Is there any other markets besides Philadelphia and Seattle where rock does very well on the radio?
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Rock music popularity
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WDVE (classic rock) has been the highest rated station in the Pittsburgh market for several years, and even shows up in the ratings of at least one adjacent market as well.
I have a feeling the OP was referring to dead-genre-walking current rock rather than the dinosaur variety. The migration of the suburban white male in his teens and twenties to rhythmic genres of popular music has turned rock into a niche genre among the demo it has traditionally appealed most to.
Yeah? Tell me you don't still get goosebumps and maybe a bit misty-eyed when Skynard rips into the first few bars of Free Bird!?!?!
Sure I do. But I'm 66.Yeah? Tell me you don't still get goosebumps and maybe a bit misty-eyed when Skynard rips into the first few bars of Free Bird!?!?!
Houston has KTBZ doing well.
In Washington, WWDC has been surging as of late.
Seattle- KISW is always looking strong. KNDD was doing great until Audacy started it's "nationalization"
WRIF in Detroit does very well.
KUPD in Phoenix gets very respectable ratings.
KXXR in Minneapolis is no slouch.
WXTB in Tampa. KIOZ in San Diego. The list goes on.
In Washington, WWDC has been surging as of late.
Seattle- KISW is always looking strong. KNDD was doing great until Audacy started it's "nationalization"
WRIF in Detroit does very well.
KUPD in Phoenix gets very respectable ratings.
KXXR in Minneapolis is no slouch.
WXTB in Tampa. KIOZ in San Diego. The list goes on.
iheart launced a new rock station in Chicago. And they are far behing WXRT and The Drive
In the Norfolk-Virginia Beach market, Active Rocker FM 99 WNOR and its sister station Classic Rocker 106.9 The Fox complement
each other really well. 99 features artists like Greta Van Fleet, Bad Wolves, The Pretty Reckless and LOTS of Linkin Park. Due to
the lack of enough new Active Rock material, 99 also plays bands like Zeppelin and Van Halen. The Fox plays Zeppelin and Van
Halen as well, but you'll also hear Skynard, The Allman Brothers, Seger and Hendrix. I think these two stations offer the perfect
blend for a southern locale with a huge military population.
each other really well. 99 features artists like Greta Van Fleet, Bad Wolves, The Pretty Reckless and LOTS of Linkin Park. Due to
the lack of enough new Active Rock material, 99 also plays bands like Zeppelin and Van Halen. The Fox plays Zeppelin and Van
Halen as well, but you'll also hear Skynard, The Allman Brothers, Seger and Hendrix. I think these two stations offer the perfect
blend for a southern locale with a huge military population.
It seems like you're more looking for failures to point out instead of the successes you asked for
No.Yeah? Tell me you don't still get goosebumps and maybe a bit misty-eyed when Skynard rips into the first few bars of Free Bird!?!?!
Some of us grew up on rhythmic music and never got into rock other than a few of the very "big" songs that got Top 40/CHR exposure.
In my case, in the home of the Rock Hall of Fame, I began working in radio at age 13 at an r&b station with a jazz sister FM. I then lived for three decades in Latin America and missed everything from Joplin to Fleetwood Mac and (Cleveland's own) Raspberries and U2 and R..E.M.
It's all about exposure. Today, there are very few rock sources that are mainstream or peer group acceptable for teens and young adults. So we have two full generations that are not rockcentric.
And, thus, no new generations of rock youth anywhere near the proportions of the later 60's well into the early 90's.
I think that the change in the awareness and appreciation of the music of other ethnic and cultural groups has contributed to this change, too.
KRXQ Sacramento
Locally (Cheyenne, WY), KPAW (classic rock), KAZY (active rock) and KBPI (hard rock) pulls in the ratings. I've been a fan of KPAW and the out of market station KQMT (classic rock) for ages, and they run their stations well, with limited ads.
Hubbard's combination of KSHE and KPNT in St Louis is a great example of how to do rock the right way.
No thanks. I never again want to hear 90 percent of the songs on Classic Rock formats. It's like hearing the same bad joke every day. Having to fake enthusiasm on the air talking about the same 200 songs was bad enough...Yeah? Tell me you don't still get goosebumps and maybe a bit misty-eyed when Skynard rips into the first few bars of Free Bird!?!?!
Yeah. KSHE is always on top. The hubbard rock stations in Phoenix also do well. New York City could use a rock station
Focusing on the top 50 markets:
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Phoenix
Minneapolis
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, et al.)
Houston
Baltimore
San Antonio
Kansas City
Portland
Columbus (not listed, but I'm pretty sure 99.7 The Blitz earns decent numbers, and we know WLVQ earns very good numbers)
Sacramento
San Diego
Considered including Cleveland -- WNCX earns incredible ratings and WMMS earns decent ratings -- but a lot of WMMS's hours are devoted to non-music programming.
Thanks, gents. Obviously my comment above was in response to CTListener's post and was only meant in jest.
My take on this would be Rock music is embraced mostly by a White audience, hardly any Blacks or Hispanics listen to Rock, with the exception of Mexican Rockers, who do like Rock music. Whereas, Black rhythmic music, including hip hip and Rap is embraced by White, Black, Asian and Hispanic listeners, This makes Rock music enjoyed by a much smaller group, this has been the case since day one, Why is this? does this make any sense?
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