why was Venus hired for a ROCK station?
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jefgg — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 01:52 PM)
There are African-American disc jockeys who work on rock radio stations. When I was a kid Mark McEwen was an African-American gentleman who worked on New York rock radio stations WNEW-FM and the defunct WAPP. I don't think any normal person had an issue with McEwen's race. He went on to work in TV and is probably best known as the host of "A&E's Live by Request". Please click on
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jefgg — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 04:00 PM)
WAPP was 103.5 FM. Are you from the New York area? I listened to WAPP a lot when they had their commercial free summer in 1982. For some reason WAPP didn't really catch on with listeners. Many were loyal to to WPLJ and and/or WNEW. When WPLJ switched to a contemporary hits format, WAPP's ratings got a slight boost. In 1984 WAPP's owners decided to change the station's format to contemporary hits. The station could not compete with WPLJ or Z-100 and their ratings fell. In 1986 the station became Hot 103 with new call letters WQHT and a new format called rhythmic contemporary. WAPP is known as the station that helped launch Bon Jovi's career. So blame them.
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Catnip86 — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 04:33 PM)
Yes, I am from the area. I have three older brothers - 8, 14 and 15 years older than me. So I grew up hearing rock from different eras, even if the later years still played stuff from the earlier. WPLJ was the usual station, or WNEW. I did listen to WAPP also, but often just forget all about it.
Later I switched to WSOU when they were playing the hair metal bands, which was what I had grown to prefer.
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jefgg — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 05:37 PM)
I am a Jersey Boy from the Exit 153 area. I listened to WPLJ until they went pop. That was the day the music died for many people I know. You are absolutely right about Q-104.3 playing the same songs from the same artists over and over. I listened to WSOU a lot back in the '90s. I also listen to the oldies on WCBS-FM. My favorite station is WDHA-FM 105.5 from Cedar Knolls, NJ. One of my friends was one of the "jocks" there in the '90s. "WKRP in Cincinnati" sometimes reminds me of hanging out at the 'DHA studio. I sometimes listen to 'DHA's sister station WMTR-AM 1250. They play classic oldies.
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jefgg — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 05:16 AM)
Please click on
http://wmtram.com/classic-oldies-artists/
for WMTR's list of classic oldies artists. They seem to focus on music from the '50s to the '70s. WCBS-FM doesn't play many songs from the '50s and plays a lot of songs from the '80s. I really don't need to hear artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna on an oldies station. You might be able to listen to WMTR online. Please click on
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Catnip86 — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 01:20 PM)
I see. That is definitely before my time, but I would still prefer it over a lot of the garbage on the radio now. My taste probably starts late 60s (bands like Deep Purple) to the 80s hair bands, then some "power metal" type bands like Helloween, etc.
As for Michael Jackson, I know my opinion isn't popular. But I don't see the "great talent" in someone known for lip synching his concerts. -
Doug-Oh — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 06:02 AM)
When you say "classic oldies", can you give some examples?
Classic oldies are songs from roughly 1955 to the early 1970s.
It used to be 1955-1964 but was later expanded to the entire 1960s.
Unfortunately, very few of those songs are played on commercial radio these days.
Most don't consider 80s music "classic" or "true oldies."
Advertisers hold this marketing discrimination against anyone with gray hair, or older than 50.
Any radio listener who was 20 years old in 1965 today would be in the 70s.