Other than morning drive I sure am hearing a bunch of questionable music. Jan had the station sounding great with the music now it's starting to drift.The music after 10am and especially between 11p-5a. I think Jan is taking on a great risk with these latest moves. Brant Miller sounds very good. Easy on the ears. Good lineup all the way through. BUT what really chaps my ass is after 11pm hardly any talk. Might as well be voice tracked. Hell probably is. I didn't hear one break from a jock all sat night. That's just foolish in a city the size of Chicago. The audio and imaging is superb! We shall see if these latest moves improve on there already stellar ratings.
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Do they no longer play any R&B/soul crossover hits?
From what I had read, they were sounding more like KRTH in L.A. But the music mix I heard was closer to the old arrow format as KRTH plays plenty of R&B crossovers.
How many stations does Chicago need where the core artist seems to be Journey?
From what I had read, they were sounding more like KRTH in L.A. But the music mix I heard was closer to the old arrow format as KRTH plays plenty of R&B crossovers.
How many stations does Chicago need where the core artist seems to be Journey?
As noted in another thread, WLS-FM has gone to a classic hits format. I would say it's around 80% rock (that includes soft rock, hard rock, whatever).
There isn't much Pop, R&B or disco on the playlist, if any of the latter. I think I heard them play a Marvin Gaye track while streaming the other day but that was about it. Everything else was rock. I guess I've always been an outspoken fan of K-Hits on here, but I think they sound much better...better classic hits variety, more like KRTH.
There isn't much Pop, R&B or disco on the playlist, if any of the latter. I think I heard them play a Marvin Gaye track while streaming the other day but that was about it. Everything else was rock. I guess I've always been an outspoken fan of K-Hits on here, but I think they sound much better...better classic hits variety, more like KRTH.
I listened to 90 minutes of WLS FM and WJMK this afternoon. Both stations sounded identical. Where do you go to hear Motown or great soul music anymore? LS might have a great air personality line up.but do we really need two classic hits stations?
I heard that overplayed "Come On Eileen" on both stations this afternoon. I heard one sixties song "Eight Days a Week". Jan Jeffries stated that WLS will sound like no other station in Chicago. Since the change two weeks ago, it sounds like any other classic hits station.
WJMK should play those pop 60's oldies that WLS discarded. I guess "classic hits" means rock hits from the 70s and 80s. Wheres the great black music that was such an important part of the era?
There was such a heritage of wonderful music from the 60s and 70s that no one is playing anymore. Motown..The Supremes,Temptations, Four Tops, Smokey, Marvin Gaye,etc is timeless music. Why isn't it getting played?..especially in a city like Chicago?
I heard that overplayed "Come On Eileen" on both stations this afternoon. I heard one sixties song "Eight Days a Week". Jan Jeffries stated that WLS will sound like no other station in Chicago. Since the change two weeks ago, it sounds like any other classic hits station.
WJMK should play those pop 60's oldies that WLS discarded. I guess "classic hits" means rock hits from the 70s and 80s. Wheres the great black music that was such an important part of the era?
There was such a heritage of wonderful music from the 60s and 70s that no one is playing anymore. Motown..The Supremes,Temptations, Four Tops, Smokey, Marvin Gaye,etc is timeless music. Why isn't it getting played?..especially in a city like Chicago?
Most "classic hits" stations sound like WCBS-FM or KRTH, although the sounds can vary. WLS-FM is exceptionally rock leaning.
While they may draw from the same time periods of music, I have to disagree about KHits sounding identical to WLS-FM. KHits has a broader playlist...WLS-FM is not going to play Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, The Main Ingredient, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees, Chic, The Emotions, Pointer Sisters, etc anymore (I drew these from KHits' recently played). WLS-FM now plays more rock than WJMK does. From my listening experiences 104.3 now covers a broader spectrum of classic hits than 94.7.
Most "Motown" is becoming rather scarce on classic hits stations, save for the tried and true ("Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "Baby Love", "My Girl", etc.). Just a part of the format moving away from the 60s. I feel that WLS has screwed up quite a bit. They could have evolved without drastically modifying the sound. WLS-FM's rock focus is quite interesting and has been successful in giving WJMK a nice niche.
While they may draw from the same time periods of music, I have to disagree about KHits sounding identical to WLS-FM. KHits has a broader playlist...WLS-FM is not going to play Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, The Main Ingredient, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees, Chic, The Emotions, Pointer Sisters, etc anymore (I drew these from KHits' recently played). WLS-FM now plays more rock than WJMK does. From my listening experiences 104.3 now covers a broader spectrum of classic hits than 94.7.
