AMP 103.3 FM

Love this station. Compared to other Top 40 stations there is no competition. It has little to no commercials and less talk. Even if you don’t lie pop music you have to admit that this station is amazing.

awesome. another station in the area formatted to play that stupid «call me maybe» song over and over and over and over. I can’t decide if that’s better or worse than the former Oldies 103 which was a bland and predictable selection of oldies/​classics.

Dang, they just announced that Oldies 103.3 is now becoming (freaking) «AMP 103.3» and by that moniker alone I can only imagine the cavalcade of crap that’s on it’s way — Katy Perry, Lady Gaga… the dreaded Bieber? Whenever I don’t have access to my music, I always flip on Oldies 103 to reassure me that at one point in time popular radio could be listened to without vomiting profusely. Recently they added 80s music to their 60s and 70s and hearing Flock Of Seagulls alongside The Platters was actually pretty cool. Now Boston will get to hear Quiche-​A alongside Maroon 5 Feat. Wiz Khalifa (or whatever the eff). Sure, everyone (and I mean everyone) hates Oldies 103.3 the day after Halloween when they start playing Christmas music ²⁴⁄₇ (and of course I won’t miss that), but completely eliminating motown, soul, disco, pop, one hit wonders, etc from the dial is just a crime. (Do I sound like a crusty old man?)
RIP Oldies 103… if anyone needs me I’ll have my noise-​cancelling ear plugs on.

The big topic in the office this morning: It’s too effin early for Christmas music! Ugh, I can’t wait to see what Arbitron has to say about this. Brilliant move, 103.3.

I was flipping through radio stations yesterday…
Suddenly, the sickening sound of Alvin and the Chipmunks filled my car…
Oh, Dear Lord! Christmas Songs! Not yet, I thought… But, yes, all X-​mas all the time.
Shoot me now.

This is for playing Christmas music just days after Halloween? What the F, Oldies? I love Christmas music and the holiday season. But, I can’t listen to the Christmas music this early.
I will turn my dial back to Oldies 103 after Turkey Day.
Boooo! Hisssss!

At one time this seemed to be morphing into a 21^st century version of the old WRKO powerhouse of the late 1960s-​early 1970s. It had Dale Dorman in the morning, Harry Nelson popping up every so often… all it needed was Johnny Dark during lunchtime and Eric Chase overnight to make us remember why kids gravitated so much to 680 on the AM dial years ago. Sure, there was a playlist but people like Dale would still slip in something obscure on a regular basis that would make us go ‘wow,’ and that we’d talk about a couple of times that day.
Since Dale went to weekends and gave the morning shift over to Bob Lobel and Karen Blake the station has taken somewhat of a nosedive. Too bad it sounds like just about every other blah blah morning show now. On the other hand… the fact that Dale is still on and that J.J. Wright hasn’t changed his schtick in years is enough of a justification to give WODS three stars.
Good things… Dale is still on. Yay! The tunes are still awesome, even of the playlist restricts what we hear. Bad things… management lets Karen Blake talk too much and hasn’t yet let Lobel run wild. He’s witty, creative, ad libs very well… WODS should build the morning show around him. More traffic reports would help too.

The other day I was thinking about the crazy fews weeks of work that I have ahead of me. I think it’s the same for everyone — year end at work and it’s balls to the wall to get everything done. So it is what it is, but one thing I was concerned about was losing the spirit of the season while I take care of business. So I decided I needed me some Christmas music, prefable uniterupted by regular songs and commercials.
So I googled and found that 103.3 is doing ²⁴⁄₇ Chirstmas songs. Yeah just what I was looking for. Surprisingly it’s been very good. Actually better than I expected with a ton of Christmas songs I’ve never even heard of. The minus one star is for the abundance of commercials. I know they are necessary, but it’s overkill. Kind of takes away from the spirit when your Dashing thru the snow gets interupted by endless commercials for Dunkins and Bernie & Phyl.
It’s definitely suited my needs for the season and keeping my Christmas spirit high. So if you are looking for a little something to help brighten the Christmasy Blues, this may just be what you are looking for.