I flipped on the Jack station today. Every single song I've heard is stuff I've heard a million times before. If the station is going to hype itself as an IPod on shuffle, how about picking songs that haven't been played to death on every other rock station for the past 20 something years? And how about more than the grand total of 1200 songs, considering all the hype?
Besides, you're missing the point with this station change. Infinity could have switched WNEW's format for the umpteenth time to the Jack format, and there would be no outcry. But instead, they switched the station with the most loyal listeners in the city. To kick their listeners in the teeth after 33 years is pretty crummy, not to mention firing the entire staff with no notice whatsoever.
I'm not missing the point. The owners expect listeners to like the new format better than the old one because it will mean more business.
The same old songs from the twenty years? Why don't you post the play list for, oh, let's say, tomorrow, Thursday between 7 and 8 while I would be in my car. Then you can point out "twenty" year old songs. It should be on the web somewhere.
By the way, didn't Jack replace "music" from fifty years ago?