Where Should I Listen?

[Daniel Shywaoub]

Okay, I have five stations I listen to online, and one's stream has been offline for a week, so I need a replacement. Prefer a station who's willing to step out on songs, and ones which might max out at playing their biggest songs no more than 60 or so times per week. Doesn't have to be MediaBase monitored; the smaller the market, the more-likely they'll play something unique. I had a small-market Top 40 station a couple of years ago that I loved, they would even play Top 10 songs from Alt and AAA, and lots of '90s and '00 CHR hits; but alas, they flipped to '80s. Thanks for your suggestions!

[rihannabiggestfan]

May 26, 2022 18:41:06 GMT -5 Daniel Shywaoub said:

Okay, I have five stations I listen to online, and one's stream has been offline for a week, so I need a replacement. Prefer a station who's willing to step out on songs, and ones which might max out at playing their biggest songs no more than 60 or so times per week. Doesn't have to be MediaBase monitored; the smaller the market, the more-likely they'll play something unique. I had a small-market Top 40 station a couple of years ago that I loved, they would even play Top 10 songs from Alt and AAA, and lots of '90s and '00 CHR hits; but alas, they flipped to '80s. Thanks for your suggestions!

Could you share your active stations? I never thought of listening to online radio, I'd like to compare them to the KIIS FM I play in the car (RIP KAMP)

[Au$tin]

May 26, 2022 18:41:06 GMT -5 Daniel Shywaoub said:

Okay, I have five stations I listen to online, and one's stream has been offline for a week, so I need a replacement. Prefer a station who's willing to step out on songs, and ones which might max out at playing their biggest songs no more than 60 or so times per week. Doesn't have to be MediaBase monitored; the smaller the market, the more-likely they'll play something unique. I had a small-market Top 40 station a couple of years ago that I loved, they would even play Top 10 songs from Alt and AAA, and lots of '90s and '00 CHR hits; but alas, they flipped to '80s. Thanks for your suggestions!

Sounds like my hometown CHR might be up your alley. KTXY.

There's also a station in Wisconsin that fits your description fairly well. WIXX

[Daniel Shywaoub]

May 26, 2022 19:06:45 GMT -5 rihannabiggestfan said:

Could you share your active stations? I never thought of listening to online radio, I'd like to compare them to the KIIS FM I play in the car (RIP KAMP)

Well, mine aren't 100% CHR, so check out Au$tin 's suggestions too:

92.9 The Edge Oklahoma City - KOMA-HD2 [Alternative]

101.5 The X-Factor Ada OK - KXFC

Magic 95 Lawton OK - KMGZ [plays a lot of older songs]

The 101 Sonoma County CA - KSXY [Alternative but they play selected CHR songs which didn't chart at Alt]

96.1 The Rush Whitehorse YT - CKRW (I had forgotten about this one, I discovered it while vacationing there about 10 years ago)

and the one whose stream hasn't been working:

104.5 KZZW Woodward OK 

[Daniel Shywaoub]

May 27, 2022 9:03:42 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Sounds like my hometown CHR might be up your alley. KTXY.

There's also a station in Wisconsin that fits your description fairly well. WIXX

Yep, these are perfect, thanks! One of my cousins lives about an hour north of Green Bay, I'll have to see if his daughters listened to WIXX!

jgarbary has suggested a few additional Canadian ones; I will report back later about those. I usually listen to each station on my list on two separate days before moving on to the next one!

And I don't always get a chance to listen daily, since I can't have my work computer and my personal computer on my cable modem at the same time; and then if I work overtime, not much time to squeeze anything I'd want to have background music playing during. And finally, I'm still watching the videos to all my songs in my original compendium; almost done with that, I started with Semisonic and have now wrapped all the way around to Robyn! Then I'll start listening to all the songs I'm unfamiliar with from my new Radio & Records Pop compendium ... and then I'll be able to stream all the time! :)

[Daniel Shywaoub]

May 27, 2022 9:03:42 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Sounds like my hometown CHR might be up your alley. KTXY.

Come to think of it, as I'm listening right now (Here Comes The Hotstepper followed by Doja Cat's Woman), I probably flipped by this station when I was in Camdenton a few weekends ago!

[Daniel Shywaoub]

May 27, 2022 9:03:42 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

WIXX

I love how they’re playing new Meghan Trainor, Pink, and Andy Grammer; and are one of the few Pops still playing Supermodel! As the only Måneskin song I like, it’s frustrating that CHR bailed on it so quickly; just goes to show they definitely don’t look to the Alt chart for cues.

Here are the Canadian ones I added per jgarbary ’s suggestion:

Z103.5 Etobicoke ON - CIDC
Hot 100.5 Winnipeg MB - CFJL

I’ve already discovered two Canadian-only hits which I’ve bought on iTunes:

CTRL+ALT+DEL by Rêve
WISH YOU WELL by Famba

I’ve also added:

My 95.7 Enid OK - KXLS

And that one I mentioned before that was offline is now back!

104.5 KZZW Woodward OK 

[jgarbary]

Aug 28, 2022 9:01:55 GMT -5 Daniel Shywaoub said:

May 27, 2022 9:03:42 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

WIXX

I love how they’re playing new Meghan Trainor, Pink, and Andy Grammer; and are one of the few Pops still playing Supermodel! As the only Måneskin song I like, it’s frustrating that CHR bailed on it so quickly; just goes to show they definitely don’t look to the Alt chart for cues.

Here are the Canadian ones I added per jgarbary ’s suggestion:

Z103.5 Etobicoke ON - CIDC
Hot 100.5 Winnipeg MB - CFJL

I’ve already discovered two Canadian-only hits which I’ve bought on iTunes:

CTRL+ALT+DEL by Rêve
WISH YOU WELL by Famba

I’ve also added:

My 95.7 Enid OK - KXLS

And that one I mentioned before that was offline is now back!

