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[GoldenOldies]

Hear the same songs on slacker oldies station over and over again. I would like to hear more of a variety of 50's 60's & 70's not the same songs over and over again.

[Vlaktor]

Don't all Oldies stations play the same ten songs over and over and over? Slacker is probably just trying to give you the same experience.

[GoldenOldies]

what can I do to get more oldies played on slacker oldies station

[Pop1967]

what can I do to get more oldies played on slacker oldies station

Have you tried running the web player, selecting your station, selecting "customize" and then fine tuning the station?

[GoldenOldies]

I e-mailed one of the slacker staff and they said to get the most music leave it at auto but some people said to put it on fringe. Which one will give more music on the slacker oldies station?

[Pop1967]

I e-mailed one of the slacker staff and they said to get the most music leave it at auto but some people said to put it on fringe. Which one will give more music on the slacker oldies station?

I'm not sure. Email Slacker Staff and ask them why the auto setting would be better than the fringe setting.

What's your Favorites setting?

[GoldenOldies]

my favorite setting is the fringe what is yours

[bogotano]

If you listen to one oldies station, you have listened to all of them. I lived in Los Angeles and listened to KRTH for decades. I moved to Iowa and found old oldies station KIOA. I thought it would be a good change from KRTH in Los Angeles but I was disappointed to her the play list , it was the same songs that KRTH had been playing for years. So one day I stumbled on the another station that calls it self "The True Oldies Station" they claim that they do not play the same 200 songs over and over. Well.. to my surpise I started hearing
the same songs: "Satisfacton" "Respect""Nana Hay Hay""Brown eyed Girl".. Don't get me wrong these songs were great, but when you hear them everyday, it wears out the memory you had tied to these tunes. I grow up in the 60's and I know that there was more groups besides The Stones, and the Beach Boys. These stations have forgotten groups like: Paul Revere and the Raiders,The Seeds,Bill Deel and the Rondells, The Shangri-las, Hurb Albert and the TJ Brass, Love. Songs like "The Snake" by Al Wilson,"Cinnomen" by Derek, "What's The Matter Baby" by Timi Yuro and so on. I do not listen to these stations anymore, I get tired of always changing the station.
I sent an e-mail to one of those stations and I got a reply from the DJ who pretty much said that If I did not like the play list that I could always change.
My best advise, listen to oldies stations online or go to youtube and make your own play list and see your favorite artist.

[Pop1967]

I've thought about creating a custom "Rock Oldies Station" on Slacker. It would contain:

Magic Carpet Ride
Brown Eyed Girl
American Pie
Brown Sugar
American Woman
Fire And Rain
Maggie May
Dream On
China Grove
Spirit In The Sky
California Dreaming
Baba O'Riley
Hotel California
Bohemian Rhapsody
Freebird
Layla
Hey Jude

The idea would be that the station would only play these songs, and the playlist would be frequently interrupted by advertisements, contests, and inane DJ chatter about the weather and trivia about the artists that everyone knows because DJs have been mentioning the same trivia for 40 years.

Also, there'd need to be some modification to Slacker streaming to allow the DJ chatter to merge with the instrumental intros of songs.

[bogotano]

Here is my list over played oldies:
"Brown Eyed girl"
"Jumpin Jack Flash"
"Respect" (The cover version) by Aretha franklin
"Can't Help Myself"
"Everyday People"
"Nana Hay Hay"
"Sastifaction"
"Drift Away"
These stations have over 55 years of records in their collection and they play these songs every day, sometimes you will hear these tired tunes 3 or 4 times a day. try to rerquest anything else and good luck hearing it!