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Post by atlantaboy on Jul 22, 2007 9:16:22 GMT -5
How will BWY and so Sick not be remembered 5 years from now, but Bad Day and YB will be for at least 15? What is that based on? Mary J and Ne-Yo are much bigger than James Blunt and Daniel Powter and those two right now are one hit wonders, and overall So Sick and Be Without You were much bigger. How was Home bigger than Summer Love in "real life"? Everyone's "real life" will be different, and in mine, Summer Love definitely was bigger. I'm not sure how large of a hit "Home" has been compared to those other rhythmic songs. All I know is that A.I. artists seem to have a better chance of hitting the upper reaches of the Hot 100 thanks mostly to sales, but also due to airplay mostly on the Hot AC circuit. "Home" is already on a CHR/Pop chart course to have more points, even without Hot AC, than "So Sick" or "Be Without You" did - if you include Hot AC and soon AC, there's no contest - remember, many large market CHR's dropped "Home" so their co-owned Hot AC stations could play it "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige was a bigger hit than "Be Without You" and gets quite a bit of recurrent airplay on CHR/Pop stations BTW, there are plenty of rhythmic songs that have become recurrent "classics" and I'm sure will continue to be for the next decade - for example, "Lose Yourself", "In Da Club", "Yeah", many hits by Destiny's Child and Beyonce, etc. Don't think "Summer Love" will become a recurrent hit, but JT's "Rock Your Body" "Sexy Back" and "What Goes Around Comes Around" certainly will be Doubt that "So Sick" will stick around - IMO "Wait For You" by Eliot Yamin sounds a lot like it, and is a much bigger hit, and BTW was written/produced by the same guy (forget his name) I think it's also important to note that CHR/Pop and Hot AC are the two formats that feed (eventually) into AC, which is definitely the most listened-to format in the country (except country I think) If a song only is a hit on Rhythmic, it's prob. going to be "lost" If a song only is a hit on Urban, it can feed into Urban AC, but obv. this is only a big format in markets w/ large black population (sorry, hope that didn't come out wrong - power to Urban!!)
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Post by atlantaboy on Jul 22, 2007 14:14:40 GMT -5
How was Home bigger than Summer Love in "real life"? Everyone's "real life" will be different, and in mine, Summer Love definitely was bigger. I think what he means is LONGTERM "Home" and "Makes Me Wonder" will get more plays than "Summer Love" and end up scoring much higher on the year-end POP Top 100 Chart (never mind the Hot AC and AC charts) Just look at the humongous decrease in spins "Summer Love" is getting this week - my guess is it'll fall off the Top 40 chart before "Home" or "Makes Me Wonder" esp. b/c the mass-appeal CHR stations (without a Hot AC in the market) are going to massively slow down "Home'"s decline IMO
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Post by Marv on Jul 24, 2007 9:06:16 GMT -5
Country has been the most-listened to format in America since 1992; there are also over 2,000 country stations out there, far and away the most of any format.
Due to acts such as Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Big & Rich & Gretchen Wilson, there have been TONS of younger listeners who've also abandoned top 40 radio for their local country stations, many of which have enjoyed huge increases in their 12-18 and 12-24 numbers, according to recent articles in R&R.
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Post by atlantaboy on Jul 24, 2007 15:07:28 GMT -5
Country has been the most-listened to format in America since 1992; there are also over 2,000 country stations out there, far and away the most of any format. Due to acts such as Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Big & Rich & Gretchen Wilson, there have been TONS of younger listeners who've also abandoned top 40 radio for their local country stations, many of which have enjoyed huge increases in their 12-18 and 12-24 numbers, according to recent articles in R&R. Hey Marv- Is AC second in the ratings? (discounting news/talk) I know country has way more stations, but that's gotta be b/c country is most popular in rural areas so tons of tiny market country stations are needed to reach all these rural areas - Other reason I think country is most popular format is it's about the only format I can think of that really isn't split into subformats - in other words, its a broad format under one title, whereas if you like "pop/rock" and you're called by Arbitron, you're gonna split ratings prob. between CHR/Pop, Hot AC, AC, Alternative, etc. -
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Post by Slinky on Jul 25, 2007 13:19:50 GMT -5
Is AC second in the ratings? (discounting news/talk) I know country has way more stations, but that's gotta be b/c country is most popular in rural areas so tons of tiny market country stations are needed to reach all these rural areas - Other reason I think country is most popular format is it's about the only format I can think of that really isn't split into subformats - in other words, its a broad format under one title, whereas if you like "pop/rock" and you're called by Arbitron, you're gonna split ratings prob. between CHR/Pop, Hot AC, AC, Alternative, etc. - AC is indeed second among music formats, and you're correct about Country resisting sub-grouping thusfar. There is a "Classic Country" format, but it hasn't gained much traction. Other places have stations that identify as older ("your country favorites") or younger ("today's hot country"), but the playlists of currents don't vary that much, so it's still considered one format. It's not at all like Rhythmic and Hot AC, where only 1 or 2 songs overlap.
