2011 Predictions/Wish List

[azenergyfan]

Ok I thought I would start off this annual thread we seem to have on this board. Some are predictions and some our my wish list. Lets add to the list and see where we go with this ;-)

95.5 - fast forward to summer/fall I see FYI Fox News 95-5 while KYOT is on HD2

97.5 - We will know in a day or two for this station but I would say if they went Talk/AC hybird as MY FM 97-5 or even Alice 97-5 I would be happy. They already have the line up basically in place. I would just add possibly Matt and Ramona, Cooper Lawerce and John and Jeff to round out the lineup

95.1 - I would say turn this into Energy 95 FM. Do a mixture of chr/dance with the mexican twist.

92.3 - All news mornings are a thing of the past.. has to go sorry Ned and Connie. I would put Just Bruce in am drive, Beck middays, Ramsey early afternoons, Mac and Cheese pm drive, twist Kids arm and get him back in at nights ;-)

103.9 - Give us the history of alternative and open up your play list.

104.7 - Let the boys do more talking and less music. You have all day to play the hits....

 

[Wildstyle K]

I love Ned & Connie, but unfortunately, The Wallstreet Journal Report followed by Jim Sharpe, then Barry Young - all after Coast to Coast is a KILLER line up, that "goes hard", yo! But the Jim Bohannon show followed by Ned & Connie, THEN Bruce is very good competition. Sometimes the decision is hard. If I know I'm not going to be up early, then I keep it on 92.3 since I like them up to 12pm, while I like 550 up til 10am. I wouldn't change anything newstalk in the mornings, and you could imagine how putting Bruce earlier would affect me.

101.5 - start syndicating from wherever Sugarbear is going to be, and match his time slot time from whatever other station he may be at ;D regardless of how odd it would make the schedule line up be here in Phoenix! The station definitely will not be the same without him, although it will still pretty much be my favorite station - as long as the music doesn't flip too much at any point.

...I'll say more later.

 

[2Son]

OK, here it goes...

Although I TRULY miss Energy, I would keep the Beat on 92.7 as it is unique.

I like the idea of blowing up 95.1 and making it a CHR with a dance slant similar to what Power 92 was around '95.

I would keep Mix the way it is as its ratings show that it is doing something right.

I know Hot 97.5 has premiered and although I like that it has more variety, I'm not necessarily fond of its variety so far as it still seems like it doesn't know what it wants to be. Since I would have kept it a Rhythmic AC and flipped closer to something like 93.9 MIA in Miami where I could hear stuff like Stevie B, Sonique, Daft Punk, Alice Deejay, Deee-Lite, etc with newer stuff like Edward Maya, Taio Cruz, September, Usher, The Black-Eyed Peas, etc...only I would ALSO add it stuff like Sick Puppies, Filter, Radiohead, Coldplay and older stuff like Depeche Mode, the Cure, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, etc..to it.

I don't know what to say about KKFR. Keep it Hip/Hop, but I won't be listening to it.

I would turn 98.7 the Peak into an AAA or Modern.

If 95.1 wasn't changed, I would turn KZON into a CHR with a dance slant.

I would keep KZZP the same way it is.

 

[KOHS]

92.3- I actually like KTAR's Morning Snooze. It's the only time I actually listen to KTAR for longer than 2 minutes. I'm a news/information junkie, so I like the all-news am drive. That said, I try to drop in and listen to what Arizona's Original Homeboy (Jim Sharpe) has to say.

95.5- I agree with you on this one. I think CC has to move KFYI to FM and KYOT to HD2.

103.9- I would love it if they were more like X96 in SLC. Now that is an awesome ALT station!

 

[EricStein]

92.3- I actually like KTAR's Morning Snooze. It's the only time I actually listen to KTAR for longer than 2 minutes. I'm a news/information junkie, so I like the all-news am drive. That said, I try to drop in and listen to what Arizona's Original Homeboy (Jim Sharpe) has to say.

