WGRR Slight Format Change?

[robmadden1]

I have been hearing alot of songs the fox plays lately. Have they gone to playing more of the classic rock hits instead of mostly jamin oldies type music?

I have heard songs like Supertramp - Long Way Home, David Bowie - Fame, Neil Young - After The Gold Rush, a few Queen songs, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama A few Eagles songs, Boz Scaggs, Gorden Lightfoot (I think I have heard a song of his), Genesis i think they play, Fleetwood Mac, Gerry Rafferty They are all songs the fox plays. Chi-lites is a weird mix to be adding to these classic rock songs its a song the new MOJO plays.

 

[robmadden1]

Today they sound like a classic rock station with a few jammin oldies type songs thrown in.

 

[Toddy-0]

Thursday afternoon: Watchin' the Wheels by John Lennon. What's next? You're Only Human by Billy Joel?

They need to stay 60's and 70's. Please!

 

[Apollo7979]

According to Arbitron, they are now classifying themselves as "classic hits."

This is probably why we're seeing more classic rock artists working their way into the playlist. I definitely like WGRR's approach to classic hits, though. It's nice to see a few rhythmic songs from the 70s and 80s getting some airplay.

 

[robmadden1]

This past week I have been hearing alot more 80's tunes then I have in the past. They are also updating thier website. It now shows Cumulus's copyright which before there was not one at all on the main index page.

 

[onegreatplace]

They may be playing themselves into a disaster...this seems to never work. They need to be more like DJO.

 

[Kent]

They may be playing themselves into a disaster...this seems to never work. They need to be more like DJO.

WGRR is caught between that proverbial rock and a hard place. The oldies format is too successful ratings-wise to throw away (Cumulus looked at nuking it but decided against it) but not billing what it used to. Being more like 'DJO might increase the ratings, but it would decrease billing as it would cause 'GRR to skew even older. National advertisers were considering it too old before Cumulus tweaked it.

 

[onegreatplace]

The Cumulus sales staff will struggle with this project.

 

[microbob]

Cumulus is known for dumping oldies for more younger skewing formats like Jack FM, I'd say the clock is ticking over. They are 80 percent Classic Hits with a few Jammin oldies titles thrown in.

 

[robmadden1]

They need to add songs like from Tom Petty, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Pure Prairie League, The Greg Kihn Band, Kasas, Stephen Stills, Heart if they want to be more of a classic hits station.

 

[Toddy-0]

Wait. If I hear another station replay and replay Refugee, Amie, Dust in the Wind, Sharped Dressed Man and Sweet Home Alabama, I'm gonna puke.

I can say the same for the old Death98 triple spin of House at Pooh Corner, How Long and the Pablo Cruise song.

My wife was shocked to hear an Elton John song on WGRR that wasn't Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock or Candle in the Wind.

Here's a thought, how about a format that's not incredibly narrowcast.

I'll dare one of these stations to put the following on the air:

Delta Dawn
Have you ever been mellow?
Early Hall and Oates (except Rich Girl)
a lot of the Huff/Gamble library
frankly, anything that JackFM plays in Chicago
even the Statler Brothers
any cross-overs.
Cliff Richards????

Let's hear some 70's R&B that isn't overplayed.

My point, to tune to Fox or Mix or Warm or WEBN, it's too predictable. SHOCK us from time to time!

Nothing like playing something different. Example: in the height of Q102's reign, hearing Joe Lomas sub and play Debbie Boone....or the infamous Billy Squire incident.

Today's radio is z-z-z-z-z-z. Localize and make it worth listening.

Oh yeah, the format name: "God, I haven't heard that in years"