Re: [neradio] Appropriate last songs (was Re: Fw: ...But RKO rolled me....)

[Barry Scott <barrys@pop.tiac.net>]

I've always used "The Last Song" by Edward Bear.

Scott Levison wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Shel wrote:
>
> > From: "Shel" <shel@big68.org>
> >
> > Justin appropriately played "American Pie", but I think another fitting
> > asongto indicate a format change would be "Changes" by David Bowie.  Can
> > anyone add to this list?
>
> I sure can...
>
> December 31, 1978...WACQ/1150Q going off the air (as well as the quasi
> country/AOR sister WTTK/TK101). Just before midnite, the jock (some kid
> named Sancious/Sanchez (remember...this is going back 20 years) plays "We
> Are The Champions." Then, at midnite, I heard tw IDs..."WACQ, Boston,"
> and a second one: "WHUE AM and WHUE-FM, Boston (Never did hear what the
> FM signed off with.). Since it was now January 1, WHUE signed on with
> "Auld Lang Syne."
>
> Labor Day Weekend, 1984. Just before 3 p.m on the Friday of that weekend,
> WCOZ signs off with "Go Now," by The Moody Blues. WZOU then signs on with
> the "Hot Hits" jingle (I wanted to die...I thought Mike Josephs had now
> invaded Boston) and goes right into "She-Bop" by Cyndi Lauper.
>
> More recently (and more relevant to Shel's topic) we had WSHE here in S.
> Florida leaving two and a half years ago by playing the Bowie tune as well
> as "A Change Is Gonna Come,"  by Candlebox as well as another tune (I made
> a tape..it's somewhere in my house). At 1:03, "The New Modern Sound of
> 103.5" debuted with "Steppin' Out," by Joe Jackson. They still legally
> ID'd themselves as WSHE, but they de-emphasized that until they legally
> became "WPLL/PLanet Radio 103.5."
>
> Scott
> "Scooter Livingston"

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