Bob Bids Adieu To Stacy Barton

[ionosphere]

It's a matter of semantics. They're all basically oldies stations.

Lemme guess...you're no older than 26.

[oldmanradio]

I'd consider KOMA Classic Rock. They play Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Bob Seger, etc. Never understood that, taking from KRXO's pocket and putting it into KOMA's pocket.

KOMA also plays the likes of The Supremes, Neil Diamond, and The Bee Gees...none of which I would consider to be "rock" in any context.

KOMA is a Classic Hits station (NOT Classic Rock), which a very broad and vague format that (to me) usually ends up in a channel change once a song from an unfavored genre hits the speakers.

Well, it beats listening to KLUV in Dallas with the same old ... same old ... hits all the time.

And more entertaining.

The limited playlist obviously draws ratings, although listeners complain about it.

When I started at WKY, in late 1974, we were playing a lot of album cuts.  It was not Top 40.

We had to change.

Regards,
Tony

[lurker34]

So Simon & Garfunkle never got airplay on Classic Rock radio? I'd hardly call their music rock either.

[ionosphere]

So Simon & Garfunkle never got airplay on Classic Rock radio? I'd hardly call their music rock either.

I've never heard S&G on anything I would consider to be a true Classic Rock station. The catch to that is, I would consider some of Paul Simon's solo stuff to be Classic Rock.

[Fred Hendrickson]

KRXO played Simon & Garfunkel under consultant Fred Jacobs and program director Dan Balla in the '90s, when it was often at the top 25-54, and more recently on "Sunday Morning Overeasy," which is often one of its highest rated dayparts. When I started at KATT in '81, James Taylor's "You've Got A Friend" was a power under consultant Jeff Pollack and program director Andy Lockridge (who would program Q102 in Dallas for over 15 years). True, something like that would not likely be played by most classic rockers today, but it always depends on the competitive situation. Like most leading AORs thru about the mid-'80s, Serius XM's superb wide-playlist classic rock channel, Deep Tracks, plays Simon & Garfunkel and the like quite frequently (but no Supremes!).

[lurker34]

It's a matter of semantics. They're all basically oldies stations.

Lemme guess...you're no older than 26.

Sweet! I wish. Actually I'm 47. I think you've helped prove my point. It's a matter of perspective. In order for a Classic Rock station to truly compete with the younger end of the 25-54 demo, they're going to have to think out of the box.

[ionosphere]

It's a matter of semantics. They're all basically oldies stations.

Lemme guess...you're no older than 26.

Sweet! I wish. Actually I'm 47. I think you've helped prove my point. It's a matter of perspective. In order for a Classic Rock station to truly compete with the younger end of the 25-54 demo, they're going to have to think out of the box.

And playing Simon & Garfunkle is thinking out of the box?

[lurker34]

Nope. Going the other direction. More appealing to 25-35 year olds.