I'm in the Poconos and don't get in WDAS, but listen to WOGL all the time. Recently, I noticed a little more motown and soul music being played (four tops, diana ross, marvin gaye, ect) I mean they're still playing plenty of 70s and (got help me) 80s, just a lot more soulful sixties hits. Anyone else notice this?
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WOGL playing more motown and soul?
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jhguthlac
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Are they perhaps a little worried about WDAS-AM? If not, they should be!
I have also noticed, especially after the new year that it sounded a little more like WOGL right after they stopped using the "Oldies" identifier. More traditional Oldies were put on back to back with less of the Classic Rock/Hits type songs.
Has WCBS-FM in NYC been doing anything similar?
I agree, the other day we were listening to WDAS on WISX HD 2 in my car radio, the wife told me she was somewhat tired of the station and switched it to WOGL only to head the same 4tops song. WOGL is playing more 60's soul.
It's a brand new year. Given their history, WOGL should be deleting certain 60's and early 70's songs and making way for more 80's songs, correct?
Are you saying that because of a tiny AM station that the average listener knows nothing about that WOGL is actually ADDING OLDER songs to their regular rotation in 2012?
It makes no sense. They certainly didn't start adding "real oldies" to their rotation when WPGR or Oldies 950 went off the air.
If there is something to this, it must have to do with demographics. They're obviously not concerned with losing white baby boomers, that ship sailed a long time ago. But are they genuinely concerned about losing their older inner city black listeners?
Are you saying that because of a tiny AM station that the average listener knows nothing about that WOGL is actually ADDING OLDER songs to their regular rotation in 2012?
It makes no sense. They certainly didn't start adding "real oldies" to their rotation when WPGR or Oldies 950 went off the air.
If there is something to this, it must have to do with demographics. They're obviously not concerned with losing white baby boomers, that ship sailed a long time ago. But are they genuinely concerned about losing their older inner city black listeners?
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imhomerjay
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Hearing a Four Tops song on WOGL doesn't seem to indicate there's more soul being played in and of itself. It would take something a bit more comprehensive than random examples to show just how extensive any changes are.
athegymtday said:
You mean...It's The Same Old(ies) Song on WOGL?
Radio Wreck said:
I surely HOPE they don't add more 80s to the playlist. Lord kill me if I hear more songs like "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. Maybe it's just the personalities on air selecting the Motown songs I'm hearing more of, but it does sound like there is more of them in the average rotation.
Dated Thu. 1/19/12, the Top 100 Songs for the week for WOGL as of this posting (via Yes.com; I would have used Mediabase.com's list but WOGL wasn't available):
Top Songs - Song Log - WOGL-FM Philadelphia - Last 7 Days 1/12-18/2012
1 Louis Armstrong's Orchestra & Chorus - What A Wonderful World '68/'88
2 Al Green - Let's Stay Together '72
3 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain '71
4 America - Sister Golden Hair '75
5 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy '64
6 The 4 Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) '76
7 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic '81
8 Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle '77
9 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky '70
10 Dobie Gray - Drift Away '73
11 The Bee Gees - More Than A Woman '78
12 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame '78
13 The Jackson 5 - ABC '70
14 Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything '74/'75
15 Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) '79
16 Ray Charles - America The Beautiful '76
17 The Contours - Do You Love Me '62/'87
18 James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Got You (I Feel Good) '65/'66
19 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) '72
20 The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself '65
21 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music '67
22 Dion - Abraham, Martin And John '68
23 Don McLean - American Pie '71/'72
24 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) '83
25 Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? '70
26 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty '76
27 King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight '73
28 The Temptations - Get Ready '66
29 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (w/ Teddy Pendergrass) '75/'76
30 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up '81
31 Ben E. King - Stand By Me '61/'86
32 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That '79
33 The 4 Seasons - Who Loves You '75
34 Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield '83
35 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone '74/'76
36 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now '79
37 Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour '65
38 Steely Dan - Do It Again '72/'73
39 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On '71
40 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine '68/'69
41 The Intruders - I'll Always Love My Mama '73
42 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It '81/'82
43 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful '75
44 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction '65
45 Elton John - Crocodile Rock '73
46 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music '76
47 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business '74
48 Donna Summer - Last Dance '78
49 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine '76
50 Badfinger - No Matter What '70/'71
51 Rick James - Super Freak '81
52 Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real '79
53 The Commodores - Easy '77
54 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay '68
55 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold '70
56 Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown '80
57 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown '76
58 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson '68
59 The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody '65/'90
60 The Trammps - Disco Inferno '76/'78
61 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up '73/'74
62 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel '76
63 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight '75
64 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend '71
65 The Spinners - One Of A Kind (Love Affair) '74
66 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People '69
67 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light '77
68 The Emotions - Best Of My Love '77
69 Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools '67/'68
70 America - A Horse With No Name '72
71 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl '67
72 Stevie Wonder - I Wish '76/'77
73 Shannon - Let The Music Play '83/'84
74 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline '69
75 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock & Roll '79/'83
76 Prince - 1999 '82/'83
77 The Spinners - Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time '80
78 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now '72
79 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion '67/'68
80 The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand '64
81 George Benson - On Broadway '78
82 Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances '66
83 The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg '66
84 Orleans - Still The One '76
85 The Beatles - Let It Be '70
86 Chicago - Saturday In The Park '72
87 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
88 The Spinners - It's A Shame '70
89 The Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music '72
90 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rich Girl '77
91 Sister Sledge - We Are Family '79
92 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive '79
93 The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing '76
