Thoughts on the Vintage Channel?

[mike]

Hi All -

We've just celebrated the first anniversary of the Vintage Channel on Memorial Day weekend, so it's as good a time as any to ask what you think of it.

Avid listeners may have heard a bit of a tweak since the Modern Rock 500. We're usually conducting ongoing programming and music maintenence on both channels, so this is routine.

We're not looking to reinvent the wheel here. I can't promise that we'll radically alter what's already in place, so I'm just loking for general thoughts & feedback, as examples:

Do you listen? Do you like it? What would cause you listen more? Is there a particular kind of music you enjoy and want to hear more? Do you hear enough Vintage tracks on the main channel to not bother with Vintage? Too 80's? Too 90's? Too obscure? Not deep enough? Leave it alone? You tell us...

I can tell you we're in the process of digging deeper into the late 90's for music to add to the rotation but wow, what a lot of suck during that time! (I'm embarrassed to admit that the Cherry Poppin' Daddies was our #5 CD of 1998....uh, I didn't work here then... ;) )

So feel free to post your thoughts here and as always, feel free to e-mail me us at vintage@woxy.com if there's something you'd prefer to share in private.

Thanks -
Mike
Programmin' dude
WOXY.com

[teribl sob stry]

well. there's no work here at the moment, so i'm inclined to answer. :p

when i first started listening to woxy (about a year ago) i would bounce around to the vintage channel on occasion. especially on fridays.

now, i almost never listen to vintage and here are my reasons:
1- i feel like i'm going to miss something on the regular channel. (what if there's a contest? barb says something funny? it's somebody's birthday? i miss an annoucement for a lounge act?...or whatever)

2- i miss the sound of a dj's voice inbetween. giving me little facts about the songs and artists or just telling me what i just heard or whatever. i know that it's highly unlikely you'll ever have a dj for vintage.

[akip]

yeah, i'm addicted to the djs too.

[jneale]

same here - no DJ - when I'm @ home & listen - it is vintage - but M-F - I kinda don't listen....as much as I love it - I love the DJ's with me in my office more...

edit to add: that is some piss poor sentence structure

[jvk]

I realize there are some very real limitations placed on the WOXY Vintage, so I'll try to keep my thoughts rooted in reality...

I listen to the Vintage on off hours, but like others, if there is a DJ to be heard on the main WOXY stream I usually listen to it.

Content-wise, I dig it. A lot of the music is new to me. That B-side from Midnight Oil from 1982, well its new music to me. Plus, the Vintage is less ashamed to play a mega mainstream hit from days gone by. Sometimes, I like to hear "With or Without You" or "Jeremy" but dare not request it to the main station. Once I heard, Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", and I honestly enjoyed it. What is probably overplayed on corporate radio, takes on a very rare and unique feel, when WOXY plays it. Its like witnessing a shooting star or something. Adding the 1998 equivalent to the Vintage may not be a bad thing.

Suggestion-wise, I'd like to hear more branding if possible. Could Wednesdays from 8:00 to Midnight be Vintage Reggae? Vintage Blues? Vintage Acoustic? Vintage Live albums? Heck, maybe pick a quality album, prerecord an informative intro and play it in its entirety, maybe loop that a couple times. Just thoughts.

I imagine this would be a slightly larger effort, but maybe "recreate" 97 Best's from years gone by. That's a lot of bumper work, I'm sure, but those could fill an entire day of the Vintage broadcast time and probably attract the same "list thirsty" folks that the Modern Rock 500 does.

Again, these are not criticisms. The Vintage (and the mainstream) is great as is. The tone of the original post was how could they been made better.

[Breeze]

that is some piss poor sentence structure

It would be if there was any. ;)

[Breeze]

I mostly don't listen to the vintage channel; the only time I switch over to it is when there's something on main channel that doesn't appeal to me. In a given week, I'd say I only listen to the vintage channel about 1-2 hours (compared with the 38 or more hours I log weekly on the main channel).

[Slar]

Do you listen? Do you like it? What would cause you listen more?Good questions. Actually I prefer the main music channel. I agree on the previous DJ and programming comments.

One thing I miss while listening to vintage is seeing the 'Now Playing' tag at the top of each page. It makes me instantly look at what I'm missing on the main channel. If you could have a 'Now Playing' window for Vintage as well, it would probably generate more interest. It's always pretty invisible.

[norton]

I have to say that I've never listened to the Vintage channel, but I noticed that you just played "Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City," so now I'm think I should give it a try. :o

So, why haven't I listened in the past? Well, I guess I've always turned to WOXY to keep me in tune with new music. I suppose I'm also living under the false assumption that I have a pretty good grasp on older stuff -- being somewhat vintage myself and all. I also listen to the Deep Tracks XM Radio station in my car whenever I need a fix of classic rock.

I'll try to give it a listen soon.

[Jumpman]

Good questions. Actually I prefer the main music channel. I agree on the previous DJ and programming comments.

One thing I miss while listening to vintage is seeing the 'Now Playing' tag at the top of each page. It makes me instantly look at what I'm missing on the main channel. If you could have a 'Now Playing' window for Vintage as well, it would probably generate more interest. It's always pretty invisible.


I would second this


Edited to add: I do like the Vintage channel alot. I feel like I missed alot of stuff, especially the 80's stuff.

[mike]

One thing I miss while listening to vintage is seeing the 'Now Playing' tag at the top of each page. It makes me instantly look at what I'm missing on the main channel. If you could have a 'Now Playing' window for Vintage as well, it would probably generate more interest. It's always pretty invisible.

As fate would have it, I just unpinned the thread that addresses this very issue:

In short, the Vintage Channel runs off of a different software package than the system we utilize for the main channel so it's not possible to adapt one to the other in order to get a mini-playlist for Vintage. It's something we hope to get to at some point in the future - in addition to a page re-design - but I can't give you a timetable for it at present.

Thanks - all of your feedback is appreciated!
MST

[Rainbex]

i <3 the vintage channel.

in fact, i listen almost exclusively to it unless i hit a run of particularly bad songs, then i listen to the main station. my own music taste tends to veer more towards older music, so its not a knock at all against the main station that i don't listen as much.

as far as what could be improved, it seems like i hear a lot of obscure songs over and over again (i.e. Ebenzer Good and the Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight) i do love the occasional lost gem but some of them are just too out of left field. also, i think more 90s would be appropriate, especially from the early years.

of course i would love to hear DJs on the Vintage channel, but i do realize this may not be possible. even pre-recorded segments like twice a day would be nice. oooh or play some vintage WOXY commercials.

keep up the good work, because i believe the Vintage channel has become a vital and quality part of WOXY.COM

[DaHood]

I love the vintage channel. I listen to it often.

