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Tomorrow 3/16 at 5PM will mark the 5th Anniversary of HOT 93-7. It was a Friday. And they're still calling themselves "The All New Hot 93-7".

JD and Nancy were held over from the previous Dancin' Oldies format were retained after the format flip.

I remember listening to their show that Monday a woman called in saying she had dropped her car off at the garage to be repaired before she went to work on Friday and when she picked it up after 5PM and heard rap music she went back to the mechanic and said What did you do to my radio?

Prior to 93.7 flipping to hip-hop the only place to here Urban Music full-time were on two AM stations - JAMZ 910 and BLAZE 990. JAMZ 910 was mainly R&B and slow jams. Occasionally they'd play a rap song or two. BLAZE 990 mixed it up quite a bit. They'd play rap, r&b, old skool, and caribbean music. And most of the time they'd play a liner about the type of music they would play next. (Example they'd play a couple r&b songs then there would be a liner "Here comes more R&B. BLAZE 990" and then they'd play a few more r&b songs).

JAMZ 910 flipped to Spanish in May 2001. Blaze 990 still played urban music 6 days a week until September. New management of the station cut the music on Saturdays and replaced it with College Football Games from Westwood One. The station began it's official death march the week of Thanksgiving and completely died in December.
 
> Tomorrow 3/16 at 5PM will mark the 5th Anniversary of HOT
> 93-7. It was a Friday. And they're still calling themselves
> "The All New Hot 93-7".
>
> JD and Nancy were held over from the previous Dancin' Oldies
> format were retained after the format flip.
>
> I remember listening to their show that Monday a woman
> called in saying she had dropped her car off at the garage
> to be repaired before she went to work on Friday and when
> she picked it up after 5PM and heard rap music she went back
> to the mechanic and said What did you do to my radio?
>
> Prior to 93.7 flipping to hip-hop the only place to here
> Urban Music full-time were on two AM stations - JAMZ 910 and
> BLAZE 990. JAMZ 910 was mainly R&B and slow jams.
> Occasionally they'd play a rap song or two. BLAZE 990 mixed
> it up quite a bit. They'd play rap, r&b, old skool, and
> caribbean music. And most of the time they'd play a liner
> about the type of music they would play next. (Example
> they'd play a couple r&b songs then there would be a liner
> "Here comes more R&B. BLAZE 990" and then they'd play a few
> more r&b songs).
>
> JAMZ 910 flipped to Spanish in May 2001. Blaze 990 still
> played urban music 6 days a week until September. New
> management of the station cut the music on Saturdays and
> replaced it with College Football Games from Westwood One.
> The station began it's official death march the week of
> Thanksgiving and completely died in December.

I recall that change very well. For months, everyone on this board saw it happening. The demographics fit very well, and WNEZ' ratings were high for an AM running music that targetted a mostly FM demographic. It was really a question of who had the guts to do it: Infinity had killed "Dancin' Oldies" in Buffalo one month prior, and the Hartford station wasn't going anywhere in the ratings. The only weakness was that Infinity didn't have too much experience in running R/CHRs.

Finally, that Friday, Z-93.7 became Hot 93.7. And with that first ratings book, the station had jumped from worst to first (or 2nd or 3rd, but a huge jump nevertheless). The station was successful from the start; five years later, it's still here.
 
As an in-joke, the last song played on the old "Z-93.7" was Donna Summer's "Last Dance". Coincidence? I think not! I've heard the aircheck before. Anyways, I'm in full agreement with those here who wish they'd drop the "All New" moniker. (I'm only aware of the liners because people have it on at work all the time, while I myself don't listen to them anymore.)

Meanwhile, it's quietly the 2 1/2 year mark of "Power 104.1"! :)<P ID="signature">______________
The 2006 New York Yankees...on to title #27!</P>
 
Re: "Last Dance"

> As an in-joke, the last song played on the old "Z-93.7" was
> Donna Summer's "Last Dance". Coincidence? I think not!

It was the last song on pretty much all of the rhythmic oldies stations that changed format. I think the first station was KHOT in Phoenix which went Spanish in 1999, and most recently was WQSX in Boston, which went to variety hits in April 2005.
 
> The only weakness was that Infinity
> didn't have too much experience in
> running R/CHRs.

Didn't Infinity have a couple Rhythmic CHR in other markets already? I know 95.5 Jamz WPGC in Washington D.C., 102 Jamz in Orlando, FL, and B 96.3 in Chicago, IL were all around before Hot 93.7 came around. Infinity also had a great Urban station, Power 98 in Charlotte, NC.

As for Hot 93.7 their doing a great job with the format. I am sure they will be around for another 5 years in Hartford also know as Hotford which Hot 93.7 said when they flipped the format. Keep it up.
 
> > The only weakness was that Infinity
> > didn't have too much experience in
> > running R/CHRs.
>
> Didn't Infinity have a couple Rhythmic CHR in other markets
> already? I know 95.5 Jamz WPGC in Washington D.C., 102 Jamz
> in Orlando, FL, and B 96.3 in Chicago, IL were all around
> before Hot 93.7 came around. Infinity also had a great Urban
> station, Power 98 in Charlotte, NC.

They do have several, but it's not really the company's specialty. At that time, Infinity was launching mostly rock stations. Buffalo's "Dancin' Oldies" was replaced with rock (later talk, and even later, Jack), and Orlando received "O-Rock 105.9" in replacement of Jammin' Oldies. Interestingly, it doesn't appear that the success of WZMX has inspired Infinity to add any more R/CHRs to their roster.

