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WBOS Playlist/Artist Separation

leethalweapon

leethalweapon

So I was looking at the WBOS playlist, and noted the the short separation of artists, about 90 minutes, and the lack of artist diversity... Is it always that tight?

  • 6:46 AM Eruption/You Really Got Me—Van Halen
  • 6:37 AM Would?—Alice In Chains
  • 6:34 AM Yer So Bad—Tom Petty
  • 6:30 AM I Will Buy You A New Life—Everclear
  • 6:26 AM Sweet Emotion—Aerosmith
  • 6:22 AM Longview—Green Day
  • 6:16 AM Patience—Guns N Roses
  • 6:08 AM What I Got—Sublime
  • 6:03 AM You've Got Another Thing Comin'—Judas Priest
  • 5:59 AM I Got ID—Pearl Jam
  • 5:54 AM Just What I Needed—Cars
  • 5:50 AM My Hero—Foo Fighters
  • 5:46 AM Start Me Up—Rolling Stones
  • 5:42 AM Under The Bridge—Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • 5:31 AM Fool In The Rain—Led Zeppelin
  • 5:26 AM Killing In The Name—Rage Against The Machine
  • 5:21 AM Tom Sawyer—Rush
  • 5:18 AM Last Resort—Papa Roach
  • 5:14 AM Behind Blue Eyes—Who
  • 5:04 AM Creep—Stone Temple Pilots
  • 5:00 AM 1979—Smashing Pumpkins
  • 4:56 AM Sharp Dressed Man—ZZ Top
  • 4:50 AM Rooster—Alice In Chains
  • 4:36 AM Paradise City—Guns N Roses
  • 4:33 AM Buddy Holly—Weezer
  • 4:27 AM Bohemian Rhapsody—Queen
  • 4:24 AM The Impression That I Get—Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • 4:20 AM Finish What Ya Started—Van Halen
  • 4:16 AM Chop Suey!—System of a Down
  • 4:05 AM Hells Bells—Ac/Dc
  • 4:01 AM Scar Tissue—Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • 3:56 AM Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)—Journey
  • 3:50 AM Whole Lotta Love—Led Zeppelin
  • 3:46 AM White Wedding—Billy Idol
  • 3:35 AM Burden In My Hand—Soundgarden
  • 3:26 AM Slow Ride—Foghat
  • 3:22 AM Mysterious Ways—U2
  • 3:19 AM My Michelle—Guns N Roses
  • 3:14 AM Lithium—Nirvana
  • 3:10 AM Come Together—Aerosmith
  • 3:05 AM Epic—Faith No More
  • 3:00 AM Yellow Ledbetter—Pearl Jam
  • 2:55 AM Cult Of Personality—Living Colour
  • 2:52 AM The Waiting—Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  • 2:48 AM Inside Out—Eve 6
  • 2:45 AM Dance The Night Away—Van Halen
  • 2:42 AM Disarm—Smashing Pumpkins
  • 2:37 AM Owner Of A Lonely Heart—Yes
  • 2:32 AM Enter Sandman—Metallica
  • 2:28 AM Seven Nation Army—White Stripes
  • 2:24 AM Rock & Roll—Led Zeppelin
  • 2:19 AM Thunderstruck—Ac/Dc
  • 2:17 AM Crazy Little Thing Called Love—Queen
  • 2:12 AM Mama, I'm Coming Home—Ozzy Osbourne
  • 2:08 AM Cant Stop—Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • 2:02 AM Edge of 17—Stevie Nicks
  • 1:59 AM Flagpole Sitta—Harvey Danger
  • 1:52 AM Hotel California—Eagles
  • 1:47 AM Lightning Crashes—Live
  • 1:44 AM The Middle—Jimmy Eat World
  • 1:40 AM Dream On—Aerosmith
  • 1:35 AM You Don't Know How It Feels—Tom Petty
  • 1:33 AM Dumb—Nirvana
 
What I see is a pretty standard format built around some core artists. So obviously Petty, Zepplin, Van Halen, and Aerosmith are the core artists. Then you rotate in the rest around those core. Fans of this music tend to be fans of those core artists. If you're a Petty fan, you want to hear one of his song every time you tune in. So the rotation is built around average tune-in, not someone listening for 12 hours straight. I think if you look at WKLB's playlist, they'll have Luke Bryan or Blake Shelton at least once every 90 minutes for the exact same reason. Maybe even more frequently.
 
My one question, as successful as Beasley, (and former Greater Media) is, how come their playlists, but especially particular to WBOS, regardless of format, always tends to be standardized?
 
