Posted by Steve Green on October 04, 2005 at 02:22:02:
In Reply to: What Would You Like In An Oldies Stream posted by Bill Danning on October 03, 2005 at 20:27:24:
Hya Bill,
Naturally, I can't answer the second part.
As to the first part?
A massive library of Sonovox jingles would be my priority.
After that? A weekend featuring a COMPLETE week of songs from certain crucial core years or weeks as they appeared on record surveys. That would add maybe 1800 songs to a playlist right there -- the stiffs as well as the warhorses. Oldies fans can take it. Heck, we supported it all at the start.
News? I'd want a new, young, up-and-coming voice doing the old style of a newscast -- sounders and beeps and actualities and resolved teasers and, well, 'motion' instead of forgettable strobes and subliminals. Grab my attention. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer news. WPGC-style news. WFIL-style news.
Weather? Tack an official 3-day forecast after EVERY newscast and give the conditions (barometer, wind, humdity and temp). Let the jock read the more casual and normal weather for his show and give the mike to the authority for more significant stuff -- interrupting the music portion when warranted.
Sports? It belongs in the news. Wave the local colors and pom poms and leave any and all wild-card crap out entirely. (I personally would add a heavy dose of horse racing results, but I realize this may be inappropriate for most listeners).
Traffic? Only when there's a problem. This is a NEWS department responsibility, not a smiley-face co-op schmooz that misses the point 95% of the time spent. 'Ten-to-fifteen behind' is crap and a waste of music time. 'Volume on the Southern State at the Meadowbrook and at 110' is crap; those exits were designed by Robert Moses to attract volume.
Otherwise, traffic is a crutch and a waste of good program air. Billions in co-op revenue will go up in flames, but it's not my station.
Bitrate?
For those raised on transistors, I'd desire the highest grade that can be sent through to the cheapest computers.