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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Apr 27, 2007 14:59:50 GMT -5
Who is this Delilah person that everyone is talking about?
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Post by Kid Pulse on Apr 27, 2007 18:06:42 GMT -5
^^ I was wondeing the same thing lol
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Post by Hot AC Archiver on Apr 27, 2007 18:19:10 GMT -5
Delilah is a syndicated radio program that is on each night from like 7pm to midnight on many AC stations. It's a lot of sappy stories and love songs.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Apr 27, 2007 18:56:25 GMT -5
^^ Okay I think I have heard that on my local AC station. It was boring. Like I was standing outside of a broken phone booth with money in my hand.
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Apr 27, 2007 19:21:23 GMT -5
Ohh ok. We have one of those shows here in San Diego but it's apparently "local"
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Post by musicfanpete on Apr 27, 2007 23:02:08 GMT -5
^^ Okay I think I have heard that on my local AC station. It was boring. Like I was standing outside of a broken phone booth with money in my hand. Well, she wouldn't be playing that song! ;) More like something by Christopher Cross or Celine Dion!
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Post by Kid Pulse on Apr 27, 2007 23:17:43 GMT -5
^^ Okay I think I have heard that on my local AC station. It was boring. Like I was standing outside of a broken phone booth with money in my hand. Well, she wouldn't be playing that song! ;) More like something by Christopher Cross or Celine Dion! Hahahahah, yeah I know. That song would actually be a step in waking me up. My plane is taking off from Baltimore right now
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Post by musicfanpete on Apr 27, 2007 23:45:43 GMT -5
Well, she wouldn't be playing that song! ;) More like something by Christopher Cross or Celine Dion! Hahahahah, yeah I know. That song would actually be a step in waking me up. My plane is taking off from Baltimore right now Well, have a safe trip! Hopefully the airline radio stations will play some decent music!
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Post by Kid Pulse on Apr 28, 2007 16:11:02 GMT -5
Hahahahah, yeah I know. That song would actually be a step in waking me up. My plane is taking off from Baltimore right now Well, have a safe trip! Hopefully the airline radio stations will play some decent music! Hahahahah, unfortunatly, my trip isn't till this summer. And I'm going by car But thanks anyways!!
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Post by Kid Pulse on Apr 29, 2007 15:31:02 GMT -5
I don't mind some songs that are more R&B rather than hip-hop lite. In the 80s I liked some of the R&B songs that crossed over and were played on AT40. I don't want the HAC chart to turn into today's CHR/Pop. However, I believe, as others have posted, it is the natural evolution of the format as the audiences age. Once HAC does that, I don't want to have to be banished to the wasteland known as the AC chart. I like more currents (and no Delilah! ) Honestly, I think that's the route I might be going. AC isnt that bad. I mean with John Mayer, The Fray, Snow Patrol, and Nickelback; I can handle it. I'm sticking with Hot AC for now, but it's rather irritating. This year is poppier than ever. And I like the "wasteland" term lol. But Hot AC is a wasteland too, right now. A wasteland for old pop songs like "Say it Right" and "The Sweet Escape". I don't mind The Fray and Snow Patrol taking 5 months to fall out of the top 10, because I remember back in early 2004 when I began listening, it was the same way with TRUE Hot AC hits. Now pop songs are idling in the top 5.
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Post by atlantaboy on Jun 23, 2007 13:12:15 GMT -5
Hot AC stations that rotate their top songs 40x a week or more should be on the CHR/Pop panel!! This is the reason the CHR/Pop chart is so scued (sp?) in favor of rhythmic songs - if Clear Channel Kiss stations that cater only to 12-19 crowd and maybe play one or two mainstream hits are considered Top 40, then Hot AC stations which play a number of rhythmic hits (Beyonce, Fergie, etc.) should also be considered Top 40 - this is why the CHR/Pop chart has been (I think) inaccurate since the late 90s - I bet it has a lot to do with record labels wanting to boast how many #1 hits Justin Timberlake has, or Beyonce, without these all really being true #1 hits
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Jun 26, 2007 15:07:15 GMT -5
Hot AC stations that rotate their top songs 40x a week or more should be on the CHR/Pop panel!! This is the reason the CHR/Pop chart is so scued (sp?) in favor of rhythmic songs - if Clear Channel Kiss stations that cater only to 12-19 crowd and maybe play one or two mainstream hits are considered Top 40, then Hot AC stations which play a number of rhythmic hits (Beyonce, Fergie, etc.) should also be considered Top 40 - this is why the CHR/Pop chart has been (I think) inaccurate since the late 90s - I bet it has a lot to do with record labels wanting to boast how many #1 hits Justin Timberlake has, or Beyonce, without these all really being true #1 hits What makes you think that?
