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KEARTH 101 (it's only 80's if we say so)

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34james

so 5 minutes ago I called Charlie Tuna who is subbing, for Gary Bryan for Memorial Day. I called him up hoping to hear
"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John

First he said "it's past the 80's"

Then he said "it's not in here"

I guess it's only 80's if KEARTH says so. I Know Physical is a very popular early 80's song.

Sad state KRTH is in when they don't allow listeners to call in a popular 80's hit.
 
Probably "Physical" doesn't test high enough to be added to the playlist. And as David always says, "Just because a song was a huge monster #1 hit in 1980 doesn't mean the target demographic wants to hear it today."
 
34james said:
so 5 minutes ago I called Charlie Tuna who is subbing, for Gary Bryan for Memorial Day. I called him up hoping to hear
"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John

First he said "it's past the 80's"

Then he said "it's not in here"

I guess it's only 80's if KEARTH says so. I Know Physical is a very popular early 80's song.

Sad state KRTH is in when they don't allow listeners to call in a popular 80's hit.
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Do they actually take listener requests like the old KKDJ "Instant Requests"?
 
Physical shows up in other markets. It's all in how the audience in a specific area feels about a song. Some cities love it, others hate it.
 
34james said:
I guess it's only 80's if KEARTH says so. I Know Physical is a very popular early 80's song.

Sad state KRTH is in when they don't allow listeners to call in a popular 80's hit.
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As said elsewhere in this thread -- and in some way, shape, or form, in practically every thread that gets started about KRTH (usually several times) -- "popular" is a term which has to be filtered for the present. Being #1 when the song was current is not an automatic indication of its popularity with today's listeners. That's why there is research that includes music testing ... to see what is popular with the audience KRTH has now.

If being #1 was the only criteria, here are six songs from 1980 that would have to be added to the library:
Lady/Kenny Rogers
Upside Down/Diana Ross
Funkytown/Lipps Inc.
Woman In Love/Barbra Streisand
Do That To Me One More Time/Captain & Tennille
Please Don't Go/KC & the Sunshine Band

I don't know about you, but I'll be happy to never hear those songs again, be it on KRTH, Pandora, my MP3 player, or the stream of an oldies station in Colorado Springs.

P.S.: "Physical", although having entered the chart in late November 1980, peaked at #1 in 1981, and is therefore considered to be associated with that's year's hits. Just sayin' ...
 
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Ron Jacobs, KHJ's program director from 1965 to 1969, was asked one time, "How much do listener requests affect the playlist?" His answer: "Not a bit." The station frequently promoted its request line, "HOllywood 1-93-53. You say it, we play it," but the line existed just so listeners could think that their requests mattered. I'm sure KRTH is no different. If they are not playing Physical, it wouldn't matter if a thousand listeners called in to request it.
 
LARadioRewind said:
Ron Jacobs, KHJ's program director from 1965 to 1969, was asked one time, "How much do listener requests affect the playlist?" His answer: "Not a bit." The station frequently promoted its request line, "HOllywood 1-93-53. You say it, we play it," but the line existed just so listeners could think that their requests mattered. I'm sure KRTH is no different. If they are not playing Physical, it wouldn't matter if a thousand listeners called in to request it.
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That's right. It is hard to think of an industry that disrespects its customers more than radio.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
That's right. It is hard to think of an industry that disrespects its customers more than radio.
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As we've said many times, the listeners are users, not customers. The advertisers are the customers.

I don't see how playing the requests of a handful of people is being respectful of listeners.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
That's right. It is hard to think of an industry that disrespects its customers more than radio.
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It's hard to think of any industry where the opinion of anyone whose only qualification is owning a telephone would be considered significant.

In any case, it only takes a short period of time being on the air to know that requests don't reflect average listeners.

First is the classic call to request the song that just played... or is playing right now! That is all too common.

Second is the rush of calls for the same song... generally, in the past, due to a fan club effort and today due to a FB post or Tweet.

