dcowboy7 said:
You mean the ugly alternative era that won Station of the Year numerous times in Rolling Stone magazine? The one that millions of baby boomer's kids listened to?
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Z100 30th anniversary?
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You mean the ugly alternative era that won Station of the Year numerous times in Rolling Stone magazine? The one that millions of baby boomer's kids listened to?
dcowboy7 said:
Al-Qaeda station? What are you talking about?
dcowboy7 said:
Link to 8/1/13 Billboard Midweek Top Forty Update preview page that leads to several Z100 Anniversary articles:
http://link.billboard.com/view/519273c1191b2a646dc9fabf13hgb.c9/dbe06e19
Direct link to PDF file: http://www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMmw_0801.pdf
The article in Billboard was written by Rich Appel.
Bruce
Bruce
As I tuned past 102.1 this morning and heard Elvis Duran there too, it reminded me
of another reason not to do a 30th anniversary special - the morning show is on stations
in several markets. Anything from "Philadelphia wouldn't care" to "it would be too confusing"
to suddenly be talking about Scott Shannon and Mr. Leonard, Hollywood Hamilton and "Maniac"
even for a morning.
Perhaps a one or two hour retrospective over the weekend might be applicable. Think about
when TV stations have anniversaries, they don't stop their programming to bring back all their
news casters for the whole weekend. They might have a special show. But then TV is different.
of another reason not to do a 30th anniversary special - the morning show is on stations
in several markets. Anything from "Philadelphia wouldn't care" to "it would be too confusing"
to suddenly be talking about Scott Shannon and Mr. Leonard, Hollywood Hamilton and "Maniac"
even for a morning.
Perhaps a one or two hour retrospective over the weekend might be applicable. Think about
when TV stations have anniversaries, they don't stop their programming to bring back all their
news casters for the whole weekend. They might have a special show. But then TV is different.
A thought - what if Lite FM incorporated Z's 30th into their usual "Best of the 80's" weekends, inviting some of the old DJ's to do shifts, and sprinkling in some old Z100 jingles and airchecks here and there? A lot of their audience probably grew up with the early days of Z100. Would that click with the audience? Or would create confusion and/or go too far against their usual "less talk" approach?
Of course, CBS-FM would be the ideal outlet for an 80's Z100 tribute, but somehow I doubt that would fly with either CBS or Clear Channel. Then again, it's not like CBS-FM and modern-day Z100 are really going after the same audience.
Of course, CBS-FM would be the ideal outlet for an 80's Z100 tribute, but somehow I doubt that would fly with either CBS or Clear Channel. Then again, it's not like CBS-FM and modern-day Z100 are really going after the same audience.
CBS owns 92.3 Now that wouldn't work well. Another reason why Z wouldn't want others to know it's their 30th because of Now.
NY Daily News article by Jim Farber about Z100's 30th anniversary:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...adio-station-z-100-turns-30-article-1.1415098
Aircheck from Z100's first days (not necessarily the sign-on) provided by iheartradio Director of Digital Music Programming Mike Abrams:
https://soundcloud.com/mikeabrams/sets/z100-whtz-ny-first-day-aircheck
RadioInfo.com interview with Scott Shannon back in November 2012 re: signing on Z100:
http://www.radioinfo.com/2012/11/16/hot-rocking-flame-throwing-memories/
Scoped aircheck of sign-on from 8/2/1983 starting just before 6am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lck_uPrTVoA
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...adio-station-z-100-turns-30-article-1.1415098
Aircheck from Z100's first days (not necessarily the sign-on) provided by iheartradio Director of Digital Music Programming Mike Abrams:
https://soundcloud.com/mikeabrams/sets/z100-whtz-ny-first-day-aircheck
RadioInfo.com interview with Scott Shannon back in November 2012 re: signing on Z100:
http://www.radioinfo.com/2012/11/16/hot-rocking-flame-throwing-memories/
Scoped aircheck of sign-on from 8/2/1983 starting just before 6am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lck_uPrTVoA
Z100 has added a 30th Anniversary page/section to its website which includes a timeline and images of old logos and memorabilia.
Link here: http://www.z100.com/pages/30th-anniversary/1983.php
Link here: http://www.z100.com/pages/30th-anniversary/1983.php
pjc1961 said:
Just listened to the aircheck from the first day in '83. MAN those songs were pitched/sped up to hell! "I'm Still Standing" by Billy Joel sounded almost Alvin and the Chipmunkish! I mean I know it's CHR and it gets pitched/sped up to "brighten" the programming but...damn! Great songs though
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Gosh way to make a gal feel old. Loved Z100 when growing up. We would crank it up before we would go out and in the car. Great memories and good times!
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Nice aircheck from the first day of Z100 back in 1983. It is a scoped aircheck, but I decide to put the music back where it belongs to have it as a restored aircheck. I have all the music on my files, so I decided to put the music back in. And as for the rest of he airchecks in 3-parts, the music was way to high due to what it was called Time Compressing. So I decided to pitch it down to -3 using Audacity to do the work. I will work on posting the restored aircheck of Z100's first day on the air soon. Stay tuned!
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