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Post by atlantaboy on Jul 25, 2007 15:16:12 GMT -5
Yeah- I think it might be misleading to say that more people in the U. S. like country than any other type of music b/c country stations aren't split up into major separate formats like "pop/rock" stations
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Post by dperkins on Jul 26, 2007 2:53:52 GMT -5
I agree. I want to see MORE variety. I am tired of the same tired ass shit getting played over and over again!
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Post by circlecircledotdot on Aug 6, 2007 1:12:19 GMT -5
I was in Atlanta when Q100 first got started. I thought to myself at first, where's the rock music? It took them forever to add "Hanging By A Moment". Later on, they began opening up the playlist with songs like HBAM and began sounding like a more well-rounded CHR station. I haven't listened to them since Cumulus took over (as I really hadn't been in Atlanta recently, or at least long enough to listen), but they were among the better CHRs in the country, IMO. When Q100 first started out and leaned rhythmic, their ratings were under 2.0 - since they started leaning Hot AC, their ratings have gone up - still under 3.0 (prob. b/c they share their listeners with Star 94), but they've risen significantly - since Cumulus took over, Q100's ratings have INCREASED - not sure why people want them to go back to playing a variety of rhythmic material (there are certainly enough CHR stations that do that already) You're forgetting one VERY important detail: When Q100 was launched, I believe it was still licensed to a small town near the Alabama/Georgia state line. It was moved into the Atlanta metro, but was still on a VERY poor stick. Only recently did Q100 upgrade their signal, which is when the ratings began to climb back up around the 3.0 mark. The music change was coincidental to the timing of the signal upgrade, not specifically the cause of the upswing in ratings.
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Post by Marv on Aug 6, 2007 18:40:46 GMT -5
I do recall reading in R&R that Atlanta was 'under-radioed' for a VERY long time, with lots of 'rimshot' stations which are licensed to suburban cties but can be heard spottily in the greater Atlanta metroplex, with both Q100 and 'South 107' (WTSH, a country station licensed to Rome) among them.
I could BARELY hear 'South 107' at my airport hotel two weeks ago, but given the soaring population over the past decade, it would appear that that problem has been solved.
Now all they need is an oldies station.
I also agree that CC would be CRAZY to mess with WNCI, KRBE or either Z100; the one in Portland (KKRZ) was launched in 1994 with current Oldies KRTH/LA morning star Gary Bryan in the PD chair, and consistently got eight shares in the market for several years running.
I didn't realize that Cumulus is as equally 'iron-fisted' and sometimes even worse than CC is.
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Post by tico on Aug 6, 2007 23:03:34 GMT -5
I do recall reading in R&R that Atlanta was 'under-radioed' for a VERY long time, with lots of 'rimshot' stations which are licensed to suburban cties but can be heard spottily in the greater Atlanta metroplex, with both Q100 and 'South 107' (WTSH, a country station licensed to Rome) among them. I could BARELY hear 'South 107' at my airport hotel two weeks ago, but given the soaring population over the past decade, it would appear that that problem has been solved. Years ago when frequencies were alloted to cities, no one predicted Atlanta would boom the way it has. That's why there are very few frequencies licensed to Atlanta (not including those licensed to surrounding cities). That's why there have been a number of move-ins over the last decade or two.
