OMFG: Mystery year! "Positively 4th St" means it's 1965!
ETA: once again we get 2 '60s sets in one week. Making for a very happy Friday.
Speaking of Friday, does this mean a possible return of "Hits From Hell" next Friday?
If not, I'll post a Morey classic that day. 
I was wondering that too -- AL and DC were both kind of anti- HFH sets, preferring to sprinkle hellish songs sparingly thru regular 10@10s. Maybe Mr Pugh feels differently.
While Mr. Pugh doesn't sound as if he's The Most Interesting Man In The World, I have to say that the quality of KFOG's music has generally improved (Cumulus' cancellation of "Lost And Found" notwithstanding).
He seems to have a flexibility about the peculiarity of this local market that DC lacked.
While I still maintain that DC was doing what Cumulus wanted, by & large, he didn't seem to understand that you can play more alt-y currents and more recent years without completely abandoning what 10@10 is supposed to be about.
I don't know. The experience of these last two programming directors is making me think Cumulus et al. just tell the PD's to get the ratings up, then fire them if they don't. Cumulus doesn't spend on their stations, why would they pay for consultants, market research, and focus groups, and have a ton of input into the programming of each of their stations? Just set a format, hire an experienced hand, and watch the ratings. Maybe somebody has more inside info on the workings of the radio conglomerates, but just by listening, the approach I just described is the impression that I get.
Yes. In some ways, the ratings is like politics - there is a certain core audience which will listen to KFOG come hell or highwater. It's the extra people who will turn away if:
1) The music offends them (which really shouldn't be the case here)
2) The music bores them (which a lack of variety will do)
3) The music doesn't interest them (i.e. they MUST hear "We Will Rock You" every hour).
4) Too many f-ing commercials.
Obviously, issue 2 was paramount w/ DC.
