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Finally a station that is programming for "music" not a specific sales demo. Thank God!
as a 2 decade radio industry employee, I can tell you that radio is all physcological. Here's what this station
did to me this morning and it hasn't happened in several years. I was listening on the way to work
(yes, a different radio station) and all of a sudden 'Shake it' by Metro station came on and then 'Butterfly'
by Krazytown. Normally those two songs would make me switch the dial. In fact those are CHR type songs
and I'm not a CHR fan at all. However, those songs fit. As did The Wallflowers, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.
I noticed that they are playing 'Use Somebody' by KOL. They have a new album that is fantastic and you'll hear it on click.
I'm already a P1. Kind of feel sorry for KJR FM, as I just listened and for as fresh as 'Click' sounds, KJR just sounds old.
You think the folks at JACK are nervous? The End? The Mountain? Even Star? Click will grab a little from all of them...
This is great radio. Thank you Sandusky!
as a 2 decade radio industry employee, I can tell you that radio is all physcological. Here's what this station
did to me this morning and it hasn't happened in several years. I was listening on the way to work
(yes, a different radio station) and all of a sudden 'Shake it' by Metro station came on and then 'Butterfly'
by Krazytown. Normally those two songs would make me switch the dial. In fact those are CHR type songs
and I'm not a CHR fan at all. However, those songs fit. As did The Wallflowers, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.
I noticed that they are playing 'Use Somebody' by KOL. They have a new album that is fantastic and you'll hear it on click.
I'm already a P1. Kind of feel sorry for KJR FM, as I just listened and for as fresh as 'Click' sounds, KJR just sounds old.
You think the folks at JACK are nervous? The End? The Mountain? Even Star? Click will grab a little from all of them...
This is great radio. Thank you Sandusky!
mr bongwater, where did you get that big HALLELUJAH billboard?
hopefully i can borrow it someday when "the cluck" a real country outlet comes to town.
"the click", aint bad....heard a bit last night. someone list some tracks/artists they coverin. most unfamiliar to my ears, but hey, no burn out at least.
hopefully i can borrow it someday when "the cluck" a real country outlet comes to town.
"the click", aint bad....heard a bit last night. someone list some tracks/artists they coverin. most unfamiliar to my ears, but hey, no burn out at least.
I'm really excited this is happening - to me, it doesn't sound anything like AAA/Modern AC hybrids like The Drive in Rochester, or 90s-based Modern ACs like The Mountain in Tucson
This is Alternative-based (instead of AAA-based), and every other song is a current - it's like Modern AC for 2010 - I'm really hoping this might be the next big new format
This is Alternative-based (instead of AAA-based), and every other song is a current - it's like Modern AC for 2010 - I'm really hoping this might be the next big new format
A SAMPLING ACCORDING TO WWW.YES.COM:
Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
Incubus - Wish You Were Here
Neon Trees - Animal
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
Broken Bells - The High Road
Linkin Park - Waiting For The End
Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (w/ Big Sean)
Phoenix - 1901
No Doubt - It's My Life
Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
Maroon 5 - Misery
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
Neon Trees - Animal
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Plain White T's - Rhythm Of Love
Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between
Metric - Gold Gun Girls
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
Incubus - Wish You Were Here
Neon Trees - Animal
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
Broken Bells - The High Road
Linkin Park - Waiting For The End
Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (w/ Big Sean)
Phoenix - 1901
No Doubt - It's My Life
Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
Maroon 5 - Misery
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
Neon Trees - Animal
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Plain White T's - Rhythm Of Love
Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between
Metric - Gold Gun Girls
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Respectfully, this station had been taking risks - just look at yes.com for the hours leading up to the format flip. I don't know anywhere else you were hearing this cut by the Pussycat Dolls (on a "smooth" station, no less) or Kristine W. New tracks by great artists like Sade or Seal or Norah Jones will probably never be heard in Seattle-Tacoma again.AnotherCat said:
Sunday nights were also quite a treat with the "Chill with Mindi Abair" program. I still feel that 'chill' smooth music would bring in the younger end of demographics, but you'd risk losing those that like the piano/sax "jazz" melodies of the mainstream smooth jazz.
Perhaps, but KWJZ didn't stick to these hard & fast rules that I can see. ... is triple A the same as it was in 1993? It kind of seems like it.
Bill Wolfenbarger said:
You mean Jake Moe?
New formats are usually fun to hear...and hopefully will fill needed "holes".
But, I'll miss KWJZ's NAC/SJ.
The laws of business are pretty clear: if you don't generate enough revenue format changes eventually come. Sad, but true.
I hate to see the format go, but wish the folks at Sandusky good luck with the new format.
But, I'll miss KWJZ's NAC/SJ.
The laws of business are pretty clear: if you don't generate enough revenue format changes eventually come. Sad, but true.
I hate to see the format go, but wish the folks at Sandusky good luck with the new format.
Well so far the reaction around the office here to the new sound on 98.9 MHz ranges from:
"It was good for the first two hours, then they got stuck...."
"Sounds like Star 101.5 threw up...."
"How many times have they played that Neon Trees song today so far. I think I've heard it 10 times since I came to work this morning....."
"OH NO! You have GOT to be kidding me! No more smooth jazz? That's INSANE!"
"Click it....To ANOTHER channel than this...."
Yes, there's work yet to be done. But I'm just thrilled to hear no more saxophones.......
"It was good for the first two hours, then they got stuck...."
"Sounds like Star 101.5 threw up...."
"How many times have they played that Neon Trees song today so far. I think I've heard it 10 times since I came to work this morning....."
"OH NO! You have GOT to be kidding me! No more smooth jazz? That's INSANE!"