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Post by atlantaboy on Aug 7, 2007 11:59:18 GMT -5
When Q100 first started out and leaned rhythmic, their ratings were under 2.0 - since they started leaning Hot AC, their ratings have gone up - still under 3.0 (prob. b/c they share their listeners with Star 94), but they've risen significantly - since Cumulus took over, Q100's ratings have INCREASED - not sure why people want them to go back to playing a variety of rhythmic material (there are certainly enough CHR stations that do that already) You're forgetting one VERY important detail: When Q100 was launched, I believe it was still licensed to a small town near the Alabama/Georgia state line. It was moved into the Atlanta metro, but was still on a VERY poor stick. Only recently did Q100 upgrade their signal, which is when the ratings began to climb back up around the 3.0 mark. The music change was coincidental to the timing of the signal upgrade, not specifically the cause of the upswing in ratings. When Q100 began reporting to R&R (not sure when it was actually launched) it was broadcast from College Park GA which is only 10 miles or so from ATL and it leaned rhythmic- the signal was (and still is) directed towards Alabama b/c Star 94's signal is directed at North Georgia, but Q100 has been heard clearly in Atlanta proper at least since it started reporting to R&R In any case, it's leaning Hot AC, and it's ratings are climbing, so don't see how it has any reason to move more rhythmic IMO the reason it's having more success leaning Hot AC is cause a majority of its listeners are in the ATL-West area (towards Alabama) and ATL-south area where Star 94's signal is weaker, and these listeners don't have any Hot AC station
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Post by Player211 on Aug 21, 2007 13:54:12 GMT -5
Pop radio is an abomination. The playlists are so....nrrow.
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Post by Chase on Aug 27, 2007 0:11:20 GMT -5
First of all, I think that we put a bit too much stock into charts than they deserve. Do the "best" songs really hit #1, or do the safest songs that can appeal to a wide audience hit #1? Just because a PD decides that a song should be spun X number of times a week, doesn't mean that it's good or bad. The fact that a song can hit #1 and disappear from a library 3-5 years later speaks volumes about quality.
Another problem: lack of specialization. One PD programs 3 or 4 different stations so that Clear Channel can save money? Wouldn't Clear Channel EARN money by improving its product and employing a PD for each format? Do you think you'd be better at your job if you were asked to do 4 things or focus on just one? I think that comparative advantage can work at the employment level. I think that Clear Channel takes the adage "A penny saved is a penny earned" a bit too far.
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Post by Marv on Sept 3, 2007 23:34:21 GMT -5
RebelSweetheart---You're 100% correct; Clear Channel is much too obssessed with bowing to the insatiable demands of Wall Street (translation--a steadily increasing stock price) to put the needs/wants/desires/respect of its listeners on top, which is what you'd expect from a bunch of beancounters.
Look no farther that Ms. Randi West, who in addition to her full-time gig as PD of one of Clear Channel's finest CHR/Pop stations (G-105, aka WDCG Raleigh/NC), also voicetracks a midday shift on WVKS/Toledo, Oh.
Then there's Gregg Swedberg, who's not only the VP/GM for all of CCs properties in the upper Midwest, but he's also the PD of longtime Midwest Country powerhouse K-102, aka KEEY/Minneapolis.
Now you know why we call them Cheap Channel.
And yes, it would make perfect sense for all PDs to have one station to program; it is a VERY time-consuming gig.
But that wouldn't make the scumbags on Wall Street very happy.
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Post by Marv on Sept 3, 2007 23:37:17 GMT -5
RebelSweetheart---You're 100% correct; Clear Channel is much too obssessed with bowing to the insatiable demands of Wall Street (translation--a steadily increasing stock price) to put the needs/wants/desires/respect of its listeners on top, which is what you'd expect from a bunch of beancounters.
Look no farther that Ms. Randi West, who in addition to her full-time gig as PD of one of Clear Channel's finest CHR/Pop stations (G-105, aka WDCG Raleigh/NC), also voicetracks a midday shift on WVKS/Toledo, Oh.
Then there's Gregg Swedberg, who's not only the VP/GM for all of CCs properties in the upper Midwest, but he's also the PD of longtime Midwest Country powerhouse K-102, aka KEEY/Minneapolis.
Now you know why we call them Cheap Channel.
And yes, it would make perfect sense for all PDs to have one station to program; it is a VERY time-consuming gig.
But that wouldn't make the scumbags on Wall Street very happy.
Atlantaboy---The Hot AC format dates to the early nineties, and not the late nineties.
KYSR/LA has been a Hot AC station for over 15 1/2 years!!!!
