[tophcfa]

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

[PugMom]

no way! RAP?? what song was it?

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

Okay, but I thnk I missed the point?

[PugMom]

i think the point is we are getting old. gone are the days of decent rock & roll, & I too, am a tad surprised @ playing rap. but i was curious as to what song exactly. maybe it could pass for R&B, because i've heard lots of that. basically, rap sucks & we are safe from nothing anymore!!

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by PugMom

i think the point is we are getting old. gone are the days of decent rock & roll, & I too, am a tad surprised @ playing rap. but i was curious as to what song exactly. maybe it could pass for R&B, because i've heard lots of that. basically, rap sucks & we are safe from nothing anymore!!

Okay, well...

My parents loved crooners, I find them boring. My parents hated the Beatles, I loved them.

Tastes and times change. But I do think it weird that a radio station dedicated to seniors would not do market research and tailor their playlist to be acceptable to the majority of their market. Maybe they did - I don't know.

I understood the point the author was making, I didn't understand the reason for the post. I don't mind it. I don't object to it. Just curious if they are just venting or want to get the station to change - I just don't know.

[GpaVader]

Maybe it was Blonde's RAP song...

[PugMom]

the best thing i like about them is the variety. they play sinatra to zep to motown

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

Rap???? They either lost their playlist or lost their minds.

Disco, Jackson---OK, after all those that are 62 today were 15 in 1975 and that was their music. I grew up with the Beach Boys, Four Seasons and Beetles, but there are those older Villagers who grew up with The Platters and Bill Haley's Comets. None of us grew up with rap, although most of us would throw up to it

[Keefelane66]

Beginning of April it was ONE personally objectionable Commercial. Today it was ONE objectionable song in your opinion deal with it. If it’s every song then there would be an issue.

[New Englander]

Rap is Crap

[Nucky]

What you're not Jiggy Wit It?

I couldn't agree more RAP, no goodski!

I'm not canceling the station though.

Sign up for Spotify on your phone and play the music through a beautiful little Bose wireless speaker. That way you are the D.J.

[GpaVader]

The Blonde song I was referring to was called Rapture and was released in 1980. I've heard worse...

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

The target audience changes with the times. When I first came here 9 years ago at age 65 I heard a lot of late 50’s, 60s and early 70s stuff. Nine years later at my age of 74 the people who are today coming to TV at age 65 or so get to listen to some 60s, lots of 70s and 80s stuff.

It’ll be the same nine years from now. It’s called marketing.

[jdulej]

It's the younger old people in the Villages that spend money here. The old timer who orders water with lemon to go with his cheese sandwich and sits at the table for 2 hours and doesn't leave a tip are not WVLGs target audience.

[RVJim]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

Hangin’ around the ole wireless telegraph waiting for Tommy Dorsey and Bing Crosby to grace the airwaves. Who even listens to over the air radio anymore ? XM or Pandora if you want to control what your hear so that your ears are not offended.