NY Radio Format Idea & Thoughts..

[Blaster]

Now That WLIR Is Gone.....

It May be wishful thinking, but I'd like to see a Radio Station Format of the following:
50-70% comprised of 80's "new Music/New Wave", Including all the Rare & obscure WLIR type tunes, not just the top 40 hits from Duran Duran, U2, Howard Jones & Depeche Mode.
The remaining 50-30% would be a mixture of these 3:
A - 70's & 80's Punk & Pop rock ( Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Nick Lowe, J Giles Band, Tubes ect..)
B - New Music Of Today by 80's Artists. ( Just as a classic rock station will skip over a new release by the B-52's or Depeche Mode in favor of a new Stones, Don Henley or Eric Clapton release, this would be the opposite.)
C - New Music/New Artists of Today that the Program Director feels fits in with all of the above .
Perhaps the new term should be "Classic" New Music"!!

The Problem I saw with the WLIR of the past couple of years is that they really had 2 or 3 very segmented audiences.
There were those of us that still would listen for old jems on the flashback lunch or the few & far between during other times, & they also had younger audiences, into the new "club" music, & a new into the "new" modern rock.
Let's face it, back in '83 LIR wasn't splitting their programming between New Wave & 60's music, There was WNEW, & Classic Rock Stations for that stuff.
"We" don't have our own format in the way that people in their 30's & 40's in 1983 did.

[sirzap]

Sounds Good,
If You have not already, why don't you post your suggestion on the LI Radio Board? http://www.radio-info.com/mods/posts.ph ... land&page=

[Polly]

I loved the new dance stuff they were playing, GG Dagastino, Daft Punk, Wolfshiem, APOP, Some of the other off beat stuff in recent years was GREAT fun too... that song w/Capt Kirk, Cake, Korean Bodega (whoever did that) The "Save It For Later" remake etc

[sirzap]

Same here, I tuned out DRE (Hated Those Call Letters "der") from ~91 to ~96. That whole KROCK wannabe format was a real turnoff for me. Then Came 'Resurrection Sunday' Easter Day '96. That's when things started looking up again. Malibu Sue and Andre were

[Polly]

I listened to DRE until they fired all of the old jocks in 1995. I tuned in by accident sometime later in either 1997-98 & the old playlist was back.

Just wanted to edit this in, Sue's show was great today on the Flashback cafe. 5 hours a week is bette