WMAG Sunday evenings

[BIG APE]

;D Poor Bernie Mann..."The Day the Music Died"!

 

[vchimpanzee]

They must be running some of those 40s-60s adult standards vchimp fawns over and restricts hisself to.

Why shouldn't I? It's the best music there is. Most of the fans of that music have given up on terrestrial radio because they won't even bother with some of what I like.

Those fans you are referencing didn't give up on terrestrial radio, they're dead, or deaf, or in nursing homes drooling all over themselves. That's quite a target for advertisers. You should ask Wes Jones why they switched WIST from "Timeless Classics" to whatever they're calling calling the country format they're running these days. I once heard Bernie Mann joke that he had to change formats on WGLD 100.3 from beautiful music to a more contemporary format on Joy-FM was because every time he saw a hearse go by it had one of his listeners in it (or words to that effect).

I don't believe that for one minute.

I belong to a group of fans of "beautiful music" and some of them are younger than I am.

People in the 20s and even younger like standards (remember Tony Bennett on MTV?). I liked them, and beautful music, in my teens.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Oh, yeah, Wes Jones. He has a great radio station now.

 

[quadraphonic]

They must be running some of those 40s-60s adult standards vchimp fawns over and restricts hisself to.

Why shouldn't I? It's the best music there is. Most of the fans of that music have given up on terrestrial radio because they won't even bother with some of what I like.

Those fans you are referencing didn't give up on terrestrial radio, they're dead, or deaf, or in nursing homes drooling all over themselves. That's quite a target for advertisers. You should ask Wes Jones why they switched WIST from "Timeless Classics" to whatever they're calling calling the country format they're running these days. I once heard Bernie Mann joke that he had to change formats on WGLD 100.3 from beautiful music to a more contemporary format on Joy-FM was because every time he saw a hearse go by it had one of his listeners in it (or words to that effect).

I don't believe that for one minute.

I belong to a group of fans of "beautiful music" and some of them are younger than I am.

People in the 20s and even younger like standards (remember Tony Bennett on MTV?). I liked them, and beautful music, in my teens.

Sounds like one of yall in that group might wanna join Columbia House and share!

 

[vchimpanzee]

They must be running some of those 40s-60s adult standards vchimp fawns over and restricts hisself to.

Why shouldn't I? It's the best music there is. Most of the fans of that music have given up on terrestrial radio because they won't even bother with some of what I like.

Those fans you are referencing didn't give up on terrestrial radio, they're dead, or deaf, or in nursing homes drooling all over themselves. That's quite a target for advertisers. You should ask Wes Jones why they switched WIST from "Timeless Classics" to whatever they're calling calling the country format they're running these days. I once heard Bernie Mann joke that he had to change formats on WGLD 100.3 from beautiful music to a more contemporary format on Joy-FM was because every time he saw a hearse go by it had one of his listeners in it (or words to that effect).

I don't believe that for one minute.

I belong to a group of fans of "beautiful music" and some of them are younger than I am.

People in the 20s and even younger like standards (remember Tony Bennett on MTV?). I liked them, and beautful music, in my teens.

Sounds like one of yall in that group might wanna join Columbia House and share!

I don't have the money, but some of those in the group are buying the records when they can find them. Some are selling them. Some are programming radio stations or the music services such as XM, some are musicians who would record if someone would pay for it.

One radio station I like advertises the device you use to call for help if you fall down and can't get up. There's also a commercial for people who need help with Medicare.

But it's not a tired old station. I admit that when callers are on the air with the satellite DJs, they often sound old. I think the station sounds pretty hip.