FlatTop said:
:-[ Apologies to Ron! He sounds so much like a product of rock's golden age that I've taken him for a rock golden ager all these years!
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:-[ Apologies to Ron! He sounds so much like a product of rock's golden age that I've taken him for a rock golden ager all these years!
CTListener said:
Granted, many of the PAMS packages sounded "too" dated, but there were plenty that were quite passible and worked well when I ran my 60's - 80's deep Oldies web stream. A non-break the bank jingle that could be in the DRC-FM budget is why not have the PAMS Energy One shotgun (i.e., NYC's 99X shotgun) re-sung for Ron's Saturday night show? Even some of the older JAM packages like Positron, Class Action, etc., would be perfectly fine and less dated for Ron's show.
If I'm not mistaken, ex-98Q deejay Paul DiMarco uses a mix of classic and somewhat more modern jingles on his Totally 70's Radio Network where he has a decent span of more modern music, so there's no reason why you can't have an oldies "flare" and not sound overly dated in the on-air presentation.
Besides I hate to say it... but music from the 70's and 80's is now OLDIES.
Bring back the Jingles.
Hi get the Big Hits / Big D tie in, but in moving to this new package took away the soul of the station. Bring back a jingle or two an hour and give the Big D the big feel again.
Only part of the Big D that makes me smile now is Floyds drive at 5 where they still plaay "Another Big D Request" Jingle.
As far as WDRC HD2 goes, most of the jingles are from the You and Me and the Big D package, which I would say was from around 75 - 76.
Bring back the Jingles.
Hi get the Big Hits / Big D tie in, but in moving to this new package took away the soul of the station. Bring back a jingle or two an hour and give the Big D the big feel again.
Only part of the Big D that makes me smile now is Floyds drive at 5 where they still plaay "Another Big D Request" Jingle.
As far as WDRC HD2 goes, most of the jingles are from the You and Me and the Big D package, which I would say was from around 75 - 76.
I also miss the old WDRC-FM that I grew up listening to in the early 90s. Another part of my childhood gone. :'(
It's also a shame that for the most part WATR 1320 has gotten rid of their Oldies/Classic Hits format in favor of an all-talk show format. Although WATR's music came from Dial Global at least it was an alternative to WDRC-FM when they played some song that I did not like.
They won't do it, but WATR should buy cross-town WWCO 1240 from Buckley. Put the talk programming on 1240 and make WATR all Oldies/Classic Hits.
It's also a shame that for the most part WATR 1320 has gotten rid of their Oldies/Classic Hits format in favor of an all-talk show format. Although WATR's music came from Dial Global at least it was an alternative to WDRC-FM when they played some song that I did not like.
They won't do it, but WATR should buy cross-town WWCO 1240 from Buckley. Put the talk programming on 1240 and make WATR all Oldies/Classic Hits.
scottg said:
Ditch that package, and put the 60's PAMS WDRC jingles on the HD-2...or at least mix them in. Those jingles are painful to listen to over and over again.
It's kind of funny that Rockin Ron skipped directly from the 60's PAMS to 80's JAM...hopefully he has plans to get some of the classic WABC 70's JAM jingles. That would serve as a nice buffer....
MarcB said:
Bet you the only way that's going to happen is if they can score a translator for the AM, like the scenario with Ridgefield's WREF.
Coming home from dinner tonight as I was pulling into my mom's driveway at about 6:05PM, WDRC-FM was playing "Don't Speak" by No Doubt. That song came out in 1996 aka My Freshmen year in High School. Sunday will mark 13 years since I've graduated High School, but hearing that song on DRC-FM really makes me feel old since I remember WDRC-FM as the Oldies Station.
So I guess Big Hits = 70s, 80s, and 90s.
So I guess Big Hits = 70s, 80s, and 90s.
This is a pretty bold experiment that DRC-FM is undertaking. There's been a lot of chatter on this board, mostly by people outside the demographic, that people who like '60s and '70s music might also like '80s music, but will quickly switch stations if any '90s music comes on. Well, now we've got a station that's playing the Troggs and the Bellamy Brothers in the same two-hour stretch as Mariah Carey and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next ratings period ought to be very interesting.
