jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Mar 24, 2005 11:16:42 GMT -5
I listen to WPLJ often, and have noticed a dramatic increase in its playlist over the past week. They are playing more gold songs that have a calssic rock edge. For example, this week I've heard them play:
Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do"
Robbie Dupree - "Steel Away"
Van Halen - "Dance The Night Away"
and others...
They still play their fare share of new stuff including artists like Jesse McCartney & Kelly Clarkson that these Jack stations probably wouldn't play. I've just noticed hearing songs that I've never heard on the station before lately.
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Post by tico on Mar 24, 2005 14:22:45 GMT -5
That's interesting, but if any station in NYC goes Jack, I would believe either WNEW or WXRK when Howard Stern leaves.
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Post by tico on Mar 24, 2005 19:23:23 GMT -5
That's interesting, but if any station in NYC goes Jack, I would believe either WNEW or WXRK when Howard Stern leaves. Speak of the devil! I just came across this on All Access: Yesterday, ALL ACCESS wondered aloud about how soon INFINITY would invite JACK to DA BIG APPLE! This morning Alternative WXRK (92.3 K-ROCK) syndicated morning man HOWARD STERN openly speculated that JACK-FM was coming to WXRK on JANUARY 1st, 2006. WXRK VP/GM TOM CHIUSANO said, "No comment" but did engage in conversation with STERN about what the format was and who it was designed to appeal to. |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Mar 24, 2005 21:48:51 GMT -5
That's interesting, but if any station in NYC goes Jack, I would believe either WNEW or WXRK when Howard Stern leaves. It looks like they're expanding the playlist to fight off the "Jacking" of another station, which looks to be K-Rock. |
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Post by roamer on Mar 25, 2005 21:32:48 GMT -5
Infinity has "Jack'd" 106.5 in Baltimore and flipped their Mix station 107.3 in D.C. to a "Jack'd" format this week. I'm all for a little diversity, but I miss hearing core Hot AC artists. Those stations were a refuge from rap and pop.
Instead of playing every song in their inventory, I wish they would play songs from just the last 20 years. It's kind of jarring to go from a Beatles' song to a song by Usher.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Mar 26, 2005 0:45:17 GMT -5
It looks like they're expanding the playlist to fight off the "Jacking" of another station, which looks to be K-Rock. Anything to save WXRK. |
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Post by Marv on Mar 26, 2005 1:49:09 GMT -5
WXRK will almost certainly change formats when Howard leaves; their ratings are terrible outside of his airshift.
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Post by friday on Mar 26, 2005 16:08:26 GMT -5
Ugh, it looks like radio in New York is going down the toilet. :( (For me anyway)
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Post by allow that on Mar 26, 2005 22:57:12 GMT -5
Ugh, it looks like radio in New York is going down the toilet. :( (For me anyway) It really is. We have one Alternative station and its way too Active, and one HAC which is already way too Gold-based and NOW they're playing songs from like the 70's. I want a current-based HAC station! |
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Post by Deuce on Mar 26, 2005 23:23:15 GMT -5
Ugh, it looks like radio in New York is going down the toilet. :( (For me anyway) What do you mean IS going? NYC radio stations have sucked for more than a decade now. |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Mar 28, 2005 10:55:10 GMT -5
I've already heard Laura Brannigan's "Gloria" and 10cc's "The Things We Do For Love' this morning.
EDIT; They are now playing Little River Band's "Lonesome Loser", a true Jack song if there ever was one. I can also add Foreigner's "Urgent" and Thompson Twins' "King For A Day". They seem to play about one to two of these type songs per hour.
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