[locofly]

Well I'm also loving all over the vintage channel from time to time...
While I don't really have any complaints about things as they are, that doesn't mean it couldn't be made better...
I would be more apt to listen to it more if say maybe an hour or two were programmed with a theme of some sort. Maybe that could be 80's classics from 9-11 on one day of the week.... or maybe pick a band and play the best from their catalog for an hour....picking a new band each week maybe. I dunno. That kinda thing would draw me over there more often. I love hearing all the old stuff, but it would be nice to have some kinda structure sometimes...

[rudegirl]

i love the vintage channel. i switch back and forth between woxy and woxy vintage. i agree with the person that mentioned the vintage playlist though. i know the last 10 songs played can be seen on the vintage page. however, you have to go through a couple clicks to get to that. maybe a link to the vintage page on the red menu bar at the top of the woxy pages (where home, music, boards etc., are). that would let people get to the playlist immediately.

i also love the themed shows. problem is, i always seem to miss them. i know barb starts threads, if i'm at work, i'll probably forget the exact time/day unless i write it down. perhaps a regularly scheduled themed show (forgive me if these shows are already on a regular schedule). it would also be nice if the djs on the woxy channel could announce when a particular show was starting on the vintage channel (again, if this is already done, forgive me, but i haven't heard it).

the music is great. i love the mix of decades throughout the day. i listen to some other decade-specific stations, but get sick of them after an hour or two. the variety on woxy vintage is great!

[onest2.0]

I really love the genre-specific show idea and I'm surprised woxy hasn't done it yet. Reggae, blues, jazz, psych/garage, punk, indie comedy(david cross, mitch hedberg, that guy with the beard and a funny name).

[summerteeth]

One thing I miss while listening to vintage is seeing the 'Now Playing' tag at the top of each page. It makes me instantly look at what I'm missing on the main channel. If you could have a 'Now Playing' window for Vintage as well, it would probably generate more interest. It's always pretty invisible.that's a really good point.

as far as what would make me listen to vintage more, I don't know. for me, I generally prefer the new music, but sometimes I just want Vintage, so I'll listen to WOXY Vintage for a couple of days in a row.

[adyonka]

Typically, I listen to the Main channel M-F, because I particularly enjoy hearing the DJ's as well on the Main channel, and I want to keep my horizons expanding with all the new music as well!

Usually, I switch to Vintage on Friday just before Xtrabeats (sorry, Shivvy!)... I find myself hearing stuff I had completely forgotten about every week, and typically I end up purchasing that track or the entire album on iTunes using the "buy" link in the playlist. Actually, I think I purchase more Vintage single tracks than "new" tracks....

[rcc94]

I really love the genre-specific show idea and I'm surprised woxy hasn't done it yet. Reggae, blues, jazz, psych/garage, punk, indie comedy(david cross, mitch hedberg, that guy with the beard and a funny name).
Speaking of which, didn't 97X broadcast a syndicated comedy show with Richard Belzar on Saturday mornings in the early/mid 90s? (Not that I'm looking for comedy.)

I primarily listen to vintage since I am generally listening when there are no DJs - late evenings and weekends. There will be a block of 10 songs where I own them all, and then a song I've never heard of - which I love. I just can't keep up with the new music. At least half the time I like recognizing at least the artist when a song is played, and I just don't have that experience on the main channel.

And mike, I actually like the whole swing music phase of the late 90s - Squirrel Nut Zippers being the best, so I'm not opposed to the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. And even if the late 90s were a lot of suck, it was the musical reality of the time. Plus, those were the years I wasn't able to listen to woxy, so I'm curious what I missed.

[Predot listener]

I used to split my listening time between the main and vintage channels, only switching when a song came on that I didn't like. But since the announcement and joining, I've tended to stick to the main channel. I guess it's because I'm worried that if the membership drive doesn't work, I want to be as up to date as possible on modern music. I will switch over to Vintage on occasion (such as when that sad girl starts talking in the afternoon).

I did listen to the 500, and I'd be likely to listen to Vintage more frequently if themes were employed (resurrect the 6-pack).

[twentyshots]

generally speaking, i listen to vintage on weekends and after DJ hours also, or if there is a lounge act that i can't get into, so really it is the best of both worlds. most people like moving forward with new music, as do i, but really there is so much great older stuff too that for a 36 year old dude like me this tip of the hat with the vintage channel, i think, is essential (if it is not too costly that is) in creating the overall musical landscape.
I know about the software issue, but the other playlist would definitely give vintage equal billing and therein have more drawing power...that and a big fat picture of johnny rotten's head to click on.
i guess basically i am saying yes i like having my cake and eating it too, but if ever it became a financial issue, well, then we would have to get our fix through requests and occasional spins on the main station.
otherwise..........V-Bam!

[zacwbond]

I guess I will go with "not deep enough." I have never seen an artist I did not recognize on Vintage--but that is a regular event on the main station!

Also, on the main station you mix in some REALLY vintage tracks that do not show up on the vintage station (Beatles, Zombies, etc). I think there is a big territory of real oldies that would fit the format pretty well from the world of garage rock and late 60s psyche, etc.

Keep up the good work, at any rate!

[benway]

when the regular woxy rotation gets too... not to my liking, I bop on over to vintage. It reaffirms what alternative music should be: inventive and artistic: pushing the boundries. Alternative as been watered down continually since the 90's and vintage is a god-send when you've had too much alt-pop.

I think it's every bit as valuable as the regular station.

[mattsledge]

Speaking of which, didn't 97X broadcast a syndicated comedy show with Richard Belzar on Saturday mornings in the early/mid 90s? (Not that I'm looking for comedy.)
Someone's got a good memory, but it was Len Belzer. ;) I can't remember what it was called (The Comedy Hour, maybe?), but I do know that we got it every week... on vinyl.
...but wow, what a lot of suck during that time!
No comment. And yes, Banana Pudding STILL sucks.

[dannyboy]

I mostly listen to the vintage channel at nights and on the weekends. It's always refreshing to hear music that instantly takes me back to days gone by. A lot of the music on the vintage channel sounds as fresh and modern as it ever has. It also reminds me how much influence that music has had and continues to have on the current generation of modern rock. I too am a big fan of the swing revival. Some of Cherry Poppin' Daddies other work actually has more of a rockabilly/punk sound. I think swing definitely had a big influence on ska.

