Jack FM -- "We play what we want."

[The Mad Monk]

...and over the past couple hours, they have played:

Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow
She Blinded Me With Science -Thomas Dolby
Love is Like Oxygen - Sweet
I need to know - Marc Anthony
Cisco Kid - War
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Brick House - The Commodores
Hot! Hot! Hot! - Buster Poindexter
Double Vision - Foreigner
Meet Virginia - Train
You'll Accompany Me - Bob Seger
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole
Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish
Nothing At All - Heart
Escape - Rupert Holmes
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Shining Star - Earth Wind and Fire
Iko Iko - Aaron Carter
She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes
Forever Young - Rod Stewart
Out The Window - Sugar Ray
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
Live To Tell - Madonna
Right Here, Right Now - Van Halen
Finish What Ya Started - Van Halen
Goodbye To You - Scandal
Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise
I'll Be Watching You - The Police
Hella Good - No Doubt
Loving Every Minute Of It - Loverboy
Nightshift - The Commodores
Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Fire - Ohio Players
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
Power of Love - Huey Lewis
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
Whip It - Devo
I'm Not In Love - 10cc
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

...

I left nothing out, it was in that order.

Most random radio station I have ever heard.

Is this new, or is "formatless" radio ongoing?

I think I like it.

[Asher]

The same f*cking radio station exists in Calgary and Toronto, at the very least.

[The Mad Monk]

I have never heard in the New York market, but apparently they just started in Kansas City -- maybe it's a Canadian thing?

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Asher
The same f*cking radio station exists in Calgary and Toronto, at the very least.

AS ASher says, there is a Jack FM in Calgary and the ads make the same 'we play what we want' claim--I haven't listened much but I get the sense they don't just repeatedly play the current top 40 like some stations do

[Asher]

They have the same ads/slogans/format at the Toronto one, and Vancouver one IIRC.

[Fake Boris]

Sounds good, but student radios already do it.

[DRoseDARs]

Any relation to "Bob FM: We play whatever we want." ?

[Fve Crathva]

The station I listen to is similar, but without the really awful stuff (Madonna, No Doubt, etc.). They don't have a playlist, but they do repeat a lot of the new pop rock stuff a few times over the day. They take occasional requests throughout the day, and have two dedicated request blocks per day, which adds a lot of variety.

SP

[The Mad Monk]

This station dosen't take requets, but I don't mind. I really enjoy the "grab bag" feel of it.

It's sorta like what happens when I put my entire mp3 collection on "random".

[Agathon]

Folk still listen to the radio?

[Stuie]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Any relation to "Bob FM: We play whatever we want." ?

And in Philly it's "Ben FM: We play whatever we want."

I wonder how they decide what name to use in each market...

[gunkulator]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
This station dosen't take requets, but I don't mind. I really enjoy the "grab bag" feel of it.

It's sorta like what happens when I put my entire mp3 collection on "random".

Except that the next button doesn't work.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
This station dosen't take requets, but I don't mind. I really enjoy the "grab bag" feel of it.

In fact I think thay have segments where people call in to make requests and they hang up or otherwise reject the caller's request

[Agathon]

This station dosen't take requets, but I don't mind. I really enjoy the "grab bag" feel of it.

iPod Shuffle does that and has no ads.

[Space05us]

Broadband is great.