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103.5 FM WMUZ SHOULD TRY A MAINSTREAM CHR [HIT MUSIC] RADIO FORMAT

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Human Numan

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103.5 FM WMUZ OWNED BY CRAWFORD BROADCASTING SHOULD TRY A MAINSTREAM CONTEMPORARY HITS RADIO FORMAT ON 103.5 FM HERE IN DETROIT, BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN FORMAT ON 103.5 WMUZ IS NOT DOING WELL WITH RATINGS.

DETROIT NEEDS A MAINSTREAM CHR-CONTEMPORARY HITS RADIO STATION BECAUSE CHANNEL 955 - 95.5 FM AND 98.7 AMP RADIO ARE NOT MAINSTREAM TOP 40 RADIO STATIONS.
 
Crawford Communications, the owner of WMUZ, is making profits and meeting their main goal which is to use boradcasting to being the Christian message to people. The station works. A format change is not in the cards for WMUZ.
 
Human Numan said:
DETROIT NEEDS A MAINSTREAM CHR-CONTEMPORARY HITS RADIO STATION BECAUSE CHANNEL 955 - 95.5 FM AND 98.7 AMP RADIO ARE NOT MAINSTREAM TOP 40 RADIO STATIONS.
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You must be joking. 95.5 and 98.7 are indeed Mainstream CHR stations. What do you think they are?

Also, please do not type in ALL CAPS.
 
95.5 is more of a rhythmic CHR. 98.7 is a mainstream CHR station. They're not going to move 103.5 to a CHR just because you want them to.

Besides, 103.5 has been a Christian music station for as long as I can remember.
 
Besides, religion format stations do not need (and never have) ratings...they make a ton of money selling the message and 1/4 blocks to wannabe religious broadcasters. old garner ted always paid his bills....
 
Both 95.5 and 98.7 are borderline Rhythmic to me. But that's just what works in Detroit. For listeners who like the pure pop/rock side of CHR radio, there's WDVD. Detroit does NOT need another station playing Adele, Katy Perry, and Rihanna. Where does the OP get these ridiculous ideas?

Pretty much the only glaring exception to Crawford's rule of programming religious or at least "family friendly" formats is Power 92 in Chicago. I may be forgetting some, but it seems like all their other non-religious stations are Oldies, Standards or some hybrid thereof. If WMUZ were to ever change to a secular format (which it wouldn't ever do), I would see it doing something like Crawford's various "Legends" stations before it would go CHR or Urban. (A "Legends" type format would be PERFECT on one of their HD side channels though.)

I personally would like a little more in the way of CCM music on WMUZ - none of the K-Love repeater stations around the Detroit metro are audible where I live, and Smile FM has a weak at best signal on 89.5 from Downriver - but if it ain't broke (meaning, if it's making money)... I do like the love songs show on Saturday nights though. :)
 
ChrisInMI said:
Both 95.5 and 98.7 are borderline Rhythmic to me. But that's just what works in Detroit. For listeners who like the pure pop/rock side of CHR radio, there's WDVD. Detroit does NOT need another station playing Adele, Katy Perry, and Rihanna. Where does the OP get these ridiculous ideas?

Pretty much the only glaring exception to Crawford's rule of programming religious or at least "family friendly" formats is Power 92 in Chicago. I may be forgetting some, but it seems like all their other non-religious stations are Oldies, Standards or some hybrid thereof. If WMUZ were to ever change to a secular format (which it wouldn't ever do), I would see it doing something like Crawford's various "Legends" stations before it would go CHR or Urban. (A "Legends" type format would be PERFECT on one of their HD side channels though.)

I personally would like a little more in the way of CCM music on WMUZ - none of the K-Love repeater stations around the Detroit metro are audible where I live, and Smile FM has a weak at best signal on 89.5 from Downriver - but if it ain't broke (meaning, if it's making money)... I do like the love songs show on Saturday nights though. :)
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Crawford Jr is the one that does the "Legends" format. Sr. does do Urban in Chicagoland, though.
 
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