[AvatarOfVishnu]

I find myself listening more to the Vintage stream than the main stream. I suppose it's because I crave some familiarity & since I don't get nearly enough WOXY listening time in as I'd like, alot of the main stream is foreign sounding to me (not that it's not good, but with so much new music, it takes time to learn the songs & fully appreciate them). I will listen for an hour or so, & then switch to Vintage - i find it more fun, while the main stream is more of an education - learning about all the new bands. I think maybe only 1 or 2 others have said that they prefer Vintage, so I know I'm not in the majority.

As far as the suggestion for playing previous years' Best Of's lists/countdowns - HELL YES!!! - This would for sure get me to listen more!

Theme days & genre blocks are great ideas too - but please don't fill up all 24 hrs w/ this - we also need some plain ol' random WOXY vintage goodness (like you are currently serving up) - & PLEASE keep the playlists diverse - those songs from left field are what keep me coming back over & over! :)

Thanks for all the great work you do on both channels - long live WOXY!


PS: I need to renew my membership - & i will when i get my next paycheck

[stakeraiser]

I guess I will go with "not deep enough." I have never seen an artist I did not recognize on Vintage--but that is a regular event on the main station!

Also, on the main station you mix in some REALLY vintage tracks that do not show up on the vintage station (Beatles, Zombies, etc). I think there is a big territory of real oldies that would fit the format pretty well from the world of garage rock and late 60s psyche, etc.

Keep up the good work, at any rate!

I second that, don't discount any great music just because it isn't classified as "alternative"

[rcc94]

Someone's got a good memory, but it was Len Belzer. ;) I can't remember what it was called (The Comedy Hour, maybe?), but I do know that we got it every week... on vinyl.
I always wondered how the Homicide guy was also doing a radio comedy show. (I wasn't watching Homicide, so I didn't quite get name right, and the misperception has lasted all these years.) I remember listening while cleaning my apartment on Arrowhead instead of studying.

[twentyshots]

i thought richard beltzer was the homicide/comedian.

[wombat18]

I guess I will go with "not deep enough." I have never seen an artist I did not recognize on Vintage--but that is a regular event on the main station!

Also, on the main station you mix in some REALLY vintage tracks that do not show up on the vintage station (Beatles, Zombies, etc). I think there is a big territory of real oldies that would fit the format pretty well from the world of garage rock and late 60s psyche, etc.

Keep up the good work, at any rate!

This sums it up for me.

Show me some of the origins of the origins of the origins of ... you get the drift. I want to learn Bauhaus, Can, Kraftwerk, and Einsturzende Neubauten. But, also early John Cale and other avant garde musicians that everyone in the soho loft scene was checking out. And early surf rock, maybe even a little Blues, etc.

You guys have programming skills matched by few in the industry, so play us a little history every once in a while. Don't tell us about the music, but introduce us to Vintage Modern Rock that we haven't heard of. In small doses, mebbe?

[benway]

I find myself listening more to the Vintage stream than the main stream. I suppose it's because I crave some familiarity & since I don't get nearly enough WOXY listening time in as I'd like, alot of the main stream is foreign sounding to me (not that it's not good, but with so much new music, it takes time to learn the songs & fully appreciate them)...
This is interesting. This has been mentioned a few times before by others. It's sort of my feeling as well but for a different reason. Just because they're new bands/songs, doesn't mean they can't hook you instantly. It's not a matter of familiarity. It's a matter of if the song kicks ass or if it's just another blase' attempt at alt-pop. For example, when Interpol came on the scene, they instantly kicked ass. You dug it from the start. You don't need to hear good songs 10 times for them to grow on you (most of the time).
I've spent an entire day listening to woxy and at the end, I sort of came away with nothing. Nothing stood out. This is more of a reflection on the state of "alternative" than it is woxy. Maybe not just coincidentally, woxy seems to be mixing more "familiar" bands in their standard rotation.

[george]

I listen to the vintage channel with some regularity; probably about 20-25% of the time. I think it's great. I am probably a little more partial to the regular channel because I like to hear what's new.

I like the sentiments about going a little deeper into vintage territory with some of the Nuggets-style garage rock and '70s avant-garde stuff. I wouldn't mind some specialty shows (Dreadloxx) either. I wouldn't be in favor of adding more mid-late '90s music, partly because I don't think that's really "vintage" and partly because I personally think that was a crappy period for modern rock.

[spike]

I listen to the vintage channel almost exclusively. I used to listen all the time when 97x was on the radio but I can't really listen to woxy at work which just leaves an hour or two on the weekends to listen. I tried the regular channel but I think I'm behind the curve with the "new" stuff and enjoy listing to older songs that I listened to when 97x was on the radio. Also I figure the new stuff will eventually be old and I expect that it will end up on the vintage channel (right?). I don't really think there is a good mix of old and new on the regular channel yet although I do catch an older song here and there. My recommendations:

- Less Sting

- play some Dread Zeppelin (I used to hear this on the radio (97x) and it makes me laugh!)

- I haven’t heard rage against the machine on vintage in awhile - this just seems strange.

- I support bringing back Blue Monday - or a blues hour and a reggae hour

- Maybe you can research some old 97x play lists or broadcasts and have flashbacks for and hour or group of songs.

- Play the 97x "BAM" Dustin Hoffman promo on the vintage channel

- Also bring back the Industrial rock hour or incorporate some of these songs into the rotation

My $0.02

The Vintage channel is the past of the future of rock and roll - I would hate to see it go away.

[Buzzstein]

I like the suggestion of having more vintage 97X taglines and commercials. I think that those who are nostalgic for the old days would really appreciate it. Hell, I wasn't around in the old days and even I would appreciate it.

I also like the idea of having more specialty programming. Vintage by design is definitely a good start. But maybe you could have a "this week in 97x history" program one day a week. That would be pretty cool.

To be honest I haven't really been listening to the vintage station much lately. I need to at least get back in the habit of listening to vintage by design every Friday though. It's good to hear a DJs voice over there. I do think that's why I may not be into the vintage station so much. I just prefer to listen to the regular stream while the DJs are on the air. That said, I'm going to try listening to the vintage channel more in general (I'm listening to it right now as a matter of fact). Especially on the weekends. There's some really great stuff on there... A lot of material that's new to me. It's quite educational.

[twentyshots]

I like the suggestion of having more vintage 97X taglines and commercials. I think that those who are nostalgic for the old days would really appreciate it. Hell, I wasn't around in the old days and even I would appreciate it.

that's true. think of how many of those taglines by great rockers are collecting dust.
you know, i am listening to vintage right now and god damn it is great.

