AGAIN....Q100/ATLANTA COMPLETELY IGNORING A TOP 10 RECORD.....

[RadioPhillyFan]

The song "Take Care" by Drake and Rihanna isn't as common on a lot of Pop CHR's as a usual Top 10, it's extremely Rythmetic. It is on the playlist of two Urban stations here (WUSL and WPHI) and not even daily rotation of a Pop-leaning Rythmetic CHR (WRDW)

WRDW spun Take Care 119 times this week.

In addition, WIOQ played it 53 times (#11 on their playlist). It is a top 10 hit nationally on both major CHR charts (Mediabase and Billboard). Can't get too much more Pop-friendly than that.

WIOQ is a half assed CHR, WPST is the better CHR in the Philly area, how many times did they spin "Take Care"?

WPST has played "Take Care" 49 times over the past 7 days. That makes it the number 10 song on their current playlist.

Looks like I stand corrected.

Sorry about the bashing on this song.

 

[CHRles]

So let me get this straight - because it's Top 10 at 94.5 PST it's thus a legitimized CHR hit? ???
PST by the way can be heard in major portions of the Philly market, but is first and foremost focused on the Trenton area. Ratings-wise, and most certainly cume-wise it's nowhere near Q-102
Therefore, Q-102 = mass appeal Top 40 music for the Philadelphia area.

 

[Nate Wesley]

All the hits...'cept the ones the Atlanta office decides won't get airplay!

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

So let me get this straight - because it's Top 10 at 94.5 PST it's thus a legitimized CHR hit? ???
PST by the way can be heard in major portions of the Philly market, but is first and foremost focused on the Trenton area. Ratings-wise, and most certainly cume-wise it's nowhere near Q-102
Therefore, Q-102 = mass appeal Top 40 music for the Philadelphia area.

WPST covers the entire city, and all the way down to Wilmington. It has problems in the eastern suburbs. Which isn't a big deal, Philly's radio market is mostly urban, but the metro is mostly suburban. (Metro Population is 6,000,000. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Valley)

 

[CHRles]

Actually, an urbanized area doesn't necessarily correlate with the population of the big city alone.
The metro New York City urbanized area doesn't just include NYC, but also nearby cities and counties like Newark, Fort Lee, White Plains, and major portions of Nassau and Suffolk counties.

If you look at Miami, the city's population is only 400,000, but the Urbanized area is pretty much all of Dade County. Not only that but nearby Broward County's about the same.

How about L.A.? The city's got about 4 million people, and the county's got 10 million. Three million more people live in nearby Orange County, and over 4 million more people in nearby Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Major parts of these places are Urbanized.

On the flipside, Oklahoma City, Jacksonville, or Anchorage's urbanized areas don't include some portions within the city limits. This is due to the simple fact that they are huge cities in terms of geographic size yet have low density areas that don't even look suburban.


The Philadelphia metro area is largely Urbanized with nearby cities, unincorporated towns, and entire counties falling under the Urbanized umbrella category.
Since you pointed out to Wikipedia, you might want to check out the Urbanized area for Philadelphia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia

Population (2010 census)
• Consolidated city-county 1,526,006 (5th)
• Density 11,457/sq mi (4,405.4/km2)
• Urban 5,325,000
• Metro 5,965,343
• CSA 6,385,461
• Demonym Philadelphian

 

[Slinky]

PST is spotty in much of the metro (doesn't cover Chester, Delaware, or Montgomery counties well). Most people are not DXers and will not listen to a station that fades in and out.

Q102 is, without a doubt, the Philadelphia area's CHR. PST is a suburban rimshot that's been successful given their signal limitations, but they're a Trenton and Bucks County station, not a full market station.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

PST is spotty in much of the metro (doesn't cover Chester, Delaware, or Montgomery counties well). Most people are not DXers and will not listen to a station that fades in and out.

Q102 is, without a doubt, the Philadelphia area's CHR. PST is a suburban rimshot that's been successful given their signal limitations, but they're a Trenton and Bucks County station, not a full market station.

Living in Delaware County, I gaurentee PST has no issues here. Montgomery County it's not entirely bad either.

 

[Slinky]

Living in Delaware County, I gaurentee PST has no issues here. Montgomery County it's not entirely bad either.

I've driven up and down the Blue Route many, many times. WDAC interferes with PST for much of the ride. PST is listenable if you don't mind the cutouts and the static, but most people are NOT DXers and will not listen to a station that is cutting in and out.

Similar situation in western Montgomery County, and forget about getting PST on a typical clock radio in any of these places.