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Post by KelownaGuy20 on Jun 26, 2007 15:41:30 GMT -5
From my experience, HotAC isn't so much a type of music, as it is more a target demographic, and I think the main reason that so many people in this topic are complaining is because, to the best of my knowledge, none of you fall within the target demo that HotAC stations tend to cater to.
The fact is, when it comes down to a business perspective, HotAC stations are usually targeted at women 25-40. So, we're looking at young professional women though soccor moms. Women within this age group don't suddenly take a dislike to "pop" songs. Think about it this way: a 40-year old woman now was in her late 20s back in 1995. A 25 year old woman was in her pre-teen years during the same time period.
So, of course you're going to have "pop" songs within the format, and I don't find it odd whatsoever. I mean, my mother is going on 50, and loves Nelly Furtado, Panic! At The Disco and Gwen Stefani, but could care less about Rob Thomas (she finds him a bore).
So, HotAC isn't going downhill. It's not a wasteland. If you ask me, it's had to make the changes every single format (including CHR/Pop) have had to in order to market itself at its target demo, and in this case, the "pop" songs are going to keep creeping in, so get used to it.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jun 26, 2007 16:43:21 GMT -5
iThat makes a lot of sense. Thanks for posting that. I have one question for you though my friend, why do they target women more than men? Just wondering..
I guess everybody is different. My mom in her 40s and well she had never heard of Nickelback or most of what I listen to (certaintly hasn't heard of Panic! At the Disco...lol), and she has been listening to "Classic Rock" for as long as I can remember (mostly 70s music). My dad, who is a few years older than my mom, listens to DC101, a "modern" rock station that plays mostly new rock music. So I guess you're right about this whole thing, I'm just hoping that Akon and Fergie don't replace Rob Thomas and The Goo Goo Dolls because the age demographic is changing. I'm only 16, and for some reason I have listened to Hot AC since I first started listening to radio (when I was 9), and it was less poppy then than it is now.
the "pop" songs are going to keep creeping in, so get used to it.
At the same rate? Or at a faster rate?
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Post by Slinky on Jun 26, 2007 20:15:35 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that. I have one question for you though my friend, why do they target women more than men? Because men tend to go for harder Rock stations and many won't put up with the softer or poppier songs that Hot AC plays. It's the same reason CHRs go after women, because even if a CHR targeted men, those men would still PREFER an Active Rock or Alt. station. In both CHR and Hot AC, targeting men is a losing proposition because it alienates females, who want softer, poppier music, and many men still won't listen to a CHR-type station. CHR for men (i.e. without ballads or teen pop) was tried in the late 90's in places like Hawaii (Xtreme Radio), Phoenix (Party Radio), and Baltimore (102.7 XYV) but failed miserably. Of course, even stations that target females still have men making up 40% of their audience.