[polaroid]

I wouldn't complain that much as I am a listener of the Vitnage channel. The only thing that annoys me a bit is the repeats. I mean for many many acts you get same old 3 cuts every two days even though they released so many singles. As for requests, suggestions - specialist hours, three-plays or monographies could add a bit of spice. And still they (Woxy) could add much of the stuff we all remember from, let's say, 1990s. Greets from Poland.

[The Big Crunch]

I truly love the Vintage channel. I probably listen to the Vintage channel more than the main WOXY channel. More '70s stuff would be good. I don't hear much Eno, the only Bowie seems to be Suffragete City and Major Tom, more late '70s and early '80s punk would be cool as well. Also, what about some deep album cuts off of stuff by the Kinks or the Small Faces. I guess those are bands that sort of straddle the line between classic rock and "independent" but it would still be great to hear. Maybe just program in the Nuggets box sets and put them in the rotation.

[benway]

I truly love the Vintage channel. I probably listen to the Vintage channel more than the main WOXY channel. More '70s stuff would be good. I don't hear much Eno, the only Bowie seems to be Suffragete City and Major Tom, more late '70s and early '80s punk would be cool as well. Also, what about some deep album cuts off of stuff by the Kinks or the Small Faces. I guess those are bands that sort of straddle the line between classic rock and "independent" but it would still be great to hear. Maybe just program in the Nuggets box sets and put them in the rotation.

Yeah! Eno is god-like. Also ANY bowie from the Berlin albums.. Where's all that great music? I'd also like to hear some of the old "import" stuff from the '80s like DAF and The Chameleons (UK).

[mike]

I truly love the Vintage channel. I probably listen to the Vintage channel more than the main WOXY channel. More '70s stuff would be good. I don't hear much Eno, the only Bowie seems to be Suffragete City and Major Tom, more late '70s and early '80s punk would be cool as well. Also, what about some deep album cuts off of stuff by the Kinks or the Small Faces. I guess those are bands that sort of straddle the line between classic rock and "independent" but it would still be great to hear. Maybe just program in the Nuggets box sets and put them in the rotation.


By & large, the Vintage channel is representative of music that was heard on the FM station. There's plenty of Bowie in the mix, but the station never played anything from Brian Eno until we've popped a few tunes since we've been online, same goes for any of the "classic" rock tunes: that's something we'll reserve for the main channel.

As I have always said, we will never outprogram your own record collection but will reserve the right to try. :)

Yeah! Eno is god-like. Also ANY bowie from the Berlin albums.. Where's all that great music? I'd also like to hear some of the old "import" stuff from the '80s like DAF and The Chameleons (UK).

We've got a few Chameleons tracks in there; afraid there's no DAF, tho I do have a Robertb Gorl solo track in the mix (featuring Annie Lennox).

If anything, we're looking to add more tunes from the 90's into the mix (a 30 year old was 16 in 1992...). We've recently shuffled a lot of the tunes in Vintage, so be listening for a few things you haven't heard before on the channel.

Thanks to all for the feedback.

[The Ugly Thief]

I love the Vintage channel. I'm actually listening to it more than the regular WOXY these days. I think that comes from the fact that I believe new music is at a relative low point right now - but that's just me.

Anyway, I agree w/ The Big Crunch : more 70s stuff would be nice. But the thing that has annoyed me lately was when somebody like Living Colour comes on. What's with that ? It would almost be acceptable if it was just "Cult Of Personality". But "What's Your Favorite Color" ? That song is HORRIBLE ! But more annoying than hearing Living Color is hearing that VERY LONG version of "Two Tribes". It seems like it's about 15 minutes long & as soon as I hear the beginning of it I just want to turn off WOXY because I know I'm going to have to listen to it for the next 15 minutes. ugh.

It might also be fun to have a "cheezy 80's" theme hour or something like that. I'm thinking of poppy cheeze like the Go-Gos, Men At Work, or other type of stuff from the early 80s (Valley Girl). Just a thought.

v

[Sushi]

I realize there are some very real limitations placed on the WOXY Vintage, so I'll try to keep my thoughts rooted in reality...

I listen to the Vintage on off hours, but like others, if there is a DJ to be heard on the main WOXY stream I usually listen to it.

Content-wise, I dig it. A lot of the music is new to me. That B-side from Midnight Oil from 1982, well its new music to me. Plus, the Vintage is less ashamed to play a mega mainstream hit from days gone by. Sometimes, I like to hear "With or Without You" of "Jeremy" but dare not request it to the main station. Once I heard, Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", and I honestly enjoyed it. What is probably overplayed on corporate radio, takes on a very rare and unique feel, when WOXY plays it. Its like witnessing a shooting star or something. Adding the 1998 equivalent to the Vintage may not be a bad thing.

Suggestion-wise, I'd like to hear more branding if possible. Could Wednesdays from 8:00 to Midnight be Vintage Reggae? Vintage Blues? Vintage Acoustic? Vintage Live albums? Heck, maybe pick a quality album, prerecord an informative intro and play it in its entirety, maybe loop that a couple times. Just thoughts.

I imagine this would be a slightly larger effort, but maybe "recreate" 97 Best's from years gone by. That's a lot of bumper work, I'm sure, but those could fill an entire day of the Vintage broadcast time and probably attract the same "list thirsty" folks that the Modern Rock 500 does.

Again, these are not criticisms. The Vintage (and the mainstream) is great as is. The tone of the original post was how could they been made better.
You pretty much summed up everything I feel about the vintage channel.

[GISRICK]

I never listen to it...My musical taste developed in the late 70's and the 80's and I exclusively listened to punk rock and hardcore for a good 15 years (during this time period). The Vintage station doesn't play enough of this music so I don't find it interesting.

[twentyshots]

It might also be fun to have a "cheezy 80's" theme hour or something like that. I'm thinking of poppy cheeze like the Go-Gos, Men At Work, or other type of stuff from the early 80s (Valley Girl). Just a thought.

v

i don't know, man. that kind of thing seems to pop up on regular FM stations now that are trying to win everybody over. I remember in the place i used to work some girl listening to a local station (Q102) that played an 80's lunch hour show. I am as nostalgiac as the next guy but the retro-eighties thing is getting a little tired IMO.

[The Ugly Thief]

i don't know, man. that kind of thing seems to pop up on regular FM stations now that are trying to win everybody over. I remember in the place i used to work some girl listening to a local station (Q102) that played an 80's lunch hour show. I am as nostalgiac as the next guy but the retro-eighties thing is getting a little tired IMO.
yeah, i guess you're right

like i said, it was just a thought :cool:

v

[akip]

the 80s lunch hour shows are boring and pedestrian 'cause they play the same old list of mega-hits that are still popular in the current era. i think what we're always talking about here is the other stuff.

