WOMC feels threatened by WNIC

[MWmetalhead]

The analog processing on 104.3 has sounded surprisingly good over the past several days!

I hope it sticks around for good!

The analog processing on WCSX, meanwhile, sounds like trash.

[ChrisWL1980]

Better sounding processing maybe, same old stale playlist. I'll continue to pass.

[stopnswop2]

Here is a list of 90s songs I made that I feel could fit with the rest of the 70s/80s playlist. The preview here only shows half the playlist, so needs to be opened on the spotify site

[AMFMTV]

I sat down on an old computer today to get some old photos off it and I found a random audio file called untitled2. Happens to be 2 hours of Dave Fuller's show from 2014.
Wow now THIS sounds like a radio station.
I'll make a scoped aircheck

That's Joe Cip as station VO. Prod was very good.

I noticed that Production Vault Classic Hits has swapped out using Earl Mann as the sample voice for... Joe Cip. Joe is very good... but I prefer bigger VOs like Earl ... others in that class... Jeff Laurence, and of course Charlie Van Dyke. Yes, CVD sounding his age of late. Still... so identifiable. Esp for DET and CVD's history with CKLW.

[MWmetalhead]

I had no idea that was Joe Cipriano on that clip. I'm more familiar with his other voice (also used on WOMC for a time).

The magic of voice synthesization.

[thatonedude]

I thought that was Steve (don't know his last name, can't be bothered to look it up) doing the VO then?

Edit: Steve Kamer was the fella’s name, I believe. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

[48125er]

Heres other songs I think would be good for WOMC to start playing

"Vision of Love" Mariah Carey
"Cradle of Love" Billy Idol
"Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Michael Bolton
"Release Me" Wilson Phillips
"Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville
"All Around the World" Lisa Stansfield
"She Ain't Worth It" Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown
"If Wishes Came True" Sweet Sensation
"Love Will Lead You Back" Taylor Dayne
"Don't Wanna Fall in Love" Jane Child
"Two to Make It Right" Seduction
"Sending All My Love" Linear
"Dangerous" Roxette
"I'll Be Your Everything" Tommy Page
"With Every Beat of My Heart" Taylor Dayne
Here and now-luther vandross
"Praying for Time" George Michael
"How Can We Be Lovers" Michael Bolton
"Do You Remember?" Phil Collins
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" Phil Collins
"Just Between You and Me" Lou Gramm
"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" Phil Collins
"Giving You the Benefit" Pebbles
"Love Song" Tesla
"Price of Love" Bad English
"What Kind of Man Would I Be?" Chicago
"Here We Are" Gloria Estefan
"Love Takes Time" Mariah Carey
"Just Like Jesse James" Cher
"I Go to Extremes" Billy Joel
"Oh Girl" Paul Young
"When I'm Back on My Feet Again" Michael Bolton
"Forever" Kiss
Without You" Mötley Crüe
"Thieves in the Temple" Prince

[MegaHertz]

No, no, no, no, no, NO.

No. More. Fucking. Bon. Jovi.

No.

[stopnswop2]

Way too many ballads on your list that won't fly in 2025. No Michael Bolton lol. The only one I would put is "How Can We Be Lovers?". It's upbeat and was a number 3 hit in 1990.
Also, as annoying as it is, Blaze of Glory was actually a number 1 hit and should be played

[stopnswop2]

I updated this list btw. I forgot a few big ones

[48125er]

These were all popular and rarely played anymore
"Look Away" Chicago
"Miss You Much" Janet Jackson
Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette midler
Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" Will to power
"Don't Wanna Lose You" Gloria Estefan
Heaven" Warrant
"Two Hearts" Phil Collins
I'll Be There for You" Bon Jovi
"How Can I Fall?" Breathe
"Don't Rush Me" Taylor Dayne
"Born to Be My Baby" Bon Jovi
"Good Thing" Fine Young Cannibals
"The Lover in Me" Sheena Easton
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" Great White
Batdance" Prince
Rock On" Michael Damian
"My Heart Can't Tell You No" Rod Stewart
"So Alive" Love and Rockets
"Armageddon It" Def Leppard
Satisfied" Richard Marx
"Express Yourself" Madonna
"I Like It" Dino
Soldier of Love" Donny Osmond
Sowing the Seeds of Love" Tears for Fears
"When the Children Cry" White Lion
18 and Life" Skid Row
"I Don't Want Your Love" Duran Duran
"Second Chance" .38 Special
"In Your Room" The Bangles
"Miss You Like Crazy" Natalie Cole
"Secret Rendezvous" Karyn White
Angel Eyes" The Jeff Healey Band
Patience" Guns N' Roses
Walk on Water" Eddie money
"Stand" R.E.M.
"Close My Eyes Forever" Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
"All This Time" Tiffany
"After All" Cher and Peter Cetera
Love in an Elevator" Aerosmith
"Lay Your Hands on Me" Bon Jovi
"The Promise" When in Rome
"What I Am" Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
I Remember Holding You" Boys Club
Paradise City" Guns N' Roses
I Wanna Have Some Fun" Samantha Fox
She Wants to Dance with Me" Rick Astley
"Dreamin'" Vanessa Williams
Poison" Alice Cooper
This Time I Know It's for Real" Donna Summer
What You Don't Know" Exposé
Surrender to Me" Ann Wilson and Robin Zander
"The End of the Innocence" Don Henley
Keep on Movin'" Soul II Soul

