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Subject: Fw: Tight Play Lists

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From: Bill O'Neill <billo@erols.com>
To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.
com>
Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: Tight Play Lists


>>OTOH, heavy rotation has been the rule in Top 40 for a long time...I
heard
>>that WLS in their heyday had a light connected to a timer...when the
light
>>came on, the next song you played had to be the #1 song...I think it
was
>>set to go off every 1:10 or something like that.
>
>Is this myth or truth, that some stations actually put countdown timers
on
>mic switches to keep you in and out under say, :10 or less?  I know
that
>even high profile AC stations like the former WHDH didn't go for
>talk-downs -- punch a tight segue, mic open and take it to the post (or
>jingle).  It did encourage concentration and conciseness.  I must admit
,
>hearing jocks talk down a song and back up into the next didn't flow as
>well.
>
>Bill O'Neill
>



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