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 4, 2007 18:02:42 GMT -5
Atlantaboy---The Hot AC format dates to the early nineties, and not the late nineties. Marv -- Hot AC in the early nineties was more like AC today (Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Elton John)...even in the mid-90s many Hot AC's didn't play Alanis, or didn't play her very much - so Hot AC as we know it (on a massive scale) didn't really develop until the end of 1996...I think Star 98.7 L. A. was one of the first Hot ACs to base its playlist on Alanis, Dave Matthews, etc.
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Post by Marv on Sept 4, 2007 21:36:46 GMT -5
Star 98.7 was a Hot AC station even before R&R started publishing their Hot AC chart; they played the heck out of that great debut CD by the Spin Doctors, which came out in 1992, as well as REM, the Police, The Pretenders, U2 and numerous other artists who used to be staples at top 40 radio until hip-hop & rap music started taking over the airwaves.
There were lots of other Hot AC stations out there which were in the format before R&R started publishing their Hot AC charts, inclduing Mix 96 (Houston) and San Diego's Star 100.7, which was the best Hot AC station in America for most of the past decade, based on ratings sucess and the tons of awards it won from various industry insiders.
At least the format is still cookin' 15+ years later, in spite of the corporate straitjacket which it has been forced to operate under thanks to that dreaded disease known as 'clusterization'.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 8, 2007 13:37:16 GMT -5
Star 98.7 was a Hot AC station even before R&R started publishing their Hot AC chart; they played the heck out of that great debut CD by the Spin Doctors, which came out in 1992, as well as REM, the Police, The Pretenders, U2 and numerous other artists who used to be staples at top 40 radio until hip-hop & rap music started taking over the airwaves. WOW!! Maybe that's cause KIIS has leaned rhythmic for so long...I do know that the HAC chart from it's beginning to about 1995 was like the AC chart of today, playing Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, etc. - you guys were lucky (in L. A.) to get a great Hot AC station so early!!
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Post by Marv on Sept 10, 2007 11:30:54 GMT -5
We were extremely lucky to have had a Hot AC station in 1992.
I've previously pointed out that by that time KIIS and lots of other CHR/Pop stations had blown off tons of adult listeners by playing stuff such as 'End Of The Road' and Kris Kross's 'Jump' 50-60 times per week, as well as all of the late eighties hip-hop & rap stuff that they started pounding the heck out of after Power 106 came alomg and swiped most of their teens, and blowing off their adults and 'soccer moms' simultaneously.
It did take a number of stations to take a bite out of KIIS, starting with our first classic rocker (KLSX in 1986), CHR/Rhythmic powerhouse KPWR (1986), the nation's first 'Smooth Jazz' station (KTWV, aka 94.7 The Wave, which launched on Valentine's Day in 1987), and finally Scott Shannon's 'Pirate Radio', a current-intensive flamethrowin' rocker launched in 1989 after he'd resigned from Z100/NYC.
By 1992, AC powerhouse KOST had replaced KPWR at #1 with an 8.0 share, and it remained #1 for almost three years.
CHR/Pop was the format of the eighties (or at least neck-and-neck with country, thanks to 'Urban Cowboy' in 1980 and Garth Brooks's explosive arrival in 1989), and didn't really start to regain some of their adult listeners until a very wide variety of acts ranging from the Spice Girls to the Wallflowers to the Backstreet Boys sent ratings soaring at the format from coast-to-coast by 1997, including the only 5.0 share for NYCs Z100 of the entire decade.
2007 will undoubtedly go down as a very good year for CHR/Pop radio; the 'usual suspects' (WNCI, WDCG, KKRZ, KHKS, KRBE, KIIS, WNKS & B101, aka KDWB/Muinneapolis) are all having stellar years, as are small and medium market powerhouses, with the perennial powerhouse Z104 (WZEE/Madison) still tops in that category.
But the biggest difference is the variety of music, and especially the stunning performance chartwise for 'Before He Cheats', as well as adult-friendly rhythmic (and some non-rhythmic) stuff from the likes of Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, JT, Fergie & Maroon5.
2008 is going to be a very interesting year for the format as well; given the hefty amount of turmoil for urban radio in cities such as Dallas & LA, stations such as KIIS and KHKS should be able to benefit from the upheaval at Urban radio, and possibly other CHR/Pop stations in other markets of all sizes.
