Re: Jack Lawrence

[Mike Thomas <nostatic@earthlink.net>]

Sean Smyth wrote:

> Yeah, I can't see Snoop/Dre and Nirvana mixing it up on the same station,
> though 107.9 in Syracuse indeed had such a combo back when I was up there
> during the summer of 1996 visiting SU. And I believe they segued from one
> right to the other, with only a liner thrown in! It was truly surreal.

Why not?  Take a listen to a mainstream CHR station these days.  You'll hear Ja
Rule into Nickelback, Missy Elliott into Staind, Nelly into POD.  It's very
common for 20-somethings to like both hip-hop and alt-rock.  I liked songs from
both genres in the 90's and I'm sure others did too.  While I think it's a bit
to soon to think about a 90's retro format, I think a station that plays the
best songs from hip-hop, rock, r&b and pop from that era would work in a few
years when the audience that has the most passion for 90's music (20-30 year
olds) moves into the 25-34 demo, which is a pretty attractive group for
advertisers.

> > That said: most oldies stations, and the station's that have tried 70's
> and
> > 80's formats, tend to concentrate on one type of music and don't play
> > everything that was popular during that time period.  For example, lots of
> > early 70's rock that was popular at the time, and made the charts, is not
> > played on oldies stations that cover that time period and is left to
> classic
> > rock stations.
>
> Right again, Dan. I think the old Eagle 93.7 illustrates your point exactly.
> They could never effectively mix the dance tracks and Elton John songs, and
> eventually went all-disco.

Well, not exactly "all disco."  They played some disco tracks, along with
dance-pop hits from the 80's and 90's with a handful of currents......

Mike Thomas