I have noticed in several markets and here that some older songs have been appearing on playlists where they weren't before. For example, a lot of CHRs and Hot ACs spin Bye Bye Bye and I Want it That Way from 1999/2000 when those songs were off playlists say 10 years ago. I even see Z100 in New York spin things like Complicated by Avril Lavigne from 2002, though it was around Hot AC for a while that one.
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Older songs resurfacing on current based formats.
- Thread starter tall_guy1
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Yep. Nobody wants to be a pop star anymore, so pop stations are starved for good product.
Everybody wants to be on country now. For a particular famous example, Beyonce.
Everybody wants to be on country now. For a particular famous example, Beyonce.
It all sounds the same.
Your post is a reminder of how times have changed. When I was listening to top-40 radio in the 1970s (and you can hear it on old airchecks on several sites now), a lot of old songs, even songs that didn't really sound comfortably good with the currents that were being played, were being played by these stations. If I had to make a guess, I'd say that the CHR stations involved in adding the late 1990s and early 2000s hits to the playlist are trying to keep older members of their audience listening instead of tuning into a classic or even a 90s hits (yes, there are a few of those around) outlet.I have noticed in several markets and here that some older songs have been appearing on playlists where they weren't before. For example, a lot of CHRs and Hot ACs spin Bye Bye Bye and I Want it That Way from 1999/2000 when those songs were off playlists say 10 years ago. I even see Z100 in New York spin things like Complicated by Avril Lavigne from 2002, though it was around Hot AC for a while that one.
I remember hearing Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner" from 1977 on CHR WKZQ in Myrtle Beach SC in 1983. although WKZQ was rock when the song was first popular and maybe it was still playing some songs from when it was tock. Also ELO's "Turn to Stone" from 1977 but all I remember is that it was after the switch to CHR. And since we didn't have an FM radio in the car until 1983, it was probably after that.
Aren't CHR formats mostly attracting 25-54 now instead of 18-34? That's why. The teenagers who listened to Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber a decade ago are now all in that age group.
As people get older their musical tastes become more mature, or at least that's the hope.Aren't CHR formats mostly attracting 25-54 now instead of 18-34? That's why. The teenagers who listened to Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber a decade ago are now all in that age group.
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