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Post by John77 on Sept 20, 2007 17:49:40 GMT -5
I'm in Atlanta right now on vacation, visitng for the first time, and can someone please tell me why this fine city does not have a Hot AC station????? Both Star 94 & Q100 have been playing the (bleep) out of both 'Party Like a Rockstar' and 'Doesn't Really Matter' since I got here yesterday, which means that those two stations are most definitely not Hot AC; they're both listed as Top 40 stations on the ratings page @ R&R, and no intelligently programmed Hot AC station in the USA would get NEAR those two songs. Couldn't Atlanta use at least ONE uptempo, flame-throwin', ass-kicking Hot AC station for ex-KIIS-FM listeners and baby boomers like yours truly? Also, trying to combine the Hot AC and CHR/Pop charts doesn't make any sense, because CHR/Pop is no longer a mass-appeal format, and Hot AC should be the the mass-appeal format that CHR/Pop used to be, except that it's another victim of 'clusterization', as well as an overreliance on consultants and research, with a 250 song library that's just too small, especially when you consider the ridiculously successful JACK-FM stations in LA & St. Louis, and numerous other cities. Looks like someone's been doing a fine job manning the fort solo... thanks, Marv for your insight... as always, you're spot on!!!
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Post by John77 on Sept 20, 2007 17:54:12 GMT -5
But the biggest difference is the variety of music, and especially the stunning performance chartwise for 'Before He Cheats'. Which incidentally our "CHR/Top 40" KIIS didn't play even once (outside of the weekend national countdown shows of course)...
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Post by Marv on Sept 20, 2007 21:26:48 GMT -5
John.....---First of all, nice to have you back on the boards again, sir---welcome back!!!
Secondly, you do mean our alleged CHR/Pop station KIIS-FM, don't you?
Not playing 'BHC' was flat-out unforgiveable IMHO; an actual song with music, melody lyrics, and a story, as opposed to a runaway drum machine, which essentially sums up the underwhelming bunch of rhythmic product out there which has been polluting the airwaves over the past 15+ years.
It's hard to believe that KIIS is #1 in adults 25-54, ahead of KOST & JACK-FM, which fell to #3 after being #1 in that listening cell almost since day one, but I have to agree that My104.3FM will take a bite out of KIIS which will certainly benefit JACK-FM, and possibly KRTH as well.
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Post by John77 on Sept 21, 2007 10:49:49 GMT -5
John.....---First of all, nice to have you back on the boards again, sir---welcome back!!! Secondly, you do mean our alleged CHR/ Pop station KIIS-FM, don't you? Not playing 'BHC' was flat-out unforgiveable IMHO; an actual song with music, melody lyrics, and a story, as opposed to a runaway drum machine, which essentially sums up the underwhelming bunch of rhythmic product out there which has been polluting the airwaves over the past 15+ years. It's hard to believe that KIIS is #1 in adults 25-54, ahead of KOST & JACK-FM, which fell to #3 after being #1 in that listening cell almost since day one, but I have to agree that My104.3FM will take a bite out of KIIS which will certainly benefit JACK-FM, and possibly KRTH as well. Thanks, Marv... Baseball season is winding down, so that means my time for music is going up... and this little format flip comes at a nice time for sure! In a couple of weeks, I'll be full-fledged back on here, and (gasp), I may even venture to Radio-info.com to check out what David Eduardo and the rest of the beancounters are talking about now... lol. And, yes "alleged CHR/Pop station"... that's KIIS... CHR/Pop is "mass appeal" by definition, playing "all the hits"... it's been at least five years now since they were even close to being a CHR/Pop station... KIIS (or, as WPLJ's Scott Shannon used to call it, "WIMP-FM") has been worse than ever in terms of missing the hits of late... no Daughtry, Maroon 5, Lifehouse, Nickelback or Avril to be found on their current playlist... though surprisingly Plain White T's show up... and what the heck is Jordin Sparks doing on there??? I didn't think they were allowed to play AI artists other than Kelly... oh wait, they played Elliott too... ridiculous!!!