104.5 KZZW Woodward OK 

If discovering Canadian-only hits is what you're looking to do, you can also view the Canada-Top 40 list on allaccess.com, in the same way you can view the US list.  Here's what the top 50 looks like now (I've bolded the ones that are getting airplay at least partially because they're Canadian & we have a 35% Canadian content rule)  ..my favourite Canadian-only hit right now is Anders' Come with Me

2 1 Up this week NICKY YOURE Sunroof f/Dazy 2033 2018 15 6.712

1 2 LIZZO About Damn Time 1943 2084 -141 5.84

3 3 Up this week POST MALONE I Like You .. f/Doja Cat 1932 1752 180 6.423

4 4 Up this week HARRY STYLES Late Night Talking 1793 1703 90 5.834

6 5 HARRY STYLES As It Was 1365 1380 -15 3.818

5 6 ED SHEERAN 2step f/Lil Baby 1344 1532 -188 5.078

8 7 Up this week MARSHMELLO X KHALID Numb 1299 1280 19 4.109

7 8 PRESTON deleted, BANX & RANX Flowers Need Rain 1234 1289 -55 4.016

9 9 Up this week BEYONCE Break My Soul 1231 1199 32 3.842

10 10 Up this week SHAWN MENDES When You're Gone 1138 1103 35 3.813

11 11 JACK HARLOW First Class 914 951 -37 2.677

14 12 Up this week ARMIN VAN BUUREN & R3HAB Love We Lost f/Simon Ward 869 824 45 2.712

13 13 Up this week BANX & RANX Headphones f/Reve 865 835 30 2.585

12 14 DRAKE Massive 823 840 -17 2.733

16 15 Up this week VIRGINIA TO VEGAS No Excuses 776 718 58 2.443

15 16 Up this week HALSEY So Good 753 730 23 2.292

18 17 Up this week THE WEEKND Out Of Time 740 673 67 2.58

17 18 Up this week CHARLIE PUTH Left And Right f/Jung Kook 740 682 58 2.262

19 19 Up this week ONEREPUBLIC I Ain't Worried 704 651 53 1.822

21 20 Up this week DVBBS Summer Nights f/Brandyn Burnet 556 497 59 1.823

24 21 Up this week LOUD LUXURY These Nights f/KIDDO 548 416 132 1.704

26 22 Up this week LIZZO 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 496 369 127 1.523

25 23 Up this week DOJA CAT Vegas 449 404 45 1.399

22 24 ANDERS Come With Me 428 463 -35 1.3

30 25 Up this week YUNG GRAVY Betty (Get Money) 407 272 135 1.258

23 26 12AM Hollywood 391 438 -47 1.171

27 27 Up this week KANE BROWN Grand 369 322 47 1.392

37 28 Up this week JAX Victoria's Secret 363 169 194 1.285

39 29 Up this week KX5, KASKADE, DEADMAU5 Escape f/Hayla 316 152 164 1.199

20 30 TAKIS Wait For Me f/Goody Grace &... 313 501 -188 0.725

28 31 Up this week BLACK EYED PEAS/SHAKIRA/GUETTA Don't You Worry 310 307 3 1.032

31 32 Up this week ELIJAH WOODS ilu 296 271 25 1.032

0 33 Up this week ELTON JOHN & BRITNEY SPEARS Hold Me Closer 281 0 281 0.999

29 34 ALEXIANE You Say You Love Me 258 281 -23 1.182

32 35 CALVIN HARRIS/J. TIMBERLAKE... Stay With Me 248 256 -8 0.368

36 36 Up this week STEVE LACY Bad Habit 238 172 66 0.489

34 37 Up this week BENNY BLANCO, BTS, SNOOP DOGG Bad Decisions 221 176 45 0.564

33 38 KATE BUSH Running Up That Hill (A Deal.. 193 213 -20 0.472

49 39 Up this week HARRY STYLES Music For A Sushi Restaurant 180 76 104 0.641

38 40 JAX JONES Where Did You Go? f/MNEK 156 161 -5 0.492

43 41 Up this week FARRUKO Pepas 149 117 32 0.468

42 42 Up this week DJ KHALED F/DRAKE/LIL BABY STAYING ALIVE f/Drake/Lil Baby 140 121 19 0.365

44 43 Up this week IMANBEK & BYOR Belly Dancer 113 105 8 0.259

40 44 IMAGINE DRAGONS Bones 113 151 -38 0.417

46 45 Up this week ELLIE GOULDING Easy Lover f/Big Sean 107 99 8 0.545

35 46 BASHA Balance 100 173 -73 0.148

45 47 PITBULL Can't Stop Us Now f/Zac Brown 97 104 -7 0.328

115 48 Up this week NICKI MINAJ Super Freaky Girl 85 19 66 0.333

48 49 Up this week LOST FREQUENCIES, CALUM SCOTT Where Are You Now 84 82 2 0.197

41 50 DOJA CAT Get Into It (Yuh) 82 149 -67 0.13

[Daniel Shywaoub]

Here's another one I just discovered: Y105 Mansfield OH - WYHT, amazingly playing U2's "Atomic City"! Haven't heard any other currents that wild yet, but they're definitely big on '90s-'10s gold ... U2 was followed by "Genie In A Bottle"! Unfortunately, the currents are rotated too hot and too boring (it's an iHeart station) ... not sure if I'll add it to my listening list or not. Interestingly, in another thread I've been soliciting people to give me good online Alt stations, and earlier this year I was given WLKR Norwalk OH; it's just about 40 miles north of Mansfield, and is a Alt/AAA hybrid.