7.08.2007

Jack vs. WCBS Oldies!

Our missing-for-some-time favorite Oldies radio station may be headed back on the air. Here's a link to the story.

Are Oldies the New Jack on NYC Radio?
Saturday, July 07, 2007

By LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Everything oldies is new again. WCBS-FM, the nation's No. 1 oldies station for more than three decades until a 2005 switch, is ready to shift from its current "Jack" format and re-embrace the classic sounds of its past, according to online reports.

"If this happens, it will be a fantastic move," said "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, one of the veteran DJs jettisoned when the station swapped formats. "There isn't a day that goes by that people don't come up to me and say, `We miss the station so much.'"

CBS Radio, owner of the station, declined to comment on the much rumored change.

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You know, not everybody has satellite radio.
Long live the Oldies! Dion, Bobby Rydell, Fabian, Annette and Frankie, Gidget, Vince Edwards, Richard Chamberlain, the Beatles, the Supremes, the Temptations, the Duprees, Johnnie Maestro ... the Four Seasons!

To quote that other guy from that era, we're Bringing it all Back Home!


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