Re: Boston's "Original" Oldies Station?

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

In other words, what you seem to be saying is that the 
slogan is "Boston's original-oldies station," 
not "Boston's orignal oldies station." I'll tell ya, 
it's really hard to hear those hyphens on the air. If 
you're right, though, the slogan _should_ be "Boston's 
station for original oldies." That would be less 
ambiguous, but it would raise the question of what an 
original oldie is.
 
> I think what they are saying by their slogan " Boston's original oldies
> station"
> 
> is to imply more that the songs that they have in rotation were "original
> hits"
> 
> which is also to disclaim that they don't subscribe to anytown USA cookie
> cutter approach
> 
> to oldies, and more of what let's say WRKO, and WMEX were playing during the
> 60's and
> 
> seventies.
> 
> Of course there were earlier oldies stations in Boston that WODS
> 
>