Change in New York Radio (again)

[Mark Laurence]

In the 60's, new songs became "oldies" after only about a year.  So it's kind of funny that 45 years later, we're debating whether some of those same songs are now old enough to be "oldies."

 
On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 01:27PM, "Don A" <donald_astelle@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>So, from your view, in order to be an "oldies station" you *have to* play
>pre-Beatles stuff?<<
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>> Not in my view.  Those are the format definitions commonly used in the 
>> business.
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>I think that is a dated view.
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>Format definitions and their technical parameters are always changing, and 
>are not set in stone.
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>At least that's my experience "in the business".