EZ ROCK?

[reidster]

Are all EZ ROCK stations AC or HOT AC stations. Im very confused because they seem to play most AC artist, but then they also play old songs of Avril Lavigne [ie Complicated, and I'm With You] but never play her new ones. Not only Avril but also of many artists... Anyone know?

[reception]

You might be talking about a "Bob" or "Jack" station which are classic hits.

[Marv]

That 'Jack-FM' format is pretty hot these days; there's a new one (maybe 4 months old) in Dallas which is already in the top 10, and a new one was launched last week in Salt Lake City.

[reidster]

ermm. no.. well.. im from Canada.... but they play Hollywood Confidential, and yeah.. i

[tico]

Marv said:

That 'Jack-FM' format is pretty hot these days; there's a new one (maybe 4 months old) in Dallas which is already in the top 10, and a new one was launched last week in Salt Lake City.

Don't forget about our Jack in Jackson. It was ranked sixth in the recently-released fall Arbitrons. I love the station; it plays a lot of songs I grew up on.

[BlahBlahBlah]

They're definitely AC.  They only play some of Avril's songs because they need to fulfill the Canadian Content requirements. I guess in Toronto, stations aren't that strict when it comes to their formats because of the competition, so that also explains why they may play some songs that seem odd once in a while.

[EvanJ]

BlahBlahBlah said:

They're definitely AC.  They only play some of Avril's songs because they need to fulfill the Canadian Content requirements.  I guess in Toronto, stations aren't that strict when it comes to their formats because of the competition, so that also explains why they may play some songs that seem odd once in a while.

"Complicated" went Top 20 on AC in the United States and I heard it on an AC station today, so Toronto isn't the only place in North America where AC stations are playing Avril.