[dry-gulcher]

I like the Vintage Channel, I listen mostly to the main channel but on weekends
off peak hours listen to vintage and I do use they buy links there too ! :cool:

[fedsmack]

Vintage Channel rocks. Love to listen to the 80s aletrnative. Only suggestion is to add some edgier stuff, Black Flag, DK, Misfits, Minor Threat, Damned, Stooges, etc.

[The Ugly Thief]

i can't say enough about how much i love Vintage. I seriously do not know how i lived without it.

i have 1 complaint - just 1 : TOO MUCH FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD !!!!

seriously - this is a band that, for all intensive purposes, only had 2 songs - and for some reason I hear at least one of those songs ("Two Tribes" ; "Relax") EVERY time I listen to Vintage !!!!

and the version of "Two Tribes" which is played is that excessively looooong remix which seems like it will NEVER end

that's my only complaint - everything else is perfecto

v

[mike]

i can't say enough about how much i love Vintage. I seriously do not know how i lived without it.

i have 1 complaint - just 1 : TOO MUCH FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD !!!!

seriously - this is a band that, for all intensive purposes, only had 2 songs - and for some reason I hear at least one of those songs ("Two Tribes" ; "Relax") EVERY time I listen to Vintage !!!!

and the version of "Two Tribes" which is played is that excessively looooong remix which seems like it will NEVER end

that's my only complaint - everything else is perfecto

v


If that's your only complaint, we're golden :)

[benway]

Mike, how old is a song before it takes the carousel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run) ride to vintage?

[mike]

Mike, how old is a song before it takes the carousel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run) ride to vintage?


Here's a clear as mud answer: it depends, primarily on the relevance of the artist to the main channel.

A here-today/gone-tomorrow one hit wonder (i.e. "Your Woman" by White Town) is more likely to find a place on Vintage sooner than, say, anything from Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out, although both were released in 1997.

I received an e-mail recently from a guy who said "Wow! Oasis, vinatge?" But then, Definitely Maybe was released in 1994, making today's 26 y.o. listener 14 when it came out.

Is there a hard & fast rule as to what 'qualifies' for Vintage & what doesn't? No, nor will there be. It's merely a programming determination we'll make.

MST

[jneale]

This is neither here nor there....

but over the 4th First Wave did a 3 day Depeche theme - nothing but Depeche - it was great - the 5 hr trip went by in a flash....

Maybe Vintage could have theme weekends?

[twentyshots]

Listening right now to The Ocean Blue- Between Something And Nothing.

I am constantly amazed by the songs I have not heard in years that come on this channel, songs I would have no memory of otherwise.

[jd1]

I am constantly amazed by the songs I have not heard in years that come on this channel, songs I would have no memory of otherwise.Me too.

--JD

[mike]

Maybe Vintage could have theme weekends?

Mmmm...perhaps not whole weekends, but certain features that you might consider a theme is something we've been hoping to get rolled out.

Mike

[The Ugly Thief]

If that's your only complaint, we're golden :)
oh you're def golden mike. Just eaaaaaase a little off the Frankie :cool:

v

[DaHood]

TOO MUCH FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD !!!!

seriously - this is a band that, for all intensive purposes, only had 2 songs - and for some reason I hear at least one of those songs ("Two Tribes" ; "Relax") EVERY time I listen to Vintage !!!!
I haven't been listening much lately so I can't comment on the repetiveness of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, but they had more than those two songs. The entire Welcome to the Pleasuredome album is brilliant and should be listened to in it's entirety.

[juggles]

Maybe Vintage could have theme weekends?

Beg to differ. To me, part of the appeal of the Vintage channel is not knowing what I'm going to hear next. If you do a theme I like, I probably already own most of the music you'd play and I don't gain much by listening to someone else spin it. If you do a theme I don't like, I'll just turn you off until it's over. Random is good.

[Zane]

What's going to happen in here? Have I missed the update somewhere?

[Criss]

I was just thinking the same thing. Although I'm too psyched at the moment to be too concerned about Vintage right now.

[jd1]

Mike addressed this on the air a little bit ago, after the Bauhaus song. The gist of it was that Vintage is coming back soon (I think he said just a couple of weeks), but they've been so busy with everything else that it hasn't happened yet. A little patience and we're all going to be rewarded.

--JD

[Smoker29]

Thank God. Listening to both of them (Vintage & Regular) is the PERFECT balance.

[jvk]

What's going to happen in here? Have I missed the update somewhere?
Mike said earlier that the Vintage will definitely make a return in a couple of weeks.

I hope it is in time to get the 3 hour boo-fest of Halloween tunes on the 31st!

[patio]

YAY happy happy

[polaroid]

sooo good to have WOXY back! miracles happen.

longin' to hear Vintege channel relaunched (hope there's some upgrades around the corner, i.e. not so long ago there was possibility of introduction of 'themed' shows mentioned).

:)

[pearl5001]

Happy to have you back on the air...even happier once Vintage also returns...being as I've turned into the person who prefers the decade they came of age...guess that technically qualifies me as old. Never!

[i like taters]

Happy to have you back on the air...even happier once Vintage also returns...being as I've turned into the person who prefers the decade they came of age...guess that technically qualifies me as old. Never!
I'm "older also", but who cares. :D

[blackdog]

Well, don't change it too much. Although, there were a lot of redundant tracks. WOXY Vintage is the stuff I grew up with (Whoops, I'm old!). It's nice to hear some of that music while I'm at work (And annoy everyone else in the office when I blare it!!!!!!!).

More Alice in Chains, maybe some Pearl Jam (The Original Corporate Label Rebels), maybe some Violent Femmes, hey...even some more Love and Rockets, BABY!

Just a thought!

[polaroid]

Shall we wait any longer? Any date?

[mattsledge]

From the WOXY Vintage homepage - www.woxy.com/vintage/ :

"WOXY Vintage will return in November..."

And there's your answer.

[locofly]

From the WOXY Vintage homepage - www.woxy.com/vintage/ :

"WOXY Vintage will return in November..."

And there's your answer.


awesome!

but ya know, i think it'd be awesome if the channel had a live dj, if only for part of the day.....
where might they find someone for such a position??

[polaroid]

November is here :cool:

All systems red?

[stakeraiser]

Man, the vintage channel is great, can't wait for it to come back... Please... pretty please?? :rolleyes: :D

[Zane]

awesome!

but ya know, i think it'd be awesome if the channel had a live dj, if only for part of the day.....
where might they find someone for such a position??

