WIHT Hot 99.5 | DC's Hottest Music -- Top 10 CHR

[*Who Is?*]

5 1 LADY GAGA Paparazzi 100 101 -1 1.6138
6 2 TAYLOR SWIFT You Belong With Me 100 101 -1 1.6448
1 3 JAY-Z/RIHANNA/KANYE WEST Run This Town 97 107 -10 1.5881
7 4 LADY GAGA Lovegame 97 98 -1 1.5841
2 5 JAY SEAN Down f/Lil Wayne 93 107 -14 1.5037
3 6 PITBULL I Know You Want Me(Calle Ocho) 90 102 -12 1.4801
4 7 MILEY CYRUS Party In The USA 89 101 -12 1.4786
9 8 COBRA STARSHIP Good Girls Go Bad f/L. Meester 58 46 12 0.9417
19 9 PITBULL Hotel Room Service 52 37 15 0.8163
10 10 SHAKIRA She Wolf/Loba 52 46 6 0.8909

8 11 MARIAH CAREY Obsessed 48 47 1 0.7735
14 12 BEYONCE Sweet Dreams 45 43 2 0.7302
17 13 BLACK EYED PEAS I Gotta Feeling 45 40 5 0.7158
13 14 JASON DERULO Whatcha Say 45 44 1 0.7587
21 15 BRITNEY SPEARS 3 45 34 11 0.7407
16 16 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 44 41 3 0.7187
20 17 3OH!3 Don't Trust Me 40 34 6 0.6639
11 18 BOYS LIKE GIRLS Love Drunk 40 45 -5 0.6519
15 19 KATY PERRY Waking Up In Vegas 40 42 -2 0.681
12 20 BLACK EYED PEAS Boom Boom Pow 34 44 -10 0.5632

18 21 MATT NATHANSON Come On Get Higher 34 38 -4 0.5389
26 22 IYAZ Replay 27 23 4 0.4369
25 23 OWL CITY Fireflies 27 25 2 0.4334
24 24 KELLY CLARKSON Already Gone 25 26 -1 0.4102
28 25 BLACK EYED PEAS Meet Me Halfway 24 21 3 0.4234
31 26 RIHANNA Russian Roulette 22 12 10 0.3905
22 27 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story 22 30 -8 0.3913
27 28 LEONA LEWIS Happy 21 22 -1 0.3675
30 29 JUSTIN BIEBER One Time 19 16 3 0.3169
29 30 SEAN KINGSTON Face Drop 19 19 0 0.3333

50 31 KERI HILSON Knock You Down 10 3 7 0.1513
33 32 DRAKE Best I Ever Had 6 6 0 0.0982
34 33 DAVID GUETTA Sexy Chick f/Akon 6 5 1 0.106
32 34 BEYONCE Single Ladies (Put A Ring... 5 6 -1 0.0743
36 35 CASCADA Evacuate The Dancefloor 5 4 1 0.0905
79 36 JAY-Z Empire State Of Mind f/A. Keys 5 2 3 0.0724
54 37 JESSE MCCARTNEY Body Language 5 3 2 0.0905
91 38 BRITNEY SPEARS Circus 5 2 3 0.0986
61 39 BRITNEY SPEARS Womanizer 5 3 2 0.0695
41 40 BOYS LIKE GIRLS The Great Escape 4 3 1 0.0835

42 41 CHRIS BROWN Forever 4 3 1 0.0607
45 42 FLO RIDA In The Ayer f/Will.I.Am 4 3 1 0.0561
49 43 NELLY FURTADO Promiscuous 4 3 1 0.0599
52 44 LADY GAGA Bad Romance 4 3 1 0.062
53 45 LADY GAGA Poker Face 4 3 1 0.0815
0 46 JORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time 4 0 4 0.0502
96 47 TIMBALAND The Way I Are f/Keri Hilson 4 2 2 0.0768
145 48 VERONICAS Untouched 4 1 3 0.0787
97 49 KANYE WEST Love Lockdown 4 2 2 0.0835
67 50 BABY BASH Cyclone 3 2 1 0.0509

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I wanted to discuss this station for a bit. First of all, that playlist absolutely makes me puke, why is Lovegame AND Paparazzi both in power rotation,and not only that, IKYWM Pitbull is still in power?? Like wtf!?

Also, do you think this is a rhythmic-leaning station or a middle of the road CHR. And would you listen to this station?

[gin]

And "Flop That Ass" isn't even top 50 yet??

[gin]

It just sounds like a crap radio station that has no effective strategy of marketing to its listeners. It's surprising from a big city like DC.