 

[ThatGuyOnTheRadio]

I still wouldn't quite call Q100 a Hot AC during the workday. True Hot ACs don't play Pitbull and Flo Rida all day...

So what would you call a TRUE? Hot AC??? Below are all HOT AC stations that played Pitbull during the day last week....

WMIA-FM
WMYX-FM
WZPL-FM
KVDU-FM
WQAL-FM
WCDA-FM
WTMX-FM
WVMX-FM
WWMX-FM
WBZZ-FM
WKRQ-FM
WMC-FM
WSJO-FM
KALC-FM
WISX-FM
KIMN-FM
WTIC-FM
KMXW-FM
KEZR-FM
WOMX-FM
WINK-FM
WKDD-FM
KSTZ-FM
KFBZ-FM
WNIC-FM
KYKY-FM
KKPL-FM
WKZY-FM
WLTJ-FM
WMTX-FM
WJLK-FM
WQSM-FM
WMGX-FM
KLLY-FM
KDMX-FM

 

[CHRles]

Just b/c Hot ACs are playing Pitbull doesn't mean they're no different in sound when compared to Q-100.
Hot ACs play more Recurrents and much older Golds, especially in the daytime, and some of them play a lot less Rhythmic/Pop.

Here's what Q-100 Atlanta played Friday in the 11 AM hour:
Gavin DeGraw - NOT OVER YOU 06.04.2012 11:00am
Calvin Harris - FEEL SO CLOSE 06.04.2012 11:04am
Coldplay - PARADISE 06.04.2012 11:08am
Selena Gomez n The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song 06.04.2012 11:11am
Katy Perry - PART OF ME 06.04.2012 11:14am
John Mayer - Daughters 06.04.2012 11:18am
FLO RIDA - Good Feeling 06.04.2012 11:22am
Adele - Rumour Has It 06.04.2012 11:26am
LMFAO - SEXY AND I KNOW IT 06.04.2012 11:29am
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill .. 06.04.2012 11:39am
Gavin DeGraw - In Love With A Girl 06.04.2012 11:42am
David Guetta - Turn Me On f/Nicki Minaj 06.04.2012 11:53am
Neon Trees - Animal 06.04.2012 11:56am
Carly Rae Jepsen - CALL ME MAYBE 06.04.2012 11:59am

Meanwhile here's what 93.9 MIA in Miami played at 11 AM:
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi 06.04.2012 11:00am
Modern English - I Melt With You 06.04.2012 11:04am
Gavin DeGraw - NOT OVER YOU 06.04.2012 11:08am
No Mercy - Where Do You Go 06.04.2012 11:12am
Shaggy - Angel f/Rayvon 06.04.2012 11:24am
Eurythmics - SWEET DREAMS(ARE MADE OF THIS) 06.04.2012 11:27am
Taio Cruz - Dynamite 06.04.2012 11:31am
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 06.04.2012 11:34am
Adele - Set Fire to the Rain 06.04.2012 11:38am
Soul II Soul - Back To Life 06.04.2012 11:42am
Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All 06.04.2012 11:50am
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) 06.04.2012 11:55am
Katy Perry - E.T.

Here's what WMYX 99.1 in Milwaukee had in the 11 AM hour:
Nickelback - Photograph 06.04.2012 11:00am
Jessie J - Domino 06.04.2012 11:04am
JOHN C MELLENCAMP - Jack & Diane 06.04.2012 11:08am
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 06.04.2012 11:12am
Adele - Rumour Has It 06.04.2012 11:16am
Matchbox Twenty - Unwell 06.04.2012 11:19am
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem 06.04.2012 11:23am
O.A.R. - SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR...) 06.04.2012 11:27am
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill .. 06.04.2012 11:31am
Sugarland - STUCK LIKE GLUE 06.04.2012 11:35am
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 06.04.2012 11:39am
John Mayer - Say 06.04.2012 11:47am
FLO RIDA - Good Feeling 06.04.2012 11:51am
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 06.04.2012 11:55am
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 06.04.2012 11:58am

This is Q-104 Cleveland in the 11 AM hour
Coldplay - PARADISE 06.04.2012 11:03am
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem 06.04.2012 11:07am
Colbie Caillat - Bubbly 06.04.2012 11:10am
OneRepublic - Good Life 06.04.2012 11:14am
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 06.04.2012 11:18am
Gavin DeGraw - NOT OVER YOU 06.04.2012 11:22am
Selena Gomez n The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song 06.04.2012 11:26am
Daughtry - What About Now 06.04.2012 11:30am
Metro Station - Shake It 06.04.2012 11:33am
Adele - Rumour Has It 06.04.2012 11:36am
Neon Trees - Animal 06.04.2012 11:39am
David Guetta - Turn Me On f/Nicki Minaj 06.04.2012 11:43am
Beyonce - Halo 06.04.2012 11:56am
Rihanna - We Found Love f/Calvin Harris 06.04.2012 11:59am