*cough*me*cough* :D

[locofly]

*cough*me*cough* :D

well that's an idea!

i had thought we were just waiting on sledge to get his final sex change operation... i hope hasn't done all that for nothing... :p

[polaroid]

Vintage Channel used to have quite solid group of followers. Hope they all check the Vintage page as I do, because the Vintage Ch is the king of retrospection! :D

[pearl5001]

Not looking good at the moment....'November' has changed to 'on Hiatus'.

I MISS MY VINTAGE!!!

[sabine13]

I miss Vintage, too! Is there a new re-launch date? Does anyone know?

[Predot listener]

Mike just mentioned something about the impending return of the Vintage, but didn't got into details (or if he did, I missed them).

[rcc94]

Mike just said he'd make an announcement later this morning, but I'm about to not be able to listen. I hope to read what he says here when I get home from work tonight. (hint, hint)

[Predot listener]

Starting next weekend, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Vintage channel will take over regular channel throughout month of December.

Previous version of Vintage not ready to be relaunched yet.

[Patas]

Starting next weekend, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Vintage channel will take over regular channel throughout month of December.

Previous version of Vintage not ready to be relaunched yet.
what? no modern rock channel during december??

[Predot listener]

what? no modern rock channel during december??

As I understand it, regular woxy programming for all but 12 hours during the weekend. From 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays woxy.lala.com will broadcast vintage music then return to regular programming the rest of the day and all week.

[Predot listener]

The complete announcement is on the home page...

[PH Fancyboy]

what? no modern rock channel during december??

They're going to run Vintage only on the weekends from 9a-3p: http://woxy.com/boards/showthread.php?t=42806

[pearl5001]

Yay - VINTAGE! :D

[twentyshots]

aaaahhhhhhh. this is effing sweet.

[polaroid]

Have I comprehended - is the channel going to come back in regular, standalone mode at the dawn days of 2007?

[mike]

Have I comprehended - is the channel going to come back in regular, stand alone mode at the dawn days of 2007?

That's what we're shooting for. We'll announce everything here on the site when we have some definite details to pass along.

Thanks for asking! Vintage will return!!

Mike

[polaroid]

If there should be any improvement in the playlist area- please scrap those alike "Mmm mmm mmmm mmm mmm mm" by Crash Test Dummies, it all gets too twee and pretty awful at times... There's lot of good stuff that could be added in exchange. ;)

[SomeWeirdSin]

If there should be any improvement in the playlist area- please scrap those alike "Mmm mmm mmmm mmm mmm mm" by Crash Test Dummies, it all gets too twee and pretty awful at times... There's lot of good stuff that could be added in exchange. ;)
for all of those that you don't like, there'll be 15 boarders hopping in here saying how much they like it.

like I could say how much i hate the scissor sisters, but i won't cuz, well, you know... ;)

[indigobunting]

I really enjoyed the Vintage Channel, when I was in the mood for it. Lately, since the lala merger the broadcasting seems to have integrated vintage into the normal stream (during the week as well. just to clarify). I have heard some subtle, yet noticable differences like some sunday repetition. Songs grouped together then repeated hours later.

My opinion may be biased since I listen so much. Once I get home from work around 2pm, I start streaming and just leave it on until bedtime. everyday.

[ahart2001]

Unless my ears deceive me, I could swear I just heard a spot for "Two Channels" being WOXY and The Vintage Channel. As its like 4:15 Cincinnati time right now, me thinks WOXY is teasing me with a look at things to come.

[hunta]

I have heard a few times now that the Vintage Channel will return as its own stream on Wednesday, January 3rd.

(I'm sure an official announcement will be forthcoming)

[The Wanderer]

I have heard a few times now that the Vintage Channel will return as its own stream on Wednesday, January 3rd.

(I'm sure an official announcement will be forthcoming)

Its true..... :D

[frizgolf]

Its true..... :D
F'ing yes!
...

[polaroid]

Now playing: "Forever Young" by Alphaville

that's what I call redundant.

it makes me want to switch the channel off, especially now, when there's this hideous trumpet solo..

[frizgolf]

Now playing: "Forever Young" by Alphaville

that's what I call redundant.

it makes me want to switch the channel off, especially now, when there's this hideous trumpet solo..
I have a trigger finger on the volume button. Even on the main station, I gotta turn it down once in a while.
"Modern rock" can be all over the map.

[twentyshots]

it makes me want to switch the channel off, especially now, when there's this hideous trumpet solo..

only you have the power.

i don't think there are any gaurantees that you will love everything all of the time.

[locofly]

good to be back!

it looks like the news on the vintage page lists the vintage return for tomorow, but the links are up and things seem to be working today. :D

[hunta]

good to be back!

it looks like the news on the vintage page lists the vintage return for tomorow, but the links are up and things seem to be working today. :D
Yup: http://woxy.com/vintage/

[Zane]

This is music to my ears. :p

Just like the good ole days...

[DaHood]

I'm in heaven.

[polaroid]

may I? acts absent/relatively rare on the vintage channel I guess I'd welcome with open ears:

Therapy?
Boo Radleys
The Sundays
Shed Seven
OMD
Stranglers
Cardigans
Wannadies
Marion
The KLF
The Shamen
The Orb
808 State
Belly
Mansun
Possum Dixon
Gene
Ric Ocasek
Bluetones
dEUS
Menswe@r
Electronic
Big Audio Dynamite
Dodgy
Saint Etienne
Manic Street Preachers
Love Spit Love
Sinead O'Connor
Strangelove
The Farm
Adam Ant
Pulp
Suede

[shivvy]

Boo Radleys
The Sundays
OMD
Stranglers
Cardigans
Wannadies
Marion
The KLF
The Shamen
The Orb
808 State
Belly
Mansun
Possum Dixon
Gene
dEUS
Menswe@r
Electronic
Big Audio Dynamite
Saint Etienne
Manic Street Preachers
Love Spit Love
Sinead O'Connor
The Farm
Adam Ant
Pulp
Suede

These are all bands/artists who have at least one, if not multiple tracks in the vintage library...

I removed the bands that the station never played or doesn't have in the archives any longer, but most of your list is represented. We do have some tweaking to do with the rotations and hope to add more tracks to the library as time permits, but there's still thousands and thousands of songs that are rotating for the Vintage channel.

Please keep giving us feedback!

[twentyshots]

I'm in heaven.
*sings falsetto*
in heaven.......everything is fine.




apologies to kim deal.

[Angel30]

So yesterday I clicked one of the woxy.com links in my iTunes library not paying attention... I listened for about an hour before Buzzstein made a comment to me on IM about the song he was listening to.. turns out my link was the holiday link, now Vintage channel. I was digging it so much I kept right on a-listening... sorry Joe. ;)

Great stuff; glad to have it back!

