EvanJ
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Post by EvanJ on Apr 13, 2018 14:16:53 GMT -5
What should be the the minimum age of a song for a Classic Hits station? WCBS-FM played Jennifer Lopez's "Waiting For Tonight."
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Post by leonagwen on Apr 14, 2018 11:34:47 GMT -5
I would say at least 15 to 20 years.
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Post by craziaskowboi on Apr 14, 2018 23:35:35 GMT -5
I'd say 25 years. The local Classic Hits station where I live has started including some 1990s "grunge" in the playlist.
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Post by EvanJ on Apr 16, 2018 20:07:18 GMT -5
I was thinking 20 years. There's a difference between early 1990s grunge and 1999. WCBS-FM just played another song from 1999, Smash Mouth's "All Star."
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Post by roadrunner on Apr 18, 2018 16:08:22 GMT -5
I'd say 30 or late 20s . Love WOMC 104.3 Detroit. Great station.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Apr 18, 2018 16:22:57 GMT -5
Depends on the kind of music/audience they play. If they focus on rock, I'd say cut off before the Creed/Nickelback era. If it's pop, I'd say up to 2002ish.
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Post by EvanJ on Apr 21, 2018 19:21:40 GMT -5
Depends on the kind of music/audience they play. If they focus on rock, I'd say cut off before the Creed/Nickelback era. If it's pop, I'd say up to 2002ish. WCBS recently played rock (Journey and Bon Jovi), singer-songwriter soft rock (Sheryl Crow), dance (Madonna and Human League), and R&B (Michael Jackson and Prince). I don't know what year every song is from, but of their last 29 songs I think the newest is "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," which is older than "Waiting For Tonight" that I stated in my first post.
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Post by alliecat17 on May 31, 2018 8:17:04 GMT -5
I would have to say 15 years imo
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Post by Josh Spicer on Jun 1, 2018 9:15:15 GMT -5
15 years seems solid enough.
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Post by msiclover92 on Jun 30, 2018 23:04:04 GMT -5
You see, this is the problem! People aren't ready to accept the fact the 2003 was 15 years ago. The Classic Hits format can't play music from the 70, and 80s forever. Time is moving too fast. in fact, I thought about them making a new format called "Throwback Hits". I know it's a silly name but I can't think of anything else. But they would play r&b/rock/rap/pop/dance from the 1990-2009. It would focus heavily on upbeat music. The kinda stuff that'd make you say "OH SNAP! That was my jam!". Don't get me wrong, I like classic hits. But we need something to appeal to Gen Y too.
Does anyone agree? That we need a station like this?
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Post by owenlovesmusic on Jul 2, 2018 17:56:24 GMT -5
Yeah probably 15 years ago.
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Post by musicismypassion on Jul 4, 2018 2:15:32 GMT -5
20 years
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Jul 4, 2018 18:59:43 GMT -5
I agree with 20, especially because nostalgia seems to run in 20-year cycles
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Post by blanksnake17 on Aug 5, 2018 23:02:20 GMT -5
I wish there was a station for songs older than 2 years
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 1:48:47 GMT -5
I wanna say classic counts as 25 years or older like it does for cars.
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Post by filthy on Aug 6, 2018 11:35:01 GMT -5
Right now I would say pre-millennium songs
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 6, 2018 14:16:39 GMT -5
I wish there was a station for songs older than 2 years Check your local Hot AC station.
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Post by blanksnake17 on Aug 6, 2018 14:49:50 GMT -5
I wish there was a station for songs older than 2 years Check your local Hot AC station. Yeah I guess that one does play a lot more recurrents
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Post by mkarns on Aug 9, 2018 12:18:12 GMT -5
about 20 years, or 15 at the latest. Perhaps even some more recent ones that still test well, though by then we're butting up against current CHR and Hot AC recurrents.
Exactly what songs would qualify as "classics", particularly more recent ones, is up for debate but we shouldn't ignore entire eras. One thing that has frankly annoyed me is how so many classic hits stations have been playing the same 1970s and 80s focused formats (with a rather limited selection of songs) for many years now but act as if most of the 1990s never happened. As stated, this can't go on forever.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 9, 2018 19:03:45 GMT -5
I think at this point, "classic rock" is more of a genre rather than a specific term applied to music that is of a certain age. In the same thought, I think "80s" has become lumped together into its own genre and "90s" too. There's some overlap there though, particular with early 80s rock songs that would probably better fit the "classic rock" classification and the 90s has defined sub-genres like grunge.
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Post by getoffmylawn on Aug 13, 2018 10:39:42 GMT -5
Depends on genre for me
Rock - 1985 and older
Metal - 1995 and older
Pop - 2005 and older
R&B - 2000 and older
Rap - 1995 and older
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 13, 2018 11:16:00 GMT -5
You see, this is the problem! People aren't ready to accept the fact the 2003 was 15 years ago. The Classic Hits format can't play music from the 70, and 80s forever. Time is moving too fast. in fact, I thought about them making a new format called "Throwback Hits". I know it's a silly name but I can't think of anything else. But they would play r&b/rock/rap/pop/dance from the 1990-2009. It would focus heavily on upbeat music. The kinda stuff that'd make you say "OH SNAP! That was my jam!". Don't get me wrong, I like classic hits. But we need something to appeal to Gen Y too. Does anyone agree? That we need a station like this? I donβt know if a station could sustain itself playing music from 1990-2009. Oddly enough, classic rock stations are able to do it and barely ever change their limited playlists, but I think the targeted audience of 90-09 music already tune into online stations and streaming. Iβd be curious to see it though. Iβd listen!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2018 12:16:04 GMT -5
I think 20 years is fairly standard. In the 80s all the oldies stations played 60s. 90s = 70s. 00s = 80s. 10s = 90s. Mind you, I recognize there are variances. And many oldies stations even vary their titles depending on the day part or workday vs weekend, etc.
I've also noticed that it's become increasingly more difficult for oldies stations to stick to anything too specific. It's hard to find an 80s stations that ONLY plays 80s, for example. I had one station start up in my market a couple years ago, promoting itself as "yacht rock", that soft rock sound from the late 70s and early 80s. I loved it. But then, without changing its name, it dropped the yacht rock tagline and within 6 months it started to also play 90s songs, and now I even hear early 00s songs. It simply comes down to audience and bottom line. They hook you with something and then bring in more of a varied audience with songs that you also know and love, but nearly 20 years newer.
The other day I heard Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" go into No Doubt "It's My Life" on what on a station whose imaging is predominantly 80s.
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Post by emperortigerstar on Sept 18, 2018 15:39:25 GMT -5
20 years has a newly born person become an adult. It represents the rough span of a generation. Classics mean they stand the test of time, so a multi-generation span seems a fair standard, so I'd go with 20 years.
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