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Jun 26, 2007 20:42:51 GMT -5
I don't mind Hot AC stations playing softer "rock" songs. I just don't like it how they market themselves a lot of times to women and have feminine promos. CHR targets women too, but they tend to have a "cooler" sound that doesn't slant towards any sex in particular. At least, that's what it's like here in San Diego. Our Hot AC station sounds more like a pop station in that sense, but plays somewhat lame music. They're getting better...I wish it sounded like Star 98.7 in LA or that Mix station in Salt Lake City (KUDD)
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Post by KelownaGuy20 on Jun 26, 2007 20:57:01 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that. I have one question for you though my friend, why do they target women more than men? The HotAC format targets women because statistically, women make a majority of a home's purchasing decisions in this age demographic, everything from gym memberships to where they get groceries, furniture and even vehicle purchases. That said, because women tend to make so many of these decisions, targeting to a female audience makes the most sense because the companies who advertise with you are reaching one of the more influential demos, and thus, you're able to charge more in terms of time sold on your station than you could if you were targeting men, and as much as sooooo many people hate to hear it, radio is still a business, and the bottom line is making money.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jun 26, 2007 21:26:36 GMT -5
All those are valid points, and I understand now. The morning show on 92.5 WINC FM reminds me of some 1950s radio show compared to the others I pick up. The modern rock station DC101 talks about NASCAR and jail a lot, so I tend to favor that one (it targets men). The pop one is okay sometimes, they usually talk about sex and celebraties, and I don't see them targeting one gender, but if anything it's women. They often use people like Kelly Clarkson and Rihanna to "appeal" to thier listeners with things. I don't mind Hot AC stations playing softer "rock" songs. I just don't like it how they market themselves a lot of times to women and have feminine promos. CHR targets women too, but they tend to have a "cooler" sound that doesn't slant towards any sex in particular. At least, that's what it's like here in San Diego. Our Hot AC station sounds more like a pop station in that sense, but plays somewhat lame music. They're getting better...I wish it sounded like Star 98.7 in LA or that Mix station in Salt Lake City (KUDD) I agree with the "cooler sound" for pop than Hot AC. The morning show DJ on WINC is in his 50s I think, the woman in the morning reminds me of someone from an AC radio station, and the man in the afternoon, despite being in his early 20s, tells lame jokes that would appeal to women in thier late 30s or older (from the way I see it). The only DJ that has a "cool" image, per se, it the young woman on at night, who just came to WINC a few weeks ago. The CHR DJs might be older than some of the ones on the Hot AC station, but they certaintly appeal to a "hipper" crowd. BTW, about the advertising, WINC constantly plays annoying cosmetic surgery and permanant birth control commercials, which are very annoying. The CHR station tends to play a lot of weight loss and condom commercials all day (I see the trend ). And they both play a lot of McDonald's commercials lol. BTW, I'm talking about Hot 99.5 in DC, not the pop station in Winchester (I don't even pick that one up).
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Post by atlantaboy on Jun 26, 2007 22:11:19 GMT -5
Just wanted to reply to what I wrote way back (not sure how to put a "box" around someone's message) - Once Hot AC broke away from CHR/Pop in the late 90s, the CHR/Pop chart became meaningless (I think) - "Summer Love" by J. T. is going to be obscure in a few years (it's the current #1 on the Top 40 mediabase chart), while "Home" and "Makes Me Wonder", which trail way behind it, will be recurrent on stations for many years to come - back in the 80s and early-mid 90s, stations that would today be considered Hot AC were classified as Top 40, and the Top 40 chart was much more accurate in terms of a song's wide-appeal success
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Post by musicfanpete on Jun 26, 2007 22:51:21 GMT -5
Just wanted to reply to what I wrote way back (not sure how to put a "box" around someone's message) - Once Hot AC broke away from CHR/Pop in the late 90s, the CHR/Pop chart became meaningless (I think) - "Summer Love" by J. T. is going to be obscure in a few years (it's the current #1 on the Top 40 mediabase chart), while "Home" and "Makes Me Wonder", which trail way behind it, will be recurrent on stations for many years to come - back in the 80s and early-mid 90s, stations that would today be considered Hot AC were classified as Top 40, and the Top 40 chart was much more accurate in terms of a song's wide-appeal success Well, that depends on the station. Kiss 103.5 FM in Chicago, the market's mainstream CHR even though it leans rhythmic, will be far more likely to be playing "Summer Love" five years from now than "Makes Me Wonder" or "Home". If they played a more down the middle mix of rhythmic and rock, than you would hear more rock, but just from casual listening, they play very little if any rock product in recurrent or gold rotation at all. Now, 101.9 the Mix would be far more likely to play "Summer Love" five years from now (if they decide to eventually play it), as they spin much of their rhythmic product very actively in recurrent and gold rotation. Despite being a Hot AC, the Mix does a better job at sounding like a mainstream CHR should, than the CHR station in the market! That is, the Mix plays music from different genres, which is what should be the earmark of a mainstream CHR. However these days, the music mainstream CHR plays is not representative of all genres, which is a shame. Yes, CHR should be more poppier, and play more of the hip-hop and harder rock that Hot AC should stay away from, but CHR continues to ignore rock and country for the most part, and unfortunately the younger demographic that CHR targets is missing out on many of these types of songs unless they happen to listen to the local alternative or country station. For those reasons, hopefully Hot AC will not become infiltrated with 50 Cent songs, or Young Joc wannabies ten years from now!