Tell me there will be an end to six-hour Dave Ramsey marathons every weeknight in 2011!

95.5- I agree with you on this one. I think CC has to move KFYI to FM and KYOT to HD2.

Who would fill the AAA hole currently being filled by 95.5 HD2, or will they just move "The Music Summit" to 99.9 HD2?

Other questions to ask:
Will the new format on 97.5 make it past July before it becomes "Lite 97.5, Soft and Easy Favorites?"
Will more schlock replace Dr. Laura come Monday on 1100?
Will The Fan 1060 move their studios permanently to the back lot of Right Toyota?

 

[Ford]

Prediction for 2011:

There will not be a (fill in the blank)/dance hybrid station in Phoenix.

Wish List:

Can you please stop wishing for a (fill in the blank)/dance hybrid station in Phoenix?

I mean, I get it...some of you think that a dance station will completely re-invigorate this market, the format, and next thing you know all the kids will be listening to dance...

But it ain't gonna happen.

Same thing with AAA.

 

[DJ_Perry]

I mean, I get it...some of you think that a dance station will completely re-invigorate this market, the format, and next thing you know all the kids will be listening to dance...

Actually, the kids are starting to listen to dance, its 85 percent of what I play now at the dozens of private parties I spin at. This wasn't the case 5 years ago, or even 3. But I agree with Ford that nobody in the market will catch on anytime soon. Hell, perhaps the trend will die out by summer. But I can tell you that Energy came too soon. They would have been very fitting in 2010.

 

[2Son]

Prediction for 2011:

There will not be a (fill in the blank)/dance hybrid station in Phoenix.

Wish List:

Can you please stop wishing for a (fill in the blank)/dance hybrid station in Phoenix?

I mean, I get it...some of you think that a dance station will completely re-invigorate this market, the format, and next thing you know all the kids will be listening to dance...

But it ain't gonna happen.

Same thing with AAA.

Well, it seems as though this post was aimed at me, but this thread was a "Wish List" thread, was it not?? I understand that wishes don't always come true, but I've also been around almost 40 years to know how things can change unexpectedly. It's not as though this market hasn't seen dance music before, whether it be KZZP during the late 80's, Power 92 during its late 80's/early 90's, Power 92 around 1995, Markus Schulz Edge days, KISS early days (Amber, Sonique, etc), Energy 92.7 days...While Energy did come too soon, it also came during a time when hip/hop was the standard on CHR and it lasted for 6.5 years.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Agreed. I too am realistic, but I don't understand why certain close minded posters knock the idea. It's not that much of a stretch. As 2Son just pointed out, the format was supported on Phx FM (in many forms) dating back to the 80s. So why wouldn't it be the obvious choice when everything on the charts is now uptempo? Like I said, I realize is not the big corporate cookie cutter standard package. But with the right balance, it could have a chance.

 

[KOHS]

I personally enjoy dance music...in small doses. I would definitely dedicate a preset to a dance station, but it wouldn't always be my first, second, or third choice.

 

[ThePasswordIs...]

I would love to see someone pick up the new Modern AC format that Seattle just launched. Click sounds REALLY good! It isn't AAA, more of a true Modern AC where is zigs toward Alternative where Mix Zags toward Pop.

 

[Ford]

Well, it seems as though this post was aimed at me...

Not exactly. There has long been a contingent of posters on this board who longed for a dance station.

It's not as though this market hasn't seen dance music before.../quote]

Yes, but there's a difference between a few songs played on hit music stations, and a viable format made up of just those types of songs. Nothing wrong with a station playing dance songs that cross over into the mainstream, or even having a specialty show featuring dance, but a 24/7 format?

While Energy did come too soon, it also came during a time when hip/hop was the standard on CHR and it lasted for 6.5 years.

