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Post by wildwanderer on Dec 30, 2005 22:26:17 GMT -5
Did anyone notice Oldies 98 in Philly is not oldies anymore. It is now the greatest hits of the 60's and 70's. I guess even the music of the doo wop period can be eradicated.
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Post by MMM on Dec 31, 2005 1:45:15 GMT -5
There's been an IMO strange thing happening in radio where, except for Christmas music, basically all pre-1964 music isn't played. Lots of stations owned by a few, having to follow the corporate demands. In my area, we lost WCBS-FM to JACK. CBS wasn't what it once was in more recent times, due to the more narrowed playlist, but it still had a great on-air lineup of DJ's who were very cruelly cut off from their positions this past June, and retained a certain unique "feel". The station needed some work, but not death, IMO of course. It still had good ratings, and was still billing well, but the excuse was they wanted a younger audience for advertisers. Never mind that the sales staff might have been able to do a better job concerning this. One consoliation is that JACK hasn't been doing well up here.  |
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Post by Crippled_Visions on Jan 2, 2006 0:08:29 GMT -5
May I suggest satellite radio. It really is the way to go. I've had Sirius for a couple months now and I honestly love it. There are so many choices of commercial free music stations. They have a station called Sirius Gold which has all the doo wop favorites. It is 100 percent better than oldies 98 was in its prime. The sound quality is also so much better than terrestrial radio. I NEVER listen to regular radio anymore.
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Post by MMM on Jan 2, 2006 0:18:12 GMT -5
I'm thinking of getting it. I heard a demonstration at the NY Auto Show this past year - I thought it sounded somewhat like it was underwater (like a poorly encoded lossy file). Could have just been the moment I was listening to it though. Besides any of that, I think they should encode at a higher rate, at least for the music channels, but enough people probably don't demand it, so it might never happen. I do think Sirius uses 96 kbps vs. 64 for XM.
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Post by Crippled_Visions on Jan 2, 2006 10:48:52 GMT -5
I'm thinking of getting it. I heard a demonstration at the NY Auto Show this past year - I thought it sounded somewhat like it was underwater (like a poorly encoded lossy file). Could have just been the moment I was listening to it though. Besides any of that, I think they should encode at a higher rate, at least for the music channels, but enough people probably don't demand it, so it might never happen. I do think Sirius uses 96 kbps vs. 64 for XM. All i know is that that music channels sound FAR better than regular FM radio. You can tell the difference instantly when you switch back and forth from FM and satellite. |
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Post by Doowopper on Jan 2, 2006 11:36:18 GMT -5
I have Dish Network. A while back they added a load of Sirius music channels for free, one is Sirius Gold, they play all 50's/60's music, there is an Elvis channel, and just about every other genre you can think of. Considering there was no increase in our bill, we were quite pleased. The audio quality is excellent.
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Post by Cindy on Jan 4, 2006 12:53:57 GMT -5
If you do not have Sirius, then you may want to check out Jerry Blavat's new show on XPN (88.5). It is starting this week on Saturdays at 6 pm.
We went to The Lighthouse Pointe in August to see him and had a blast. I think he also is at the Buck Hotel in Feasterville on Thursday nights.
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Post by wildwanderer on Jan 4, 2006 16:23:04 GMT -5
Thanks Cindy. I will definately check his show out.
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Post by Cindy on Jan 21, 2006 17:32:37 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Don't forget - Jerry Blavat's show is on tonight at 6 on 88.5. Enjoy!!![/glow]
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Post by homer on Jan 22, 2006 21:51:18 GMT -5
Not exactly Doo Wop ("Swing"), but I really like these guys: www.bbvd.com and their cover art is pretty cool, too:  Has anybody seen the movie "Swingers"? I still crack up. |
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Post by Cindy on Jan 23, 2006 10:32:54 GMT -5
Swingers is one of my all-time favorites films. It inspired my kitchen theme of martinis. I actually have a movie poster hanging up in there too. When my brother broke up with his girlfriend, I insisted that he watch it. Great movie.
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Post by wildwanderer on Jan 23, 2006 20:08:49 GMT -5
Not exactly Doo Wop ("Swing"), but I really like these guys: www.bbvd.com and their cover art is pretty cool, too: Has anybody seen the movie "Swingers"? I still crack up. Heard their Christmas Song on the radio. One of them they kept playing this year. Iz that you Santa Claus. Different sound than other bands. I liked it. |
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Post by JerseyDigger29 on Jan 23, 2006 22:39:25 GMT -5
May I suggest satellite radio. It really is the way to go. I've had Sirius for a couple months now and I honestly love it. There are so many choices of commercial free music stations. They have a station called Sirius Gold which has all the doo wop favorites. It is 100 percent better than oldies 98 was in its prime. The sound quality is also so much better than terrestrial radio. I NEVER listen to regular radio anymore. I listen to satellite radio for free on my computer when I'm working. Try the link below - every kind of music you can ever imagine, including comedy - The old time radio programs are great to listen to also - Thom www.live365.comwww.TheWildwoodsReporter.com |
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Post by skuakid on Mar 20, 2006 10:43:00 GMT -5
Satellite radio is the way to go! You can find any type of music you want. I have Sirius, and it's great. They even have a channel that plays old radio serials and plays, if you're into that.
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Post by JerseyDigger29 on Mar 20, 2006 14:40:45 GMT -5
Satellite radio is the way to go! You can find any type of music you want. I have Sirius, and it's great. They even have a channel that plays old radio serials and plays, if you're into that. May I recommend www.Live365.com. Thousands of free, commercial free music channels. Every kind of music you can imagine. You like 50's and 60's? listen just to 50's and 60's. Some of my favorites are movie soundtracks, or classical piano music, or Big Band Swing. I also really love the old radio shows from the 30's and 40's: Jack Benny, Fibber Magee and Molly. Any kind of music you could imagine - or even music you never heard of -- for free!  Live365.comThom  TheWildwoodsReporter.com |
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