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AC/Adult Hits hybrids?

These are stations which play AC currents like Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, and Camilla Cabello, along with Adult Hits/Jack-type artists like Gin Blossoms, Def Leppard, The Police, The Clash, Black Crowes, and others. I know KCKC is a perfect example of this in Kansas City. Are there any more examples of stations which operate like this?
 
I need to find out what's going on at one of the grocery stores I went to today. It's almost certainly classic hits with "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" and "Upside Down", but there are also tunes that are very definitely mainstream or Hot AC.

I don't know why I posted this here. The music in that grocery store used to be soft AC but it's surely not AC now.

Anyway, I'd certainly find this topic interesting if I had time.
 
If I were to ask them where the music comes from, then whoever started the thread might be interested in the music source because it is likely a national service, which would be like a radio station.
 
My large FM is a rhythmic AC/Adult hits hybrid since 2013 and is very popular. Programming is generated in house.
 
These are stations which play AC currents like Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, and Camilla Cabello, along with Adult Hits/Jack-type artists like Gin Blossoms, Def Leppard, The Police, The Clash, Black Crowes, and others. I know KCKC is a perfect example of this in Kansas City. Are there any more examples of stations which operate like this?

Us. We're a cross between AC, Adult Hits, a little country, a sprinkling of oldies/classic hits and a little bit of everything else. Were a 50,000 watt commercial FM in Laramie, Wyoming.. Hits 106 KLMI. We stream at http://www.myhits106.com I do afternoons 3 to 7pm Mon-Sat
 
So I want to ask the person who started this thread about this playlist. I know I missed at least two songs because I heard the ending of two songs and there were no lyrics for one, and the lyrics were incomprehensible for the other (a common problem with AC and CHR these days). I just listen long enough to be able to identify the song and come back when I remember. What is here is enough to get a general idea. The web site has no "last songs played". There is an adult hits station in the market but every time I check the last songs played all or nearly all are from the 80s.

"Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi
"Kiss on My List" Hall & Oates
"Unwritten" Natasha Beddingfield
"Oh Girl" Paul Young
"Don't Wanna Know" Maroon 5
"Brown-Eyed Girl" Van Morrison
"Bubbly" Colbie Caillat
"Lover" Taylor Swift
"Over My Head" The fray
"Free Fallin'" Tom Petty
"Youngblood" 5 Seconds of Summer
"Smooth" Santana
"Only Human" Jonas Brothers
"Celebration" Kool and the Gang
"Feel It Still" Portugal the Man
"You Say" Lauren Daigle
"Take My Breath Away" Berlin
"High on You" Survivor
"Baby One More Time" Britney Spears
"Something Just Like This" Chainsmokers
"The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News
"Dancing with a Stranger" Sam Smith and Normani
"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes
"Blinding Lights" The Weeknd
"How You Remind Me" Nickelback
"Iris" Goo Goo Dolls
"Walk Me Home" P!nk
"Halo" Beyonce
"If the World Was Ending" J. P. Saxe
"Every Breath You Take" Police
"Bye Bye Bye" 'N Sync
"Style" Taylor Swift
"Borderline" Madonna
"PYT" Michael Jackson
"The Sweet Escape" Gwen Stefani
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner
"Eye of the Tiger" Survivor
"Breathe" Anna Nalick
"Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett
"Adore You" Harry Styles
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" Kim Wilde
"Every Morning" Sugar Ray
"Miss Independent" Kelly Clarkson
"Cuts Like a Knife" Bryan Adams
"24K Magic" Bruno Mars
"The Bones" Maren Morris
"Only in My Dreams" Debbie Gibson
"Safe and Sound" Capital Cities
"Jack and Diane" John Mellencamp
"A Million Dreams" P!nk
"Crush" Jennifer Paige
"I Don't Care" Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber
 
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I got distracted but here are some more just in case they contribute anything.

"Listen to Your Heart" DHT
"Take on Me" A-ha
"It Must Have Been Love" Roxette
"Don't Start Now" Dua Lipa
"Quit Playing Games with My Heart" Backstreet Boys
"You Make My Dreams" Hall & Oates
"You Need to Calm Down" Taylor Swift
"Uptown Girl" Billy Joel
"I'm Gonna Love Me Again" Elton John
"Forever Young" Rod Stewart
 
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There's a good chance it's Muzak FM-1 (Foreground Music, not Frequency Modulation). They play everything from the 1970s to current hits:

http://muzakwpn.muzak.com/wpn/030.html
I clicked on the link. Definitely not a mix representing what I was hearing in that store.

However, I did call the 800 number and, while I didn't get a specific answer, I was told it was the company that bought Muzak. From there I went to the web site and of all the possible formats the one that came the closest to what I heard was 7890.
 
And I should mention that if I got to choose what Muzak channels I'd like to hear, they would be City Lights, Environmental, Easy Instrumentals, Ambrosia and Rat Pack. There was one called Reflections that I might like too.
 
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For the person who started this thread, I have another list of songs. There are lot of older songs, especially around 5 in the afternoon. This is not a complete list because sometimes I forgot to go back to the station for a long enough period of time that I missed at lest one song, or there were two cases where I turned the station back on too late in the song to hear lyrics, and there may have been one or two songs where i didn't have enough lyrics to know what I heard.

Anyway, there are enough songs here to give a general idea.

"What About Love" Heart
"She's Always a Woman" Billy Joel
"Open Your Heart" Madonna
"I'll Stand by You" Pretenders
"Youngblood" 5 Seconds of Summer
"Every Breath You Take" Police
"Don't Start Now" Dua Lipa
"Love You Anymore" Michael Buble
"Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys
"The Sign" Ace of Base
"What Goes Around ... Comes Around" Justin Timberlake
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner
"I Knew I Loved You" Savage Garden
"We Found Love" Rihanna
"Manic Monday" Bangles
"Baby One More Time" Britney Spears
"10000 Hours" Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
"How You Remind Me" Nickelback
"Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
"Locked Out of Heaven" Bruno Mars
"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes
"Stay" Zedd and Alessia Cara
"Hold My Hand" Hootie and the Blowfish
"Iris" Goo Goo Dolls
"Need You Now" Lady A
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley
"Walk Me Home" Pink
"Caribbean Queen" Billy Ocean
"Memories" Maroon 5
"That's What Love Is For" Amy Grant
"Separate Ways" Journey
"Eastside" Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid
"I Love You Always Forever" Donna Lewis
"Hurts So Good" John Mellencamp
"You Say" Lauren Daigle
"Stay" Lisa Loeb
"Endless Summer Nights" Richard Marx
"Set Fire to the Rain" Adele
"You Learn" Alanis Morissette
"Broken" lovelytheband
"Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield
"Lose You to Love Me" Selena Gomez
"Rock Your Body" Justin Timberlake
"Oh Girl" Paul Young
"Renegades" X Ambassadors
"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson
"Intentions" Justin Bieber
"I Do It for You" Bryan Adams
"Break My Stride" Matthew Wilder
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John
"The Middle" Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey
"Emotions" Mariah Carey
"Who Can It Be Now" Men at Work
"You Got It" New Kids on the Block
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar
"Little Red Corvette" Prince
"High on You" Survivor
"Like a Prayer" Madonna
"Without Me" Halsey
"In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel
"Halo" Beyonce
"Mony Mony" Billy Idol
"Hanging by a Moment" Lifehouse
"Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus
"A Thousand Years" Christina Perri
"I Get Weak" Belinda Carlisle
"Makes Me Wonder" Maroon 5
 
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