Third are drunks or tokers who call a CHR to request a 40-year-old classic rock song. Or, in general, calls for out of format songs.

Fourth are those that call for the same time everyday, often for an obscure song nobody remembers or wants to hear.

That's why, since the 70's, we have picked nicely selected samples of all the perspective listeners and dug deeply into their likes and dislikes. If a song does not show up as positive in those situations, no amount of calling will get it played.
 
radio128 said:
Funkytown is already on the KRTH playlist. Shotgun played it the other day.
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It was on WDRC-FM's playlist here in Connecticut, too, before the sale and flip to classic rock. "Upside Down" also made the cut there. I think "Physical" might have gotten a few spins on the Saturday night request show, the other songs not even that. Proving yet again that "popular then" doesn't always mean "popular now."
 
I'm lobbying to get semoochie's "manure" comment included in the next edition of Bartlett's Book Of Familiar Quotations. What a great line! Here is what KRTH was playing regularly in April. This list excludes a few mid-1960s songs which were played only a few times.

ABC - Jackson 5 (1/1970)
Always & Forever - Heatwave (18/1978)
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes (8/1983)
American Pie - Don McLean (1/1971)
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (1/1980)
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (1/1980)
Any Way You Want It - Journey (23/1980)
Babe - Styx (1/1979)
Baby Hold On - Eddie Money (11/1978)
Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton (12/1976)
Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders (5/1982)
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/1969)
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (2/1978)
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney/Wings (1/1974)
Beast Of Burden - Rolling Stones (8/1978)
Beat It - Michael Jackson (1/1983)
Bennie & The Jets - Elton John (1/1974)
Best Of My Love - Emotions (1/1977)
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (1/1981)
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (1/1983)
Black Magic Woman - Santana (4/1970)
Black Or White - Michael Jackson (1/1991)
Black Water - Doobie Bros (1/1974)
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1/1976)
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (9/1976, 2/1992)
Borderline - Madonna (10/1984)
Brass In Pocket - Pretenders (14/1980)
Brick House - Commodores (5/1977)
Broken Wings - Mr Mister (1/1985)
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (10/1967)
Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations (3/1969)
Bust A Move - Young MC (7/1989)
Call Me - Blondie (1/1980)
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas (11/1976)
Centerfold - J Geils Band (1/1981)
Cold As Ice - Foreigner (6/1977)
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners (1/1983)
Crazy For You - Madonna (1/1985)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen (1/1979)
Crocodile Rock - Elton John (1/1972)
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart (1/1978)
Dance With Me - Orleans (6/1975)
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen (2/1984)
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol (--/1981, 102/1983)
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (2/1986)
Daniel - Elton John (2/1973)
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - Police (10/1980)
December 1963 - Four Seasons (1/1975, 14/1994)
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley (3/1982)
Do It Again - Steely Dan (6/1972)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (7/1970)
Domino - Van Morrison (9/1970)
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra (4/1979)
Don’t Do Me Like That - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (10/1979)
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John/Kiki Dee (1/1976)
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John (2/1974)
Don’t Stand So Close To Me - Police (10/1981)
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac (3/1977)
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (9/1981)
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson (1/1979)
Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds (1/1985)
Don’t You Want Me - Human League (1/1982)
Double Vision - Foreigner (2/1978)
Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival (3/1969)
Down Under - Men At Work (1/1982)
Dream On - Aerosmith (59/1973, 6/1976)
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (1/1977)
Dress You Up - Madonna (5/1985)
Drift Away - Dobie Gray (5/1973)
Dust In The Wind - Kansas (6/1978)
Easy Lover - Philip Bailey/Phil Collins (2/1984)
Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks (11/1982)
Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton (6/1974)
Every Breath You Take - Police (1/1983)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police (3/1981)
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears (1/1985)
Everything She Wants - Wham (1/1985)
Evil Ways - Santana (9/1970)
Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra (10/1975)
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1/1982)
Faith - George Michael (1/1987)
Faithfully - Journey (12/1983)
Fantasy - Earth Wind & Fire (32/1978)
Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago (10/1973)
Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner (4/1977)
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band (2/1976)
Fooled Around & Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop/Mickey Thomas (3/1976)
Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty (7/1989)
Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group (14/1973)
Funkytown - Lipps Inc (1/1980)
Get Down Tonight - KC/Sunshine Band (1/1975)
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr (1/1984)
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (2/1983)
Give A Little Bit - Supertramp (15/1977)
Go All The Way - Raspberries (5/1972)
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac (10/1977)
Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp (15/1979)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (2/1973)
Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn (12/1978)
Grease - Frankie Valli (1/1978)
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/1969)
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac (12/1982)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (8/1971)
Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa/Cult Jam (1/1987)
Heart & Soul - Huey Lewis/News (8/1983)
Heart Of Glass - Blondie (1/1979)
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar (23/1979)
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle (1/1987)
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares (15/1976)
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics (4/1984)
Here Comes The Sun - Beatles (LP/1969)
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake (1/1987)
Hey Jude - Beatles (1/1968)
Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (10/1980)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (9/1980)
Hold The Line - Toto (5/1978)
Holiday - Madonna (16/1983)
Honky Cat - Elton John (8/1972)
Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones (1/1969)
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer (1/1979)
Hotel California - Eagles (1/1977)
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (1/1977)
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (5/1980)
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (3/1982)
Hurts So Good - John Cougar (2/1982)
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (1/1972)
I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates (1/1981)
I Do It For You - Bryan Adams (1/1991)
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan/Grandmaster Melle Mel (3/1984)
I Just Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew (1/1987)
I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett/Blackhearts (1/1982)
I Melt With You - Modern English (78/1983)
I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (9/1982)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2 (1/1987)
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince (11/1979)
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (1/1984)
I Want You Back - Jackson 5 (1/1969)
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick (7/1979)
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1/1978)
I Wish - Stevie Wonder (1/1976)
I'm Not In Love - 10cc (2/1975)
I'm Your Boogie Man - KC/Sunshine Band (1/1977)
If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (4/1986)
Imagine - John Lennon (3/1971)
In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins (19/1981, 102/1984)
Instant Karma - John Lennon (3/1970)
Into The Groove - Madonna (--/1985)
Island Girl - Elton John (1/1975)
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder (LP/1976)
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr/Badfinger (4/1971)
It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel (1/1980)
It's Too Late - Carole King (1/1971)
Jack & Diane - John Cougar (1/1982)
Jamming - Bob Marley/Wailers (--/1977)
Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield (1/1981)
Jet - Paul McCartney (7/1974)
Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band (8/1977)
Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees (1/1975)
Just What I Needed - Cars (27/1978)
Just You 'N' Me - Chicago (4/1973)
Keep It Comin' Love - KC/Sunshine Band (2/1977)
Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (1/1980)
Killer Queen - Queen (12/1975)
Kiss - Prince (1/1986)
Kiss On My List - Hall & Oates (1/1981)
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart (1/1979)
La Bamba - Los Lobos (1/1987)
Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang (8/1979)
Lady - Commodores (8/1981)
Lady - Styx (6/1974)
Lady Madonna - Beatles (4/1968)
Lean On Me - Bill Withers (1/1972)
Let It Be - Beatles (1/1970)
Let The Music Play - Shannon (8/1983)
Let’s Dance - David Bowie (1/1983)
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (1/1973)
Let’s Go - Cars (14/1979)
Let's Go Crazy - Prince (1/1984)
Let's Groove - Earth Wind & Fire (3/1981)
Let's Stay Together - Al Green (1/1971)
Lies - Thompson Twins (30/1983)
Light My Fire - Doors (1/1967)
Lights - Journey (68/1978)
Like A Prayer - Madonna (1/1989)
Listen To The Music - Doobie Bros (11/1972)
Listen To What The Man Said - Wings (1/1975)
Little Red Corvette - Prince (6/1983)
Live & Let Die - Wings (2/1973)
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (8/1973)
Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi (1/1986)
Long Cool Woman - Hollies (2/1972)
Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Bros (8/1973)
Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/1970)
Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson (8/1978)
Love Her Madly - Doors (11/1971)
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar (5/1983)
Love Shack - B-52’s (3/1989)
Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills (14/1970)
Love Train - O'Jays (1/1973)
Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise (6/1978)
Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’ - Journey (16/1979)
Low Rider - War (7/1975)
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs (3/1976)
Lucky Star - Madonna (4/1984)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Elton John (1/1974)
Lyin’ Eyes - Eagles (2/1975)
Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle (3/1986)
Maggie May - Rod Stewart (1/1971)
Magic Man - Heart (9/1976)
Major Tom - Peter Schilling (14/1983)
Maneater - Hall & Oates (1/1982)
Manic Monday - Bangles (2/1986)
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (8/1977)
Maybe I’m Amazed - Paul McCartney (10/1977)
Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye (4/1971)
Miss You - Rolling Stones (1/1978)
Missing You - John Waite (1/1984)
Modern Love - David Bowie (14/1983)
Mony Mony - Billy Idol (1/1987)
Moondance - Van Morrison (LP/1970, 92/1977)
More More More - Andrea True Connection (4/1976)
More Than A Feeling - Boston (5/1976)
Mother & Child Reunion - Paul Simon (4/1972)
Movin’ Out - Billy Joel (17/1978)
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli (1/1974)
My Life - Billy Joel (3/1978)
My Sharona - Knack (1/1979)
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (1/1970)
Nasty - Janet Jackson (3/1986)
Need You Tonight - INXS (1/1987)
Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5 (2/1971)
Night Fever - Bee Gees (1/1978)
Night Moves - Bob Seger (4/1976)
Nights On Broadway - Bee Gees (7/1975)
Nightshift - Commodores (3/1985)
No Matter What - Badfinger (8/1970)
No One To Depend On - Santana (36/1972)
Old Days - Chicago (5/1975)
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger (28/1979, 48/1983)
One Of These Nights - Eagles (1/1975)
One Way Or Another - Blondie (24/1979)
Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel (24/1978)
Only The Lonely - Motels (9/1982)
Ooh Child - Five Stairsteps (8/1970)
Our House - Madness (7/1983)
Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates (1/1984)
Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac (20/1975)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes (1/1983)
Oye Como Va - Santana (13/1971)
PYT - Michael Jackson (10/1983)
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - Temptations (1/1972)
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles (22/1972)
Peg - Steely Dan/Michael McDonald (11/1977)
Photograph - Ringo Starr (1/1973)
Piano Man - Billy Joel (25/1974)
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1/1976)
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (2/1988)
Promises Promises - Naked Eyes (11/1983)
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/1969)
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner (4/1971)
Reasons - Earth Wind & Fire (LP/1975)
Red Red Wine - UB40 (34/1984, 1/1988)
Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan (11/1973)
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (67/1984, 10/1985)
Remember The Time - Michael Jackson (3/1992)
Respect - Aretha Franklin (1/1967)
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac (11/1976)
Rich Girl - Hall & Oates (1/1977)
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan (4/1974)
Rock On - David Essex (5/1973)
Rock Steady - Whispers (7/1987)
Rock The Casbah - Clash (8/1982)
Rock With You - Michael Jackson (1/1979)
Rocket Man - Elton John (6/1972)
Rock’n Me - Steve Miller Band (1/1976)
Roll With It - Steve Winwood (1/1988)
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (11/1978)
Sara - Starship (1/1985)
Sara Smile - Hall & Oates (4/1976)
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones (1/1965)
Saturday In The Park - Chicago (3/1972)
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac (11/1976)
Separate Ways - Journey (8/1983)
September - Earth Wind & Fire (8/1978)
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye (3/1982)
Shake It Up - Cars (4/1981)
Shattered - Rolling Stones (31/1978)
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals (1/1989)
Shout - Tears For Fears (1/1985)
Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder (3/1970)
Silly Love Songs - Wings (1/1976)
Sing A Song - Earth Wind & Fire (5/1975)
Sister Golden Hair - America (1/1975)
Smoke From A Distant Fire - Sanford/Townsend Band (9/1977)
Smooth - Santana/Rob Thomas (1/1999)
So In To You - Atlanta Rhythm Section (7/1977)
Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart (10/1984)
Some Kind Of Wonderful - Grand Funk (3/1974)
Somebody To Love - Queen (13/1976)
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne (7/1982)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John (4/1975)
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (3/1970)
Stand By Me - Ben E King (4/1961, 9/1986)
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones (2/1981)
Stay - Jackson Browne (20/1978)
