Does anyone here think WOGL sounds pretty bland compared to K-EARTH in Los Angles
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Different markets. Each does its own research and reflects what the available audience there wants.
If you compare the markets, you will find very different lifestyles, so differences are natural. Also, we know that large ethnic populations influence the overall market music "mood" and in that LA and Philadelphia are a world apart.
But NYC and Philly have similarities. CBS FM is dominant and sounds great. OGL sounds like its just going through the motions.
WOGL has been known to lean more rhythmic compared to other oldies or classic hits stations. WCBS-FM is more balanced, and even plays some songs that would be a bedrock for the "Soft AC" format. Both WOGL and WCBS differ from classic rock-leaning stations.
It does help that CBS-FM is more personality-driven compared to WOGL, though.
again, different research for a different market.
OGL sounded great and fresh for about a month last year when they updated their imaging & got a new VO guy.
Dropping the nobody plays more 80's line. They started to play more 90's and less 70's, but with the 90's it was more rhythmic/R&B. This vreated a great difference from BEN-Fm that is more rock leaning with its 90's selections.
Anyway, polling/numbers must've not agreed. After a month or so they panicked and went back to the same bland tired mostly 80's playlist they had before.
Dropping the nobody plays more 80's line. They started to play more 90's and less 70's, but with the 90's it was more rhythmic/R&B. This vreated a great difference from BEN-Fm that is more rock leaning with its 90's selections.
Anyway, polling/numbers must've not agreed. After a month or so they panicked and went back to the same bland tired mostly 80's playlist they had before.
I think K-earth from los angles sounds the best out of them all. WCBS is good though
For those of us who like live jocks, that contributes to our preference for K-Earth and WCBS over the more-voicetracked WOGL.
WOGL has been known to lean more rhythmic compared to other oldies or classic hits stations. WCBS-FM is more balanced, and even plays some songs that would be a bedrock for the "Soft AC" format. Both WOGL and WCBS differ from classic rock-leaning stations.
That assumption goes way back to the 50s and 60s when top 40 radio was at its peak, WIBG always had a rhythmic lean, plenty of soul, motown, r&b and funk, mixed in with the usual hits of the day. This was when most top 40 stations were playing whatever billboard said was hot plus local favorites. To this day, when I stream oldies sites, I hear unfamiliar non rhythmic oldies that I never heard WIBBAGE play and low and behold I look them up and they were top 10 hits, untouched by Hy Lit or the Rockin' Bird. This was evident when I tuned in to stations in my listening area, WABC, WMCA, WMID and WAMS, and nightly WLS, WCFL, CKLW and WKBW a much different playlist. Then in 66 main stream WFIL came on board and the rest is history.
That assumption goes way back to the 50s and 60s when top 40 radio was at its peak, WIBG always had a rhythmic lean, plenty of soul, motown, r&b and funk, mixed in with the usual hits of the day. This was when most top 40 stations were playing whatever billboard said was hot plus local favorites. To this day, when I stream oldies sites, I hear unfamiliar non rhythmic oldies that I never heard WIBBAGE play and low and behold I look them up and they were top 10 hits, untouched by Hy Lit or the Rockin' Bird. This was evident when I tuned in to stations in my listening area, WABC, WMCA, WMID and WAMS, and nightly WLS, WCFL, CKLW and WKBW a much different playlist. Then in 66 main stream WFIL came on board and the rest is history.
Actually, from the late 50's through all of the 60's most Top 40 stations used Gavin to follow the music trends for radio. We did store surveys, tabulated requests, even checked jukebox play if a jobber would give us data.
There were huge regional differences in airplay. Because rock ´n roll was only minimally covered on national TV, there were lots of local and regional hits that did not make it nationally. And, of course, there were other more noxious factors that influenced local stations.
Remember, Storer had to promise not to do Top 40 when it bought WMGM in New York City because of allegations that the company's Top 40 stations engaged in payola earlier in the decade.
Still, I had a dog named Wibbage back then.
Still, I had a dog named Wibbage back then.
did he sing "W I B G R A D I O 9 9" first in philadelphia, lol.... When they were at their peak, around the summer of 64, when the Beatles were hot and being the only game in town, Joe Niagara said on air we have a 24 rating from Pulse and Hooper, unheard of nowadays. That was even with that horrible night signal.
did he sing "W I B G R A D I O 9 9" first in philadelphia, lol.... When they were at their peak, around the summer of 64, when the Beatles were hot and being the only game in town, Joe Niagara said on air we have a 24 rating from Pulse and Hooper, unheard of nowadays. That was even with that horrible night signal.
That dog is part of the story of how I got into radio:
/Start of off-subject flashback post/
When I was about 10, my father, who administered investments for a cemetery, began giving me single shares of stock so I'd learn about what he did, as well as finance in general. As time went by, I started "picking stocks" and reviewing them with him. One of them that attracted my attention was Storer Broadcasting.
Storer was an Ohio company, and it came into being as an offshoot of George Storer's oil and gasoline business. They had WJW radio and TV in Cleveland and I thought buying a single $16 share was an "investment in Ohio". Soon, after reading the annual report to shareholders, I decided I should inspect my property and told my parents that I needed to visit WJW.
In one of those "a friend who knows a friend who.." serendipitous cases, I got invited to visit WJW, and this 11 or 12 year old kid showed up at the appropriate time to find that they had a "WJW Welcomes David Gleason" board in the lobby. The radio and TV manager came to greet me and a TV cameraman took pictures.
I was given a tour, and the manager, George Storer's son, discovered that I actually understood the scope and history of the company and ended the visit chatting with me for a while in his office. He even gave me copies of "Broadcasting" magazine and sales literature.
Of course, I was hooked on broadcasting. At that point, I decided I needed to personally hear every Storer station, and not understanding that I could not pick up Detroit's WJBK in Cleveland... or WMMN in Fairmount, WV... or WSPD in Toledo or... I started trying to pick them up. I luckily found WWVA "from out of the hills of West Virginia" in Wheeling could be heard. I got a better radio and discovered DXing and did hear WJBK and WSPD and even WIBG. I got a better radio and heard WGBS and KPOP. On a trip to CA for a convention for my mom's hospital work, it was not Disneyland... it was KGBS.
And that is why I named a dog after WIBG!
... but the dog could not sing the jingles.
/End of off-subject flashback/
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David, I love this story. So awesome. Thank you for sharing!
WOGL has always had the best on air presentation and imaging of CBS-Now Audacy’s classic hits stations IMO. KRTH seems to have always favored a bit drier sound/less personality.
It never gets mentioned with all of the Audacy classic hits stations, but WIAD/94.7 The Drive in DC is really good as far as music IMO. The presentation is a bit more…serious in a way. WIAD uses the “Nobody Plays More ‘80s” positioner.
It never gets mentioned with all of the Audacy classic hits stations, but WIAD/94.7 The Drive in DC is really good as far as music IMO. The presentation is a bit more…serious in a way. WIAD uses the “Nobody Plays More ‘80s” positioner.
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