RE: WQSO format switch due today/ New Year's Songs

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Sounds like a name change only (not really any format change)

96-7 "The Wave" still plays oldies!

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Bob
> Nelson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:42 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: WQSO format switch due today/ New Year's Songs
> 
> 
> WQSO 96.7 in Rochester, NH, which does reach Northeast
> MA, is supposed to switch formats (or will they?)
> today at 3 pm... No mention of a switch on 
> their website (http://www.wqsofm.com ) -- i.e., no
> "tune in New Yrs Eve at 3 pm to hear the Seacoast's
> newest radio station", BUT they are continuing the all
> New Years' Eve stunt on air. (The website still lists
> their jocks, etc....) 
> 
> Will they change drastically or simply do a minor
> tweak (or introduce a new nickname?). I'm guessing
> that no matter what the format is, you will continue
> to hear Imus in the Morning and Bruins games, unless
> Clear Channel moves them elsewhere in the market. 
> 
> Some New Years songs: 
> 'What Are You Doing New Years' (different artists) 
> 
> 'Just Another New Years' Eve' (Barry Manilow) 
> 
> 'Ding Dong Ding Dong' (George Harrison; "ring out the
> old, ring in the new") 
> 
> 'New Years Day' (U2) 
> 
> 'This Is My New Year's Resolution' (Spike Jones and
> the City Slickers) 
> 
> 'Auld Lang Syne' (done by everyone by Guy Lombardo to
> folk artists) 
> 
> 'I Understand Just How You Feel' (G Clefs '61, Four
> Tunes '54, Freddie and the Dreamers '65-- of note
> because it uses the "auld lang syne" melody with 
> different lyrics) 
> 
>