[BC] Changing tastes (was WLW)

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:29 PM 12/16/2005, Larry Fuss wrote: -------

>Revere & The Raiders, the Osmonds and Barry Manilow.  (It's hard to even
>find an AC station that plays Barry Manilow anymore).

That's been the case for years. For some reason Manilow was consider 
"not hip." He'd bowl over Las Vegas and sell huge numbers of records 
but rarely was played on radio. I was programming AC at the time and 
was criticized by other programmers for including Manilow cuts.

I was bringing Jazz cuts to WPIX-FM, New York, (now WQCD) and Manilow 
did a great Jazz flavored album. I played it. We were the only 
station in NYC to play what's now called Smooth Jazz. The listeners 
who enjoyed Jazz didn't seem to have a problem with Manilow. Only 
other programmers. Go figure.

Rich

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