[Buzzstein]

So yesterday I clicked one of the woxy.com links in my iTunes library not paying attention... I listened for about an hour before Buzzstein made a comment to me on IM about the song he was listening to.. turns out my link was the holiday link, now Vintage channel. I was digging it so much I kept right on a-listening... sorry Joe. ;)

Great stuff; glad to have it back!

heh heh heh

[pearl5001]

Is it too much to ask to have the 'Now Playing' switch to Vintage play lists when the Vintage links are clicked?

Other than that - HAPPY to have you back, Vintage, my dear friend.

[HellDemon]

i'm really ecstatic to have the vintage one back. Even gives us an alternative to the alternative :confused:

[jvk]

I've made January 5th - 7th Vintage weekend. It's been absolutely great.

I never, NEVER, under any circumstances want to be one of those "music in my day was better than..." guys, but I did catch myself thinking, "man, why don't you hear songs like this nowadays.." more than a few times this weekend.

Great job, guys.

Lala's house, WOXY's party. What a way to spend a weekend!

[indigobunting]

Been listening all weekend.

Glad it's back......

[badluckbetty]

I love it and listen all day at work!

[polaroid]

There's been some mid 90s UK stuff added, that's what can be heard and I'm fond of it!

Any special features planned? What might be a compromise between our hunger for themed hours and Woxy's work comfort is randomly appearing hours with music from just one decade. Easy to set and still fun to listen to, wouldn't it be?

[Steele]

This is the greatest thing ever to happen to music. Even greater than when that one 80's rock band lost their lead singer and then that heroin addict from that mid-90's fake grunge band joined on and they wrote those amazingly horrible songs and then broke up to never be heard from again. This is much much better.

[jvk]

Vintage now has it's own home on the Lala Radio page (http://www.lala.com/frontend/action/apage?id=stations&userToken=getPopularRadio) complete with it's own embedded player.

Caution! Listenting to WOXY Vintage on the embedded player may cause your want list to increase ten fold!!!

:cool:

[racinjimy]

This is the greatest thing ever to happen to music. Even greater than when that one 80's rock band lost their lead singer and then that heroin addict from that mid-90's fake grunge band joined on and they wrote those amazingly horrible songs and then broke up to never be heard from again. This is much much better.

i kind of liked velvet revolver...........

[alternachild]

I wish the vintage element would be fused back into regular WOXY. It seemed to be quite diverse but not *too* limited to a certain indie aesthetic.

[Kevinmack9]

The world could use more Sons of Elvis.

[mcwhit]

I've been listening to the vintage channel (after having not listened to it at all since it's been back up) off and on all day today and it sounds great. Really good.

[Zane]

I love hearing Bake's voice. :cool:

[twentyshots]

hmmmm. check out the last ten songs played:

10:13pm Tegan And Sara - Walking With A Ghost
10:08pm Bettie Serveert - Tom Boy
10:02pm Massive Attack - Angel
9:58pm Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have To Love
9:51pm Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This ...
9:48pm Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
9:44pm Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
9:41pm The Jam - That's Entertainment
9:36pm Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart
9:33pm The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last ...

maybe i have not been paying attention to changes on vintage but it sure seems like there are a few relatively recent songs on there.....

has the "unofficial" criteria for vintage changed?

[mattsledge]

hmmmm. check out the last ten songs played:

10:13pm Tegan And Sara - Walking With A Ghost
10:08pm Bettie Serveert - Tom Boy
10:02pm Massive Attack - Angel
9:58pm Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have To Love
9:51pm Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This ...
9:48pm Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
9:44pm Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
9:41pm The Jam - That's Entertainment
9:36pm Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart
9:33pm The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last ...

maybe i have not been paying attention to changes on vintage but it sure seems like there are a few relatively recent songs on there.....

has the "unofficial" criteria for vintage changed?
I believe that the replay of the Modern Rock 500 is still occurring.

[twentyshots]

I believe that the replay of the Modern Rock 500 is still occurring.

well that makes a lot of sense.

i AM surprised that the 500 is still running though.

[mike]

well that makes a lot of sense.

i AM surprised that the 500 is still running though.

Today's the last day: the 500 wraps up tonight at 11p EDT, and then it's one for the ages....or is it? :cool:

[indigobunting]

For some reason, lately, I've been listening to the vintage channel exclusively.

[jneale]

i'm here at work alone & figured I'd flip on Vintage....

Come on Eileen?

GOD I hate that song.....when DV8 went down the tubes they had it on an endless loop upstairs.....I swear to GOD when I saw VHS or Beta I ventured upstairs (can't remember of what they called the bar this go'round) & as if nothing had ever changed - Come on Eileen was playing....

[Danlikesmusic]

I find on the weekends it's all about the vintage. Ever since the main channel repeats blocks throughout the weekend I tend to listen to the vintage stream, but I love hearing Mike on Vintage Saturday morning via the main channel.

[The Ugly Thief]

For me, the Vintage channel is THE thing to listen to whenever I have friends over for some kind of social gathering (drinking / chilling out / playing cards etc..). I feel you really can't miss with it - and inevitably several people notice a song they haven't heard in years, and that starts a whole new conversation about the band, when they last heard the song, or whatever.

and lemme tellya - just Vintage alone beats the SHIT out of any Atlanta radio station ! i won't even bother mentioning the main WOXY broadcast because there's nothing even in the same universe as that here.

v

[euro60]

Even though I should be a prime target for this (being 47 yrs.), I have to admit I never listen to the Vintage Channel. There's just too much new stuff I wanna take in, and you only have so many hours in the day for listening.

[Ambassador V3.0]

The Vintage Channel is outstanding. I generally have it on for a good part of the weekend, provided that I am at my residence. It reminds me of days gone by.

[rayray]

The Vintage Channel is outstanding. It reminds me of days gone by.
Concur.



----------------
Now playing: Bloc Party - SRXT (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/bloc+party/track/srxt)

[daemon]

Just heard the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughn....wtf? Had to check the stream to make sure I hadn't tuned into Fox by accident.

[shivvy]

Just heard the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughn....wtf? Had to check the stream to make sure I hadn't tuned into Fox by accident.

As somebody who started listening in 1989, I assure you that Stevie Ray Vaughn got quite a bit of airplay on the station in those early years. Hell, I even bought the posthumous "The Sky Is Crying" release as a teenager because of hearing it on 97X!

