Local (and other) radio news

[Big Fingers McGee]

Any Rick Dees fans left in the world?  he's now carried locally on 92.7 The Rev, 6-10 am.

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118075/royce-adds-rick-dees-in-mornings-for-san-francisco#ixzz2SZ5BVPS3

Attention Big Fingers McG: In addition to the above, 92.7 is also running Mr Dees' "Weekly Top 40" countdown on Sunday afternoons.

Thanks. I occasionally catch the show online from www.rick.com, but there may one day be an occasion for me to listen while driving.

[RGMike]

Dear Live 105: I don't need to hear "Under Pressure" on your station. Or any other, for that matter.

[RGMike]

Dear Live 105: I don't need to hear "Under Pressure" on your station. Or any other, for that matter.

Ditto "I Melt With You"...

[radical347]

This morning's Modern Mix track on Live: the 12" version of Peter Godwin's "Images of Heaven." Nice!

Aside: every time we get a modern mix track by someone from Germany...Masters always tells us so.  I swear I hear him say "This is _____, from Germany" at least 2-3x/week.

[radical347]

This morning's modern mix track: BLUE by Eiffel 65! 

-Did they actually play it back then?  (Outside of their specialty EDM show.)  Steve Masters says they were the first station in the area to.
-It sounded good in between The Naked & Famous and M83.
-It would have sounded even better during their "Energy 105" phase last year.
-Live 105 should add it as a recurrent/gold.  Nobody plays it anymore, so it qualifies as "alternative."
-This song got shafted on Pop, it was supposed to hit #1 but stalled at #3 and took a nosedive.
-I feel somewhat cheated out of a vintage track today...their 7:30 retro track was "Enjoy the Silence." 

[Big Fingers McGee]

This morning's modern mix track: BLUE by Eiffel 65! 

-Did they actually play it back then?  (Outside of their specialty EDM show.)  Steve Masters says they were the first station in the area to.
-It sounded good in between The Naked & Famous and M83.
-It would have sounded even better during their "Energy 105" phase last year.
-Live 105 should add it as a recurrent/gold.  Nobody plays it anymore, so it qualifies as "alternative."
-This song got shafted on Pop, it was supposed to hit #1 but stalled at #3 and took a nosedive.
-I feel somewhat cheated out of a vintage track today...their 7:30 retro track was "Enjoy the Silence." 

Trying to remember what it stalled behind... it was probably around March 2000? "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" might have been one of the culprits.. I don't think "Bye Bye Bye" had started its meteoric rise yet.

And try telling anybody that they had a second hit! ("Move Your Body").

[radical347]

This morning's modern mix track: BLUE by Eiffel 65! 

-Did they actually play it back then?  (Outside of their specialty EDM show.)  Steve Masters says they were the first station in the area to.
-It sounded good in between The Naked & Famous and M83.
-It would have sounded even better during their "Energy 105" phase last year.
-Live 105 should add it as a recurrent/gold.  Nobody plays it anymore, so it qualifies as "alternative."
-This song got shafted on Pop, it was supposed to hit #1 but stalled at #3 and took a nosedive.
-I feel somewhat cheated out of a vintage track today...their 7:30 retro track was "Enjoy the Silence." 

Trying to remember what it stalled behind... it was probably around March 2000? "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" might have been one of the culprits.. I don't think "Bye Bye Bye" had started its meteoric rise yet.

And try telling anybody that they had a second hit! ("Move Your Body").

You're on the right track...for all 3 weeks, #2 was Christina Aguilera "What a Girl Wants" and #1 was Savage Garden "I Knew I Loved You."

[Big Fingers McGee]

This morning's modern mix track: BLUE by Eiffel 65! 

-Did they actually play it back then?  (Outside of their specialty EDM show.)  Steve Masters says they were the first station in the area to.
-It sounded good in between The Naked & Famous and M83.
-It would have sounded even better during their "Energy 105" phase last year.
-Live 105 should add it as a recurrent/gold.  Nobody plays it anymore, so it qualifies as "alternative."
-This song got shafted on Pop, it was supposed to hit #1 but stalled at #3 and took a nosedive.
-I feel somewhat cheated out of a vintage track today...their 7:30 retro track was "Enjoy the Silence." 

Trying to remember what it stalled behind... it was probably around March 2000? "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" might have been one of the culprits.. I don't think "Bye Bye Bye" had started its meteoric rise yet.

