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WLTW's non-Christmas web stream: like Lite was a decade ago

Go to Lite FM's stream web page and click on "Click Here to Listen to the Best Variety of Yesterday and Today".

This is not the same music mix that 106.7 was playing prior to the switchover to all-Christmas. It is much softer, more like a Soft AC station, with very few currents or recurrents. It is clearly just an automated jukebox, with no liners or IDs between the songs, and no audio processing except a slow gain-riding AGC.

It reminds me of what Lite was like a decade ago, before they started adding uptempo current hits (I think when they added Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" was the first real sign that they were no longer a Soft-leaning AC format).

Here's a sample playlist from when I listened to the stream last night:

Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About [1991]
Green Day - Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) [1998]
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [1975]
Daniel Powter - Bad Day [2005]
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven [1992]
Billy Joel - The River Of Dreams [1993]
The Manhattans - Shining Star [1980]
Train - Calling All Angels [2003]
England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight [1976]
Dan Fogelberg - Rhythm Of The Rain [1990]
Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun [2002]
Sister Sledge - We Are Family [1979]
Loggins & Messina - Danny's Song [1972]
Eagles - How Long [2007]
Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us [1981]
The Bangles - Eternal Flame [1989]
Luther Vandross - Here And Now [1989]
Ace Of Base - The Sign [1993]
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile [1976]
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy [2006]
Rod Stewart - Rhythm Of My Heart [1991]
Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me [1997]
Elton John - Candle In The Wind (Live) [1987]
 
Another difference is that the "soft Lite jukebox" web stream is 128 kbps, while the on-air stream and the "Classic Lite" stream are only 32 kbps, so it sounds a lot better. Here's a direct link to it:

http://mfile.akamai.com/22414/live/reflector:36366.asx

I just heard them play the Kenny G. remix of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" -- another very soft song WLTW wouldn't be caught dead playing on the air today, lest it be branded as "Too Old, Too Lite!"
 
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