JACK

One of my favorite radio stations changed their format recently. It used to be mostly 80's music, I'll be real honest though, whomever the program director was, kind of missed the boat. Instead of playing the good music, he'd schedule Billy Joel, Mike and the Mechanics, Fleetwood Mac, and Huey Lewis and the News. Not that these aren't good artists, it's just those are bands that need airplay on the soft rock station.

I'm probably not explaining it very well, but believe me it was definately marketed wrong. If you are going to call something 'Gen-X' radio, at least have something a Gen-Xer would like. The same songs over and over again suck. I mean I can only listen to 'New Year's Day' byU2, and 'People are People' by Depeche Mode so many times.

Now come the change, Jack it's called. You may have heard of this format. No DJ, all computer selected music. They throw in a mixture of just about everything, and it seems like a good format. I like it, and I imagine that's the reason 'Jack' has been getting spread around the country like wildfire. It's cheaper, because of the lack of air talent, and it's good music.

My ramble is done, you may go on with your life now.