And try telling anybody that they had a second hit! ("Move Your Body").

You're on the right track...for all 3 weeks, #2 was Christina Aguilera "What a Girl Wants" and #1 was Savage Garden "I Knew I Loved You."

Those Top 3: all artists that have never appeared on 10@10, as far as I know. What I wouldn't give to see the reaction after those three songs are played consecutively in a 1999 or 2000 set! Actually, Savage Garden's "I Want You" would be a very good TOTHK for a 97 set, but I ain't holding my breath.

[RGMike]

You're on the right track...for all 3 weeks, #2 was Christina Aguilera "What a Girl Wants" and #1 was Savage Garden "I Knew I Loved You."

Those Top 3: all artists that have never appeared on 10@10, as far as I know. What I wouldn't give to see the reaction after those three songs are played consecutively in a 1999 or 2000 set! Actually, Savage Garden's "I Want You" would be a very good TOTHK for a 97 set, but I ain't holding my breath.

the Aguilera tune was on my 2000 wish list; given that she played Pink, I think she would've eventually played Christina.

[radical347]

This morning's modern mix track: BLUE by Eiffel 65! 

-Did they actually play it back then?  (Outside of their specialty EDM show.)  Steve Masters says they were the first station in the area to.
-It sounded good in between The Naked & Famous and M83.
-It would have sounded even better during their "Energy 105" phase last year.
-Live 105 should add it as a recurrent/gold.  Nobody plays it anymore, so it qualifies as "alternative."
-This song got shafted on Pop, it was supposed to hit #1 but stalled at #3 and took a nosedive.
-I feel somewhat cheated out of a vintage track today...their 7:30 retro track was "Enjoy the Silence." 

Trying to remember what it stalled behind... it was probably around March 2000? "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" might have been one of the culprits.. I don't think "Bye Bye Bye" had started its meteoric rise yet.

And try telling anybody that they had a second hit! ("Move Your Body").

You're on the right track...for all 3 weeks, #2 was Christina Aguilera "What a Girl Wants" and #1 was Savage Garden "I Knew I Loved You."

Those Top 3: all artists that have never appeared on 10@10, as far as I know. What I wouldn't give to see the reaction after those three songs are played consecutively in a 1999 or 2000 set! Actually, Savage Garden's "I Want You" would be a very good TOTHK for a 97 set, but I ain't holding my breath.

Agreed.  Ditto with To the Moon and Back, which has been on my wishlist.

[RGMike]

May radio ratings. All our "usual suspects" essentially unchanged and blah blah blah...

http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009

[urth]

May radio ratings. All our "usual suspects" essentially unchanged and blah blah blah...

http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009

Did a double-take when I noticed that the chart linked above lists KTCT (KNBR's second frequency) as being a Susquehanna station. They sold out in what, 2007? Earlier?

[radical347]

Steve Masters's Modern Mix tracks for last week:

Monday: The Human League “Don’t You Want Me”
Tuesday: Men Without Hats “The Safety Dance”
Wednesday: Erasure “Oh L’Amour”
Thursday: Laid Back “White Horse”
Friday: Information Society “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”

The first three are pretty mainstream and 4 & 5 aren't terribly unusual either.   The vintage tracks are gradually being dumbed down, I fear. 

[RGMike]

Steve Masters's Modern Mix tracks for last week:

Monday: The Human League “Don’t You Want Me”
Tuesday: Men Without Hats “The Safety Dance”
Wednesday: Erasure “Oh L’Amour”
Thursday: Laid Back “White Horse”
Friday: Information Society “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”

The first three are pretty mainstream and 4 & 5 aren't terribly unusual either.   The vintage tracks are gradually being dumbed down, I fear.

Agreed. This morning he did Siouxie's "Cities in Dust" (12" mix)

[RGMike]

Steve Masters's Modern Mix tracks for last week:

Monday: The Human League “Don’t You Want Me”
Tuesday: Men Without Hats “The Safety Dance”
Wednesday: Erasure “Oh L’Amour”
Thursday: Laid Back “White Horse”
Friday: Information Society “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”

The first three are pretty mainstream and 4 & 5 aren't terribly unusual either.   The vintage tracks are gradually being dumbed down, I fear.

Agreed. This morning he did Siouxie's "Cities in Dust" (12" mix)

They seem to have scaled way back on the "classic alternative" stuff generally.