55+ (was: Boxford pirate's coax cable cut)

[Doug Drown]

I couldn't agree more.  Whether it was Top 40 or something as "square" as 
NBC's "Monitor", my memories of great radio from the '60s all revolve in 
large part around the personalities behind the mics.  And by and large, that 
way of doing radio no longer exists.  I say "by and large"; there are 
exceptions, as you attest.  If you've never heard the Saturday morning show 
"Music to Go to the Dump By" on WDEV in Waterbury, Vt., you're definitely 
missing something.  -Doug

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To: <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: 55+ (was: Boxford pirate's coax cable cut)


> One thing missing from a lot of the satellite stations, and to some
> extent terrestrial music broadcasters too, is the element of
> PERSONALITY.  "Local feel" is often lacking too.
>
> DJ's of earlier times like Bill Marlowe on the adult-pop side and the
> '60s WBZ stable of DeSuze, Maynard, Kaye, Bradley, and Summer just
> aren't falling out of the trees these days.
>
> Some stations can be good jukeboxes, but where's the Marlowe-like
> exuberance over a killer sax solo, Jeffy Kaye being deeply informed
> about folk music on his Hootenanny, Dick Summer rallying "Nightlighters
> Against Gutlessness" after the murder of a woman in NY in front of
> witnesses who did nothing, or DeSuze trying to pick up everyone's
> spirits during a miserable snowstorm or after a crushing defeat of the
> Sox ?
>
> I hear satellite stations of various types when out in restaurants and,
> while the music may be good, I'm just not getting the same kick out of
> listening as I did with '60s-era Boston radio (or for that matter into
> the '70s and '80s on the FM side, especially WBCN).
>
> Is this kind of personal interaction gone from DJ practice and limited
> only to talk formats now that automation and non-local sourcing rule
> the commercial-station music formats ?
>
> I do appreciate what some of the smaller stations are doing.  They put
> the big stations with their bigger budgets to shame.
>
> Mark Connelly - Billerica, MA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
> To: markwa1ion@aol.com
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Sent: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 12:11 pm
> Subject: Re: 55+ (was: Boxford pirate's coax cable cut)
>
> One could get XM/Sirius which has 40s and 50s stations, etc. (When I
> visit my Dad on Cape Cod and help him shop, I put XM 40s on 4, the
> "Savoy Express" on (my Dad can't drive any more so I do the honors).
> They also have a beautiful music station, Escape.)
>
> Some college stations have oldies. WMWM has a Saturday night oldies
> block with the group-sound Uncle Henry's Basement (on since '89) and a
> rotating series of shows that feature rockabilly, and 50s/60s
> R&B/blues, etc. Sometimes I'll throw in Bo Diddley or
> Chuck Berry on my blues show and will mention "you won't hear these on
> the oldies station down the dial". Uncle Jack's Roadhouse, a country
> and roots show on Sat.
> afternoons, will do some country or blues oldies.
>
> It's only for a minute or so, maybe not even, but usually you can hear
> a Sinatra tune as bumper music on Laura Ingraham (WRKO, etc.) I think
> she does it for her dad...
>
> WATD does have some interesting stuff. I think they still have a
> wee-hours (Tue
> nights?) oldies show done by a legally blind DJ, IIRC.
>
> I would think that older listeners will enjoy news/talk or sports but
> for music, there's not much out there on local terrestrial radio
>


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