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Jun 27, 2007 15:15:56 GMT -5
All those are valid points, and I understand now. The morning show on 92.5 WINC FM reminds me of some 1950s radio show compared to the others I pick up. The modern rock station DC101 talks about NASCAR and jail a lot, so I tend to favor that one (it targets men). The pop one is okay sometimes, they usually talk about sex and celebraties, and I don't see them targeting one gender, but if anything it's women. They often use people like Kelly Clarkson and Rihanna to "appeal" to thier listeners with things. I don't mind Hot AC stations playing softer "rock" songs. I just don't like it how they market themselves a lot of times to women and have feminine promos. CHR targets women too, but they tend to have a "cooler" sound that doesn't slant towards any sex in particular. At least, that's what it's like here in San Diego. Our Hot AC station sounds more like a pop station in that sense, but plays somewhat lame music. They're getting better...I wish it sounded like Star 98.7 in LA or that Mix station in Salt Lake City (KUDD) I agree with the "cooler sound" for pop than Hot AC. The morning show DJ on WINC is in his 50s I think, the woman in the morning reminds me of someone from an AC radio station, and the man in the afternoon, despite being in his early 20s, tells lame jokes that would appeal to women in thier late 30s or older (from the way I see it). The only DJ that has a "cool" image, per se, it the young woman on at night, who just came to WINC a few weeks ago. The CHR DJs might be older than some of the ones on the Hot AC station, but they certaintly appeal to a "hipper" crowd. BTW, about the advertising, WINC constantly plays annoying cosmetic surgery and permanant birth control commercials, which are very annoying. The CHR station tends to play a lot of weight loss and condom commercials all day (I see the trend ). And they both play a lot of McDonald's commercials lol. BTW, I'm talking about Hot 99.5 in DC, not the pop station in Winchester (I don't even pick that one up). That's a good observation, dude. Too bad there aren't that many Hot AC stations that targeted men because I like most of the stuff they play. I guess I wish Alternative/rock stations would play more Hot AC music. That'll never happen though :(
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Post by atlantaboy on Jun 27, 2007 16:11:51 GMT -5
Just wanted to reply to what I wrote way back (not sure how to put a "box" around someone's message) - Once Hot AC broke away from CHR/Pop in the late 90s, the CHR/Pop chart became meaningless (I think) - "Summer Love" by J. T. is going to be obscure in a few years (it's the current #1 on the Top 40 mediabase chart), while "Home" and "Makes Me Wonder", which trail way behind it, will be recurrent on stations for many years to come - back in the 80s and early-mid 90s, stations that would today be considered Hot AC were classified as Top 40, and the Top 40 chart was much more accurate in terms of a song's wide-appeal success Well, that depends on the station. Kiss 103.5 FM in Chicago, the market's mainstream CHR even though it leans rhythmic, will be far more likely to be playing "Summer Love" five years from now than "Makes Me Wonder" or "Home". If they played a more down the middle mix of rhythmic and rock, than you would hear more rock, but just from casual listening, they play very little if any rock product in recurrent or gold rotation at all. Now, 101.9 the Mix would be far more likely to play "Summer Love" five years from now (if they decide to eventually play it), as they spin much of their rhythmic product very actively in recurrent and gold rotation. Despite being a Hot AC, the Mix does a better job at sounding like a mainstream CHR should, than the CHR station in the market! That is, the Mix plays music from different genres, which is what should be the earmark of a mainstream CHR. However these days, the music mainstream CHR plays is not representative of all genres, which is a shame. Yes, CHR should be more poppier, and play more of the hip-hop and harder rock that Hot AC should stay away from, but CHR continues to ignore rock and country for the most part, and unfortunately the younger demographic that CHR targets is missing out on many of these types of songs unless they happen to listen to the local alternative or country station. For those reasons, hopefully Hot AC will not become infiltrated with 50 Cent songs, or Young Joc wannabies ten years from now! The thing is, most CHR/Top 40 stations use rock-based recurrents that never even hit#1 on their own chart ("Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon, "How To Save A Life," "Wherever You Will Go" by the Calling etc.) more than they use THEIR OWN PAST #1 HITS - Ironically, "Everything You Want" was the #1 Top 40 hit for the year 2000, and it never even reached #1 on the Top 40 chart (b/c I think it is unfairly skewed rhythmic)
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Post by Topay on Jun 27, 2007 16:30:20 GMT -5
Winchester has a Pop station? Wow, I must have been gone for a while! Q102 (Country) went downhill for me since Clear Channel took control of it.
