Comments on: The days the music died http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/ all signs point to no Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Becca http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6866 Becca Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:14:12 +0000 http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6866 You did? I'm totally jealous! You did? I’m totally jealous!

]]> By: Lizo http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6862 Lizo Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:04:01 +0000 http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6862 Ah, WDRE. I interned there one lovely summer and fall during college.... Ah, WDRE. I interned there one lovely summer and fall during college….

]]> By: Becca http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6837 Becca Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:00:38 +0000 http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6837 kb, you remind me that Z100, our powerhouse Top 40 station which I mention in the post, is still Top 40. So I stand corrected! Merrick, there's no shame in having diverse taste. I kinda wish I weren't such a music snob. I know I am because I once caught myself liking a song and then not liking it when I found out it was by a band I sneered at. I suck. Soxy, what, not Sexy Soxy? Come on now. kb, you remind me that Z100, our powerhouse Top 40 station which I mention in the post, is still Top 40. So I stand corrected!

Merrick, there’s no shame in having diverse taste. I kinda wish I weren’t such a music snob. I know I am because I once caught myself liking a song and then not liking it when I found out it was by a band I sneered at. I suck.

Soxy, what, not Sexy Soxy? Come on now.

]]> By: Soxy http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6835 Soxy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:49:37 +0000 http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6835 I love DJ names. I think I'd be "The Sox who Rox." or maybe "Roxy Soxy" I love DJ names. I think I’d be “The Sox who Rox.” or maybe “Roxy Soxy”

]]> By: Merrick http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6834 Merrick Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:42:47 +0000 http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6834 We didn't have any cool radio stations in my part of the midwest when I was growing up. Only Top Forty or 60's/70's "Classic Rock" I listened to The Cure and The Ramones albums that the cool, older kids in the neighborhood had. My love for New Wave didn't fully blossomed until about 10 years ago! ~hangs head in shame~ I suppose that's why I have such a diverse taste in music today though! We didn’t have any cool radio stations in my part of the midwest when I was growing up. Only Top Forty or 60′s/70′s “Classic Rock” I listened to The Cure and The Ramones albums that the cool, older kids in the neighborhood had. My love for New Wave didn’t fully blossomed until about 10 years ago! ~hangs head in shame~

I suppose that’s why I have such a diverse taste in music today though!

]]> By: kb http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6833 kb Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:56:55 +0000 http://magicjewball.com/2008/01/29/the-days-the-music-died/#comment-6833 I used to wake up to WRKR in middle school. I think by the time I got to high school they had already changed format and then disappeared entirely. It was an early exposure to the radio business world for me, I guess. WKTI, however, never changed. Not even format. They were pop in 1970 and they're still pop today. Reitman and Miller, the morning team, were the "IT" guys in the early eighties; Reitman just retired last year and Miller is still on with a new team. I can't imagine how they stayed relevant for thirty years. Although I rarely listen to that station anymore, it still brings me great comfort knowing they haven't changed. I used to wake up to WRKR in middle school. I think by the time I got to high school they had already changed format and then disappeared entirely. It was an early exposure to the radio business world for me, I guess.

WKTI, however, never changed. Not even format. They were pop in 1970 and they’re still pop today. Reitman and Miller, the morning team, were the “IT” guys in the early eighties; Reitman just retired last year and Miller is still on with a new team. I can’t imagine how they stayed relevant for thirty years. Although I rarely listen to that station anymore, it still brings me great comfort knowing they haven’t changed.

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