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Hot 93.3

I think Cumulus might not think there's enough daylight between KZPS and KVIL to allow a hard rock station to be viable. They also already have two heavily male skewing stations in the cluster in KTCK and WBAP.

Cumulus placed hard rock on 93.9 in Indianapolis, and after showing some good numbers in the first 18 months (given the signal limitations especially), the ratings these days are pretty crappy. Rock usually performs pretty well in that part of the country, too. That result and especially the disaster known as Rock 100.5 in Atlanta (a horrendously programmed station - I'm happy it's been put out of its misery) probably have Cumulus trigger shy when it comes to launching another Rock station.
 
I'm noticing more harder rock (Ozzy/Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Judas Priest) and even 90s (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, RHCP, Nirvana) entering in the KZPS library since the Eagle's demise. I've said earlier that The Bone should come back on 93.3 but now that I'm seeing KZPS playing what the Bone has played 20 years ago, I'm sure that won't happen either.
 
MarkW said:
I think Cumulus might not think there's enough daylight between KZPS and KVIL to allow a hard rock station to be viable. They also already have two heavily male skewing stations in the cluster in KTCK and WBAP.

Cumulus placed hard rock on 93.9 in Indianapolis, and after showing some good numbers in the first 18 months (given the signal limitations especially), the ratings these days are pretty crappy. Rock usually performs pretty well in that part of the country, too. That result and especially the disaster known as Rock 100.5 in Atlanta (a horrendously programmed station - I'm happy it's been put out of its misery) probably have Cumulus trigger shy when it comes to launching another Rock station.
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Huge difference between Breaking Benjamin and Blink 182
 
Can they not at least get a better logo?

This station can’t really be called 90s/00s. They play PLENTY of songs from the 2010s (more than 90s) and also play AC currents. Where is this “90s/00s” format title coming from?
 
lanceventa said:
Looking at the station's Mediabase logs, the station was in the middle of a stopset at 3:55 and did not play Let's Get It On.

Is it possible what you heard was stream filler or music in a spot?
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Stream filler seems likely. I remember when XM carried WSIX from Nashville and used Brooks & Dunn's "Red Dirt Road" at the same time practically every other hour for weeks on end, and that time coincided with a long stopset on the station's terrestrial signal.
 
lanceventa said:
Looking at the station's Mediabase logs, the station was in the middle of a stopset at 3:55 and did not play Let's Get It On.

Is it possible what you heard was stream filler or music in a spot?
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This was according to Tunegenie on Hot 93.3’s website that they played Let’s Get It On at 3:55pm
 
101tm said:
This station can’t really be called 90s/00s. They play PLENTY of songs from the 2010s (more than 90s) and also play AC currents. Where is this “90s/00s” format title coming from?
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There's nothing more 90s/2000s than Drake, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, and Justin Bieber playing on an iPhone via Bluetooth speaker while the kids are playing Fortnite on a 80" LED-screen TV, spinning fidget spinners, and enjoying their gluten-free vegan snacks.... according to Hot 93.3.
 
Bob Sugar said:
In 2023, in terrestrial radio, how much is going from a .6 to 1.0 share really worth?

I am in LOVE with watching the dumpster fires.
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The thing about it is that Cumulus has 4 stations in the Top 10. So who cares if one is in the toilet? Not every station can be #1. Every group has a loser. iHeart has KEGL. You can't view this as though each station is individually owned. That's not how radio works anymore.
 
Bob Sugar, do you realize that 93.3 struggles in the ratings cause it's got a disadvantage of being a rimshot station instead of the full power stations like KEGL and KVIL and also not to mention that this market has changed and rock music isn't popular in the top billing formats due to it's divide as some have mentioned the DFW board hence why The Eagle died, because it lost it's demo to KVIL, and Russ Martin dying, Clo Ryborn being arrested and sentenced to prison for being a pedo who had child porn on his computer and the fact The Mavs now call 97.1 their radio home and they flipped to a sports/guy talk format to cater to the Dallas Mavericks radio network. in this market, Rock radio is too niche to survive on a mainstream radio stick and if that's why you want to laugh at 97.1 or 93.3 failing, newsflash, you don't work at the companies that run these stations (and i don't either), there have been members on here that have worked in the industry and one of the mods/admin on here (DavidEduardo) knows what he's talking about cause he's been in it directly. it's up to to those who run radio stations to make the decision to flip stations formats, pick the format, program it and figure out if it's working or not. plus Rock Radio is dying anyway.
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
... newsflash, you don't work at the companies that run these stations (and i don't either), there have been members on here that have worked in the industry and one of the mods/admin on here (DavidEduardo) knows what he's talking about cause he's been in it directly. it's up to to those who run radio stations to make the decision to flip stations formats, pick the format, program it and figure out if it's working or not. plus Rock Radio is dying anyway.
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Thanks for the compliment, but this site is filled with current and former radio people who all "know what they are talking about". And we don't always agree, but there is no one "right way" in radio.

You are right about rock being a declining format. The market is now just 45% non-Hispanic white. People under 40 to 45 are seldom into rock compared to 3 or 4 decades ago (yes, some are... but most are into rhythmic music today).

An example of how rock is fading and music is changing: today the Coachella festival announced its biggest headliner is Bad Bunny. That is a Puerto Rican reggaetón artist leading the bill at a festival that used to be mostly alternative with a bit of grunge and other similar stuff. Coachella attracts mostly 20-somethings as it is expensive so they have to lead with the biggest names of the moment. They are not the same as they used to be.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Thanks for the compliment, but this site is filled with current and former radio people who all "know what they are talking about". And we don't always agree, but there is no one "right way" in radio.

You are right about rock being a declining format. The market is now just 45% non-Hispanic white. People under 40 to 45 are seldom into rock compared to 3 or 4 decades ago (yes, some are... but most are into rhythmic music today).

An example of how rock is fading and music is changing: today the Coachella festival announced its biggest headliner is Bad Bunny. That is a Puerto Rican reggaetón artist leading the bill at a festival that used to be mostly alternative with a bit of grunge and other similar stuff. Coachella attracts mostly 20-somethings as it is expensive so they have to lead with the biggest names of the moment. They are not the same as they used to be.
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And Bad Bunny is about as big as you can get right now. I even heard Real 92.3 in Los Angeles playing his music.
 
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