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (1/1976)
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (6/1973)
Stuck With You - Huey Lewis/News (1/1986)
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (4/1979)
Summer Of ‘69 - Bryan Adams (5/1985)
Super Freak - Rick James/Temptations (16/1981)
Superstition - Stevie Wonder (1/1972)
Sussudio - Phil Collins (1/1985)
Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses (1/1988)
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (1/1983)
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (8/1974)
Tainted Love - Soft Cell (8/1982)
Take It Easy - Eagles (12/1972)
Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon (5/1981)
Take It To The Limit - Eagles (4/1975)
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money/Ronnie Spector (4/1986)
Take My Breath Away - Berlin (1/1986)
Take On Me - a-ha (1/1985)
Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (12/1974)
Tempted - Squeeze (49/1981)
That’s All - Genesis (6/1983)
That's The Way I Like It - KC/Sunshine Band (1/1975)
The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy (12/1976)
The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley (5/1984)
The Cisco Kid - War (2/1973)
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E (7/1984)
The Groove Line - Heatwave (7/1978)
The Joker - Steve Miller Band (1/1973)
The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk (1/1974)
The Logical Song - Supertramp (6/1979)
The Long & Winding Road - Beatles (1/1970)
The Long Run - Eagles (8/1979)
The Longest Time - Billy Joel (14/1984)
The Love You Save - Jackson 5 (1/1970)
The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis/News (1/1985)
The Promise - When In Rome (11/1988)
The Things We Do For Love - 10cc (5/1977)
The Tide Is High - Blondie (1/1980)
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson (1/1987)
This Is It - Kenny Loggins/Michael McDonald (11/1979)
Thriller - Michael Jackson (4/1984)
Throwing It All Away - Genesis (4/1988)
Ticket To Ride - Beatles (1/1965)
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (1/1984)
Tiny Dancer - Elton John (41/1972)
Too Hot - Kool & The Gang (5/1980)
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees (1/1978)
Tragedy - Bee Gees (1/1979)
Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/1970)
Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money (22/1978)
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney (1/1971)
Unchained Melody - Righteous Bros (4/1965, 13/1990)
Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie (29/1981)
Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival (4/1970)
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (3/1983)
Urgent - Foreigner (4/1981)
Use Me - Bill Withers (2/1972)
Use Ta Be My Girl - O'Jays (4/1978)
Vacation - Go-Go’s (8/1982)
Vogue - Madonna (1/1990)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham (1/1984)
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles (1/1986)
Walk This Way - Aerosmith (--/1975, 10/1976)
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ - Michael Jackon (5/1983)
War - Edwin Starr (1/1970)
We Belong - Pat Benatar (5/1984)
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions - Queen (4/1977, 52/1992)
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys (1/1986)
What A Fool Believes - Doobie Bros (1/1979)
What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye (2/1971)
What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner (1/1984)
When Doves Cry - Prince (1/1984)
White Wedding - Billy Idol (108/1982, 36/1983)
Who Loves You - Four Seasons (3/1975)
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/1970)
Who’s Crying Now - Journey (4/1981)
Why Can't We Be Friends - War (6/1975)
Witchy Woman - Eagles (9/1972)
With Or Without You - U2 (1/1987)
Woman - John Lennon (2/1981)
Working For The Weekend - Loverboy (29/1981)
Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl - Spinners (2/1979)
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1/1974)
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder/Gilstrap/Bailey (1/1973)
You Are The Woman - Firefall (9/1976)
You Belong To Me - Carly Simon (6/1978)
You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins (10/1982)
You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band (31/1982)
You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi (1/1986)
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac (9/1977)
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates (5/1981)
You May Be Right - Billy Joel (7/1980)
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees (1/1976)
You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive (11/1985)
You’re My Best Friend - Queen (16/1976)
You're So Vain - Carly Simon (1/1972)
You're The First The Last My Everything - Barry White (2/1974)
You're The One That I Want - John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John (1/1978)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Hall & Oates (12/1980)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Bros (1/1964)
Young Turks - Rod Stewart (5/1981)
Your Love - Outfield (6/1986)
Your Song - Elton John (8/1970)
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago (4/1970)
99 Luftballons - Nena (2/1983)
867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone (4/1982)
1999 - Prince (44/1982, 12/1983, 40/1999)
 