[*Who Is?*]

Yeah Im so mad they havent even added flop that ass to the playlist, death at Hot 99.5

[godwin]

while I can understand your frustration with that station, check these two stations 102.7 KIIS FM's "#1 HIT music station" or 97.1 KAMP top songs that they are playing. 102.7 KIIS FM is supposed to be one of the biggest radio stations in California and possibly in the USA.

www.yes.com/#KIIS?chart
www.yes.com/#KAMP?chart

Besides Taylor Swift and Miley cyrus, everything else is hip hop/rhythmic/urban music. I have yet to hear them play Boys like girls, Kelly Clarkson, Colbie Caillat, Owl City, The Fray, Cascada, Daughtry, and much more. Even after requesting these songs, they won't play them. I can't understand how a station can claim to be a top 40 when they won't even play songs that are in the top 20 on AT40. Honestly, I blame these stations for preventing songs like Already gone, No surprise, never say never from peaking higher since they never played them.

Sorry for my rant but I can understand your frustration!

[onefrayedrepublic]

KIIS is pop, a rhythmic would never get conned into playing something as terrible as the Kings of Leon repeatedly.

[*Who Is?*]

Well, I should have just named this thread 102.7 KIIS-FM

[gin]

Nov 7, 2009 22:30:23 GMT -5 *Who Is?* said:

Well, I should have just named this thread 102.7 KIIS-FM

Would you like some cheese with your whine?

[jamrock16]

I listened to this station all the time when I was in Maryland this past summer. I don't remember it being this bad though. Looking at it now they really need to get some new program directors or market researchers or somethin' cause that playlist is all types of wrong (not to mention so out of date ).

[Music Fan]

Nov 7, 2009 22:30:23 GMT -5 *Who Is?* said:

Well, I should have just named this thread 102.7 KIIS-FM

I actually like KIIS and AMP (well most of the time)...

[chrles]

I like KIIS-FM, Amp, and Hot 99.5 as well.
My favorite CHRs are the ones that can get away with playing all the hits, and are active on a lot of great new music. But you know what? I'm not the typical CHR listener, and neither are any of you if you're posting here. Your knowledge of new music and different CHRs from across the country far surpasses that of the casual listener.

Say what you want about Hot 99.5 Washington there is no doubt they are doing something right - they just posted their best ratings ever with a 6.4 share. That means they rank third overall, and they also have about 1.1 million listeners. Their PD previously programmed 93.3 FLZ Tampa so you know he's very knowledgeable about the CHR format. Their morning guy Kane? He does mornings at Hot and afternoons for 93.3 FLZ Tampa. Afternoon guy Toby Knapp? Used to work at FLZ as well.
Hot 99.5 is a pure CHR. I mean, how many Rhythmics do you know of that play Matt Nathanson? And yes, they do play quite a few Recurrents, b/c appearantly thats what the typical CHR listener in our nation's capital enjoys hearing.
Would you rather DC not have a CHR at all, as was the case between 92-96?

So let's move onto 102.7 KIIS FM Los Angeles. Back around 2003 its ratings had gone down to the mid 3 shares. The music mix was pretty broad based, but the ratings seemed to be going down while Hip Hop outlet Power 106 was dominating the ratings. KIIS-FM took a bold move and decided to shift gears and pretty much become a Rhythmic CHR. This lead to a lot of success in the ratings, but after about a year some non-Rhythmic titles made their way back to the playlist. They currently rank NUMBER ONE in L.A., up to a 5.2, with nearly 4 million listeners.
If you look at yes.com you'll see that today at the noon hour they played Taylor Swift and All American Rejects. Between 1-2 they played No Doubt's "Underneath It All". Between 2-3 KIIS played both Taylor Swift, as well as Kings of Leon. They played Taylor again between 3-4 as well as the awesome new one from Leighton Meester. 3 Oh! 3 and Taylor were played the following hour. The next hour they played the Ting tings.
KIIS-FM actually leans a bit less Rhythmic at night - in the 7 PM hour they played Miley, Taylor, Leighton, and KOL.
KIIS-FM is one of the most successful CHRs on the planet, and the CHR/Pop stations in San Diego and San Francisco (Channel 93-3 and Movin 99.7) sound very similar to it. Seems to be working for them as Channel 93-3 is number one in the ratings in SD, and Movin 99.7 is the first CHR/Pop station in SF in decades to post a 3.1 share (and they cume over a million).
Onto 97.1 Amp Radio, one of 2009's success stories. You've got this CHR that isn't even a year old, doesnt have a morning show, with a music mix very similar to KIIS (a bit more Rhythmic actually), takes chances on new music, and it's already Top 5 ratings share and Top 3 in cume. Amp does play a few non Rhythmic hits from Taylor, 3 Oh3, Miley, KOL, All American Rejects, and even Paramore on occasion.

Now then, if you guys want to check out a true blue CHR/Pop station that really plays all the hits, check out Oklahoma City's heritage CHR - KJ 103. It's usually the top ranked station in town. In a typical hour you'll hear everything from Colbie Cailat's "Fallin For You" to Lil Wayne's "Got Money". Earlier today they played 30 Seconds to Marks "The Kill" into Drake's "Forever". And this is in mid-days folks, not just at night. They're already playing Orianthi's "According To You", Shinedown's "If you Only Knew", as well as Chris Brown's "I Can Transform You".