And of the R/CHRs that you listed, WPGC, WJHM, and WBBM-FM are heritage stations that were launched a while back; not sure about "Power 98". WZMX really stands out as one of the non-typical Infinity launches in recent years.
 
Power 98 is still going strong in Charlotte. Top of the pile in the 12+ numbers.


> > The only weakness was that Infinity
> > didn't have too much experience in
> > running R/CHRs.
>
> Didn't Infinity have a couple Rhythmic CHR in other markets
> already? I know 95.5 Jamz WPGC in Washington D.C., 102 Jamz
> in Orlando, FL, and B 96.3 in Chicago, IL were all around
> before Hot 93.7 came around. Infinity also had a great Urban
> station, Power 98 in Charlotte, NC.
>
> As for Hot 93.7 their doing a great job with the format. I
> am sure they will be around for another 5 years in Hartford
> also know as Hotford which Hot 93.7 said when they flipped
> the format. Keep it up.
>
 
A few months after they launched Hot 93.7, they launched "X-105.7" in Baltimore. Unlike "HOT 93.7", "X-105.7" used the slogan 21 jams in a row. They never surpassed Radio-One's "92-Q" in the 12+ ratings, but they managed to get into the low to mid 4s. I guess it either didn't bill well or Infinity wasn't satisfied with low to mid 4 ratings and they flipped to Hot Talk/Rock as "LIVE 105.7". Today they're "105.7 FREE-FM WHFS".
 
> > > The only weakness was that Infinity
> > > didn't have too much experience in
> > > running R/CHRs.
> >
> > Didn't Infinity have a couple Rhythmic CHR in other
> markets
> > already? I know 95.5 Jamz WPGC in Washington D.C., 102
> Jamz
> > in Orlando, FL, and B 96.3 in Chicago, IL were all around
> > before Hot 93.7 came around. Infinity also had a great
> Urban
> > station, Power 98 in Charlotte, NC.
>
> They do have several, but it's not really the company's
> specialty. At that time, Infinity was launching mostly rock
> stations. Buffalo's "Dancin' Oldies" was replaced with rock
> (later talk, and even later, Jack), and Orlando received
> "O-Rock 105.9" in replacement of Jammin' Oldies.
> Interestingly, it doesn't appear that the success of WZMX
> has inspired Infinity to add any more R/CHRs to their
> roster.
>
> And of the R/CHRs that you listed, WPGC, WJHM, and WBBM-FM
> are heritage stations that were launched a while back; not
> sure about "Power 98". WZMX really stands out as one of the
> non-typical Infinity launches in recent years.

Here are a couple more CBS Radio Rhymthic CHR's the two last ones I know are new as I went to their websites.
Wild 98.7 Tampa, FL
98.5 KLUC Las Vegas, NV
102.5 KSFM Sacramento, CA
X 102.3 WMBX West Palm Beach, FL

Also this makes me think, Infinity at the time could of done something big in New York City by taking 102.7 which was doing poorly at that time then 92.3 or 101.1. Infinity could of made the switch before Clear Channel flipped to Power 105.1, to bad Infinity didn't flip 102.7 to 102.7 Jamz "Blazin 18 Jamz In A Row." Then Clear Channel would of had to come up with another idea for 105.1.
 
> A few months after they launched Hot 93.7, they launched
> "X-105.7" in Baltimore. Unlike "HOT 93.7", "X-105.7" used
> the slogan 21 jams in a row. They never surpassed
> Radio-One's "92-Q" in the 12+ ratings, but they managed to
> get into the low to mid 4s. I guess it either didn't bill
> well or Infinity wasn't satisfied with low to mid 4 ratings
> and they flipped to Hot Talk/Rock as "LIVE 105.7". Today
> they're "105.7 FREE-FM WHFS".
>
Big up 2 Buck ( Hot 93.7 PD ) . Buck is doing big thang on Hot 93.7 . I wish Buck could had done big things in his hometown ( Providence RI, Hot 106 loss is Hot 93.7 big win). Hot 93.7 is one of the best Hip Hop stations in America . Happy birthday to Hot . <P ID="signature">______________
America most awful Hip Hop station list , KS107.5 Denver , KLUC Las Vegas , and Wired in Philly .</P>
 
Now if they could just get rid of that Reegaeton crap? Leave that to the half-dozen Spanish AMs we have already. That's the single biggest reason I rarely listen to them anymore.<P ID="signature">______________
The 2006 New York Yankees...on to title #27!</P>
 
> Now if they could just get rid of that Reegaeton crap? Leave
> that to the half-dozen Spanish AMs we have already. That's
> the single biggest reason I rarely listen to them anymore.
>
Nothing wrong with the Reegaeton . Reegaeton need to be on the FM dial( Like WJMN Boston Sunday Late nights ).<P ID="signature">______________
America most awful Hip Hop station list , KS107.5 Denver , KLUC Las Vegas , and Wired in Philly .</P>
 
WJMN-FM 94.5 plays it on Sunday nights. "Hot 106" in the Providence area plays it from 8 to 11 on Saturdays. WQHT-FM 97.1 New York City ("Hot 97") does some on Sundays too, if I'm not mistaken. What should be done in Hartford is switch 104.1 FM to Spanish (which they should of did in the first place) and change one or two of the AMs to something else.<P ID="signature">______________
The 2006 New York Yankees...on to title #27!</P>
 
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