March 3rd to 9th, 2019
I sure enjoyed spending time together with you again this week for another Treasure Island Oldies show. Thanks for letting me know you are enjoying the weekly focus on a particular year. This week's Spotlight Year was 1966, with a whole lot of great songs played throughout the show.
I'd like to give you a recap on some recent developments. You can now listen to the Live show every Sunday evening on ANY device on any platform. For example, if you have an iPhone or iPad, an Android tablet or smartphone, or other device operated by Google or Windows, the live stream will work for you. This is a major tech upgrade for the show. My thanks to Hugh Dobbie Jr. and his team at Yare Media for facilitating this great new tech improvement, and to my Webmaster, Eddy Fisher for orchestrating the implementation.
Another major breakthrough is regarding the immense popularity of podcasts. As you know, the weekly Rock & Roll News, in the second hour of the show, is also available as a podcast. Here's what's new. If you have an Amazon Alexa device (Echo, Dot, etc.) you can now say "Alexa, Treasure Island Oldies" and the podcast will play for you. You have an option to listen to the latest podcast or previous episodes. It's all very cool and I am so pleased to be able to keep pace with all these new tech developments.
I'd like to pass on some exciting news for listeners of my show via Boomer Public Radio in Kelowna, British Columbia and Okanagan Valley Radio in Penticton, British Columbia. The two stations have merged into one as Okanagan Valley Radio, now available 24/7. Congratulations, and I look forward to continuing to be part of the program schedule every Sunday.
We're just a couple of weeks away from the next special. The annual Name Game Special will be live Sunday, March 17th. Every song will have the name of a person in the song title. So if your name is Barbara, Billy, Diane, Michael, Susan or John as examples, you'll hear a song named for you. And of course, I'll start off the show with Shirley Ellis and her huge hit and the inspiration for the special, The Name Game.
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Roy Geldart in Campbell River, British Columbia. If your birthday coming up soon, I'd like to help celebrate your special day on the show. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com. I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the air and also play Birthday by The Beatles for you.
Voice Your Choice spotlights Sly & The Family Stone, a group that developed the musical hybrid of funk, soul, rock and psychedelic music. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Everybody Is A Star or If You Want Me To Stay. I'll play the winner in the third hour of next week's show.
This week the Top Five Countdown is from 1966, this week's Spotlight Year. The Number One song is by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler. The Ballad Of The Green Berets is playing at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog.
Here's this week's Rock and Roll News Podcast. Or say, "Alexa, Treasure Island Oldies".
A quick reminder to move your clocks forward by one hour next Saturday night (where applicable).
Have a good week.
Bye for now.
Michael
