First Listen: KRJO (Old School 1680) Monroe, La.
Written Nov. 14, 2008 by Sean Ross in Content + Terrestrial Radio with 2 Comments
If you've followed this page for a while, you know that every now and then I find a new station that goes deep on R&B Oldies. There's rarely more than one of them streaming at any given time and it's never long before somebody either comes in and cuts the library or changes the format. So I was glad to have the tip from the Radio Stream Directory people about KRJO (Old School 1680) Monroe, La., a recent convert from gospel (which, as of today, is still what's on the Website).
Here's Old School 1680 around 10:30 this morning. At least two of these songs were new to me and few show up at Urban AC with any frequency outside weekend specialty programming.
O'Jays, "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow"
Patti Labelle, "If Only You Knew"
Brook Benton, "Hotel Happiness"
Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis, "Easy Loving"
James Carr, "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man"
Chairmen of the Board, "Pay To The Piper"
Whispers, "A Mother For My Children"
War, "Why Can't We Be Friends"
Masqueraders, "I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else"
Stevie Wonder, "Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)"
Sam & Dave, "You Don't Know Like I Know"
Jackson 5, "ABC"
Earth Wind & Fire, "Reasons"
Bee Gees, "How Deep Is Your Love"
Sam Cooke, "Only Sixteen"
Debarge, "Love Me In A Special Way"
Temptations, "I Can't Get Next To You"
El Chicano, "Tell Her She's Lovely"
Major Harris, "Love Won't Let Me Wait"
Isaac Hayes, "Soulsville"
Exciters, "You Don't Know What You're Missing ('Til It's Gone)"
Gladys Knight & Pips, "The Nitty Gritty"
Dells, "Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation"
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Thank you very much for profiling this new station. It has a very deep playlist and sounds very good. Hopefully it will stick around awhile!
Mark Pfeifer
Just fired up Old School 1680 and after playing "Smiling Faces Sometimes," they played--Helen Reddy? "Delta Dawn?" Since when is *that* old school R&B? Talk about your "oh wow" factor...