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Janice Johnson · 07-17-2004, 08:31 AM

And I don't know if I like it.

. Do you know Y100? The station for the most modern hits like Nsync, yellowcard, christina aguilera(the modern stuff from the year 2000 and on. Well, my favorite station 101.5 is trying to become like that. It used to only play songs from the70's, 80's, 90's and it would be like you know, older music like Whitney Houston, Elton John, Michael Bolton, and so on. There was a time when Monica's "For You I Will" was the only "modern" thing. Now it is playing "now" music a lot.

This used to be a typical list of songs from their station

Dream Weaver from Gary Wright
Human by Human League
In The Dark by Brenda Russell
you are so beautiful by joe crocker
how will i know by whitney houston
how am i suppossed to live without you? by michael bolton
i'll remember by madonna
true by spandeau ballet
diamond girl by seals and croft
if you don't know me by now by harold melvin and the blue notes
nikita by elton john
i'd really love to see you tonight by england dan and john coley
love takes time by mariah carey
will you still love me by chicago
torn by natalie imbruglia
if you ask me to by celine dion
if i could turn back time by cher
anything for you by gloria estefan
piano man by billy joel
against all odds by phil collins

Recently the "modern" songs I heard on the station

tears of jupiter by train
it's not easy to be me by five for fighting
invisible by clay aiken
a moment like this by kelly clarkson
smooth by matchbox and santana
a little more by michelle branch and santana
this love by maroon 5(I was shocked that this song was on it.)
for you i will by monica

They still play the old stuff, but they just mix it in with the modern muisc now.

ABlairican Pie · 07-17-2004, 12:40 PM

Hmmm, I wonder if it was jumping the bandwagon by becoming
"classic alternative", you kick back waiting to hear your favorite hits by Celine Dion, and bam, you get jarred awake by Jane's Addiction.

Dean Winchester · 07-17-2004, 03:34 PM

well, all the songs they're playing (even the Maroon 5 song could be considered soft rock) are ones you'd hear on most "Soft Rock" stations, it's not like they started playing Incubus

but it always is nice to hear the older soft songs too.

Nighthawk76 · 07-17-2004, 03:56 PM

There are far too many soft rock/Adult Contemp. stations as it is. Here in Chicago there are seven stations that follow that format, and they all play the same songs over and over and over again. One afternoon I was going to lunch and I was flipping through the stations on my car radio and every single one of these stations was playing "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. I hate Rod Stewart!

And even when they play someone cool like Bruce Springsteen the only songs they ever play are "Dancing In The Dark", "Glory Days" and "Hungry Heart". I love these three songs, but Bruce has been recording for thirty years. Why can't they play "Atlantic City", "My Hometown", "Brilliant Disguise"? And it's the same thing with Elton John. All they ever play is "The One" and his songs from The Lion King. We have only one Rock station in Chicago, The Loop. Then there are two dance stations, one hip-hop station, one Alt. Rock station and all the rest are Adult Contemporary.

Dean Winchester · 07-17-2004, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by dukey
And it's the same thing with Elton John. All they ever play is "The One" and his songs from The Lion King.

we get Sacrifice and Simple Life all the time here.

Someone needs to tell those programmers that Elton and Rod's 90's stuff was NOT their best, lol

vienna waits · 07-17-2004, 07:52 PM

My 80s radio station went from tv themes for a week to now Contemporary Christian.

AKA · 07-17-2004, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by Idol Fanatic
My 80s radio station went from tv themes for a week to now Contemporary Christian.

'80s to Contemporary Christian? Wow! That's an odd change. Are they still under the same ownership, or did the station get sold?

Anyway, not all Contemporary Christian is bad. Most of it is, though.

crystals · 07-19-2004, 01:56 AM

I don't even bother listening to the radio anymore. One of my favorite songs will come on the radio like once in three hours or so. If I ever do listen to the radio, it's usually in the car. There's a tape deck in the car, but unfortunately, it's broken. Sometimes while I'm in the car, I don't even bother listening to the radio. It's almost passe with me now. It's like, if I want to hear a song, I go to my CD collection and search all my bought and burned CDs for it. I don't even need a radio.

ABlairican Pie · 07-19-2004, 08:35 AM

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Originally posted by AKA
'80s to Contemporary Christian? Wow! That's an odd change. Are they still under the same ownership, or did the station get sold?

Anyway, not all Contemporary Christian is bad. Most of it is, though.

Maybe the owner got saved and said, that's it, no more Whitney. Hello St. Rebecca James.

07-17-2004, 08:31 AM	#1
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,738	My easy listening soft rock channel101.5 is becoming more modern And I don't know if I like it. . Do you know Y100? The station for the most modern hits like Nsync, yellowcard, christina aguilera(the modern stuff from the year 2000 and on. Well, my favorite station 101.5 is trying to become like that. It used to only play songs from the70's, 80's, 90's and it would be like you know, older music like Whitney Houston, Elton John, Michael Bolton, and so on. There was a time when Monica's "For You I Will" was the only "modern" thing. Now it is playing "now" music a lot. This used to be a typical list of songs from their station Dream Weaver from Gary Wright Human by Human League In The Dark by Brenda Russell you are so beautiful by joe crocker how will i know by whitney houston how am i suppossed to live without you? by michael bolton i'll remember by madonna true by spandeau ballet diamond girl by seals and croft if you don't know me by now by harold melvin and the blue notes nikita by elton john i'd really love to see you tonight by england dan and john coley love takes time by mariah carey will you still love me by chicago torn by natalie imbruglia if you ask me to by celine dion if i could turn back time by cher anything for you by gloria estefan piano man by billy joel against all odds by phil collins Recently the "modern" songs I heard on the station tears of jupiter by train it's not easy to be me by five for fighting invisible by clay aiken a moment like this by kelly clarkson smooth by matchbox and santana a little more by michelle branch and santana this love by maroon 5(I was shocked that this song was on it.) for you i will by monica They still play the old stuff, but they just mix it in with the modern muisc now.
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07-19-2004, 01:56 AM	#8
crystals Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 02, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,829	I don't even bother listening to the radio anymore. One of my favorite songs will come on the radio like once in three hours or so. If I ever do listen to the radio, it's usually in the car. There's a tape deck in the car, but unfortunately, it's broken. Sometimes while I'm in the car, I don't even bother listening to the radio. It's almost passe with me now. It's like, if I want to hear a song, I go to my CD collection and search all my bought and burned CDs for it. I don't even need a radio.
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07-17-2004, 03:34 PM	#3
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	well, all the songs they're playing (even the Maroon 5 song could be considered soft rock) are ones you'd hear on most "Soft Rock" stations, it's not like they started playing Incubus but it always is nice to hear the older soft songs too.

07-17-2004, 03:56 PM	#4
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	There are far too many soft rock/Adult Contemp. stations as it is. Here in Chicago there are seven stations that follow that format, and they all play the same songs over and over and over again. One afternoon I was going to lunch and I was flipping through the stations on my car radio and every single one of these stations was playing "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. I hate Rod Stewart! And even when they play someone cool like Bruce Springsteen the only songs they ever play are "Dancing In The Dark", "Glory Days" and "Hungry Heart". I love these three songs, but Bruce has been recording for thirty years. Why can't they play "Atlantic City", "My Hometown", "Brilliant Disguise"? And it's the same thing with Elton John. All they ever play is "The One" and his songs from The Lion King. We have only one Rock station in Chicago, The Loop. Then there are two dance stations, one hip-hop station, one Alt. Rock station and all the rest are Adult Contemporary.