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When Harvard football, soccer, and cross-country teams all take the trek--nigh impossible except by Mohawk charter--to Cornell, fans are generally left twiddling their thumbs in Cambridge. But not this weekend. WRKO-AM and FM is leaping noisly into the breach with a three-day program of New England's All Time Top 300 that is designed to turn thumb-twiddlers to foot-stompers...
While any list that claims "Somewhere My Love" by the Ray Connill Singers is the 88th all-time great hit is ludicrously far from being authoritative, still the WRKO programming this weekend will keep you on your toes and will have less than normal Nancy Sinatra. I just may be irrationally disappointed because, despite the obvious junk in the lower depths, not one of the three songs I voted for made the list...
Breaking in against WBZ and WMEX, Boston's rock stations, WRKO had to offer something radically different -- and that something is 18 uninterrupted songs an hour. This is where the friendly robot comes...
...WRKO-FM sounds like an ideal station, but alas, its system too, has flaws. Each song's impact is weakened by its propinquity to the next. Disc jockey chatter, for all its inanity, is a background that sets up each song. A more significant quibble is WRKO's small playlist. It sticks with already established hits, devoting almost half its air time to the Top 10, which often for instance this week is a collection of the songs one least wants to hear...
...acquires fore flashback reels (it now has 16), WRKO could provide special goldie segments, to satisfy the buffs who still bemoan the departure of WORL's Ken Carter. And expansion of WRKO-FM into a 24-hour rock station would be a final service (presently, the nine hours after midnight are filled with mush music and talk shows). This would enable the hub's serious devotees to escape Dick Summer, Boston's biggest "drab-gabber," who currently has a popular music monopoly in the prime listening hours after midnight...