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 24, 2007 18:11:17 GMT -5
I'm in Atlanta right now on vacation, visitng for the first time, and can someone please tell me why this fine city does not have a Hot AC station????? Both Star 94 & Q100 have been playing the (bleep) out of both 'Party Like a Rockstar' and 'Doesn't Really Matter' since I got here yesterday, which means that those two stations are most definitely not Hot AC; they're both listed as Top 40 stations on the ratings page @ R&R, and no intelligently programmed Hot AC station in the USA would get NEAR those two songs. Couldn't Atlanta use at least ONE uptempo, flame-throwin', ass-kicking Hot AC station for ex-KIIS-FM listeners and baby boomers like yours truly? Also, trying to combine the Hot AC and CHR/Pop charts doesn't make any sense, because CHR/Pop is no longer a mass-appeal format, and Hot AC should be the the mass-appeal format that CHR/Pop used to be, except that it's another victim of 'clusterization', as well as an overreliance on consultants and research, with a 250 song library that's just too small, especially when you consider the ridiculously successful JACK-FM stations in LA & St. Louis, and numerous other cities. Looks like someone's been doing a fine job manning the fort solo... thanks, Marv for your insight... as always, you're spot on!!! Wait...that stuff about Star 94 wasn't right - he was accidentally listening to the wrong station :)
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Post by Marv on Sept 24, 2007 23:34:05 GMT -5
KIIS-FM just isn't what it used to be; ignoring both 'Makes Me Wonder' & 'The Sweet Escape' was flat-out asinine, as those were easily the two best pop singles of the summer of 2007.
Their air personalities RARELY mention the title and artist of most of the songs they play, which has been far and away the BIGGEST complaint about radio today from EVERY survey done about it.
That certainly shows me that they really don't care about their audience, and that sad fact goes for far too many stations to count.
There are some signs that variety is coming back to top 40 radio; the year-end charts are going to be substantially better balanced and mixed than they have been since at least 2002 or 2003, before Eminem & JLo took over.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 25, 2007 9:06:23 GMT -5
KIIS-FM just isn't what it used to be; ignoring both 'Makes Me Wonder' & 'The Sweet Escape' was flat-out asinine, as those were easily the two best pop singles of the summer of 2007. The reason KIIS ignored those songs is that KIIS is not CHR pop it's rhythmic!! Are there any songs KIIS plays that aren't on the rhythmic chart? Also, do you guys realize that if KIIS, WKSC, and WKQI were moved to the rhythmic panel like IMO they should be how much that would affect CHR Audience Impressions and the Billboard Hot 100?
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Post by Marv on Sept 25, 2007 9:54:10 GMT -5
I can thing of a few other alleged CHR/Pop stations which are in the same boat, starting with the 'KISS' outlets in cities such as Jacksonville & Cincinnati, just to name a couple.
You can also add Indy's 'Radio Now' (WNOU) to that list.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 25, 2007 13:55:11 GMT -5
I can thing of a few other alleged CHR/Pop stations which are in the same boat, starting with the 'KISS' outlets in cities such as Jacksonville & Cincinnati, just to name a couple. You can also add Indy's 'Radio Now' (WNOU) to that list. I actually found 31 of these stations...they're listed in a thread on the CHR board called "CHR stations that aren't mainstream" About 10 of these "CHR" stations were COMPLETELY rhythmic (no rock or pop/rock at all), another 10 were completely rhythmic except for "Hey There Delilah" (this was a couple weeks ago), and another 10 were completely rhythmic except for "Hey There Delilah" and "Rockstar" In any case, someone make Mediabase put all these stations on the rhythmic panel...PLEASE!!!
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Post by johnm1120 on Sept 26, 2007 15:43:29 GMT -5
KIIS-FM just isn't what it used to be; ignoring both 'Makes Me Wonder' & 'The Sweet Escape' was flat-out asinine, as those were easily the two best pop singles of the summer of 2007. The reason KIIS ignored those songs is that KIIS is not CHR pop it's rhythmic!! Are there any songs KIIS plays that aren't on the rhythmic chart? Also, do you guys realize that if KIIS, WKSC, and WKQI were moved to the rhythmic panel like IMO they should be how much that would affect CHR Audience Impressions and the Billboard Hot 100? They would'nt affect the Hot 100 audience, but the CHR audience would definitely give more songs a chance.
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 26, 2007 16:50:13 GMT -5
The reason KIIS ignored those songs is that KIIS is not CHR pop it's rhythmic!! Are there any songs KIIS plays that aren't on the rhythmic chart? Also, do you guys realize that if KIIS, WKSC, and WKQI were moved to the rhythmic panel like IMO they should be how much that would affect CHR Audience Impressions and the Billboard Hot 100? They would'nt affect the Hot 100 audience, but the CHR audience would definitely give more songs a chance. Oh I get it...if they were moved to rhythmic, they still would have equal weight on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart
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