Legendary oldies radio station WCBS-FM, New York yanked for 'Jack' - Bilge

T TikiGardener Member 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1368	T TikiGardener Posted posted on Mon, Jun 6, 2005 8:19 PM I remember back in the late eighties, there was a San Diego Am radio station The Mighty 690 that played oldies. At some point they changed over to a cart machine system. Which was the precursor to whats happening today. It was a big machine with hundreds of "carts", Which basically look exactly like 8-track cassettes. So you could have the songs, the dj banter and commericals all set to go. The problem was that after about 8 hours, the programming grew really stale. Mighty 690 is long gone. Its now the Lounge, which has taken a horrid turn by playing modern interpretations of lounge classics. Compared to the originals, "sucks" is not a strong enough description. I bet the lounge goes bye bye within a year or so. If there are any really original radio staion programmers out there who really want to "shake things up", I'm available.

I remember back in the late eighties, there was a San Diego Am radio station The Mighty 690 that played oldies. At some point they changed over to a cart machine system. Which was the precursor to whats happening today. It was a big machine with hundreds of "carts", Which basically look exactly like 8-track cassettes. So you could have the songs, the dj banter and commericals all set to go. The problem was that after about 8 hours, the programming grew really stale. Mighty 690 is long gone. Its now the Lounge, which has taken a horrid turn by playing modern interpretations of lounge classics. Compared to the originals, "sucks" is not a strong enough description. I bet the lounge goes bye bye within a year or so.

If there are any really original radio staion programmers out there who really want to "shake things up", I'm available.

Post #164064 by TikiGardener on Mon, Jun 6, 2005 8:19 PM