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WBPM's Music Blimp Stinks!

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disney fanatic

Has anybody listened to a Saturday night which is on "Classic Hits 92.9" on Saturday night which is the "Music Blimp"? They're playing new wave and alternate rock from the late 70's, 80's and early 90's, and as for the whole speciality show, that's garbage! Randy Turnip (as warm590 would say) hosted that show for 2 hours. That is going down the drain, just like "Jack" did since June 3rd, 2005 where WCBS-FM had it for two years.

I hope this "Music Blimp" should sound a lot better than "Jack" when it was on 101.1 two years ago.

Anyone?
 
Sounds like a ringing endorsement for the great music of the New Wave era.

:)
 
disney fanatic said:
Has anybody listened to a Saturday night which is on "Classic Hits 92.9" on Saturday night which is the "Music Blimp"? They're playing new wave and alternate rock from the late 70's, 80's and early 90's, and as for the whole speciality show, that's garbage! Randy Turnip (as warm590 would say) hosted that show for 2 hours. That is going down the drain, just like "Jack" did since June 3rd, 2005 where WCBS-FM had it for two years.

I hope this "Music Blimp" should sound a lot better than "Jack" when it was on 101.1 two years ago.

Anyone?
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When did the Menands Workshop get the internet?

Seriously DF, why are you whining like a little girl over a 2 hour show on a weekend?

Sounds like an interesting show, although I don't get the name, since a blimp is used primarily as a visual tool. I cant see how it relates to music or radio.
 
I gotta agree with Dizzney on this; to me it's pretty awful, but thats my opinion... at least they are trying something different.....Mr. turnip is no Kid Kelly tho.. :mad:

If you want to hear something that would make a maggot puke, tune in "Club 92.9" on Lite saturday nite. Rick Knight and "Claire Channel" attempt to host a dance show...so awful; no continuity or energy like a dance show should have, and these 2 fight like a couple of teenage schoolgirls....inside jokes, arguing...wonder who let them on the air.... talk about stinkin' up the airwaves.....even automation would sound better than this :-[

fire away...

warm590
 
While there will be people who don't the New Wave music of that era, the fact is that it is a vastly underserved audience. WLIR was a legendary station because of the genre.

Reading Disney's distaste for the misic in his/her comments, I highly doubt the program is meant to target those who still think WCBS shuld be playing 50s and pre-Beatles 60s music like Cathy Jean & The Room-mates or "One Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater." :D
 
I guess that the new wave era of the late 70's through the early 90's on WBPM is trying to compete with WPDH and WDST for the audience. This is not going to be another WRKW when it was "Quality Rock" since it first hit the airwaves on 92.9 back in 1999.

This station needs to have another speciality show, and forget all the garbage playing on "Music Blimp", make it a Saturday night dance show which will play some Motown, R&B, freestyle songs from the 60's through the 80's when it was on "Rhythm 94.3" many years ago when it was on the original WBPM at 94.3. Randy Turnip will host a show. Or maybe a syndicated dance show or some sorts and forget it!

This is what we need to do with WBPM. :mad:
 
Not an expert; an expert knows everything about everything and I don't claim to. Just stating my opinion. I do work and have worked in local radio. Thanks for asking :-[

warm590 ;D
 
randy has always enjoyed some of the 'off-the-wall' music. and, he's not alone. hence, the blimp! it's just another example of scott shannons famous quote 'never let the format define you. YOU define the format.' and that, everybody, is what randy is doing. kudos, randy!
 
buford said:
randy has always enjoyed some of the 'off-the-wall' music. and, he's not alone. hence, the blimp! it's just another example of scott shannons famous quote 'never let the format define you. YOU define the format.' and that, everybody, is what randy is doing. kudos, randy!
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That's probably the best way anyone on this board has put it... Despite the armchair QBs trying to tear down something new (while pining for long dead oldies stations), mroe PDs should take a lesson from Turner. I, for one, have been turned off by the biz because of the generic "leadership" of most stations and their incessant need to only program to the "fat soccer mom" demo.
 
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