And this is Mix 102.9 Dallas at 11 AM:
CHRISTINA PERRI - A THOUSAND YEARS 06.04.2012 11:06am
U2 - Beautiful Day 06.04.2012 11:10am
Katy Perry - PART OF ME 06.04.2012 11:14am
Neon Trees - Animal 06.04.2012 11:17am
Adele - Set Fire to the Rain 06.04.2012 11:21am
Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) 06.04.2012 11:25am
John Mayer - Say 06.04.2012 11:34am
Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All 06.04.2012 11:38am
Coldplay - PARADISE 06.04.2012 11:42am
Alanis Morissette - Ironic 06.04.2012 11:45am
Fun. - We Are Young f/Janelle Monae 06.04.2012 11:49am
OneRepublic - Secrets

There are several stations on the Hot AC panel that could be moved to the CHR panel, and are in many ways hotter than Q-100. Most notably Q-102 Cincinnati, 98.1 WKDD Akron, Mix 106.5 Baltimore, and Kelly 95.3 Bakersfield (one of America's most unique stations),

 

[jsu5381m]

The Cumulus stations are also ignoring Get Your Self Back Home by Gym Class Heroes/Neon Hitch.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

The Cumulus stations are also ignoring Get Your Self Back Home by Gym Class Heroes/Neon Hitch.

Shame shame shame...

Nassua has got to be my favorite large broadcasting Corp, too bad they're going bankrupt.

 

[atlantaboy]

98.1 WKDD Akron

Someone had said that station was moving to the CHR panel

 

[atlantaboy]

The Cumulus stations are also ignoring Get Your Self Back Home by Gym Class Heroes/Neon Hitch.

Q100 definitely played that - not very much though

EDIT: KRBE is also playing it, 75x a week - Are you sure you have the right song?

 

[jsu5381m]

The Cumulus stations are also ignoring Get Your Self Back Home by Gym Class Heroes/Neon Hitch.

Q100 definitely played that - not very much though

EDIT: KRBE is also playing it, 75x a week - Are you sure you have the right song?

I have yet to hear it on WZYP.

 

[CHRles]

The Gym Class Heroes song is Top 15 at Q-100 Atlanta.

Probably one of the most interesting sounding Cumulus CHRs is Q-97.9 in Portland, Maine where they even play The Black Keys "Lonely Boy" in rotation

 

[atlantaboy]

The Cumulus stations are also ignoring Get Your Self Back Home by Gym Class Heroes/Neon Hitch.

Q100 definitely played that - not very much though

EDIT: KRBE is also playing it, 75x a week - Are you sure you have the right song?

I have yet to hear it on WZYP.

They're playing it - try listening at night I guess :-\

 

[carolinaradio]

I know Clear Channel and their CHR's aren't favorites on here all of the time, but regardless, I think they're leaps and bounds better than Cumulus CHR's...at least their stations seem to have input on the "local" level and don't necessarily ignore tracks to the extent that Cumulus does.
I'd almost venture to say CC's CHR's are better than those owned by CBS - most of their CHR's seem too rhythmic for me....an exception would be WNKS/Charlotte, but they've not been sounding their best lately, WHQC is blowing them out of the water IMO...

 

[atlantaboy]

I think Clear Channel ignores a lot of "potential hits" also - the difference is that Clear Channel owns so many stations that if they choose to ignore a song, it's literally impossible for it to show up in the Top 15/Top 10/etc. - so you can't say "Clear Channel is ignoring a Top 10 hit" because songs can only reach Top 10 with Clear Channel approval

 

[Dkampy]

I think Clear Channel ignores a lot of "potential hits" also - the difference is that Clear Channel owns so many stations that if they choose to ignore a song, it's literally impossible for it to show up in the Top 15/Top 10/etc. - so you can't say "Clear Channel is ignoring a Top 10 hit" because songs can only reach Top 10 with Clear Channel approval

Radio Now in Milwaukee is owned by clear channel...and it does not appear they ignore any hits. They were a tiny bit adult leaning...but now have gone even more current based. WRNW seems to notice any top 40 hit on mediabase. They follow the charts pretty closely. I do wish they would discover their own hits a little more, but that is a minor quibble...they sound good.