WVLG Playlist
 

I have listened to WVLG quite a bit for the past 5 days while I've been in TV. I've noticed during the day and early evening the playlist contains quite a bit of music from about 1975 to 1985. Is the station targeting a younger demographic -- namely boomers born 1955 to 1964?

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Might be a crazy question but here goes; I enjoy WVLG and would love to stream it live while back home in Memphis. Anyone have a link to do that?
Thanks as always to the group

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I don't know if they are specifically targeting this age group but the days of all 50-60's music are long gone.However I like the mix of music.Most of my friends don't agree with me but as long as occasionally they go "way back",I'm fine with it.This weekend for instance,they are featuring a roots or legends of rock and roll weekend.I also love the music played after 11:30 every night.I put it on and fall to sleep to it.Very relaxing and a nice feature.

We really miss the originial music from the 50's & 60's. They are playing much more current music now which you can find on a lot of stations. The original music gave The Villages a special atmosphere that was hard to find on other stations. The announcers are first class though regardless of format.

Mike, I don't believe they've got live audio streaming in their repertoire at this point. I nosed around on the web for a bit - couldn't find a thing indicating they do it. Sorry!!

Bill :)

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I also asked about WVLG streaming a while ago. I hit the same brick wall. You would think the developer would stream the station so Villagers could listen in their northern home AND prospective buyers could listen and get a feel of TV life and learn about advertisers...
In the mean time I'll be "Hoping and dreamin'"
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..........of streamin' !!! :1rotfl: :thumbup:

Bill :)

I agree with the earlier comments, I'm finding WVLG less and less appealing. They play older pop and rock music, but very very seldom do they play any old (and traditional) country music. I get my fix of old time bluegrass music at the Seabreeze every Wednesday. You can count the stations that play true traditional country music in the US on one hand probably. Fortunately, from my former "neck of the woods" they have a internet streaming station. It is WBZI, Xenia, OH "myclassiccoiuntry.com" if you are so inclined. The boomers are getting more of the attention.......

Don't forget about the free music channels on Comcast, Directv etc. No DJ's, commercials etc. Just constant music.

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_...ast_cable.html

Being a middle "Boomer", I appreciate the current selection and also enjoy earlier periods. My biggest fear as I get older and actually become a Senior Citizen of The Villages is that the late gen X-ers and early Y-ers will be listening to 50Cent and worse.
Imagine a hip hop concert at the Square!

Anyway, signed the papers for the sale of our house today - on our way.

Bill,

You were my last hope!! I do not know what you do but you seem to be able to find almost anything. If you say it doesn't exist dude I am in!!!

Thanks as always for your answers and help :bowdown:

Ha-ha!! You must've emptied that bottle you're holding in your avatar this evening! :22yikes: Don't necessarily 'bet the ranch' on any of my feedback........but I try to do the best I can to come up with qualified info.

Thanks for your thoughts - - - I appreciate it.

Bill :)

720-AM on your radio dial. It's from Ocala or Gainesville and features the type of music WVLG used to play. It's usually unavailable after 6pm or 7pm, though.

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I had The Villages station on all the time when I first came here--5 years ago--I never listen anymore. I really do not like the music they play. Before anyone tells me to move, I have found a good station from Tampa that I listen to. I do put WVLG on when we have stormy weather. It's not too bad after 11pm.

I was interested in doing the same thing and contacted WVLG and had a nice chat ... I was told that it had been considered, but that the royalties for the songs if broadcast over the internet versus broadcast just locally over WVLG made it cost prohibitive ... don't know if it is true ... just repeating what I was told by WVLG ...

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Just FYI you could go to www.Upchucky.com and create a playlist of your favorites.

Thanks
 

John, Makes sense to me and that means more than you know!! :1rotfl:

Thanks for the info!!

As a 45 year radio veteran, I can tell you that this answer is a bunch of hooey. They pay one fee a year based on their advertising revenue. It is impossible for them to meter the number of people who might listen on line, so to say that they would have to pay additional royalties is just not true. Since the station is piped into every nook and cranny in the Villages, their listening cume is higher inside the Villages than it would ever be on the internet. Radio stations all over the world are streaming their signal on the internet.

I would have hoped they could come up with a better answer than that, like "our radio station isn't really a radio station, it's a public address system for the Villages."

Oh, and as far as the music format goes? They are interesting in attracting the 50 to 60 crowd. Those people were teenagers in late 60s and into the late 70s. The stations intent is not to entertain you all, you already live here. Their intent is to give the impression to visitors that the community is targeted to that demographic cell (50-60). Think about it. You're 54 years old, visiting the Villages and you hear, "The Shrimp Boats are Coming" by Jo Stafford, or "How much is that doggie in the Window" by Patti Page. Next stop, the Twilight zone.

JLK

Thanks you for the insight :bowdown:

Very interesting Talk Host ... I will try to find the name and contact info for the guy I spoke with and give him a chance to come up with a "better answer" ... will report back if I find the info and do speak with him again.

If they can do it, I ask why not ... I would like to listen to WVLG when away from TV or even in my home office in TV where I don't have a radio [I know...just get a radio].

I agree ... I think they are now targeting a "younger" demographic ... 50-60 ... I also see it in some/many of the bands at the squares as well.

