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

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1197	D donhonyc Posted posted on Tue, Jun 7, 2005 9:22 AM Good to hear people in other parts of the country who feel the same way. Freddie...yeah, these dumb-ass General Managers (or whoever's in charge) are so scared that 'Jack' is gonna get on another station and kill theirs. It's ALL a bad knee-jerk reaction, and they are going to see how bad in a year or less. What they need to do is very simple: the biggest complaint of all us radio listeners is that we hear the same songs over and over. Granted WCBS-FM for example had it's problems with that; they would play "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye, "Sister Golden Hair" by America, and "Respect" by Aretha Franklin CONSTANTLY. By the same token alot of these stations like CBS had the personalities that kept you listening despite this. Still not a reason to yank the format. What all these programmers have to do is EXPAND the playlists within their formats. There's 40+ years of Pop hits out there to choose from. That's gotta be more than 300 songs. 'Jack' they say is the answer to this. In theory, yes. But not when you replace a successful station with a strong listener base.

Good to hear people in other parts of the country who feel the same way.

Freddie...yeah, these dumb-ass General Managers (or whoever's in charge) are so scared that 'Jack' is gonna get on another station and kill theirs. It's ALL a bad knee-jerk reaction, and they are going to see how bad in a year or less. What they need to do is very simple: the biggest complaint of all us radio listeners is that we hear the same songs over and over. Granted WCBS-FM for example had it's problems with that; they would play "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye, "Sister Golden Hair" by America, and "Respect" by Aretha Franklin CONSTANTLY. By the same token alot of these stations like CBS had the personalities that kept you listening despite this. Still not a reason to yank the format. What all these programmers have to do is EXPAND the playlists within their formats. There's 40+ years of Pop hits out there to choose from. That's gotta be more than 300 songs. 'Jack' they say is the answer to this. In theory, yes. But not when you replace a successful station with a strong listener base.

Post #164183 by donhonyc on Tue, Jun 7, 2005 9:22 AM