Re: WROR (was Re: WZLX)

[Eli Polonsky <elipolo@earthlink.net>]

on 2/9/02 1:23 AM, Bob Nelson at bobonradio@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> --- Eli Polonsky <elipolo@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> I don't think it would be wise for WROR to add
>> "Classic" anything to their slogan, because they
>> could be confused with WZLX on ratings diaries.
> 
> Very true. But it is a nice, short "slogan", shorter
> at least than "Greatest Hits of the 60s and 70s".
> Weren't they calling themselves "Rockin' Hits of
> the 60s and 70s" for awhile?

Yes, that was for a brief period right after they dropped all R&B and soul
music. The only black artists you may occasionally hear since then may be
one of Sly & The Family Stone hits or "Will It Go Round In Circles" by Billy
Preston, or maybe a Jimi Hendrix hit once in a blue moon in a request
feature. 

That's part of what makes them currently closer to a "Classic Rock" format
rather than an "Oldies" format IMO, there are practically no black artists
on "Classic Rock" formats except for those few rock crossovers.
 
>> When they started out with the "Songs You Remember"
>> format a few years ago, they were basically a three-
>> decade Oldies station playing rock, pop, and R&B
>> hits of the 60's, 70's and 80's
>