This is exactly right. I am 55 and one day at the sport pool I heard the radio station playing, "It was an itzy bitzy yellow polka dot bikini, so in the blanket she wanted to stay....she was afraid to come out in the open, so a blanket she wore....now she's afraid to come out of the water, and the poor little girl's turnin' blue....one-two-three-four, tell us what she wore....it was an itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikini...." (the stupidest song I ever heard as a kid and it's even worse now) http://www.mp3ye.eu/522052_the-sixti...-download.html

and then it was

Bobbie Goldsboro moaning his way thru "Honey"..."and Honey, I miss you".... (Hated that sappy song in the 60's)

and then it was.... (Hated that sappy song in the 60's)

Bobbie Gentry singing "Ode to Billie Joe".... suicide off the Talahatchie bridge...

What a bunch of airheaded, crappy, depressing songs, and it got worse from there!

The whole station programming sounds like piped in nursing-home music and that is exactly why they need late 60's and 70's classic rock music aired.

Agree -- During the daytime, the music on WVLG is definitely targeted to 50-60 age group -- which means me. And the bands at the squares, definitely targeted to the 50-60 crowd (at least during the week I've been here). I'm wondering how the older residents of TV feel about this?

For those who can't enough of the 50's-60's music you can log onto:
www.upchucky.com
www.tropicalglen.com
www.cruisinoldiesradio.com
and get a constant flow of memorable oldies favorites.

10 years from now, you will be the older residents of TV and the station will be playing Guns and Roses, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard and Aerosmith.

The beauty of music is that it keeps changing. I think we all enjoy listening to the music from the era that we "came of age". Just a few years difference in that age can make a difference between Perry Como, Elvis, or the Stones. So I feel some sympathy for our great DJ's in TV that try to satisfy everyone's tastes. Just the other day I was in a department store in Ohio and they were playing "Stairway to Heaven" on the local "soft rock" radio station. Really......Led Zep has morphed from heavy rock to easy listening!

Sad but true
 

The radio Station & the music in the Squares & the news paper are there for the sole reason, to sell houses so if you've bought a home here, the focus shifted to those who have not :throwtomatoes: and since they have already gotcha guess how important you are ............. you'll find out come winter when you want to play golf :censored:

Don't count Aerosmith out as they recorded 6 albums from '73-'79 and Cheap Trick with 5 from '77-'79. Def Leppard was formed in 1980 and Guns N Roses in 1985. So, anything is possible. While I am not that fond of the latter two, I do like the Aerosmith coaster at DHS!:22yikes:

Although most new Village People are in the late fifties, the majority of us grew up in the sixties. The radio should play more songs to satisfy the main stream. Beatles, BeachBoys, Four Seasons, Motown, Dave Clark 5 etc. Even songs from the Carpenters and Early Eagles. Maybe throw in a few from Old Blue Eyes and Glenn Miller to satisfy the older generation. The way it is going, in another ten years rap will be played. I remember when I visited here for the first time, two years ago, the above mentioned groups were on the play list. I can't remember the last time I heard from any of them. I WANT GOOD OL' ROCK & ROLL.

Please understand, you don't count anymore. You already live here. You are on the inside. The radio station is for people on the outside looking in. The music is aimed at them. It's not going to change.

If I remember correctly, about ten years ago in the New York area they swiched ffrom the do-wop era and old Rock n Roll to the music that is listened to by a younger generation. There was a big outcry to no avail.

I believe the radio staions position was they wanted to satisfy the core group of listeners that were younger.

I like to listen to all kinds of music and as Tom as suggested.

If they ever switch to rap, I will never listen to that as I don't consider that music and not my cup of tea.

If they switch to rap..we won't have a choice but to listen to it. Remember the station's music is hooked up to speakers all over the town squares.

I hope that day never comes but if it does, I will buy a lifetime supply of ear plugs. :)

Bring it on!:)

Agree with TH - it's marketing 101. But being in the 'target' audience I enjoy the current mix.

Thank your for being in agreement. It's so pleasant. :beer3:

I don't love ilovetv
 

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Since reading your post, that horrid "Honey" song has been on a contimuous play loop in my head. :censored: :censored:

To make it worse, the lyrics have dredged up the mental picture of watching him sing that dopey song on some tv show...smothers brothers? glen campbell show?. (I know, that one is on me but I was young then and didn't know any better. Plus cable hadn't been invented yet!)

That d**n melody is getting louder as I type this email :cryin2:

I don't care who knows the way to San Jose....can anybody out there please tell me where I can find the Tallahatchee Bridge!?!

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I miss Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon and Palisades Park. If your from Jersey...you will understand.

Hey, Ilovetv, I cannot agree with your comments more! Any station that plays John Fred and His Playboy Band ("Judy in Disquise With Glasses") more than the Beatles should be investigated! It is wrong, very very wrong.
Yes, I think that Honey is the worst song recorded. In Dave Berry's Book of Bad Songs, Honey gets (dis)honorable mention to the winner, "McArther Park". Honey was on the Smother Brothers as a spoof. I seem to remember them selling souviners from the Honey House.
I usually refer to WVLG as wuss radio. Then every once in a while they play something like "Long Cool Woman" by the Hollies. It does give me hope.