[ChrisWL1980]

Steve Kamer was also the VO man for the final season of Judge Judy, after Jerry Bishop passed away. (Al Murdoch (Vancouver Canucks) is the current announcer for Judy Justice.)
As much as I would love a Classic Hits station with a bigger playlist, everything that was a hit then isn't a hit now. Westwood One and Local Radio Networks both still do a better job than WOMC of widening up their playlists a bit while not straying too far from the "safe base."

Here's a sample hour on LRN, which is used in Michigan on K107.3 (Flint) and 98.3 WLCS (Muskegon).

Journey - Wheel in the Sky
Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Bob Seger - Old Time Rock 'n' Roll
Expose - Seasons Change
Police - King of Pain
Rod Stewart - Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Huey Lewis & The News - Hip to Be Square
Toto - Africa
Kool & The Gang - Fresh
Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Gloria Estefan - Anything for You
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

And this is Westwood One's, which is heard on 99.9 The Wave up north. It's a bit tighter but still better than OMC's.

Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Bryan Adams - Run to You
Orleans - Still the One
INXS - Need You Tonight
Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
Olivia Newton-John - Magic

[48125er]

The closest I’ve found that plays the the music I’ve posted is WGLM 106.3 or 104.3 in my pleasant 100.5 the river used to play a lot of these too
Need You Tonight" INXS
"So Emotional" Whitney Houston
"Could've Been" Tiffany
"Hands to Heaven" Breathe
Roll with It" Steve Winwood
One More Try" George Michael
Anything for You" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
"The Flame" Cheap Trick
Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" Billy Ocean
"Seasons Change" Exposé
"Is This Love" Whitesnake
Wild, Wild West" The Escape
I'll Always Love You" Taylor Dayne
"Shake Your Love" Debbie Gibson
Hold On to the Nights" Richard marx
Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" Samantha Fox
"A Groovy Kind of Love" Phil Collins
"Endless Summer Nights" Richard Marx
Angel" Aerosmith
A Hazy Shade shade of winter
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin
"Make Me Lose Control" Eric Carmen
She's Like the Wind" Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser
"Bad Medicine" Bon Jovi
I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" Elton John
"Monkey" George Michael
Devil Inside" INXS
"Should've Known Better" Richard Marx
I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" Chicago
"The Loco-Motion" Kylie Minogue
What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield
"Make It Real" The Jets
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" Information Society
Out of the Blue" Debbie Gibson
"Desire" U2
I Get Weak" Belinda Carlisle
"Sign Your Name" Terence Trent D'Arby
Girlfriend" Pebbles
"Dirty Diana" Michael Jackson’s
"1-2-3" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
Mercedes Boy" Pebbles
Perfect World" Huey Lewis and the news
Catch Me (I'm Falling)" Pretty Poison
If It Isn't Love" New Edition
"Rocket 2 U" The Jets
One Good Woman" Peter Cetera
Don't Be Cruel" Cheap Trick
"Everything Your Heart Desires" Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Say You Will" Foreigner
Pink Cadillac" Natalie Cole
"Electric Blue" Icehouse
"The Valley Road" Bruce Hornsby and the Range
"Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys
"Piano in the Dark" Brenda Russell featuring Joe Esposito
"When It's Love" Van Halen
"Don't Shed a Tear" Paul Carrack
"We'll Be Together" Sting
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" Foreigner
Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" Steve Winwood
"One Moment in Time" Whitney Houston
"Can't Stay Away from You" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
"Kissing a Fool" George Michael
"Cherry Bomb" John Cougar Mellencam
"I Still Believe" Brenda K. Starr
I Found Someone" Cher
Never Tear Us Apart" INXS
Valerie" Steve Winwood
Just Like Paradise" David Lee Roth
Wait" White Lion
"Prove Your Love" Taylor Dayne

[stopnswop2]

What about "You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins?
Tight at the tail end of the 90s, that song just stormed in. I don't understand how it never hit number 1. You couldn't go anywhere for YEARS without hearing it at least once a day.
Pretty sure that's the definition of a classic hit

[ChrisWL1980]

Again, the bulk of its airplay came from AC radio, the same as with other Disney soundtrack singles like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Colors of the Wind." It had IIRC a record-breaking run at #1 AC, but on CHR, it just barely scraped into the Top 40 in airplay. You're more likely to hear those songs on an Adult Standards or Breeze-style Soft AC station than anywhere else.