To the editor,
The days of “good times and great oldies” are numbered, my friends. The songs you’ve loved to listen to again and again are being reformatted for a new adult contemporary station on your FM dial (as opposed to 96 on the AM). The conversion should be complete between July and August of this summer. I received this information when I phoned the Maritime Broadcasting System station to inquire about a few newly formatted songs on the oldies station.
I am devastated, betrayed, I feel like my best friend is moving away. I’ll say goodbye to my favorite songs, my favorite line-ups, the music that has been encouraging me to sing along my whole life. For those of you who will also mourn this loss, I offer my condolences. But don’t forget, “The magic’s in the music and the music’s in me!”
By Brenna P.P.
This article appears in Jun 22-28, 2006.