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Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

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Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Deleted User 14992 » Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:56 pm

Could it work? Rewind WDRQ All 90’s Radio for Detroit, Remember WDRQ was hot in the 90’s. What do you think?



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by armchair pd » Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:41 pm

Chuck Davies wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:56 pm
Could it work? Rewind WDRQ All 90’s Radio for Detroit, Remember WDRQ was hot in the 90’s. What do you think?
Not a horrible idea, but that could potently overlap with DVD, so zero chance it happens.
IMHO, the market for 90's nostalgia isn't strong enough to support a 90's format...yet.
SXM has a 90's channel and it's meh.



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by MrTaterSalad » Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:48 am

Are people clamoring to hear I Saw the Sign by Ace of Base into Torn by Natalie Imbruglia into Mmmmbop by Hanson?



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by ZenithCKLW » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:35 am

Ugh, I hope not. Those are reasons I dislike 90's music as a genre.



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by drew10219 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:41 am

All 90s formats have already come and gone. iHeart has smells like the 90s on 106.7 HD2- that's all you'll ever see on the dial



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Deleted User 14992 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:36 am

ZenithCKLW wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:35 am
Ugh, I hope not. Those are reasons I dislike 90's music as a genre.
Are we saying that the Millennials music sucks?



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by ZenithCKLW » Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:50 am

Chuck Davies wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:36 am
ZenithCKLW wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:35 am
Ugh, I hope not. Those are reasons I dislike 90's music as a genre.
Are we saying that the Millennials music sucks?
90's music was written and performed by Generation X and older, unless you knew of lots of 0-10 year olds in the 90's with a record contract and lots of hits. But yes, I digress, once my generation started making mainstream music, it didn't get much better. But many record executives were still Generation X'ers when we came on the scene.



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Mega Hertz » Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:21 pm

Since it seems like the 90s were the last time rock was really relevant in any way, shape or form, I'd like to have a station that plays a LOT of stuff I used to hear back then, that has all but faded away with time. I believe MW and I threw out a few suggestions in the Wheels thread, but this would lean a lot more toward stuff on 89x, with WRIF in second, and 96.3 in third. Maybe even 105.1 The Edge. It would mirror Sirius/XM's "Lithium" closely.

It seems when people think 90s, they automatically think Smells Like Teen Spirit and Longview...and the rest is pop, dance and rap. There was a LOT of rock music happening in the 90s as well. It wasn't all MMMBop and Tubthumping. As a matter of fact, there's no reason why Wheels can't play the likes of:

Possum Kingdom (Toadies)
Banditos (The Refreshments)
Shimmer (Fuel)
You (Candlebox)
Hey Man, Nice Shot (Filter)
What Do I Have to Do (Stabbing Westward)

Some STP from Tiny Music and No. 4, Hail Hail by Pearl Jam, Muzzle by Smashing Pumpkins, all of these songs were songs I heard on WRIF at one point or another. Granted, the 90s were a very lean time for mainstream rock (aside from 1996. Kiss, Van Halen and Metallica all did well that year). I have to believe there is a way to make this work. Or maybe I'm the only one that remembers these songs. Sponge, Better Than Ezra, all kinds of different stuff. I thought my parents had it bad, but at least they had the classic rock format. The rock of my youth has been dwindled down to a few Nirvana, AIC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Day and Weezer tracks. Thank God for YouTube.


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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Deleted User 14992 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:29 pm

The 90’s, I my opinion was a great decade for music and for a radio format if done correctly could work even if a station emphasizes just on the Pop 90’s it could work.



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Chrocket87 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:30 pm

Mega Hertz wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:21 pm

Possum Kingdom (Toadies)
Banditos (The Refreshments)
Shimmer (Fuel)
You (Candlebox)
Hey Man, Nice Shot (Filter)
What Do I Have to Do (Stabbing Westward)

