Author: Bob Cavanaugh
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WTDY July 30, 2018
As I said last week, we’re taking a listen to the next in a series of brands on 96.5 in Philadelphia. Last week, it was the new AC approach as Today’s 96.5, this week it’s Hot AC trying to be CHR 96.5 TDY. The station would apparently morph back into full on CHR, though I…
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WTDY January 27, 2017
As I said last week, the clip posted last week was recorded near the end of the Amp format on 96.5 Philadelphia. What was unknown to anyone at the time was that in early January 2017, the station would flip to AC as Today’s 96.5 WTDY. This clip was recorded a couple of weeks after…
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WZMP November 23, 2016
As promised last week, we’re hearing the 96.5 frequency in Philadelphia this week under its CHR Amp Radio format. What was unknown to me and pretty much everyone at the time is that about six weeks later, the station would go AC as Today’s 96.5, which we will hear next week.
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The continued blurring of format lines
I’ve said for years that format lines continue to blur, and it seems that with each passing year, lines get even more blurry. Adult Contemporary used to be softer music, sometimes current, sometimes from a few years ago. Now, most AC stations consist of 80s and recurrents, overlapping Hot AC, Variety Hits, and Classic Hits,…
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WRDW March 31, 2015
While we’ve listened to many stations already on this site recorded with the Global Tuners recorder, this is the first one that I actually was able to record using that method. Before then, I had to use Stereo Mix on my computer to record what GT was playing. This aircheck is Philadelphia’s 96.5 WRDW, in…
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KYPT April 23, 2003
Today, it’s the second in our two installments of 80s hits 96.5 The Point KYPT Seattle. About the only two differences between this aircheck and the one posted last week are that this one is hosted and the CNN Radio updates are gone.
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KYPT April 6, 2003
It must have been Spring 2000 when we discovered 96.5 had flipped from Young Country to 80s hits as 96.5 The Point. What I do remember is that at age six, I thought the new KYPT was much better than the 50s/60s oldies on KBSG. The station would remain a favorite for a couple of…
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WDVD July 17, 2016
Today we take a listen to a heritage station in Detroit, WDVD. I recorded this because I haven’t found any airchecks of that station. This comes at a difficult time in my personal life. I was struggling with depression at the time, but was feeling good this day because I had been to my favorite…
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WBBM August 8, 2017
It is a new market to the site this week. Unlike a lot of sites, you’re not going to hear much from it here, largely because so much from this market exists. The market we’re talking about is Chicago, and the station is B96, WBBM, the heritage CHR in the market. I can’t remember why…
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Two Very Different Waves
Usually when I review two stations, I’m comparing them, as they have a similar format. This time however, the only thing in common is the station name and that they both have an imaging spot that is nothing but waves splashing. I discovered the station on Hawaii’s big island first, as their sister station, 102.7…