Cool Gold Format/Night Train
Gary Saylin
I live in Northern California and picked up a San Diego station late one
night that ran a syndicated oldies format called "cool gold" which
features nothing post 1963. It was mostly DoWop. Does anyone know about
this syndicated format? It was very refreshing because it featured a lot
of obscure stuff. I wish there was a station in No. calif. that carries it.
Also, check into the syndicated soul oldies show, "Night Train", which
runs on Sunday nights, 6 to 9pm PST. This is the best oldies show covering
the mid 40s to late sixties. Lots of RnB, blues, rare DoWop, New
Orleans,etc. Anyone heard this show?
-- Gary Saylin (gbsa...@ucdavis.edu)
Rick Schubert
>I live in Northern California and picked up a San Diego station late one
>night that ran a syndicated oldies format called "cool gold" which
>features nothing post 1963. It was mostly DoWop. Does anyone know about
>this syndicated format? It was very refreshing because it featured a lot
>of obscure stuff. I wish there was a station in No. calif. that carries it.
There is, or at least there was as of about 2 years ago:
Fresno California KYNO 1300 AM
Monterey California KLAU 1540 AM
San Francisco California KOFY 1050 AM
I discovered the KOOL-Gold network about 2 years ago, and I think it's great.
They seem to go out of their way to keep it a secret that it is a national
network and not just a local radio station that has a wide selection of
great songs from the 50's and 60's. I contacted KCBQ-AM, the San Diego
affiliate, and they provided me with a printed affiliate list, which I've
entered below. They broadcast from Phoenix (i.e. that's where the DJ's
are), but the station is transmitted via satellite from Dallas.
Here's the affiliate list as of ~2 years ago:
Huntsville Alabama WKGL 1450 AM
Phoenix Arizona KOOL 960 AM
Fresno California KYNO 1300 AM
Monterey California KLAU 1540 AM
Riverside California KMET 1490 AM
San Diego California KCBQ 1170 AM
San Francisco California KOFY 1050 AM
Santa Barbara California KIST 1340 AM
Farmington Connecticut WNEZ 910 AM
Miami Florida WQAM 560 AM
Tampa Florida WHBO 1040 AM
Waverly Iowa KWAY 1430 AM
London Kentucky WBBE 980 AM
New Orleans Louisiana WYAT 990 AM
Bath/Brunswick Maine WJTO 730 AM
Park Rapids Minnesota KDKK 97.5 FM
Great Falls Montana KEIN 1310 AM
Reno Nevada KQLO 920 AM
Oakland (NYC) New Jersey WVNJ 1160 AM
Santa Fe New Mexico KBOM 106.7 FM
Ithaca New York WKRT 920 AM
Poughkeepsie New York WHVW 950 AM
Rochester New York WKQG 1280 AM
Charlotte North Carolina WGKL 610 AM
Toledo Ohio WCWA 1230 AM
Eugene Oregon KDUK 1280 AM
Erie Pennsylvania WRIE 1260 AM
Wellsboro Pennsylvania WNBT 1490 AM
Abbeville South Carolina WZLA 92.9 FM
Ridgeland South Carolina WBEU 960 AM
Jackson Tennessee WZDQ 102.3 FM
Tri Cities Tennessee WEYE 104.3 FM
Madisonville Texas KMVL 1220 AM
San Antonio Texas KISS 930 AM
San Antonio Texas KISS 99.5 FM
Sweetwater Texas KXOX 96.7 FM
Salt Lake City Utah KNKK 800 AM
Salt Lake City Utah KSOS 106.9 FM
Weirton West Virginia WEIR 1430 AM
Clintonville Wisconsin WFCL 1380 AM
Eau Claire Wisconsin WBIZ 1400 AM
>Also, check into the syndicated soul oldies show, "Night Train", which
>runs on Sunday nights, 6 to 9pm PST. This is the best oldies show covering
>the mid 40s to late sixties. Lots of RnB, blues, rare DoWop, New
>Orleans,etc. Anyone heard this show?
This isn't on KOOL-Gold, is it?
When this newsgroup was in the planning stages, I had thought that once it
was created, I would solicit input for compiling 2 (annotated) lists,
one a list of oldies stations around the country (world?), and the other
a list of specialized oldies shows (such as "Night Train"). These would
serve primarily out-of-town visitors but also residents who may not
be aware of such shows and/or stations. I'm not prepared to request such
input now, but if someone else would like to compile one or both of these
lists, feel free; otherwise, I'll do it when I get a little more time.
-- Rick Schubert (rick.s...@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM)
Gene Fornario
>
>Fresno California KYNO 1300 AM
>Monterey California KLAU 1540 AM
>San Francisco California KOFY 1050 AM
>
>I discovered the KOOL-Gold network about 2 years ago, and I think it's great.
>They seem to go out of their way to keep it a secret that it is a national
>network and not just a local radio station that has a wide selection of
>great songs from the 50's and 60's. I contacted KCBQ-AM, the San Diego
KOFY unfortunately dropped KOOL-Gold 2 years ago :(
I like KOOL because it played those unusual oldies as well as the standards.
Anyway, thanks for the frequency list. I'll see if I can get them again.
Gene--
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