Oldies

[Peter Q. George]

I guess I'm rather unusual in terms of musical taste.  I'm 48 and I love the original rock and roll from the FIRST quarter-century of rock (1954-1979).  I can't say that I really listen to stations like WJMN, WPRO-FM or WXKS-FM.  It all sounds the same to me. Same beat, same rap.... whatever. While in college (late 70's early 80's), I enjoyed the current rock material of the time on WAAF, WCCC-FM and WCOZ (before Sebastian). And yes, I hated disco.

About the best description of my musical taste would be the first format of WKKT/WZLX "Classic Hits 100.7" back in '85.  It was a perfect blend of the 60's and 70's and a little bit of the late 50's.  Kinda like the soundtrack of "The Big Chill", with a little bit of retro.

There is still an audience for the pre-1964 material.  That's why smaller stations like WARE/1250 and WXRB/95.1 are there to serve the niche for those who like the original rock and roll.  Hopefully, WODS will finally put their pre-Beatles format on the HD2 as well.       

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts

"Scanning the bands since 1967"
    radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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--- On Mon, 7/28/08, SteveOrdinetz <hykker@wildblue.net> wrote:

> From: SteveOrdinetz <hykker@wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: Oldies
> To: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 8:58 AM
> On 7/28/08, David Tomm <nostaticatall@charter.net>
> wrote:
> > Oldies has evolved into Classic Hits in many markets. 
> Stations like
> > WCBS-FM/New York have shifted focus to a primarily
> 70's based format with a
> > few mid to late 60's and compatible 80's
> tracks included for spice.  There's
> > absolutely nothing before 1964 on most
> "oldies" stations nowadays.  Even
> > Scott Shannon's True Oldies format isn't going
> back as far musically as it
> > once did.  The format has had to evolve in order to
> stay relevant in the
> > 25-54 demo.
> >
> > The strange thing is, the money demos aren't
> listening to classic hits, even
> > with the changes.  Here in Boston, believe it or not,
> Kiss 108 and Jam'n
> > 94.5 do very well in that demo, which is unusual. 
> Current-based hit
> > stations normally target 18-34, but it seems even 40
> somethings are
> > listening to them recently.  My wife is 42 and she
> bounces back and forth
> > between WXKS-FM and WJMN.   She won't even tune in
> Mix or Magic, never mind
> > 103.3.  Too old, she says.  This is not a local
> phenomenon either.
> 
> I'm out of the so-called "money demo" these
> days, and even I rarely
> listen to gold-based formats.  Pre-1964 oldies--forget it!!
>  Even
> classic rock/classic hits (roughly 1967-thru-1980) sounds
> kind of
> dated to me.  Guess I'm one "pushing 60"
> geezer who still likes
> relatively comtemporary music.