"Click it....To ANOTHER channel than this...."
Yes, there's work yet to be done. But I'm just thrilled to hear no more saxophones.......
What Seattle P-I readers say about the new sound of 98.9 MHz......
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/233444.asp
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/233444.asp
I may be in the minority but I like it. I replaced the mountain with 98.9. mountain has gotten too old for me recently and the end too hard. Seems to fit a 30-40 year old's musical taste which I assume is their target. My wife tunes in and out going between star, 98.9 and news. She just pulled warm off the preset now that christmas is over and replaced it with 98.9, which is not what sandusky probably had in mind. I will miss smooth jazz on weekends but that was probably the issue with the format in PPM, it was a weekend format, not 24/7. So let's see:
Will Oldies 95.7 rate better than KJR-FM did? That is a toss-up. Not sure why Clear Channel made that move.
Will Oldies KVI rate better than Conservative talk KVI? Good bet, since Conservative Talk KVI was in 32nd place.
Will Click 98.9 rate better than Smooth Jazz? Good bet, since smooth jazz was not PPM friendly. Couple months commercial free won't hurt ratings either.
Who wins the most out of all this? Probalby KZOK and Jack. with Kjr gone, the number of male leaning classic hits/classic rock stations just got smaller.
Who gets hurt the most? Oldies may hurt warm a little and other adult stations. 98.9 may hurt kplz, mountain and the end.
Wonder if 104.5 fm would make a good smooth jazz station? built in audience and image and cheap to run.
Will Oldies 95.7 rate better than KJR-FM did? That is a toss-up. Not sure why Clear Channel made that move.
Will Oldies KVI rate better than Conservative talk KVI? Good bet, since Conservative Talk KVI was in 32nd place.
Will Click 98.9 rate better than Smooth Jazz? Good bet, since smooth jazz was not PPM friendly. Couple months commercial free won't hurt ratings either.
Who wins the most out of all this? Probalby KZOK and Jack. with Kjr gone, the number of male leaning classic hits/classic rock stations just got smaller.
Who gets hurt the most? Oldies may hurt warm a little and other adult stations. 98.9 may hurt kplz, mountain and the end.
Wonder if 104.5 fm would make a good smooth jazz station? built in audience and image and cheap to run.
You can't blame Crowski. Dude's been there, done that, back in the day, when a radio station format change was totally balls-out SERIOUS stuff. Not "Animal" Neon Trees playing every hour.....
I'm just glad the saxophone overload is gone from 98.9 MHz. But I also yearn for just a little more excitement.......
I'm just glad the saxophone overload is gone from 98.9 MHz. But I also yearn for just a little more excitement.......
Smooth jazz goes to Modern AC. Kenny G to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neon Trees and Pearl Jam. Doesn't seem like a "yawn" to me. What do I know, probably too young to understand real change. Deathcab For Cutie, Mumford and Sons, Metro Station, Train and Pearl Jam. Seems hardly boring, may not work, but it is certainly a big change for the radio landscape in Seattle.
The change I think is a yawn is KJR. Basically same station with a couple of 60's songs an hour. Yawn...
As for KMCQ, Smooth Jazz would have a built-in established following for a new owner, albiet a small following to fit the small 8000 watt signal. PPM has killed at least 10 Smooth Jazz stations that I can count. Some still are going strong like in Phoenix and San Diego.
Or maybe the yawn was the length of my post. I'll keep them shorter and use more emoticons
The change I think is a yawn is KJR. Basically same station with a couple of 60's songs an hour. Yawn...
As for KMCQ, Smooth Jazz would have a built-in established following for a new owner, albiet a small following to fit the small 8000 watt signal. PPM has killed at least 10 Smooth Jazz stations that I can count. Some still are going strong like in Phoenix and San Diego.
Or maybe the yawn was the length of my post. I'll keep them shorter and use more emoticons
Oh....my....god. They finally did it. I was just thinking the other day how predictable and boring 98.9 has been sounding. But did you really have to blow this format up? Holy smokes, what is a 54 year old brie and chablis-drinking listener going to do now?
It could have had a complete retrofit with new talent, new imaging and could have removed most of the jazz and become an Adult Contemporary-type station or something resembling that. Noooooo. Instead they had to kiss off 422,000 friends, nicely cultivated for the past 10 years.
I'm going to Click this off.
It could have had a complete retrofit with new talent, new imaging and could have removed most of the jazz and become an Adult Contemporary-type station or something resembling that. Noooooo. Instead they had to kiss off 422,000 friends, nicely cultivated for the past 10 years.
I'm going to Click this off.
A sad day for Seattle. I liked KWJZ - enjoyed it while visiting Seattle in May. Still,Thank God for KiFM 98.1 San Diego. "The Originator" of Contemporary Jazz/NAC Joe G in SoCalradioguy123 said:Smooth jazz goes to Modern AC. Kenny G to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neon Trees and Pearl Jam. Doesn't seem like a "yawn" to me. What do I know, probably too young to understand real change. Deathcab For Cutie, Mumford and Sons, Metro Station, Train and Pearl Jam. Seems hardly boring, may not work, but it is certainly a big change for the radio landscape in Seattle.
The change I think is a yawn is KJR. Basically same station with a couple of 60's songs an hour. Yawn...
As for KMCQ, Smooth Jazz would have a built-in established following for a new owner, albiet a small following to fit the small 8000 watt signal. PPM has killed at least 10 Smooth Jazz stations that I can count. Some still are going strong like in Phoenix and San Diego.
Or maybe the yawn was the length of my post. I'll keep them shorter and use more emoticons
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