That's a different format. Classic hits doesn't do 60s. Hasn't for a long time.
WMJI is one of the most popular stations in town. There is no upside to breaking format.
Pay for Sirius and you can hear 60s all day.
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WMJI drops Casey Kasem's Top 40
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That's a different format. Classic hits doesn't do 60s. Hasn't for a long time.
WMJI is one of the most popular stations in town. There is no upside to breaking format.
Pay for Sirius and you can hear 60s all day.
It is of interest to note that at the aforementioned WBWC 88.3 FM (wbwc.com), they have "The Summer Marathon" series which happens every Thursday until September. Except for a Local Music marathon, all shows feature the playing of one artist or group for 18 hours beginning at 7:00am. Two of the upcoming Marathons, proposed, and hosted, by students are Chicago and Elton John.
WMJI does mix in some 60s tunes once in a while, specifically the Beatles.
A 3 hour 60s show on the weekend will not break the format.
I don't necessarily want to hear 60s all day.
Thanks, John. Just wondering what the selection process is for the summer marathons. I know the Beatles get one every year. How are the others selected?
I hope your sister is doing OK.
For one thing, it's what people want to do. There is an attempt to pick artists who have something going on such as a new release, an upcoming Northeastern Ohio area appearance, or becoming a new member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. For the first time, the last Summer Marathon is a listener's choice. Based on response, the one with the most votes will be on-the-air. I'm not involved in this process, but you can let your preference(s) known on the wbwc.com webpage, probably on the stations Facebook page... you could email [email protected].
Well, I stopped listening to new music over 20 years ago. Some of the marathons are for artists I've never heard of. It seems like it would need to be an artist that has enough material to cover 18 hours. I assume mega-hit artists like the Stones, Eagles, etc. have had marathons already. But there are probably many others that have not yet been selected.
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Gorman’s longtime friend/colleague Denny Sanders came back to radio in 2019 to program WDLW 1380/98.9 Lorain. But that’s also a station where the ownership knows how to sell the station to local businesses and thus can break even.
I listen to new music and there's a lot of good music out there these days, along with trash too, of course. Two of my favorite recent, as in the past 20 years, artists are Linkin' Park and The Weekend. I started liking Linkin' Park with their second hit called "In The End". I like all of the Weekend's CHR and Adult Contemporary hits. If you decide to get a taste of what's new, I suggest listening to the countdown shows. WQAL 104.1 has one on Saturday mornings around 8'ish. WAKS 96.5 FM has "AT 40" on from about 8:00am until noon on Sunday mornings. For today's Country, which is really soft rock with a twang, WGAR has a Top 30 countdown from 8:00am until noon on Sundays. The Country countdown is the best at giving title and artist information. I just wish it would be a Top 40 countdown like it used to be. Covering 4 hours, there's lots of time for somewhat needless extras when there are only 30 charted songs to play. The worst is "AT 40" with Ryan Seacrest who spits his lines so fast, sometimes it's hard to understand him and, sometimes, he doesn't even tell you the name of the song or artist. What a waste on a countdown show where the music is supposed to be the focus.
The problem with the country Top 40 these days is very few stations are playing songs #31 to 40. So it's an entire hour of unfamiliar music. The old Bob Kingsley show is still being done with Fitz out of KNUC in Seattle. Last I heard, he was still doing the full Top 40. The original American Country Countdown is hosted by Kix Brooks. It's also 4 hours, but only covers the Top 30. The rest is filled with recurrents and gold.
According to the Billboard Hot 100, "In the End" was Linkin Park's first Top 40 hit. I guess you were referring to one of the more specialized charts. I do not recall hearing the earlier songs until I got satellite radio.
Also filled with interviews (ok), and unnecessary features (sometimes, blah). Too many gold and re-currents. I much prefer the full Top 40. Right around the time that Bob Kingsley died, WGAR in Cleveland switched to the current countdown which, I think, is an in-house corporate production.
After doing some research: The first song was a hard rock, yelling thing called "One Step Closer". Then came "Crawling", another harder-edged song. Both were Active Rockers that also played on Alternative stations as the Alt Rock format, at the time, was leaning harder... So much so that there seemed to be only small differences between the two sometimes. Their third hit, and the first to make the Top 40, as you pointed out, was "In The End". As it turned out, "In The End" was an In-the-beginning for Linkin' Park as hitmakers.
The station is lacking so much local flavor, that I haven't listened to it since Spring. I really wish they'd rebrand, or at best...Let the public in on whatever they are trying to prove format and disc jockey wise. Outside of the obvious "We are Corporate Radio, so either like us or lump us we don't care....."
Maybe the long term "Majic" is how they are trying to make their audience disappear....
Maybe the long term "Majic" is how they are trying to make their audience disappear....
Just FYI, Scott Davidson IS local. He's been on a number of Ohio radio stations for almost 40 years.
He's certainly more local than Casey Kasem.
That's an exaggeration, but if you want to hear rock & roll, this is not the station. More likely WMMS.
I believe Kat Jackson is also. I don't know if they are live or voice tracked most of their shifts.
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For a city that is supposed to be the rock and roll capital of the world, its radio stations are quite pathetic."
Exaggeration, maybe....But I laughed out loud when I read it. 26 years later, and never did we see a "Rock Hall Dedicated" station that played music by it's members. Not as much today, but it may have really been a plus for out-of-town visitors to see what the Hall is about and how the city feels about it.
It's a great idea, and the way it could have happened would be for the Hall itself to simply start an LPFM non-profit station in its lobby and play audio from its archive. It's a very simple idea. At one time, there was such a thing at the Country Music Hall of Fame. It takes vision from the people at the Hall. If you wait for a profit-making company to do it, it's never going to happen. There is no profit in such a thing. Music organizations don't think about radio at all, even streaming radio stations.
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