Re: WZMX adds "Jammin' Oldies" titles....

[Mark Shneyder <bostonradio@yahoo.com>]

They could be trying to distance themselves from classic rocker
WHCN. Both stations were in a virtual tie during the Fall period.
WZMX's owners(Infinity/CBS) could be thinking "Jammin Oldies" for
the future. The format is definitely getting hot right now. 

I do like the new WTMJ(former WBIX)/NYC but the playlist(between 1965
and
1980) is not as deep as I would like. It is presenting music by mostly
black artists, focusing  on  funk,  Motown, soul, disco and rhythm and
blues mostly from the 60's
and 70's, along with a few 80's song. Unlike WRKS-FM(Classic SOul/Gold
R+B),
WTMJ like many other Jammin' Oldies around the country plays mostly 
"crossover" hits. During a regular hour on WTMJ 105.1FM you can hear
the following :

EARTH WIND & FIRE -- "Shining Star"
THE FOUR TOPS -- "Reach Out, I'll Be There"
MARVIN GAYE -- "Let's Get It On"
AL GREEN -- "Let's Stay Together"
ISLEY BROTHERS -- "It's Your Thing"
THE JACKSONS -- "Shake Your Body"
K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND -- "That's the Way I Like It"
STEVIE WONDER -- "Signed Sealed, Delivered"
THE TEMPTATIONS -- "Get Ready"
ARETHA FRANKLIN -- "Respect"
GLORIA GAYNOR  -- "I WILL SURVIVE"

I don't know if anyone in Boston would be willing to jump on the
format :
CBS -- #1 biller here. Why rock the boat?! Enough said. Entercom -- 
while Bruce Mittman runs the show on the FM side, they will stay with
lots of rock
and personality jocks.  Chancellor -- will not touch Kiss or Jamn; needs
to acquire another FM signal here but no one's selling and
no-longer-on-the-
block Chancellor isn't buying anymore to control its out-of-control
debt;
Greater Media --  WROR would make a good fit but they seem to be going
straight at
WODS-FM right now; WSJZ complements WMJX; WKLB is turning into a
fantastic
country station. WBOS? Desperately trying to carve out a niche
audience of younger, hipper baby boomer women who seem to care about
sports and environment(Richard Belzer's(Munch on "Homicide") line
comes to mind : "yeh,yeh, right..").

- ---Mike Thomas <nostatic@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> The "big announcement" is that Sebastian is moving his morning show
from
> 6-10a to 5:30 to 9a, and that the station will be playing more "Jammin
> Oldies" titles during the rest of the day, along with their current
> format.  The station continues to use the "Point" slogan.  I wonder if
> they will go full blown R&B oldies once Sebastian's contract runs
out and
> if the research comes back positive?  I'd count on it.
> 
> Mike Thomas
> WXLO & Mediabase 24/7
> 
> 
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