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Post by shadster on May 22, 2009 17:08:51 GMT -5
I'm looking at the song log for WIHT (Hot 99.5 DC (CHR) for last night, thursday may 21st the 10pm an 11pm logs have songs from: Miami sound machine, Eurythmics, Savage garden, Rod Stewart, ELTON JOHN?!?, and The BEACH boys. I don't know what station log thats sopposed to be but its defintly NOT WIHT.
How can the logs get screwed up like that? I know its up to the station to report the log but I can't see IHT sending the wrong log. I think yes mixed it up w/ some other station. *shrug*
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Post by atlantaboy on May 22, 2009 17:43:22 GMT -5
^Lol from about 9:45-11:30 p. m. last night they apparently flipped to AC  - no clue what happened |
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Post by unicorns on May 22, 2009 18:20:22 GMT -5
You kidding me? Yes.com is the EPITOME of inaccurate! LOL.
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Post by cartman2002 on May 22, 2009 22:17:24 GMT -5
Huh? What do you mean JessieLou?
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on May 23, 2009 3:35:44 GMT -5
Lots of songs played are not listed on there and not just obscure ones. And sometimes when they are, it may not be the correct one. For example, they list Chicago's "Street Player" when The Bucketheads "The Bomb!" plays on KNGY 92.7. The latter track samples the former. Same with that new Pitbull song "I Know You Want Me". The instrumental for the Pitbull song is from that "75 Brazil Street" song and they list that one sometimes instead of the Pitbull track. KNGY plays both tracks, but sometimes they list the wrong one.
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Post by atlantaboy on May 23, 2009 7:12:08 GMT -5
^Yeah also noticed that lots of times when a station starts playin a track before its adds date yes.com just prints an icon with a blank song ID
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Post by shadster on May 23, 2009 8:00:34 GMT -5
So THATS where that '75 brazil street' comes from. I've seen it listed several times on WIHT, as well as on a few other stations. So its actually Pitbull.......
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Post by atlantaboy on May 23, 2009 12:21:06 GMT -5
For example, they list Chicago's "Street Player" when The Bucketheads "The Bomb!" plays on KNGY 92.7. The latter track samples the former. Wait so then stations def. don't report their own station logs then...either yes.com has fautly software that is programmed to ID only part of a track, or someone who works there sits and listens to the stations all day and sometimes confuses the songs lol |
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on May 23, 2009 14:41:55 GMT -5
So THATS where that '75 brazil street' comes from. I've seen it listed several times on WIHT, as well as on a few other stations. So its actually Pitbull....... It may just be that, but some stations are actually playing the "75 Brazil Street" one too. For a couple of stations on Mediabase, I have seen that happen too. |
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Post by Slinky on May 23, 2009 17:44:25 GMT -5
Wait so then stations def. don't report their own station logs then...either yes.com has fautly software that is programmed to ID only part of a track, or someone who works there sits and listens to the stations all day and sometimes confuses the songs lol It's faulty software. I've seen it happen with other sampled songs, but this is probably the most popular one. Both yes.com and BDS use software to ID the track. BDS's is a bit more advanced- there's some identifier embedded in the song. It seems like yes.com just takes a portion of the song and compares it to a big database of songs, which is why the sampled songs give errors. As far as I know, Mediabase is the only company with humans tracking spins. |
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Post by jazklash on May 23, 2009 19:42:56 GMT -5
As far as I know, Mediabase is the only company with humans tracking spins. Mediabase also does electronic tracking now. www.americasmusiccharts.com/ |
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Post by Slinky on May 23, 2009 19:57:15 GMT -5
Ah, interesting. I guess I hadn't kept up with them the past couple of years.
I know that earlier this decade, they were advertising for people to monitor stations. I was considering applying at one point before I got a "real job".
It did seem like kind of an anachronism in a world where everyone else was doing electronic tracking, but Mediabase tracking was always the most accurate so I guess the human tracking was worth it. BDS was always terrible at tracking mixshows and obscure songs.
I wonder if there's still a human element to Mediabase or if it's 100% electronic now.
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Post by Rurry on May 24, 2009 12:42:24 GMT -5
Yeah Yes.com isn't 100% reliable, there's some buggy problems a lot. Every once in a while z100's page gets hacked or something and it shows them playing random obscure songs over and over again LOL.
Spins are delayed sometimes too and sometimes don't show up at all.
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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on May 27, 2009 7:13:42 GMT -5
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Post by atlantaboy on May 27, 2009 11:24:42 GMT -5
Just 2 songs at 6am to 7am on Z100???? Probably fail... Could be cause of morning show though... (not sure how much music they play) |
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Post by Slinky on May 30, 2009 13:42:03 GMT -5
That sounds about right. There's not many songs during Elvis Duran's show on any station.
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Post by *Who Is?* on Jun 4, 2009 18:12:01 GMT -5
Yeah... WIHT totally turns into a Urban leaning CHR/Rhythmic on Saturday nights when it broadcasts from FUR Nightclub, YES.com dosen't report any of the songs once the broadcasts begins.
Yes.com seems to track the local go-go songs of DC urban stations 93.9 WKYS and WPGC 95.5
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Post by shadster on Jun 4, 2009 18:44:32 GMT -5
^^ If you look at the song log for saturday night, it does list the songs aired from Fur. Everytime I've checked, they've been listed. And from looking at it, it doesnt look all that rhythmic/urban. Although I can admit they do sometimes sound urban on that show.
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Post by *Who Is?* on Jun 4, 2009 19:43:32 GMT -5
Oh wow! This is the first time Ive seen the songs listed... thanks for telling me shadster! But yea, DC radio stations are just different from the rest of the country, lol
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