34james said:
so 5 minutes ago I called Charlie Tuna who is subbing, for Gary Bryan for Memorial Day. I called him up hoping to hear
"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John

First he said "it's past the 80's"

Then he said "it's not in here"

I guess it's only 80's if KEARTH says so. I Know Physical is a very popular early 80's song.

Sad state KRTH is in when they don't allow listeners to call in a popular 80's hit.
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Of course now I'll now weigh in since another KRTH topic has begun in earnest.

I totally agree with you 34James. "Physical" was a huge song in late 1981, #1 for 10 agonizing weeks (I say agonizing, because it effectively block Foreigner's "Waiting For a Girl Like You" a much better song, from reaching the top for 10 weeks!)

It's a special holiday weekend for 80's music. They should play far more 80's than what THEY are told are the greatest 80's on earth by a select few. If someone requests "Physical" or "Woman in Love" or the overplayed "Boys of Summer" during an EIGHTIES weekend, then you suck it up, and play the damn song. What is the holdup? It's a specialty weekend, where few are listening to begin with, so why should it matter?? They are truly a mess if they cannot even satisfy a few listeners with a request. You are right 34james....they are in a sad state.

BTW, I invite you to listen to WOGL's monster 2000 song A to Z holiday weekend special, which I'm listening to, 101 times better then that junk production out west.

http://wogl.cbslocal.com/
 
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K.M. Richards said:
Lady/Kenny Rogers
Upside Down/Diana Ross
Funkytown/Lipps Inc.
Woman In Love/Barbra Streisand
Do That To Me One More Time/Captain & Tennille
Please Don't Go/KC & the Sunshine Band

I don't know about you, but I'll be happy to never hear those songs again, be it on KRTH, Pandora, my MP3 player, or the stream of an oldies station in Colorado Springs.
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Actually KWRP 690/100.3 has played "Lady", "Funkytown" and "Upside Down" as well as a request I called in a few days ago which was literally played in three minutes after I called it in. "Fire Lake" by Bob Seger. Talk about service! I'll take that any day of the week. KWRP is really a good, good station.

I'd be bored and annoyed out of my mind if all I could hear, was K-Earth 101 on a daily basis today. But right now, it's all about WOGL. You should listen too, KM
 
ChannelFlipper said:
That's right. It is hard to think of an industry that disrespects its customers more than radio.
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Maybe fast food places that continue to ignore my request for no cheese, but yet they still put it on, as few times I ever eat that stuff. But yes, you are right CF. It's their own agenda, not the "customers", not at all.
 
oldies76 said:
Nope, they are customers. They pay a monthly fee to use the internet, which gives that customer usage of websites.
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None of the internet fee goes to web owners. So no, the monthly fee only covers the connection, not the sites, and that's stated in the terms of use.

Quite a few music sites have a paywall that requires a subscription above and beyond the internet fee.

Stations like KRTH do a great job satisfying their users, as evidenced by their number of users, which exceeds the stations you prefer.
 
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