How long before this happens?

[Mark Connelly]

Where one or more seniors-oriented formats should fly very well would 
be here on Cape Cod.

I say 'formats' because the station that would play Benny Goodman and 
Tessie Brewer would not necessarily be the one playing the Beatles, 
Stones, and Doors.

There is a sort-of oldies station on 102.3 in Truro, but the signal is 
not top-notch by the time you get to the busy Hyannis commercial 
district.  Light rockers on 92.7 and 104.7 are OK but seldom go into 
deeper / older material (no '50s doo-wop or earlier, no big-band).

I wish someone would grab 1240 in West Yarmouth or one of the 
redundant-format FM's and do something similar to WJIB, though perhaps 
with a bit more uptempo razzle-dazzle like some of Bill Marlowe's old 
shows or what WNEW (NYC) was doing in the evenings in the '60s and 
'70s.  A live DJ who showed passion for the music and who could 
intelligently put sets together would be a plus.  If they occasionally 
slipped in something by my all-time favourite (and, on this side of the 
pond, under-appreciated) singer Helen Shapiro, then I would be more 
than happy to donate to the station and/or patronize sponsors.  I am 
thinking that many others in the sizeable over-50 age group here would 
respond similarly.

Mark Connelly
South Yarmouth, MA

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You are aware, aren't you? that WAZN 1470 carries MOYL 'round the clock 
on 
weekends (although the station recently started selling some of that 
time) 
and 6:00PM to 6:00AM (yes, overnight) Monday thru Friday. A whole bunch 
of 
Arthur Liu's other AMs around the country have similar arrangements. 
The 
feed began a couple of months ago. There were serious audio problems 
for a 
while but those were eventually resolved. Within the past couple of 
weeks, 
however, I've noticed that MOYL is again coming to us over a background 
of 
ac-line related hum. I'm not sure, but MOYL may not be the only feed on 
WAZN 
that is plagued by hum. 
 
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com> 
To: "Boston Radio Group" <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org> 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:59 AM 
Subject: How long before this happens? 
 
> Back in 1978 when the old 'MOR' format was skewing too old, Al Ham 
cooked 
> up a format called 'Music Of Your Life' and it became very popular. ( 
In 
> Boston it was on WXKS-AM for years ) 
> 
> Of course now there are many people in their early to mid 60's who no 
> longer have their music on the radio. 
> 
> Now if you look at what was popular 50 years ago 
> 
> http://musicradio77.com/Surveys/1962/surveyjul2462.html 
> 
> or 45 years ago 
> 
> http://musicradio77.com/Surveys/1967/surveyjul2567.html 
> 
> 
> Now the mighty 740 in Cambridge is an outlet - but honestly with all 
the 
> AM's out there can't somebody package a MOYL format and then sell it 
to 
> retirement homes just like Ham did for MOR?  I think 1510 or 1150 
could 
> actually do nicely with this. 
> 
> I think it is important to note that a lot of boomers preferred 
singles to 
> album cuts - heck the largest selling song in 1969 was from a group 
that 
> didn't even exist (The Archies ) 
> 
> 
> Keep in mind you would be dealing with a demo that actually knows 
what the 
> AM band is. 
> 
> Thoughts? 
>>