[BC] The future of broadcasting...

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

The best oldies format I ever remember was syndicated by KOOL in Phoenix.
Kool Gold if I recall.  There were several stations across the country
carrying it.  Miami, San Diego, Tampa among others. When you look at top 40
surveys of that era, many of those songs have been relegated to MOYL or
standards formats.  For some reason, they never make oldies.  Same with most
of the country crossovers of the time.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Dimeo" <mwam at toast2.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:25 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] The future of broadcasting...


> Several years ago WHYL 960 Carlisle Pennsylvania carried the
> Alan Gray doo-woppin oldies format. Is the format still
> around? I loved the music even though it was all automated
> and usually I can't take much audimation. I actually
> purchased quite a number of songs after hearing them on the
> station. They were songs I hadn't heard since the fifties or
> early sixties -- songs that were hits but never played
> anywhere else.
>
> Tom
>
> ** Message **
> >Strikes me that there are plenty of folks who would love to
> >hear those 'minor hits' and 'stiffs'!
> >
> >I agree that you would not want to risk a station's
> >fortunes, but is that not just the problem with commercial
> >radio??
> >
> >Radio itself has become 'stiff'. Why not reinvent 'Top 40'
> >with all of those tunes that were squeezed out for no good
> >reason decades ago.
>