And yet the radio station owners and programmers are amazed at the number of people who are leaving over-the-air radio and paying money for satillite radio. It just goes to show you how out of touch these people are with what the listeners want.

KISN isn't gone, it just switched to AM. Its now 910 am. Just figured you might like to know that :)

Yesterday evening on OPB they played a sample what passes for a play list generated by "Jack." Led Zepplin "Whole Lotta' Love" followed up by Britney Spears (sorry don't know the title and woldn't admit to it if I did). All I could think was "WTF?!" What's even worse is that "Jack" is said to be the product of a Vancouver company (I keep hoping they mean B.C. not WA). If this trend continues I may have to rip the radio out of the dash.

CORRECTION: It was actually The Cure and Alanis, not B.S. Not as bad, but still... And it is a B.C. company that is responsible. (NPR, All Things Considered, June 7, 2005).

Charlie-FM: One train wreck after another.

I've heard disco sandwiched between late-80's pop-hip-hop. I've heard jumps from the 60's to the 90's and back again over the course of just three songs. To call it disjointed is putting it mildly.

But then, I'm not surprising anybody here. *sigh*

Although I feel that KISN has a playlist with the depth of a kiddie pool, it's always been the one commerical spot on the dial I can handle for more than 20 minutes.

Moving it to AM doesn't bother me too much - most "oldies" were mixed for AM and jukebox lo-fidelity anyway - but the brass at Entercom could control the ill will by giving KISN's frequency change some promotional advertising and engaging in some loyal listener appeasement.

Heck, maybe they could even deepen their playlist with oldies other than the Standard 200-300 you hear on every similar station in the US.

Oldies is definitely being phased off terrestrial stations, but satellite is doing a lot with the format. I wouldn't be surprised if Cousin Brucie got an offer from Sirius or XM.

You want good radio? I'll give you good radio: KEXP 90.3 Seattle. http://www.kexp.org

Jack,
Cousin Brucie landed himself at Sirius satellite radio. You can listen to him all over again, from your home if Portland, should you so desire. I believe he starts broadcasting July 4th.

"Cousin Brucie belongs to a new family. Veteran New York disc jockey Bruce Morrow, dumped last week when WCBS-FM switched away from its oldies format, signed on Thursday with Sirius Satellite Radio. Morrow, whose radio days predate the Beatles, will host three shows: two with hits from the '50s, '60s and '70s, and his own talk show."

"Morrow's debut was set for the July Fourth weekend, with a special broadcast from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland."

Enjoy.

I recently heard the new "Jack" Mack the Knifle by Bobby Darin followed by Sweet child of mine by GNR. Greanted i like both sogs, but they think they are hitting a nich? It sounds jus tliek 106.7, 95.5, 101.1. Even the classis rock station (the very good Q104.3) is putting very new songs on. I am a 26 youe old guy but i cannot stand the music that is put out now a days. Thanks od i have older siblings who steared me in the right direction.

I recently heard the new "Jack" Mack the Knifle by Bobby Darin followed by Sweet child of mine by GNR. Greanted i like both sogs, but they think they are hitting a nich? It sounds jus tliek 106.7, 95.5, 101.1. Even the classis rock station (the very good Q104.3) is putting very new songs on. I am a 26 youe old guy but i cannot stand the music that is put out now a days. Thanks od i have older siblings who steared me in the right direction.

"Even-littler-than-that known: I know a lesbian with a radio show who changed her name from Linda to Jack."

Oh, Thank you for making me laugh so hard it hurt. Great Blog!!!!!

I knew a guy named Ralph with a radio show who changed his name to Linda. He said, "I just like da name better. You got a problem wit dat?"