I'm definitely going to have to give this a listen. With giving up SiriusXM in my car, I do listen to FM for quick trips, and I enjoyed that balance on 94.7. I fear what I'll now hear.
Then again, I've spent the last few years coming to grips with the fact that the music I grew up to is now as old as the "oldies" was then. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > They've already used old 'LS jingles in the past as an oldies station, > mostly from the 80s from the Lujack/Brant Miller simulcast era (that's JAM > Hot KIIS/Fresh KIIS for people like Jim and I) and the separation after > Steve and Garry moved to the AM (JAM Flamethrower/Warp Factor, which were > resung when the calls were changed to WYTZ and the station became known as > "Z95"), but with some JAM 70s era cuts when they dropped the "FM" reference > to become known as just "94.7 WLS"--since it's PPM, not diaries, they can > get away with it now. > > BTW, Shannon's midday show was voicetracked for Chicago--True Oldies Channel > was only on overnights and weekends for the last few years. I'm assuming > that it's the home automation now. > > Another BTW--the hardcore oldies freaks are hating it, even if the only > pre-Beatles songs they were playing were during TOC hours and Dick Biondi's > Friday-night request show (which was taken off when the amazingly resilient > Biondi, who's about 500 years old now, was moved to late-nights earlier this > year). A more legit complaint is that they're putting the brakes on > personality, which is weird when you have a Winston and a Landecker on your > staff. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
