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>> >>Thanks, Scott...you have confirmed my worse suspicions >>about oldies and classic rock radio. I've sat in a >>couple tests myself and did what I could to promote >>the seldom heard songs. A lot of good it did since >>"Unchained Melody" is still heard daily on our local >>oldies station. >> >>No better reason to spin the old AT40s. Not only do >>you hear several forgotten songs, but the familiar >>stuff is heard in the context of its time. Sometimes >>you lose perspective with a worn out song... it no >>longer brings back memories of when it was a hit >>because it is played so much or in a movie or >>commercial. > >I personally agree. I've actually done "hook tapes" >for music testing, so it was often up to me to pick >the "hook" pending approval of management. My record >is 700 hooks in 5 days taken from everything from >records to CD's....believe me that was not a really >fun week. I understand the methodology, but don't >necessarily like it from a personal perspective. glad >I could give some insight!!! > >speaking of lost "classics" how about movies??? in the >next day of so, I plan to put up a radio ad from the >classic bomb "ishtar" as my commerical of the month on >my personal web site....try renting that!!!! LOL!! > > > >sure, I look at the charts, but now adays, i'm largely >bored with them. half the time I have fun hitting >thrift shops to see what comes up (recently found the >"ethel merman disco album...AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! as well >as a whole album of circus music!!) mixing it in with >my chart favs which I usually hear via eurohit 40 >(because i'm on a dialup and don't have patience to >stream off a AT40 affiliate!) I have a lot of chart >and music info in my head, so I like to expand beyond >the chart. the cheesier the better....(goes with the >show I do on the net at >cheezepleeze.com-yeah..sorry...shameless plug, but it >just explains why I do look for stuff like that!!)

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