94 The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) '66
95 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted '66
96 Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe '74
97 Free - All Right Now '70
98 T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) '72
99 The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go '64
100 Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman '64
Top Songs - Song Log - WOGL-FM Philadelphia - Last 7 Days 1/12-18/2012
1 Louis Armstrong's Orchestra & Chorus - What A Wonderful World '68/'88
2 Al Green - Let's Stay Together '72
3 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain '71
4 America - Sister Golden Hair '75
5 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy '64
6 The 4 Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) '76
7 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic '81
8 Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle '77
9 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky '70
10 Dobie Gray - Drift Away '73
11 The Bee Gees - More Than A Woman '78
12 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame '78
13 The Jackson 5 - ABC '70
14 Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything '74/'75
15 Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) '79
16 Ray Charles - America The Beautiful '76
17 The Contours - Do You Love Me '62/'87
18 James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Got You (I Feel Good) '65/'66
19 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) '72
20 The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself '65
21 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music '67
22 Dion - Abraham, Martin And John '68
23 Don McLean - American Pie '71/'72
24 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) '83
25 Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? '70
26 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty '76
27 King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight '73
28 The Temptations - Get Ready '66
29 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (w/ Teddy Pendergrass) '75/'76
30 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up '81
31 Ben E. King - Stand By Me '61/'86
32 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That '79
33 The 4 Seasons - Who Loves You '75
34 Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield '83
35 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone '74/'76
36 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now '79
37 Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour '65
38 Steely Dan - Do It Again '72/'73
39 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On '71
40 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine '68/'69
41 The Intruders - I'll Always Love My Mama '73
42 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It '81/'82
43 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful '75
44 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction '65
45 Elton John - Crocodile Rock '73
46 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music '76
47 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business '74
48 Donna Summer - Last Dance '78
49 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine '76
50 Badfinger - No Matter What '70/'71
51 Rick James - Super Freak '81
52 Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real '79
53 The Commodores - Easy '77
54 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay '68
55 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold '70
56 Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown '80
57 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown '76
58 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson '68
59 The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody '65/'90
60 The Trammps - Disco Inferno '76/'78
61 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up '73/'74
62 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel '76
63 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight '75
64 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend '71
65 The Spinners - One Of A Kind (Love Affair) '74
66 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People '69
67 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light '77
68 The Emotions - Best Of My Love '77
69 Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools '67/'68
70 America - A Horse With No Name '72
71 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl '67
72 Stevie Wonder - I Wish '76/'77
73 Shannon - Let The Music Play '83/'84
74 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline '69
75 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock & Roll '79/'83
76 Prince - 1999 '82/'83
77 The Spinners - Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time '80
78 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now '72
79 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion '67/'68
80 The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand '64
81 George Benson - On Broadway '78
82 Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances '66
83 The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg '66
84 Orleans - Still The One '76
85 The Beatles - Let It Be '70
86 Chicago - Saturday In The Park '72
87 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
88 The Spinners - It's A Shame '70
89 The Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music '72
90 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rich Girl '77
91 Sister Sledge - We Are Family '79
92 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive '79
93 The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing '76
94 The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) '66
95 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted '66
96 Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe '74
97 Free - All Right Now '70
98 T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) '72
99 The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go '64
100 Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman '64
Thanks for posting the list and reminding me again why I don't listen to WOGL. So the oldest song they play is "Stand By Me" from 1961 followed by "Do You Love Me" from 1962. Nothing from 1960 or 1963. It's interesting to note that many of the titles were hits a second time around due to movie releases a generation or two later. Obviously if it weren't for the movie of the same title, "Stand By Me" would have been shelved decades ago. The same goes with the movie "Ghost" and "Unchained Melody." What film featured "Do You Love Me?" Was it Dirty Dancing?
Radio Wreck said:
Yep - Dirty Dancing from 1987. I don't listen to WOGL as much as I used to (smartphone, unlimited data, and a line in jack), but whatever they are doing is working for them. Hell, the PPM data from WOGL is what convinced CBS to bring CBS-FM back, albeit in a modified form.
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jhguthlac
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In addition to Do You Love Me being in a later movie, so was Stand By Me. So basically, they are a 70's and 80's station.
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imhomerjay
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Anyone's iPod has a "better" library than a given station, because it tends to be so personalized. Not possible with radio. You can leave out whatever you happen to dislike, add more of what interests you---but the person next to you with their iPod might feel the exact opposite about what's "boring," "old" or "overplayed."
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fmradio1
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This discussion is PRECISLEY why music is slowly leaving FM and going to alternative delivery systems. Nowadays EVERYONE can be their own PD. Why listen to over the air music radio with the songs being chosen by someone else, when you can assemble your own digital music library on an I-Pod or MP3, or choose from the countless music streams on the internet that play the exact music you're looking for, depending on the day and your mood? When radio was the ONLY music option, it sounded a whole lot better. People's dissatisfaction with radio has increased as more personalized choices become available with new media. Radio is in the business of BROADCASTING, not narrowcasting!
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