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I'd like to put a plug in for my new favorite "radio" station.
A bit of a background on me, first. I was in radio for 40 years. I started in the music and programming side of things and, around 1994, switched to the news and journalism side of things - with my heart still in music.
I consider myself a "pop tart," a phrase coined by a former music director of mine (who now is a morning news anchor on WINS in NYC.) I love pop music. The more bubble gum the better. Boy bands, the Monkees, disco, etc. My dream was to work on a CHR/Top 40 radio station but my delivery didn't work for that. So I worked Adult Contemporary, Oldies and Country (briefly). The rock I like was WPLJ in NY when they were in their rock phase in the 70s. Very pop.
So I'm shocked that this station is my go to all the time now. It's channel 14, Life with John Mayer on SiriusXM. It's got to be the best programmed station I've ever heard. Period. It features music from the 60s to today. It is heavily dayparted. Very upbeat on a Saturday night. And this morning, Sunday, I'm super relaxed with tunes I've never heard before, mixed in with some CSN and Joe Cocker's You Are So Beautiful. Mayer does all the voice tracks. And he actually is engaging! Not just some generic DJ reading liner cards and telling folks to download the company app. A perfect example is his explanation of Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time. I had no idea about the background on that song. Sometimes he talks about the form of the song. It's all pretty fascinating.
Terrestrial radio needs to take a page from this book. I don't know about radio near you, but over the air radio near me BLOWS big time. Music is programmed from some corporate office somewhere. The DJs, if there are any, are usually living in some other town. I can usually find a stream somewhere, without commercials, that's does a better job with music I want to hear.
Life with John Mayer educates me a bit, engages me a bit, plays some music I know and like, introduces me to new stuff and sets a great mood for the time of day.
John and SXM make a fantastic pair!
A bit of a background on me, first. I was in radio for 40 years. I started in the music and programming side of things and, around 1994, switched to the news and journalism side of things - with my heart still in music.
I consider myself a "pop tart," a phrase coined by a former music director of mine (who now is a morning news anchor on WINS in NYC.) I love pop music. The more bubble gum the better. Boy bands, the Monkees, disco, etc. My dream was to work on a CHR/Top 40 radio station but my delivery didn't work for that. So I worked Adult Contemporary, Oldies and Country (briefly). The rock I like was WPLJ in NY when they were in their rock phase in the 70s. Very pop.
So I'm shocked that this station is my go to all the time now. It's channel 14, Life with John Mayer on SiriusXM. It's got to be the best programmed station I've ever heard. Period. It features music from the 60s to today. It is heavily dayparted. Very upbeat on a Saturday night. And this morning, Sunday, I'm super relaxed with tunes I've never heard before, mixed in with some CSN and Joe Cocker's You Are So Beautiful. Mayer does all the voice tracks. And he actually is engaging! Not just some generic DJ reading liner cards and telling folks to download the company app. A perfect example is his explanation of Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time. I had no idea about the background on that song. Sometimes he talks about the form of the song. It's all pretty fascinating.
Terrestrial radio needs to take a page from this book. I don't know about radio near you, but over the air radio near me BLOWS big time. Music is programmed from some corporate office somewhere. The DJs, if there are any, are usually living in some other town. I can usually find a stream somewhere, without commercials, that's does a better job with music I want to hear.
Life with John Mayer educates me a bit, engages me a bit, plays some music I know and like, introduces me to new stuff and sets a great mood for the time of day.
John and SXM make a fantastic pair!
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