CTListener said:
For me, it's not if any '90s music is played, but music that is unrecognizable. Several colleagues of mine worked at stations in the '90s and there's quite a bit of this decade's music in my collection so it's not like it's a total deal breaker. It's when tracks that I would classify as garbage that make me reach for the button. Much of the stuff I've heard them play from the '90s is simply tune-out music - nothing that makes me want to stick around.
Hell, when I ran my oldies webstream in the early to mid 2000's I would sneak in 1990's tracks that were favs of mine. I rarely got an email of complaint - mostly curiosity and even one of thanks. Had I kept the stream running I would have considered adding the 90s but not the annoying tracks.
I find myself now popping between CBS-FM and WLNG and, when I get it clearly, B107.3 or its main AM on 850 (the former WREF). Since they dropped the TrueOldies channel and roll their own music I think it's much more listenable.
I listened to WDRC for 4 hours today...on the way to work I heard "Lotta of Love" by the late Nicolette Larson, one of my all time favorite songs, I was in Middletown when it came on. " Heart Attack" by Olivia Newton-John, during a down pour in Bristol and a few other other songs, I loved. Great horizontal teases that gain some TSL. Plus they have pulled back a lot of talk and clutter. I enjoyed it.
I was in my car for a very short errand tonight, just long enough to hear Smashmouth's "All Star" segue into Samantha Sang's "Emotion." To me, "All Star" is one of those one-hit wonder earworms like "Macarena" that shouldn't be heard again, but I guess the teens of the '90s feel differently about it today, in their 30s.
scottg said:KML-224 said:This 42-year-old HATES what WDRC-FM is doing. They don't sound all that much different than WHCN-FM 105.9 now. Keep the 90s music out of it!
What he said.
What DRC is doing now may be the fastest way from first back to 8th.
Let's see if the over-40s bail out as much as so many of us think they're going to do. And if they do, whether their defection will be negated by the influx of under-30s who like '90s music and the music of earlier decades. Or are we assuming that, because '70s fans (according to conventional message-board wisdom) can't stand the '90s, that '90s fans will switch stations as soon as they hear the Doobie Brothers or Fleetwood Mac?
Correcting an earlier post:
And if they do, whether their defection will be negated by the influx of under-40s who like '90s music and the music of earlier decades.
I don't expect under-30s to switch to DRC-FM in any appreciable numbers. Some of them weren't even born when some of these newly added '90s hits were current.
And if they do, whether their defection will be negated by the influx of under-40s who like '90s music and the music of earlier decades.
I don't expect under-30s to switch to DRC-FM in any appreciable numbers. Some of them weren't even born when some of these newly added '90s hits were current.
Well I got to admit it, I am starting to like the new imaging. At first I hated it, but they seemed to have gotten rid of some of the really cheesy liners that we heard on the first few days. (Its time for more NONSTOP Hit Music on the Big D!) and now its starting to fit.
A few of the 90's don't seem to fit in but for the most part its one good song after another.
Rockin Ron has got his groove back now that he has some new jingles. His show sounds much more exciting with the Jingles.
Also their online streaming has been running bug free for the past few days now.
A few of the 90's don't seem to fit in but for the most part its one good song after another.
Rockin Ron has got his groove back now that he has some new jingles. His show sounds much more exciting with the Jingles.
Also their online streaming has been running bug free for the past few days now.
Well.... Apparently, they're still running jingles at DRC-FM, but I think they scaled it back some, giving us more music from the late 70s through the 90s. Also, it is noted that when you call for a request, it has to be from the late 70s, 80s, or early 90s.
I will agree with Scott that Ron's show is getting more exciting now that he has new JAM jingles in the mix. I normally tune in to the DRC-FM stream for Ron's Saturday night show though (rarely do I catch the stream in other day parts).
I will agree with Scott that Ron's show is getting more exciting now that he has new JAM jingles in the mix. I normally tune in to the DRC-FM stream for Ron's Saturday night show though (rarely do I catch the stream in other day parts).
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