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1st impressions of NASH

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Admittedly, I'm not a country music listener (although I worked in country radio for a few years back in the 90s.) I listened for about 30 minutes today and I have to admit I did not recognize one song! I find that strange only because I hear "country" tunes on the pop stations. Why wont they play them on NASH? Shouldn't they try to get some of those people (ie; women) who love the crossovers to tune in? Plus, since there are no jocks, I have no idea what song I'm hearing or who is singing it.

Plus, I HATE the singing jingles. They just don't sound right to me. Kind of off-key or something?

C- Cumulus on your effort. I hope it gets better.
 
If you hear a crossover country song on a CHR or A/C, chances are it's already played out on country radio.

I don't think the jingles are that bad. Seems like the new style of jingles -- some quick musical notes and a logo. Not the orchestral masterpieces of yesteryear.

I actually think Nash FM sounds pretty decent. Good playlist, tight production.
 
It is so nice to have something different on the air in New York. WHN and WYNY were great personality driven stations. With 94.7 the flagship of their new National network, I wonder how much local content will be on the station.

I'm looking forward to hearing air talent on WNSH(WRXP).
 
You admit that you don't listen to country, so of course you don't recognize any songs. I do listen to country and I have recognized almost every song so far. It all makes sense, actually.
 
I have been listening online and appreciate the fact that they have some songs that go back as far as 2000 or so. Still modern, but modern classics. I recognize the whole playlist, as i am sure most everyone who they are aiming at does. It's a Modern Take on Country Radio, people need to understand that this is not 1996 anymore. While WHN and WYNY were legends in their own right this is not going to be like they were. Time has moved on.
 
This is only the opinion of Kevin L. Sealy. Radio sounds better if most stations, especially music stations should have local air talent instead of syndicated programs. Music radio was always local and should remain local.

The best thing about music radio in New York and mostly in other major cities is that the air talent has a connection with their audience and visa versa.






Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
 
Kevin L. Sealy said:
This is only the opinion of Kevin L. Sealy. Radio sounds better if most stations, especially music stations should have local air talent instead of syndicated programs. Music radio was always local and should remain local.

The best thing about music radio in New York and mostly in other major cities is that the air talent has a connection with their audience and visa versa.


Unfortunately it's 2013. Cumulus will use this to replace a number of country brands, starting first in their smaller markets. Expect this trend to continue into their other formats as well.






Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
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They should do country like it is done in Boston or Philly...

Both of these cities now have highly rated FM country stations after decades of country failing in both places. If you listen to them they share one trait: They are classy sounding stations with loads of local personality.

Cumeless has neither the money nor the desire to do country this way and ultimately they will wind up with an 'also ran' station as a result. It'll hover just out of the top 10 and make just enough profit to justify its existance.

Just watch...
 
Just like retail, banking, hospitality, it's all about a low head count. Labor costs, sadly, have created this environment. From a business perspective you can't blame any company for needing to save pennies in more non traditional ways than before. This is not the 1980's and early 90's....this is now, and this is reality. If you ask most listeners I would doubt they pay any attention to who is on the air other than in mornings and afternoon. If we owned a huge company in this economy we'd likely make these same decisions. The bottom line doesn't come easy anymore.
 
Okay, I'm out here in Los Angeles, not in New York, but we, too, were without a country station for a while after KZLA dropped country in 2006 and became rhythmic hits KMVN, "Movin' 93.9." KKGO switched from classical to country in 2007. But in 2006, three of the four largest radio markets had no country station: New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. (Chicago had WUSN.) But when WHN (1970s-80s) and WYNY (1990s) had a country format, didn't they have the largest audience of any country station in the US? Why didn't they last longer?
 
LARadioRewind said:
But when WHN (1970s-80s) and WYNY (1990s) had a country format, didn't they have the largest audience of any country station in the US? Why didn't they last longer?
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...because in a market of 16 million it is a lot easier to cume over a million (in diary days) than it was in SF or Chicago or LA.

So a country station in NY might have had less than a 2 share in NY, but still have the highest cume of any country station in the US.
 
Emmis wanted to put an all sports format on WHN. Most music formats were moving over to FM by 1987,when they made the switch. WHN was still doing well. WYNY switched from AC to Country the day WHN stopped playing country.

In WYNY's case, Evergreen Media thought a rhythmic CHR would do better than the country format on 103.5. Obviously, they were right.

Neither WHN or WYNY were doing badly at the time. Their owners thought they would do better with different formats.
 
They will need to put a good signal into the city and maybe Westchester and the Island. They already have a good signal in Jersey. The suburban commuters will be key to their success.
 
Look for the call letters to be changed to WNSH in the very near future, according to tonight's edition of Country Aircheck, which everybody reading this should read ASAP.
 
ansky212 said:
You admit that you don't listen to country, so of course you don't recognize any songs. I do listen to country and I have recognized almost every song so far. It all makes sense, actually.
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But remember. Country has not been on the NY market since 199?. So, if they are looking for some new listeners that might not be that familiar with country, shouldn't they start off playing more crossover hits? I know I would.
 
I can't get those jingles out of my head lol I'm loving it here in Boston.
 
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