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I'm thinking Top 40 Rhythmic since there's nothing else really like it in the market besides JAMN (Amp is much more mainstream as of late). Plus, compared to what talk must have cost, the savings would be significant. I imagine it would work for combo selling too. WTKK (assuming they don't change calls) would reach the younger under 40 demo, and where they leave off Magic/Country could pick up.
itsthesong said:
I can't buy either theory. Boston has room for only one profitable Country signal, and taking on the well established and deep pocketed Jamn is an uphill battle at best. I can almost see a run at WZLX (with a shift to 1975-99 and no hippy stuff) based on the relative attractiveness to advertisers and CR's good power ratio...not that WZLX's heritage would make it easy.
I wonder when they'll pull the trigger on this new format. GM must be feeling the pressure from listeners, staff and advertisers wanting to know what's going on with the station.
NHRadio said:
Aren't they going after the same demo, men 45+? Greater has it covered with WROR
itsthesong said:
I would imagine the advertisers -- both the current ones who may not want to remain if the new format targets a completely different demo and the potential new ones -- are fully aware of what will be happening by now, if anything will be happening. As for the others, isn't staff usually told last because management doesn't trust them not to blab? And since when does listener curiosity mean anything?
WROR has eliminated non rock songs (other than the Christmas music). In addition, they are at least sprinkling in 90s-00s rock songs. I have heard Black Crows - Hard to Handle and U2 - Beautiful Day.
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then say hello too the new 96.9 WODS hits of the 60s and 70s but a young sounding station not like the previous one
Sniff on that one for a bit
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then say hello too the new 96.9 WODS hits of the 60s and 70s but a young sounding station not like the previous one
Sniff on that one for a bit
jlehmann said:
U2 came on the scene in the early 80's. Beautiful Day has been very much in their regular rotation even when they branded themselves as 60's/70's/80s. Black Crowes broke out in late 80's.
NHRadio said:
You can't. There's a certain percentage of 18-44s who are into '60s music, but the vast majority aren't and they're not going to listen to a station that plays even the highest-testing '60s songs because they have nothing to do with the hip-hop/rap/dance-influenced music that's dominated CHR playlists since the late '90s, even if all the jocks are in their 20s or 30s and talking the way 20-30-year-olds of today talk. Even the pre-disco early '70s is being "aged out" of classic hits formats. I'd say that if classic hits is GM's plan for 96.9, they'd better limit it to 1974-1989, maybe even slipping in some non-rap early '90s hits too. At least that way they'll buy themselves a few years in the format before deciding what to do with it when the choice has to be made to include the rest of the '90s, when the music on CHR playlists really started to separate itself from the popular styles of the previous three decades.
An hr of ROR tonight. All rock, no rhythmic or Donna Summer. 95% 70s. No 60s. 1 80s song, Tommy Tutone...B Joel, Aerosmith, Bruce, Marshall Tucker etc...would 96.9 cover rhythmic, non rock? Also 2 Christmas tunes.
raccoonradio said:
Which hour?
11:50pm-12:50 am I think. Forgot to mention, Kansas was played too.
Scenes from It. Restaurant
Heard it in a Love Song
Carry On My Wayward Son
Jenny (867-5309)
Same Old Song and Dance
Born to Run etc
Scenes from It. Restaurant
Heard it in a Love Song
Carry On My Wayward Son
Jenny (867-5309)
Same Old Song and Dance
Born to Run etc
WROR was recently, still as of last month, doing "Motown Mondays", throwing in a couple of big '60s/'70s Motown hits per hour on Mondays only. They started this when WODS changed format last summer. I haven't checked on a Monday for a month or so, is WROR still doing this on Mondays?
Don't know but they had a promo for "80s at 8". Don't know how long they've done that but I believe WODS used to do 70s at 7 and 80s at 8, or at least the back to the 80s Fri night show.
Looking at their Just Played list: 60s are rare. They played House of the Rising Sun, With a Little Help from My Friends, etc. Mostly 70s, one or two 80s
Naked Eyes, Elton John, Bowie, Tom Petty, Cars, Geils, Van Morrison, Hall and Oates, Steve Miller, Boston, Supertramp. Almost could be mistaken for a playlist of their Nothing But 70s HD2
http://www.wrornothinbutthe70s.com/
....only that (sample hour) has a deep cut like G Harrison Beware of Darkness
Looking at their Just Played list: 60s are rare. They played House of the Rising Sun, With a Little Help from My Friends, etc. Mostly 70s, one or two 80s
Naked Eyes, Elton John, Bowie, Tom Petty, Cars, Geils, Van Morrison, Hall and Oates, Steve Miller, Boston, Supertramp. Almost could be mistaken for a playlist of their Nothing But 70s HD2
http://www.wrornothinbutthe70s.com/
....only that (sample hour) has a deep cut like G Harrison Beware of Darkness
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