I'm sorry, but I'm just not buying the whole "Energy came to soon/at the wrong time" argument. As you said, Energy hung on for six and a half years, yet if I remember correctly the station hovered in the 1 share arena the entire time. I mean, it is a credit to them that they kept it alive that long despite low ratings, but if a format doesn't catch on after six years, it isn't gonna catch on period.

I guess that makes me "close-minded."

 

[Saladressing]

I personally enjoy dance music...in small doses. I would definitely dedicate a preset to a dance station, but it wouldn't always be my first, second, or third choice.

I personally enjoy dance music...in large doses. I would definitely dedicate a preset to a dance station, and just like Energy was it would always be my first choice. Actually Energy took up my first two presets because I would always hit both 92.7 and 101.1 to see which one came in clearer depending on which part of the Valley I was in

 

[azenergyfan]

and I thought I was the only one where the first two presets were energy. damm I miss that little station ;-)

 

[DJ_Perry]

Energy hung on for six and a half years, yet if I remember correctly the station hovered in the 1 share arena the entire time.....but if a format doesn't catch on after six years, it isn't gonna catch on period.

The frequency barely does better now playing hip hop....reason being: its a rimshot signal. If Energy had lived on a stronger transmitter at a time like now when dance is actually on the charts, it obviously would show in ratings. As far as the format not catching on.....after the station signed off in late 2008, that also marked the uprise of electronic influences being present in Rhythmic Hits (LMFAO, Pitbull, Kid Cudi, Gaga, and so on). Since then, it seems that trend is still growing and the station didn't even witness such a benefit. How can anyone miss this argument?

 

[2Son]

Energy hung on for six and a half years, yet if I remember correctly the station hovered in the 1 share arena the entire time.....but if a format doesn't catch on after six years, it isn't gonna catch on period.

The frequency barely does better now playing hip hop....reason being: its a rimshot signal. If Energy had lived on a stronger transmitter at a time like now when dance is actually on the charts, it obviously would show in ratings. As far as the format not catching on.....after the station signed off in late 2008, that also marked the uprise of electronic influences being present in Rhythmic Hits (LMFAO, Pitbull, Kid Cudi, Gaga, and so on). Since then, it seems that trend is still growing and the station didn't even witness such a benefit. How can anyone miss this argument?

 

[Ford]

The frequency barely does better now playing hip hop....reason being: its a rimshot signal.

Sorry, but "its a rimshot signal" doesn't fly in a market where Howard Stern routinely pulled down 7 shares on a "rimshot signal."

If Energy had lived on a stronger transmitter at a time like now when dance is actually on the charts, it obviously would show in ratings.

If dance were such an amazing and unstoppable format, signal limitations and "the charts" would not have stopped it.

As far as the format not catching on.....after the station signed off in late 2008, that also marked the uprise of electronic influences being present in Rhythmic Hits (LMFAO, Pitbull, Kid Cudi, Gaga, and so on). Since then, it seems that trend is still growing and the station didn't even witness such a benefit. How can anyone miss this argument?

Again, you're confusing a few hits with a movement, and a niche with a format.

 

[DJ_Perry]

I'm simply saying such a station would have a better chance Today vs. 5 years ago. I know you can't be convinced....so Agree to disagree

 

[Ford]

I'm simply saying such a station would have a better chance Today vs. 5 years ago. I know you can't be convinced....so Agree to disagree

I'm simply saying 5 years ago, today, or 5 years from now it isn't enough to sustain a station 24/7. I can be convinced, though...if you can create a 24/7 dance station or heavily dance-leaning CHR that blows away KISS, Jamz, and any other station in the market, I'm sold.

 

[DJ_Perry]

But the subject is not even about blowing any other station away. None of us have predicted such nonsense. All we have said is "Now" would be a better time for a station to try it and execute the format correctly with the right balance. Then maybe it would get enough ratings to create some revenue. Obviously not to get rich, but to fill a void and create a large enough buzz to stick around. Perhaps I'm a bit too biased, but I've noticed a rise in uptempo music in numerous outlets.