Some STP from Tiny Music and No. 4, Hail Hail by Pearl Jam, Muzzle by Smashing Pumpkins, all of these songs were songs I heard on WRIF at one point or another. Granted, the 90s were a very lean time for mainstream rock (aside from 1996. Kiss, Van Halen and Metallica all did well that year). I have to believe there is a way to make this work. Or maybe I'm the only one that remembers these songs. Sponge, Better Than Ezra, all kinds of different stuff. I thought my parents had it bad, but at least they had the classic rock format. The rock of my youth has been dwindled down to a few Nirvana, AIC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Day and Weezer tracks. Thank God for YouTube.
I have heard “Hey Man, Nice Shot” on Wheelz. I wouldn’t be surprised if “Possum Kingdom” and “Shimmer” found their way on in the next few years. I think I’ve heard Fuel’s “Hemorrhage” once or twice on Wheelz, but I could be wrong.
Remember, 90s on Classic Rock is still a relatively recent thing, so they’re starting with the absolute most mass appeal stuff to appeal to the current demo, which still prefers 70s/80s. As the format’s demo marches more into a 90s preference, I would expect the material to expand.

Here in Cleveland, WNCX is still playing VERY little 90s material- “Hard to Handle” is the only one I’ve heard or seen on playlist logs to this date! Therefore, I’m sure I have a more positive opinion on this station than most here.
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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by stopnswop2 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:45 pm

DRQ needs to focus on late 80s through early 2000s country.
Or they will keep dying


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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by stopnswop2 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:46 pm

Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, Rascal Flatts, Linda Ronstadt, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Keith Urban

This stuff.

Not Taylor Swift


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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Mega Hertz » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:55 pm

Chrocket87 wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:30 pm
Mega Hertz wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:21 pm

Possum Kingdom (Toadies)
Banditos (The Refreshments)
Shimmer (Fuel)
You (Candlebox)
Hey Man, Nice Shot (Filter)
What Do I Have to Do (Stabbing Westward)

Some STP from Tiny Music and No. 4, Hail Hail by Pearl Jam, Muzzle by Smashing Pumpkins, all of these songs were songs I heard on WRIF at one point or another. Granted, the 90s were a very lean time for mainstream rock (aside from 1996. Kiss, Van Halen and Metallica all did well that year). I have to believe there is a way to make this work. Or maybe I'm the only one that remembers these songs. Sponge, Better Than Ezra, all kinds of different stuff. I thought my parents had it bad, but at least they had the classic rock format. The rock of my youth has been dwindled down to a few Nirvana, AIC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Day and Weezer tracks. Thank God for YouTube.
I have heard “Hey Man, Nice Shot” on Wheelz. I wouldn’t be surprised if “Possum Kingdom” and “Shimmer” found their way on in the next few years. I think I’ve heard Fuel’s “Hemorrhage” once or twice on Wheelz, but I could be wrong.
Remember, 90s on Classic Rock is still a relatively recent thing, so they’re starting with the absolute most mass appeal stuff to appeal to the current demo, which still prefers 70s/80s. As the format’s demo marches more into a 90s preference, I would expect the material to expand.

Here in Cleveland, WNCX is still playing VERY little 90s material- “Hard to Handle” is the only one I’ve heard or seen on playlist logs to this date! Therefore, I’m sure I have a better opinion on this station than most here.
Agreed. 1991 or thereabouts seems to be what I call "AOR's last stand". After that, anything new released by a classic artist was heaped into the "classic rock" pile. Grunge changed everything.


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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by MrTaterSalad » Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:01 pm

So would an all 90's station be strictly pop, R&B, dance hits, and soft rock? No Grunge or Hard Rock I am guessing? Would an hour of music, assuming 10-12 songs played, look something like this . . .

Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston
One Week - Bear Naked Ladies
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I Saw the Sign - Ace of Base
Dreaming of You - Selena
Creep - TLC
Oops I Did It Again - Brittany Spears
Black or White - Michael Jackson
She's So High - Tel Bachman
Step by Step - New Kids on the Block
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam



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Re: Hey WDRQ, Why Don’t You Do All 90’s

Post by Deleted User 14992 » Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:04 pm

MrTaterSalad wrote:
Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:01 pm
So would an all 90's station be strictly pop, R&B, dance hits, and soft rock? No Grunge or Hard Rock I am guessing? Would an hour of music, assuming 10-12 songs played, look something like this . . .

Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston
One Week - Bear Naked Ladies
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I Saw the Sign - Ace of Base
Dreaming of You - Selena
Creep - TLC
Oops I Did It Again - Brittany Spears
Black or White - Michael Jackson
She's So High - Tel Bachman
Step by Step - New Kids on the Block
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
You got it! Damn you’re spot on.



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