[BC] Oldies Stations

[R J Carpenter]

From: "Stanley Adams" <stanleybadams at yahoo.com>
Subject: [BC] Oldies Stations

> In our town here, we have a 'Music of your Life' station and I like
> listening to it because it is the sort of radio I like except for
> it's lack of news or chatter. It also sounds good on my old radios.
> Nevertheless, it is the same music all the time and is in need of a lot of
> revision in my opinion.

We used to have MOYL around here but it died the death it deserved - tiny play-list.

IMO the XM 40s channel (XM-4) outdoes any MOYL-type station I ever heard. A far wider playlist with something "new" frequently.  They demonstrate that there were many more good bands and good music in the 30s and 40s than you'd ever guess.  

They're mixing in a little Christmas music right now, of course.  I NEVER thought I'd hear Jingle Bells played by the Benny Carter band - pretty good.  They've found Bob Moke, a Baltimore radio personality with a good voice, a huge record collection, and the ability to clean up old 78s so they sound good.  

Very few "period" spots, but the ones they run are directly from the original ETs, not rereads.  OTOH, there's "Ed Baxter" who does short "newscasts" a few times each day - done straight as though it was that day in a year 1935-1949.  

As you can guess, XM-4 alone is worth the subscription to me.

The secret is in the content.

bob carpenter