Well now my beloved AM 580 CKWW has changed from '60's & '70's to now '70's & '80's...
Wonder when this change took place as I'd noticed this yesterday (Tuesday) when it's more likely the day before (Monday) it would have been done, as I'd gotten a few hints judging from songs from a decade surely not normally played...
So, on and on, more clues came: The Station Identification Jingle, the rather more "peaky" sound, as in this AM actually comes in clearer though at times made methinks I was listening to Sirius or Satellite Radio and even places where the reception was poor, enough technology went in to where it comes in just like FM!
And searching through Google, I'd encountered that there is also (Gasp!) a morning show, though this week I'm off work so I didn't yet tune in to it, but will be hosted from 6AM to 10AM, by these two:
(Mark & Kara, two well-known Windsor-area broadcasters)
Lastly, if I may quote what I'd read on many of the online discussion boards actually concerning this to me local event, of which I may have even heard this songs played on the radio station's way to this apocalyptic format change:
A few observations, sorry if I ramble...<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />Last night, Bell played Casey Kasem's American Top 40 until 10. Then an hour of music as normal. At 11:00, the Drake top of the hour played, followed by an hour of "goodbye" type songs, such as We've Got Tonight (Bob Seger), Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (Gladys Knight), Yesterday Once More (Carpenters), My Way (Frank Sinatra), God Only Knows (The Beach Boys), Thank You and Goodnight (The Angels), and Dim All The Lights (Donna Summer) was the last song on Motor City Favorites over the air. There were a few jingles, and only one short commercial break during the hour at about 11:50.<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />Dim All The Lights was interrupted at midnight for the new top of the hour announcement, and the first song on the new format was Hooked On A Feeling by Blue Swede. Bell's online stream continued uninterrupted as CKWW departed the format over the air. It's still streaming with the old music selection as I type this, however without jingles, commercials, and other announcements. The new CKWW is streaming too (on a new stream), but only on iHeart, the CINA app, and their website.<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />I am hoping the old music library continues streaming; I'll continue to listen as long as it's available. It's still called AM 580 Motor City Favorites, for those who want to search. I enjoy CKWW's new library, but it's "70's and 80's superhits" which is a dime-a-dozen and basically every other classic hits format with seemingly no jingles (yet?), just monotone liners, which is boring in my opinion. Nonetheless, I'll continue listening to this music on AM and give it a chance. WOMC bores me to tears and I haven't listened in probably over a year. I hope CKWW is better promoted and that they perform well.<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />"Radio is a business meant to make money and AM is dying" sentiments aside, this has been a dreaded bummer for me, that I knew would happen, as the old 580 was basically my last terrestrial radio refuge as the rest of Detroit media bores me to tears. Throughout all the other changes to radio in the past 2 decades, 580 seemed to be "old reliable". I've been listening to CKWW since 580 Memories in the early 90's after inheriting the big bands from 800, which I also listened to as a young kid with my grandparents. End of a long era, and I will certainly miss it.
<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">-- Dave</span>
https://www.am580ckww.com/2024/08/15/mark-and-kara/
Wonder when this change took place as I'd noticed this yesterday (Tuesday) when it's more likely the day before (Monday) it would have been done, as I'd gotten a few hints judging from songs from a decade surely not normally played...
So, on and on, more clues came: The Station Identification Jingle, the rather more "peaky" sound, as in this AM actually comes in clearer though at times made methinks I was listening to Sirius or Satellite Radio and even places where the reception was poor, enough technology went in to where it comes in just like FM!
And searching through Google, I'd encountered that there is also (Gasp!) a morning show, though this week I'm off work so I didn't yet tune in to it, but will be hosted from 6AM to 10AM, by these two:
(Mark & Kara, two well-known Windsor-area broadcasters)
Lastly, if I may quote what I'd read on many of the online discussion boards actually concerning this to me local event, of which I may have even heard this songs played on the radio station's way to this apocalyptic format change:
A few observations, sorry if I ramble...<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />Last night, Bell played Casey Kasem's American Top 40 until 10. Then an hour of music as normal. At 11:00, the Drake top of the hour played, followed by an hour of "goodbye" type songs, such as We've Got Tonight (Bob Seger), Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (Gladys Knight), Yesterday Once More (Carpenters), My Way (Frank Sinatra), God Only Knows (The Beach Boys), Thank You and Goodnight (The Angels), and Dim All The Lights (Donna Summer) was the last song on Motor City Favorites over the air. There were a few jingles, and only one short commercial break during the hour at about 11:50.<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />Dim All The Lights was interrupted at midnight for the new top of the hour announcement, and the first song on the new format was Hooked On A Feeling by Blue Swede. Bell's online stream continued uninterrupted as CKWW departed the format over the air. It's still streaming with the old music selection as I type this, however without jingles, commercials, and other announcements. The new CKWW is streaming too (on a new stream), but only on iHeart, the CINA app, and their website.<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />I am hoping the old music library continues streaming; I'll continue to listen as long as it's available. It's still called AM 580 Motor City Favorites, for those who want to search. I enjoy CKWW's new library, but it's "70's and 80's superhits" which is a dime-a-dozen and basically every other classic hits format with seemingly no jingles (yet?), just monotone liners, which is boring in my opinion. Nonetheless, I'll continue listening to this music on AM and give it a chance. WOMC bores me to tears and I haven't listened in probably over a year. I hope CKWW is better promoted and that they perform well.<br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="font-weight: 400; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;" />"Radio is a business meant to make money and AM is dying" sentiments aside, this has been a dreaded bummer for me, that I knew would happen, as the old 580 was basically my last terrestrial radio refuge as the rest of Detroit media bores me to tears. Throughout all the other changes to radio in the past 2 decades, 580 seemed to be "old reliable". I've been listening to CKWW since 580 Memories in the early 90's after inheriting the big bands from 800, which I also listened to as a young kid with my grandparents. End of a long era, and I will certainly miss it.
<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">-- Dave</span>
https://www.am580ckww.com/2024/08/15/mark-and-kara/
