Re: [IRCA] Steely Dan on 1550?

[Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think what Niel means in this instance, Paul, by "doesn't sound like a song I would expect to hear on AM radio" is the fact that 99.9% of songs that you hear on oldies or "classic hits" stations on AM are songs that were released as singles, and "Night By Night" never was.  And knowing what I know about the Steely Dan catalogue, Niel's right, that is a rather odd song to be hearing on AM. 
 
The one station that jumps out at me as a possibility is "Uptown" in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a station that plays a hybrid of nostalgia (Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and others of that ilk) and middle-of-the-road (Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, et al).  A jazz-oriented studio group like Steely Dan could fit into that format very nicely. 
 
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska



________________________________
 From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Niel Wolfish <niel@xxxxxxxx>; am@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Cc: "amdx@xxxxxxxxxx" <amdx@xxxxxxxxxx>; IRCA IRCAList <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Steely Dan on 1550?
 
Oldies stations are become "classic hits" and this in theory could fit an
oldies or classic hits format.

Without more details, it'd be real hard to pin down who you heard, meaning,
what station.

Paul


On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Niel Wolfish <nielwolf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On the way home from the store this evening heard somebody on 1550 playing
> Steely Dan's "Night By Night" (from their 1974 "Pretzel Logic" release).
> Heard underneath WIGN (playing Southern Gospel) just before 7 p.m.     I
> know there are a few 1550s listed as being oldies or classic hits, but this
> doesn't sound like a song I would expect to hear on AM radio.  Maybe "Rikki
> Don't Lose That Number", "Reelin' In The Years" or "Peg", but not this.
>
> Ideas anybody?
>
> Niel Wolfish
> Toronto, Ontario
>
>
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