radiobop.com) from early Rockabilly through early Beatles.
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That is a cool use of streaming! Offer something that even satellite does not have, and you will get listeners... all it takes is a few from each county and state and you have a nice audience. Congratulations.
 
Very Nicely done effort but lousy sound quality and connectivity problems endemic to "live 365"
 
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cawasinnj said:
radiobop said:
50s/60s Rock 'n Roll at <snipped> from early Rockabilly through early Beatles.
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Of course spammers are the lowest form of internet life. This clown's from Texas.
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Don't knock the fact that I was born in Gainesville, TEXAS, once known as Circustown U.S.A. for its famed community circus.

I am not a spammer. I work in the broadcast industry and both learn from and contribute to these and other boards.

Radio Bop was started during the period of time when I and 214 fellow broadcast-related employees lost our jobs because of the changing economics of the industry...at the same time most oldies stations dropped 50s music. I was in radio back in the late 60s/early 70s and I have followed the industry ever since...and am obviously disappointed in the metamorphosis of the industry...but with so many formats and competition from satellite radio, the internet and 500 channels of cable TV...and new delivery technologies...not to mention the changes in government regulation and competitive dynamics...and did I mention demographic shifts plus new measurement technologies...I am a realist just trying to apply what I know and want in a changing world.

The music I grew up with and love along with my fellow baby boomers for the most part is no longer heard on terrestrial radio. I've spent $5,000 acquiring music and I'm spending $1,500 a year out of my pocket for streaming and licensing fees...and you know what the payoff is? It's the wonderful emails I get from listeners all over the world excited about hearing songs they haven't heard in 20 or 30 or 40 years...and that makes my day!

We will be going commercial soon as I'm in negotiation with several quality potential advertisers anxious to attract 50+ rock 'n rollers, plus I have another neglected format under development...when WiMax and similar developments become realities, a lot of aspects may change in radio...for example, who'll need a transmitter/antenna and a $2,700 per month electric bill?

You may think I'm a clown but I'm definitely not a spammer. I listen to folks on this board complaining about the loss of one their favorite entertainment sources (i.e. CBS-FM) and I'm responding. If you think that's spam, I'll forward you my junk email folder full of $3.00 per pill Viagra offers so you'll be able to recognize the difference in the future.

Harold Levine
Houston
 
Personally, my stream had picked up many former CBS-FM listeners when they changed format (and even more once Stamford's Kool 96.7 abandoned oldies for their change to "The Coast"). The very fact that these former listeners CBS-FM/Kool 96.7 are quite vocal in asking for certain song formatics means (at least to me) there's an audience for this music.

I would venture to guess that CBS-FM will never bring back oldies to the "regular" FM dial and I'm sure people are not going to fly out to buy HD capable radios to here the remains of what was a great, legacy oldies station. There's certainly an opening for oldies in Manhattan and I know many Southern Connecticut folk who would be happy to see the return of oldies to their local FM dial, too.



Bill
CapitalRadio.us
 
Wow, when did this become the "Free Promotions for my Internet Radio station" board?

You guys are worse than Howard Stern.
 
http://60sradio.com is light years better than anything on radio, satellite or internet because of the music, original jingles, original commercials,
personality, original audio processing with plate reverb and Tonto if you like 50s and 60s music and personality.
 
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radiobop said:
I am not a spammer.
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You're posting irrelevant material promoting your admittedly soon-to-be commercial site. (The relevance is flimsy at best.) Sorry, you lose.
 
The relevance is, he's providing an alternative to programming that's missing from CBSFM, and actually mostly was long before the switch to Jack. If it's the type of thing CBS FM fans might like, I think they'd appreciate hearing about it. It took all of 30 seconds to read and you are spending how long griping about it?
 
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cawasinnj said:
You're posting irrelevant material promoting your admittedly soon-to-be commercial site. (The relevance is flimsy at best.) Sorry, you lose.
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He is providing another good source for music and you still have to argue.

It seems like some people on these boards come here just to cause trouble.
 
;D ;D
LOL I don't know WHO would want to hear Richard Chamberlain croon "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight"(Dr Kildare theme song)... THAT had me rushing to my Whitburn to see it peaked at #10 OMG!! Of course "Ride the Wild Surf" - Jan and Dean just HAD to follow!!

All kidding aside, I like RadioBop, I don't think Harold is a spammer, and oldies fans have lots of good choices on the Internet. Who needs XM, Sirius, OR HD anyway?
 
FYI...Chamberlain had two other songs which charted on the Billboard Top 40...would you believe Love Me Tender and All I Have To Do Is Dream...who knows...Dreamboat Richard was some gal's favorite and if we can help her reach nirvana by bringing back those fond memories of Dr. Kildare, by golly we'll do it! Too many programmers have pared the playlist down to someone's selected top 15 or 20 of each year forgetting almost all of the total of 3,750 or so songs which made it to the Top 40 between 1954 and 1965...we're talking about folk's favorite songs and artists who deserve to be played and remembered (I myself was an Eddie Hodges fan...plus Annette, of course!)...

Some of my internet colleagues are reviving old time shows and country, hillbilly and bluegrass from the early 1900's forward...this is great music...I love tracing the development of mainstream rock 'n roll from the its roots of early country and race records...its fascinating...and I'm gratefull to all the folks out there that want to keep our musical heritage alive....not to mention all those folks (Al Gore, not withstanding) who gave us the internet to make this happen!
 
Yeh, I noticed Chaimberlane's other hits (covers) and boy those old gals that loved the ol' dreamboat must feel really surprised since he came out.

15 or 20 from each year is NOT enough, BUT 3,750 divided by 15 years = 250. When you consider that about 100-120 songs made the Top 10 (pick any station or chart) back in those days, 250 is an awful lot.
Yes, 3,750 songs is a lot of music, but I'm sure many will agree there were a LOT of stiffs in there!! Doris Day- I'll Never Stop Loving You??? Poor Jenny - Everly Bros.? Be careful, stiffs like those will have ppl searching for a different station. Although "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" was a cute song in it's day Summer of '61. I was just a kid then, too :)

Annette had "O Dio Mio" and "Tall Paul" they were OK, "Pineapple Princess" was a stiff IMO.

Anyway props to AlGore (he got my vote 3X)

np: "Go On With The Wedding" - Patti Page --- Are you kidding me??? (#11 in 1956)

Sorry to critique so much, but maybe you should have an alternate site for MOR stuff??
 
What about WBPM? That station known as "Cool 92.9" up in the Hudson Valley area. It is still an oldies station, but it does not come into New York City because Kingston is about 95 miles away from NYC.

If you have another station that plays standards and oldies, try "Music Of Your Life". They don't have it in NYC on numerous stations. You should listen to that stream on MOYL's website:

http://www.musicofyourlife.com
 
disney fanatic said:
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Why do you keep mentioning WBPM?
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Because it is an oldies station at 92.9 in the Hudson Valley that doesn't come into New York City. That's why NYC doesn't get an oldies station at all, thanks to CBS-FM's format change from last year.
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That makes no since.
 
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