TheBigA said:
What I see is a pretty standard format built around some core artists. So obviously Petty, Zepplin, Van Halen, and Aerosmith are the core artists. Then you rotate in the rest around those core. Fans of this music tend to be fans of those core artists. If you're a Petty fan, you want to hear one of his song every time you tune in. So the rotation is built around average tune-in, not someone listening for 12 hours straight. I think if you look at WKLB's playlist, they'll have Luke Bryan or Blake Shelton at least once every 90 minutes for the exact same reason. Maybe even more frequently.
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A half hour between Kenny Chesney songs ("How Forever Feels" at 12:01 and "Knowing You" at 12:29) and a mere two hours (8:54 and 11:03) between spins of Luke Combs' "Forever After All," which isn't even his current single!
 
TheBigA said:
What does one thing have to do with the other?
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Well gee, isn't the immediate management of both the station and the cluster more or less the same, or has that changed with the new ownership also? Stop thinking so literally about stuff, ok?
 
TheBigA said:
Then explain what you mean
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I'm rolling my eyes right now. You said the station has a "standard" classic rock format. He asked why Beasley needs to standardize its formats/playlists across its various stations -- in other words, with no allowance made for local tastes or preferences. I think that's pretty obvious, and I have a strong tendency to take things literally as well. I call BS on your failure to make a connection here.
 
CTListener said:
I'm rolling my eyes right now. You said the station has a "standard" classic rock format. He asked why Beasley needs to standardize its formats/playlists across its various stations -- in other words, with no allowance made for local tastes or preferences.
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The word "standard" applies to the rotation. Not the specific artists. Is Tom Petty the most played at all of their classic rock stations? Probably not. Format and playlist are not the same thing. And I don't understand why the success of the company should have anything to do with playlist.

CTListener said:
A half hour between Kenny Chesney songs ("How Forever Feels" at 12:01 and "Knowing You" at 12:29) and a mere two hours (8:54 and 11:03) between spins of Luke Combs' "Forever After All," which isn't even his current single!
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Forever After All was his previous single, and looking nationally, it's still getting spins as though it's a current. It's likely to become the #1 song of the year. As I said, the point is to have a song by one of the core artists whenever people tune in. If that's every half hour or every two hours, that's what you do
 
TheBigA said:
Forever After All was his previous single, and looking nationally, it's still getting spins as though it's a current. It's likely to become the #1 song of the year.
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If it isn't, then Chris Young and Kane Brown's "Famous Friends" is. It's still in power rotation at a couple of stations I listen to and has been since late spring.
 
TheBigA said:
The word "standard" applies to the rotation. Not the specific artists. Is Tom Petty the most played at all of their classic rock stations? Probably not. Format and playlist are not the same thing. And I don't understand why the success of the company should have anything to do with playlist.
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Then you're saying that Aerosmith might be a core artist only in Boston and nearby Northeastern markets? Do you know for sure about either Petty or that band?
 
CTListener said:
Then you're saying that Aerosmith might be a core artist only in Boston and nearby Northeastern markets? Do you know for sure about either Petty or that band?
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I don't but Aerosmith seems obvious given the band's heritage in the area. In another thread I compared WBOS playlist with WZLX, and said it's no wonder ZLX is killing BOS based on the songs in the playlist.

CTListener said:
If it isn't, then Chris Young and Kane Brown's "Famous Friends" is. It's still in power rotation at a couple of stations I listen to and has been since late spring.
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Looking at Billboard this week, Chris Young is #1 recurrent with 18.5 million in audience, which would make it a Top 10 song if it was a current. Forever After All is 15.8 million, which would chart at #11. Chase Rice is also spinning as a Top 10 song.
 
TheBigA said:
I don't but Aerosmith seems obvious given the band's heritage in the area.



Looking at Billboard this week, Chris Young is #1 recurrent with 18.5 million in audience, which would make it a Top 10 song if it was a current. Forever After All is 15.8 million, which would chart at #11. Chase Rice is also spinning as a Top 10 song.
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Now just remember, back in the day, before actual airplay monitoring, the charts relied on playlists, and they did not reflect recurrents whatsoever.
 
TheBigA said:
I don't but Aerosmith seems obvious given the band's heritage in the area. In another thread I compared WBOS playlist with WZLX, and said it's no wonder ZLX is killing BOS based on the songs in the playlist.
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WZLX has been a proudly Boston classic rock station from the start. As it's changed hands over the years, its owners have all been wise to respect that.
 
CTListener said:
WZLX has been a proudly Boston classic rock station from the start. As it's changed hands over the years, its owners have all been wise to respect that.
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I seem to remember they were "Classic Hits" at the begining. They even ran Barry Scott's Lost 45's show.
 
I can confirm the WBOS playlist is very different than the Beasley classic rock stations in Detroit and Philly.

It is most similar to 98.7 in the Tampa Bay area.
 
Wimmmex said:
I seem to remember they were "Classic Hits" at the begining. They even ran Barry Scott's Lost 45's show.
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Yes, I do remember that, however they always were of the "Classic Rock," genre. They started ingraining that moniker by the beginning of 1990. I believe that they initially called themselves "Boston's Classic Rocker!", then evolved into something like "Boston's Classic Rock" instead.
 
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