Listen to KJ 103 online sometimes'
www.kj103fm.com

You might also want to check out 96.5 The Mountain out of Chattanooga. They recently started streaming, they don't overplay their powers, the music mix is broad, and they're at times a bit musically adventurous with new music:
www.965themountain.com/

Happy listening :)

[*Who Is?*]

So are you saying that is basically all boils down to the city your in?

[chrles]

Martin, absolutely my friend, that's exactly what I'm saying.

A station cannot be too hip for the room, it cannot be light years ahead of its listeners. You think Hot 99.5 can't play more new music? They could be banging out 5000 new records. If they did that though, they'd be lucky to even get 5000 listeners.
Hot 99.5 didn't just accidentally post their best ratings share ever this past month - they did it b/c the folks there know the market. Fortunately for you, as a serious CHR fan, you can also pick up the new Z-104.3 Baltimore, Mix 106.5 Baltimore, and listen to an insane amount of great CHRs via the internet.

If you'd like, I can post the full list of CHR/Pop stations from the US and Canada that stream online. I can also post a list of every CHR in Europe that stream, or in virtually every other part of the world.

[*Who Is?*]

I like the way you speak of CHR, you sound so well informed and you know what your talking about. You really need to be an MD yourself.

[Slinky]

Nov 8, 2009 0:57:36 GMT -5 chrles said:

Their PD previously programmed 93.3 FLZ Tampa so you know he's very knowledgeable about the CHR format.

Are you talking about Jeff Kapugi? I think he left a year or two back. The music was a lot better when he was around. It's only since he left that Hot became so recurrent-focused. Thea Mitchem is currently listed as PD and I think she handles a few other stations in the cluster as well. I mentioned in another thread that I like all the jocks- it's just that if I hear "I Know You Want Me" one more time, I'm going to be physically ill.

Things would get interesting if another CHR signed on here. Kane in mornings is unstoppable, but if CBS signed on an "AMP", it could really shake up the music-focused dayparts.

[Juanca]

Well, I listen to DC Hot 99.5 almost every day :)
In the mornings, the Kane show is my jam, and then at nights.
They have some good and bad things.
Bad:
Seriously, STOP with LoveGame!!! I like it, but I have been hearing that ish for MONTHS! I didn't realize that IKYWM was playing that frequently. I think they are trying to cater to the HUGE Latin population in DC by playing more Pitbull and some Shakira now that they have hits.
Also, I have almost NEVER stopped hearing Untouched. At least once a week.

Good:
Sometimes they are VERY slow at adding some songs, but at least they have a good combination of music (just TOO repetitive that seems they took eternity to reduce spins of some songs). But it's nice to hear in the same hour songs like Happy, Good Girls Gone Bad, Party In The USA, You Belong With Me, Use Somebody and Already Gone.
And sometimes they push some random songs, like Chillin' or Wavin' Flag.

[JayBoozer]

Nov 9, 2009 3:11:03 GMT -5 Juanca said:

Well, I listen to DC Hot 99.5 almost every day :)
In the mornings, the Kane show is my jam, and then at nights.
They have some good and bad things.
Bad:
Seriously, STOP with LoveGame!!! I like it, but I have been hearing that ish for MONTHS! I didn't realize that IKYWM was playing that frequently. I think they are trying to cater to the HUGE Latin population in DC by playing more Pitbull and some Shakira now that they have hits.
Also, I have almost NEVER stopped hearing Untouched. At least once a week.

Good:
Sometimes they are VERY slow at adding some songs, but at least they have a good combination of music (just TOO repetitive that seems they took eternity to reduce spins of some songs). But it's nice to hear in the same hour songs like Happy, Good Girls Gone Bad, Party In The USA, You Belong With Me, Use Somebody and Already Gone.
And sometimes they push some random songs, like Chillin' or Wavin' Flag.

Chillin' was big cause it's a song about DC, pretty much.

[*Who Is?*]

Yeah, I was kind of surprised my Urban 93.9 WKYS and my urban-leaning Rhythmic 955 PGC never added Chillin, they supported Wale all the way back to 2005 when he was unsigned and known by nobody out of Washington, I mean they broke his first local radio hit 'Shake It'... you would think they would be the very first station to add him.

Hot 99.5 never played his music until Chillin, but Urban's are MUCH MORE likely to spin local artists than CHR's, plus his music was probably far too Urban.

[Slinky]

I think KYS and PGC avoided Chillin' because of Lady Gaga.

Hot did play it a few times, but I wish they had pushed it more.

[*Who Is?*]

I remember it peaking in the Top 20 on WIHT, so they had edged it to Moderate rotation, but it stayed in their playlist for a long time.