JustMVG
03-19-2005, 12:02 AM
So there's a new station JACK radio, all of the Arrow 93 staff were fired Thursday and the new programming and call sign are in.
Full Metal Jack
(March 18, 2005) “Arrow 93” jumpin’ JACK flashed a format flip to JACK/fm late yesterday afternoon. The flip followed a day of non-stop U2 music since 10 a.m. Thursday morning in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. At 4 p.m. the Jaws theme music kicked off an hour of stunting that included JACK related movie sound clips, JACK Webb Dragnet drops, Jumpin’ JACK Flash, JACK Nicholson lines, Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme, and a calliope sound of a JACK-in-the-box.
You might ask what all the fuss is about. Jack is a format that promises to relieve listener frustration over narrow playlists and it sets out to expand on the rigid corridors that fm music has found itself in over the past 25 years.
At 5 p.m. yesterday the imaging voice announced: "Happy St. Patrick’s Day. For those of you sober enough to care, this is ninety three one, JACK/fm. We’re the new station for L.A. and the OC. And we’re gonna play what we want. We’re kinda like your iPOD on shuffle. We're declaring our independence from all those radio stations with little playlists, big repetition, and boring djs. Welcome to the new 93.1 JACK/fm. We have two simple rules: 'We play what we want, and don't tell us what to play.' This makes it incredibly easy for you to listen. Enjoy.”
The first song was Devo's Whip It. It could have been JumpinÂ’ JACK Flash (it was the second song) or JACK and Diane.
The station's diverse playlist includes a combination of more than 1200 songs from the past four decades. Among the many artists that will be featured on the station include: The Rolling Stones, Prince, U2, Aerosmith, No Doubt, Tom Petty, Bob Marley, The Cure, Dave Matthews Band and The Police.
Full Metal Jack
(March 18, 2005) “Arrow 93” jumpin’ JACK flashed a format flip to JACK/fm late yesterday afternoon. The flip followed a day of non-stop U2 music since 10 a.m. Thursday morning in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. At 4 p.m. the Jaws theme music kicked off an hour of stunting that included JACK related movie sound clips, JACK Webb Dragnet drops, Jumpin’ JACK Flash, JACK Nicholson lines, Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme, and a calliope sound of a JACK-in-the-box.
You might ask what all the fuss is about. Jack is a format that promises to relieve listener frustration over narrow playlists and it sets out to expand on the rigid corridors that fm music has found itself in over the past 25 years.
At 5 p.m. yesterday the imaging voice announced: "Happy St. Patrick’s Day. For those of you sober enough to care, this is ninety three one, JACK/fm. We’re the new station for L.A. and the OC. And we’re gonna play what we want. We’re kinda like your iPOD on shuffle. We're declaring our independence from all those radio stations with little playlists, big repetition, and boring djs. Welcome to the new 93.1 JACK/fm. We have two simple rules: 'We play what we want, and don't tell us what to play.' This makes it incredibly easy for you to listen. Enjoy.”
The first song was Devo's Whip It. It could have been JumpinÂ’ JACK Flash (it was the second song) or JACK and Diane.
The station's diverse playlist includes a combination of more than 1200 songs from the past four decades. Among the many artists that will be featured on the station include: The Rolling Stones, Prince, U2, Aerosmith, No Doubt, Tom Petty, Bob Marley, The Cure, Dave Matthews Band and The Police.