Posted by Walt Parker on July 21, 2007 at 17:53:26:
This one is to me a glaring omission so far:
While CBS-FM has been great with the music format and in fact has been programming it almost EXACTLY the way I would have been doing it 10+ years ago, there is one artist who in my opinion has not had any songs by her played yet (when I've been listening), but should as she is likely not only the biggest artist of the '80s and the biggest artist of the last 25 years, but probably the most successful female artist ever:
Madonna!
I know much of her music has been dance over the years, but you can't ignore the fact she has been enormously successful for an extremely long period of time (and continues to be) and not only will likely make it into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility in 2008 (her first hit was "Holiday" in 1983), but in my opinion should be THE ONLY artist inducted in '08 because of all the marks she has set for a female artists (including I believe most #1 songs by such). I know most of it came after fragmentation of radio was beginning to be a major factor, but Madonna in my opinion one artist that needs to be included, especially if CBS-FM is going to get the younger demos needed to make this truly successful.
Walt