Most "Motown" is becoming rather scarce on classic hits stations, save for the tried and true ("Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "Baby Love", "My Girl", etc.). Just a part of the format moving away from the 60s. I feel that WLS has screwed up quite a bit. They could have evolved without drastically modifying the sound. WLS-FM's rock focus is quite interesting and has been successful in giving WJMK a nice niche.
carolinaradio said:
I have to agree with you Carolinaradio. WLS-FM is so far off the mainstream musicwise I have given up on them. WJMK is more like KRTH & CBS-FM. WLS-FM is not my station anymore thanks to Jan Jeffries. They have lost me completely.
Sadly, when Cumulus took over WLS-FM, I figured they would eventually mess it up and that CBS was waiting in the wings to try to grab disappointed listeners whenever that happened. I understand that the format has to evolve, but the recent evolution at WLS-FM is just weird and jarring. CBS has stayed the course with WJMK over the past 18 months, even with numbers around half of WLS-FM's - if they continue to do so, I think they will benefit from the recent changes at WLS.radioman148 said:
I used to love WLS-FM! What am I going to do now?
RayInChicago said:
The music is terrible & they have good named talent that are rarely allowed to speak.
This station has gone down the drain since Jeffries took over.
Bad tuneburn setting in. Friday night, Oct 19, played Brown Eyed Girl late in the 11 oclock hour and
again near 5 AM.
Too much "Sister Golden Hair", Too much "What a Fool Believes"
Too much "American Pie".
This is not radio, it is wallpaper.
Hope they keep the lights on with such a product. I'm sure there are sufficient zombies to listen to this to
satisfy PPM purposes for billing. Active listeners with the memory span of a goldfish will like this, too.
Those with normally functioning brains that crave some meaningful variations in the daily play will depart or are already gone.
I'm sure this is radio as business says it "has" to be.
That said, time is not money, anymore than sex is love.
again near 5 AM.
Too much "Sister Golden Hair", Too much "What a Fool Believes"
Too much "American Pie".
This is not radio, it is wallpaper.
Hope they keep the lights on with such a product. I'm sure there are sufficient zombies to listen to this to
satisfy PPM purposes for billing. Active listeners with the memory span of a goldfish will like this, too.
Those with normally functioning brains that crave some meaningful variations in the daily play will depart or are already gone.
I'm sure this is radio as business says it "has" to be.
That said, time is not money, anymore than sex is love.
Tom Wells said:
It's pretty common for stations of all kinds to reuse songs played during the day in the overnight hours.
Statistically, there are almost zero people who listen in 7-Mid who are going to be around, also, at 5 AM.
So the risk is minimal, but the advantages are huge in terms of "excluding" Midnight to 5 AM from the rotational controls because it means that stations can better optimize the horizontal and vertical rotations for the times that matter.
The practice is so common that the commonly used music scheduling software can do this automatically and the programs allow the programmer to determine the hours where music can be "harvested" and in what hours in overnights it can be replayed.
Tom Wells said:
You forgot "Hotel California".
The "wallpaper" description seems fitting after trying to listen daily since Oct. 16. Losing my enthusiam for the station quickly. Oh well, back to my vast collection of "Oldies", satellite radio, online streams and (if I'm out of town) listening to local radio in other parts of the country.
DavidEduardo said:
MuiscMaster will even let you recycle whole hours in different defined dayparts - very handy feature for controlling rotations.
A station I worked for would recycle music similarly - I'd play certain songs at 2AM, then at 8 or 9 AM I would hear the same songs. Worked like a charm....station had great ratings. But those were for powers only.
Ok---I'll ask an obvious question----how have the ratings and revenue been for this station? I'm going to guess pretty bad. So your solution is to continue to do what has not been working?
The station playlist looks pretty good to me..especially if the station is interested in improving its male audience.
R&B music from the 60s is pretty much dead to anyone under the age of 60. D
The station playlist looks pretty good to me..especially if the station is interested in improving its male audience.
R&B music from the 60s is pretty much dead to anyone under the age of 60. D
smashedcd said:
I haven't listen but from the descriptions it does remind me of WLS after Disco Demolition when they began to pull rhythmic from the playlist.
radiorob2.0 said:
I believe you have the wrong station. I think it was AM 1000 Which at that time was WLUP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night
Disco Demolition was in 1979. AM 1000 didn't become WLUP until 1987. Of course, WLUP-FM 97.9 was behind Disco Demolition.
I knew it was WLUP and not WLS. For some some reason I forgot the FM. Thanks it all kind of "runs together" Of course that was over 30 years ago!
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