WINC is a favorite of mine. They'll lean AC, Pop, and Alternative at different points, and they have an awesome reach. Some parts of Metro Richmond can pick up fringe signals on occasion. I like how they're always on the ball with AT20. Perfectly seamless since 1998. They alternate between playing and skipping optional extras, which keeps me wondering what they'll do when I'm able to drive up that way and listen.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jun 27, 2007 17:25:54 GMT -5
All those are valid points, and I understand now. The morning show on 92.5 WINC FM reminds me of some 1950s radio show compared to the others I pick up. The modern rock station DC101 talks about NASCAR and jail a lot, so I tend to favor that one (it targets men). The pop one is okay sometimes, they usually talk about sex and celebraties, and I don't see them targeting one gender, but if anything it's women. They often use people like Kelly Clarkson and Rihanna to "appeal" to thier listeners with things. I agree with the "cooler sound" for pop than Hot AC. The morning show DJ on WINC is in his 50s I think, the woman in the morning reminds me of someone from an AC radio station, and the man in the afternoon, despite being in his early 20s, tells lame jokes that would appeal to women in thier late 30s or older (from the way I see it). The only DJ that has a "cool" image, per se, it the young woman on at night, who just came to WINC a few weeks ago. The CHR DJs might be older than some of the ones on the Hot AC station, but they certaintly appeal to a "hipper" crowd. BTW, about the advertising, WINC constantly plays annoying cosmetic surgery and permanant birth control commercials, which are very annoying. The CHR station tends to play a lot of weight loss and condom commercials all day (I see the trend ). And they both play a lot of McDonald's commercials lol. BTW, I'm talking about Hot 99.5 in DC, not the pop station in Winchester (I don't even pick that one up). That's a good observation, dude. Too bad there aren't that many Hot AC stations that targeted men because I like most of the stuff they play. I guess I wish Alternative/rock stations would play more Hot AC music. That'll never happen though :( Yeah, I know what you mean. My taste is too "soft" for Alternative, but the Hot AC stations can be kind of boring. Winchester has a Pop station? Wow, I must have been gone for a while! Q102 (Country) went downhill for me since Clear Channel took control of it. WINC is a favorite of mine. They'll lean AC, Pop, and Alternative at different points, and they have an awesome reach. Some parts of Metro Richmond can pick up fringe signals on occasion. I like how they're always on the ball with AT20. Perfectly seamless since 1998. They alternate between playing and skipping optional extras, which keeps me wondering what they'll do when I'm able to drive up that way and listen. That's what someone told me here. And WINC is my favorite station. AT20 on WINC is what got me into music and radio. They've never messed up, like it appears many other stations do. I live in Montgomery County, Maryland, and I get a fine signal from them. Have they been playing AT20 since its very first show?
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Post by Topay on Jun 27, 2007 21:49:58 GMT -5
I can't guarantee they played the very first AT20, but I do remember helping to build a room in my dad's basement listening to WINC and "3AM" being played as the #1 song of the week. Looking at the Hot AC #1's thread, the latest that could have been was mid-April '98, whereas the first AT20 show was in March.
Come to think of it, that was the first Casey show I remember listening to.
I still have family in Front Royal and Winchester, and I try to make it up there when I can. AT20 is a nice incentive, and WINC has always been excellent when handling it.
I was listening to AT20 recently with my mom, and Casey intro'ed a song "that's currently #1 on the Pop chart." My mom was confused and thought that we were listening to the Pop chart. I then got to do the "this is Hot AC" spiel. Good times!