[daemon]

As somebody who started listening in 1989, I assure you that Stevie Ray Vaughn got quite a bit of airplay on the station in those early years. Hell, I even bought the posthumous "The Sky Is Crying" release as a teenager because of hearing it on 97X!

Huh, I listened from about '84 to '88 and don't ever recall hearing SRV. Then again I wasn't even vaguely aware of his existence until the early 90's, so maybe he was there all along and I didn't even realize it. At least it was directly followed by Afghan Whigs...now where else are you gonna hear that? :p

[Smoker29]

Huh, I listened from about '84 to '88 and don't ever recall hearing SRV. Then again I wasn't even vaguely aware of his existence until the early 90's, so maybe he was there all along and I didn't even realize it. At least it was directly followed by Afghan Whigs...now where else are you gonna hear that? :p

I not only remember hearing SRV, I remember Dwight Yoakam. ZZ Top too (I heard it, I heard it, I heard it on the X!!!)

[twentyshots]

I not only remember hearing SRV, I remember Dwight Yoakam. ZZ Top too (I heard it, I heard it, I heard it on the X!!!)
get outta here!
for real!?

zz top!?
am i going to keep asking excited questions!?


seriously though, hearing zz top on 97X would be pretty weird, i do not recall that......

[Chespo]

There was a lot of prototype alt-country-rock on 97X in the late 80s (Green on Red, Lone Justice, Michelle Shocked, etc.), so I wouldn't be surprised if SRV and ZZ Top slipped in during that era.

[euro60]

You can't compare the playlists of 97X in the late 90s/early2000s one bit to what WOXY is playing today. It's not even apples to orange trees. Completely different universes. I mean, 311 was played regularly back in the day.

[polaroid]

9:02pm Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
9:22pm Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say
9:35pm Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
9:49pm Dido - Hunter
9:53pm Clabbergirl - Whites of Your Eyes

like WHAT?:eek:

[mattsledge]

9:02pm Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
9:22pm Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say
9:35pm Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
9:49pm Dido - Hunter
9:53pm Clabbergirl - Whites of Your Eyes

like WHAT?:eek:
Hey, Stacy's mom has GOT it going on!

[bmxer43]

That Clabbergirl song *is* a classic.

[Danlikesmusic]

It seems like some tweaking has been done lately. I am seeing/hearing songs on the vintage list that I've not seen before. No matter what woxy vintage is the best of the best and blends so much diversity from over the years that flows together so right. Now that the vintage channel has been around for a couple years I could not imagine woxy without both streams ;)

[polaroid]

Hey, Stacy's mom has GOT it going on!

I guess I prefer their earlier stuff.

But yep, Vintage Channel is still rather superb.

[bmxer43]

Neko Case--Polar Nettles
Sunset Rubdown--The Mending of the Gown
Vintage?

[daemon]

Neko Case--Polar Nettles
Sunset Rubdown--The Mending of the Gown
Vintage?

Yea, I've heard some weird ones lately, like Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and "Fat Kids", by Jarvis Cocker.

[CEZ]

I heart wox vintage!!!

I like to listen on the weekends and when I need a break from the main channel. I don't enjoy all of the new programs on the main stream - like Art Rocker for example - so when that comes on I usually switch to vintage. I'm not complaining...I know it's impossible to please everyone...and that's OK because I have the vintage channel to turn to in my time of need! :)

I also enjoy listening to Mike and his vintage tunes on Saturday mornings on the main channel. Does this program still exist? :confused: I feel like I haven't heard it in a long time...maybe I've just been tuning in too late in the morning lately.

Being somewhat of a young whipper-snapper who grew up in a pretty air-tight social bubble, the vintage channel doesn't necessarily stir up too many old memories. Instead it introduces me to great "new" old tunes that I didn't have access to growing up. This makes me :D with delight.

[Luyseyal]

I also enjoy listening to Mike and his vintage tunes on Saturday mornings on the main channel. Does this program still exist? :confused: I feel like I haven't heard it in a long time...maybe I've just been tuning in too late in the morning lately.

Mike is planning the That's Soooooo 97X vintage show for June 27th (http://www.woxy.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1495355&postcount=82).

IIRC, the show runs 10am - 12pm EDT on Saturdays.
-l

[twentyshots]

is it just me or does it seem like there have been more vintage tunes peppered into the daily mix on the MAIN channel since the MR500?

[mike]

is it just me or does it seem like there have been more vintage tunes peppered into the daily mix on the MAIN channel since the MR500?

Yes, I suppose that's true. We're bored shitless with the lack of new music at the moment, so we'll bust out the comfort food for y'all. Keeping the kids happy and all....

ETA: No, that's not exactly right, so let me rephrase the thought...

It's summer. New music is at a low ebb. People's listening gets a little less intense, so we tend to reach a little deeper into the library, and that'll include some older music. Srsly, some of you people just won't let 1998 die, will you? :p

[twentyshots]

Yes, i suppose that's true. We're bored shitless with the lack of new music at the moment, so we'll bust out the comfort food for y'all. Keeping the kids happy and all....

works for me. i used to think that the perfect blend needed more vintage but these days one or two an hour seems right. and it's almost....just out of respect!

[jvk]

We're bored shitless
[Reluctantly raises hand]

[silentpaul]

[Reluctantly raises hand]

The last few weeks have indeed been a little dry, with only one or two exceptions.

[twentyshots]

The last few weeks have indeed been a little dry, with only one or two exceptions.
i actually need these down times to catch up! and i never catch up. not to mention stuff i have just never really given any time to.....
like, i'm embarrassed how little i know of the constantines and yet, they are right up my alley. so many bands so little time.

[slopechz]

The last few weeks have indeed been a little dry, with only one or two exceptions.

I tend to agree. Up until about a month ago, I thought this was a solid year of new music, unlike last year at this time when everything bored the shit out of me. :D

[twentyshots]

Danielle Dax - Big Hollow Man


dag! how i have not heard this in 20 years is beyond me.....somehow it was not on "soooooooooooooo 97x"?

[irina]

I'm so happy i found this!

mainly because i'm from a country in which really bad music is on the wave right now and this is like fresh air. now this is the only radio i listen to all day long.

i'm pretty young and i haven't been exposed until recently to many vintage bands and songs but i'm discovering them right now and i enjoy the ride very much. thank you so much woxy!!!

[Modnar]

...Srsly, some of you people just won't let 1998 die, will you? :p

In my backwards mind 1998 still feels recent. Sad, but true.

I do 97.7% of my listening in the car, so that means no Vintage Channel for me. That makes a man sad. How about a WVXU HD3 stream....

[grumbachr]

I was rocking to the Vintage channel today....

Until "Nina Hagen - New York New York" that is one awful tune.