KOOL #1 in November

[DrAkbar]

Here's the 6+ http://ratings.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb057 The last "normal" month of the year, with Holiday programming taking over in December. That's when KEZ goes from single to double digit shares. Ho-Ho-Ho, indeed!

 

[landtuna]

Wow, Classic Hits and Classic Rock take 2 of the top 3 positions and the CR station is remarkably stable. Guess that other thread "Is Classic Rock Dying?" has its answer, in Phoenix anyway.

Also sad to see KOY went from some listeners to virtually none. They might as well turn their studios into a museum and charge a buck a pop for visitors. No doubt they'd make much more money than they do now.

Missing is my favorite, KESZ-FM HD2. Where can I call to register my vote?

 

[DJ_Perry]

Might be time for KNRJ to flip again. Didn't anyone tell them hip hop is dead over the last 4 years? Interesting how 96.9 shot back up to a 4.5, and 101.5 continues to lose traction after the silly name change. 98.7 also dropped a bit, must be all those currents. Perhaps all these AC stations should stop playing off the same list. Is there even a difference anymore between AC and Hot AC? Even 10 years ago it was 2 different sounds. Now its all the same Bruno, Maroon, Pink, Katy Perry, Taylor nonsense.

 

[DrAkbar]

Also sad to see KOY went from some listeners to virtually none. They might as well turn their studios into a museum and charge a buck a pop for visitors. No doubt they'd make much more money than they do now.

Au contraire, monsieur ...the beauty of all-bidniss radio is you don't need ratings. What ratings 12~Thirty had were probably darned close to impossible to sell. They now have plenty of free content and the ability to sell blocks of airtime to any gold, real estate or financial planner peddler that comes along. Plus don't forget the multi-vitamin and colon blow hucksters. Chances are they make more money selling an hour of airtime than what they got running spots on a music format.

Come to think of it, Nurse Jeff and I'd pay a buck to visit the Crackhouse on Buckeye...but only during daylight hours!

 

[radioresearcher]

Might be time for KNRJ to flip again. Didn't anyone tell them hip hop is dead over the last 4 years? Interesting how 96.9 shot back up to a 4.5, and 101.5 continues to lose traction after the silly name change. 98.7 also dropped a bit, must be all those currents. Perhaps all these AC stations should stop playing off the same list. Is there even a difference anymore between AC and Hot AC? Even 10 years ago it was 2 different sounds. Now its all the same Bruno, Maroon, Pink, Katy Perry, Taylor nonsense.

Hip-hop is dead? Really? Power 106 #2 18-34 in L.A. and KKFR #3 18-34 in Phoenix. KKFR with its two best books ever on 98.3 in Persons 18-49... add in another share and a half for hip-hop on KNRJ - looks pretty strong to me.

Mix is back up to a 4.5? They were a 7.0-8.0 share when PPM launched.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Hip-hop is dead? Really?

Yes in comparison to when it dominated CHR just as little as 5 years ago. Even P106 and P98 dabble with Pop titles, and heavily rely on gold material as the new wave of Urban releases have a much shorter life than mainstream ones.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Mix is back up to a 4.5? They were a 7.0-8.0 share when PPM launched.

I was referring to the last book, where they were under a 4 share. But yes, 4.5 is still low in comparison to their hey day when there weren't a dozen stations sharing their playlist.

 

[johndavis]

The more things change, the more it stays the same.

1991:
KKLT
KESZ
KVRY
KMXX
KPSN

Today:
KESZ
KMXP
KPKX
KMVA
KEXX

...and the market is as unimaginative now that you can hear Kelly Clarkson on 5 stations at once as it was when you could hear Steve Winwood on 5 stations simultaneously. Roll With It, baby.