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jun 27, 2007 21:59:22 GMT -5
I can't guarantee they played the very first AT20, but I do remember helping to build a room in my dad's basement listening to WINC and "3AM" being played as the #1 song of the week. Looking at the Hot AC #1's thread, the latest that could have been was mid-April '98, whereas the first AT20 show was in March. Come to think of it, that was the first Casey show I remember listening to. I still have family in Front Royal and Winchester, and I try to make it up there when I can. AT20 is a nice incentive, and WINC has always been excellent when handling it. I was listening to AT20 recently with my mom, and Casey intro'ed a song "that's currently #1 on the Pop chart." My mom was confused and thought that we were listening to the Pop chart. I then got to do the "this is Hot AC" spiel. Good times! LOL, I bet that was fun!! And the earliest I listened to AT20 was during the spring of 2001, but I really didn't have enough patience to sit through it back then. Like a month or two ago, Bruce Allen, the Sunday morning DJ, did something rather amusing. He tried to make it sound as if Casey was coming in the studio to boradcast AT20. He was like "I'm cleaning up the studio to make way for Casey Kasem, Casey does NOT like a messy studio". The funny thing is, he announces the current temperature every hour during AT20 during "WINC FM Weather".
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Post by Marv on Jul 9, 2007 11:55:49 GMT -5
Folks, the probability of a properly-programmed Hot AC station playing a track by 50 Cent or Akon are about as high as the chance that your local Urban would add 'Complicated' or 'When I'm Gone' to their gold library, let alone spinning the lates from Nickelback or Linkin Park.
In other words, non-existent.
The positioning statement for Hot AC stations from coast to coast which has been used almost non-stop since the format's inception in the mid-nineties has usually been a derivative of 'today's best music without the rap and hip-hop', which explains the Hot AC format perfectly.
CHR/Pop stations such as KIIS & WKSC can have all the 18-34 year olds they want, even as they do battle with Urban and/or CHR/Rhythmic stations chasing the same demo.
Hot AC has NEVER been an 18-34 year-old listener oriented format; it has ALWAYS been designed as a 'top 40 station for grown-ups, and especially for the 'soccer moms' and other adults who started bailing out of the CHR/Pop format in the late eighties when that format became infested with vulgar rap stuff that stations such as KPWR and KMEL played ad nauseam.
Hot AC stations CAN play rhythmic music with melody, regardless of the ethnicity of the artist which is why Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake are equally welcome at Hot AC, AC, and CHR/Pop stations.
The overwhelming majority of rap music has next to no melody, and good luck trying to sing along to 'Lose Yourself' or 'Goodies' as easily as you can to 'The Sweet Escape' or anything from Janet, Michael, Prince or TONS of other MASS-APPEAL superstars of the past twenty-plus years who happen to be African-American, and who most importantly believe in something called a MELODY, as the late Ray Charles used to say!!!!!
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Post by Kid Pulse on Jul 9, 2007 17:24:52 GMT -5
The overwhelming majority of rap music has next to no melody, and good luck trying to sing along to 'Lose Yourself' or 'Goodies' as easily as you can to 'The Sweet Escape' or anything from Janet, Michael, Prince or TONS of other MASS-APPEAL superstars of the past twenty-plus years who happen to be African-American, and who most importantly believe in something called a MELODY, as the late Ray Charles used to say!!!!! I agree. I think songs like "Hey Ya" and "Cupid's Chokehold" were big hits on Hot AC because while they had rapping in them, they had a chrous you could sing-along to. That's also why I think "Undeniable" will probably end up being a bigger hit than both of those (already bigger than "Cupid's Chokehold"). One thing I want to ask you guys about is the song "What it's Like" by Everlast. HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT GO TOP 10? In 1999?!?!? In my opinion, that's the most unlikely Hot AC hit in the format's history. Anyone else agree?
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Post by atlantaboy on Jul 9, 2007 18:03:25 GMT -5
"What It's Like" was probably one of the first divisive songs within Hot AC (until "Bring Me To Life") - probably a lot of HAC stations that didn't lean alternative saved it for nighttime hours (That's what WLNK/Charlotte did with "Bring Me To Life")
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musicfanpete
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Post by musicfanpete on Jul 9, 2007 21:51:41 GMT -5
Folks, the probability of a properly-programmed Hot AC station playing a track by 50 Cent or Akon are about as high as the chance that your local Urban would add 'Complicated' or 'When I'm Gone' to their gold library, let alone spinning the lates from Nickelback or Linkin Park. In other words, non-existent. Well, apparently some improperly programmed Hot AC stations played "Don't Matter" by Akon, as this song peaked within the Hot AC top 30 a few weeks ago. Why, I have no clue! But thankfully, none of the Hot AC stations in the Chicago or Milwaukee areas played that song! Of course, WTMX in Chicago is playing "Umbrella" by Rihanna very heavily. I'm interested in how their listeners are reacting to this song!
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