Best Rhythmic Station?

[J. Rob]

A lot of Rhythmic stations seem to lean very urban....I'm looking for a station that plays a variety of rhythmic hits. The best one I've heard so far is WBBM in Chicago, but even they seem to lean slightly Urban.

[tico]

I'm not really into rhythmic that much, but I can agree with B96. They do at least play some popular music. When I was in Chicago last year, they did play Taylor Swift and All American Rejects. Many rhythmics wouldn't give them the light of day.

[countryfan2002]

WJFX

[Au$tin]

WKHT, KHXT, and KIKI are probably what I would pick as the best rhythmic stations.

[J. Rob]

^^^Thanks

www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/playlist/station/KIKI-FM

KIKI is exactly what I was looking for. They play a very good mix of pop and hip hop, and instead of filling their 40s with recurrents (which is one of the main things that bother me about Urbans, Rhythmics and CHRs), they put songs down there that may be considered "too urban" for your typical rhythmic station. And those songs are actually on the rhythmic chart (mainly because of the urbans that report to the rhythmic panel, but still......)

[realdeal]

1) Hot 93.7 Hartford CT. 2) Hot 97 NYC. 3) 102 Jamz N.C. 4) KMEL S.F. 5) WPGC D.C. OK I like Rhythmic stations that are heavy on Hip Hop & R&B .

[Oɴʟуßoy®]

Hot 97 in NY is basically urban. The only Pop act they play is Rihanna.

[tico]

Lots of stations like Hot 97 are probably urbans who disguise themselves as rhythmic. It's done as a way to attract more advertisers that otherwise wouldn't advertise.

[J. Rob]

^^^which why you see strictly urban songs like "Love All Over Me" or "Blowing Money Fast" on the rhythmic chart even though a true rhythmic station wouldn't touch those songs with a 10 foot pole

[Sir Benji]

no that's actually not correct those songs are Urban hits that's why they are on the Rhythmic chart the chart's original name was Rhythm-Crossover, it was later renamed to it's current name which is the Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic radio is a CHR format it usually plays Rhythmic-leaning pop hits, dance & Urban hits.

If you ask me Rhythmic is starting to stabilize back to the way it was in the 90's

[J. Rob]

I don't know....whenever I check the Rhythmic song chart leaders on mediabase, the stations that play non-crossover urban artists like Rick Ross, Jazmine Sullivan, Monica, and Young Jeezy tend to have VERY urban playlists. They don't play a lot of pop (if any). And the stations that play rhythmic pop (Gaga, Kesha, Jason Derulo, Justin Bieber) usually ignore urban artists who don't crossover. It's hard to find a station that balances the two.

[onefrayedrepublic]

May 7, 2010 12:25:04 GMT -5 @tico said:

I'm not really into rhythmic that much, but I can agree with B96. They do at least play some popular music. When I was in Chicago last year, they did play Taylor Swift and All American Rejects. Many rhythmics wouldn't give them the light of day.

And Taylor Swift is wanted on a rhythmic station for what reason?

[atlantaboy]

^Yeah wait...if you want to hear Taylor Swift and AAR, why would you listen to Rhythmic?

[tico]

Sept 25, 2010 10:12:19 GMT -5 onefrayedrepublic said:

May 7, 2010 12:25:04 GMT -5 @tico said:

I'm not really into rhythmic that much, but I can agree with B96. They do at least play some popular music. When I was in Chicago last year, they did play Taylor Swift and All American Rejects. Many rhythmics wouldn't give them the light of day.

And Taylor Swift is wanted on a rhythmic station for what reason?

Maybe because "Love Story" was popular at the time? I remember B96 playing "Ironic" when it was a hit back in 1996. Some rhythmic stations will play out-of-format songs if it's a big hit. Even the late 95.5 the Beat in Atlanta played "I'm Yours" from Jason Mraz.