by swisshiker » Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:31 am
Just commenting that UP977 should be playing soft rock (yacht rock) from the 70s more as Calgary's only official soft rock station. The recent format flip will not help them as it is playing the same repetition of 2000's and todays songs many not even considered soft rock. Also How many Michael buble, elton john,rod stewart,bryan adams songs can we bear to hear in 1 day. Some of the yacht rock songs played in calgary only get played in the overnight hours even on XL103. They need to be played more during the day. Yacht rock is a very popular format that fits perfectly into the soft rock category. Groups like america,ambrosia,atlanta rhythm section, pablo cruise, orleans,christopher cross,little river band,boz scaggs,steely dan,toto,donald fagen,genesis,andrew gold,hall and oates, the hollies,michael mcdonald,ronnie milsap,van morrison (other than brown eyed girl),anne murray, olivia newton john,chris rea,linda ronstadt,al stewart,james taylor,wings are some of the artists that would definately increase UP977's radio ratings many believe.
It seems odd also that more stations did not flip formats on the September long weekend.