atlantaboy
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Post by atlantaboy on Mar 15, 2008 11:05:59 GMT -5
Of course, everytime I hear the excruciatingly horrible 'SOS' by Rhianna on My104.3 FM (KBIG), I just change the station, and the same goes for other equally out-of-place tunes such as 'The Way You Move'. KIIS is so Rhythmic that KBIG is serving as a Mass-Appeal CHR (just with lower song rotations) IMO in L. A...the rotation of currents is pretty low though so it's def. gotta be classified as Hot AC
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John77
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Post by John77 on Mar 15, 2008 11:28:20 GMT -5
I'm also not too thrilled that both 'Don't Stop The Music' & 'With You' debuted on R&R's Hot AC chart this week; those two songs have no business being on any station aimed at 25-54 or 30+ year old listeners. There's still that ridiculous double-standard that you HAVE to play rap to be considered CHR (and more than just Kanye I guess), but you can completely leave out rock and still be a CHR reporter Yeah, no kidding!
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Post by John77 on Mar 15, 2008 11:34:40 GMT -5
Of course, everytime I hear the excruciatingly horrible 'SOS' by Rhianna on My104.3 FM (KBIG), I just change the station, and the same goes for other equally out-of-place tunes such as 'The Way You Move'. KIIS is so Rhythmic that KBIG is serving as a Mass-Appeal CHR (just with lower song rotations) IMO in L. A...the rotation of currents is pretty low though so it's def. gotta be classified as Hot AC I have noticed a little tiny shift in KIIS the past month or so. There are few "mainstream" songs on their playlist now: 23 25 ONEREPUBLIC Stop & Stare 21 22 -1 0.9839 28 33 MILEY CYRUS See You Again 17 19 -2 1.0789 29 34 JONAS BROTHERS When You Look Me In The Eyes 17 19 -2 0.8309 -- 47 LEONA LEWIS Bleeding Love 10 0 10 0.6071 It's not a lot, but it's a start... I'm hoping maybe they'll add Sara Bareilles, even if they give it the "Bubbly"/"You're Beautiful" treatment (10 or so spins a week)...
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atlantaboy
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Post by atlantaboy on Mar 15, 2008 15:29:30 GMT -5
KIIS is so Rhythmic that KBIG is serving as a Mass-Appeal CHR (just with lower song rotations) IMO in L. A...the rotation of currents is pretty low though so it's def. gotta be classified as Hot AC I have noticed a little tiny shift in KIIS the past month or so. There are few "mainstream" songs on their playlist now: 23 25 ONEREPUBLIC Stop & Stare 21 22 -1 0.9839 28 33 MILEY CYRUS See You Again 17 19 -2 1.0789 29 34 JONAS BROTHERS When You Look Me In The Eyes 17 19 -2 0.8309 -- 47 LEONA LEWIS Bleeding Love 10 0 10 0.6071 Yeah that "shift" was also right before Mediabase examined its panel to make "adjustments" so I'm wonderin if it was just to make sure they stayed on CHR Miley Cyrus really sounds like a Rhythmic song IMO so not surprised about that one...the other three are def. pop/rock, although pretty sure some rhythmics are playin Bleeding Love
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Post by jdanton2 on Mar 15, 2008 16:49:46 GMT -5
I'm also not too thrilled that both 'Don't Stop The Music' & 'With You' debuted on R&R's Hot AC chart this week; those two songs have no business being on any station aimed at 25-54 or 30+ year old listeners. quote] just because someone gets to that age dont mean they dont like current younger sounding hits like that. I as well as others i know in that age group like those kind of songs . I would like that format to be open to more current pop and R&B crossover hits . the format used to say they played everything but Rap and i would understand that . neither of those songs are even close to Rap.
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