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Can a currents based urban format like this work today in 2012? I sort of don't even know why I'm asking because I'm about to find out. I guess the real question should instead be; Does it make sense to go that route today? Are there enough new hip hop hits to successfully do this?

If a niche is to be filled, then I'd think you'd also want to include some r&b hits as well. Why have an urban format designed in such a way that certain Miguel, Beyonce, and other types of r&b hits still wont be heard regularly on any local stations?

I'll give more details soon - I don't want to "leak too many details" now.
I have a feeling that r&b will be added. Either that, or they'll slightly go rhythmic to a degree.
 
KDM 7000 Some 24/7 rap/hip hop station will add a few R&B tunes after a period of time or go into rhythmic uptempo focus. ShawtyBlackATL It happened to Power 106 in the early 2000's (even though they started to lean urban in '92) when they started using the "BLAZIN THE MOST HIP-HOP & R&B" positioner to get at KKBT. They're still relying on the "Where Hip Hop Lives" but it's still playing the heck pop oriented hip hop artists such as Pitbull, Dev, LMFAO but then again it continues to add hip hop. In 2001-02 Power 106 was playing a lot of R&B. I heard Avant's Makin' Good Love, Ashanti Foolish, Ginuwine Differences. They played the heck out of Usher's U Got It Bad and U Don't Have To Call. They played IMX's First Time, Truth Hurts Addictive, Amanda Perez Angel, Sunshine Anderson Heard It All Before. They killed Tweet's Opps (Oh My) the list goes on and on. They didn't play no house remixes of those bomb hits that I've mentioned because they were battling it out with KKBT for R&B/Hip Hop crown. Might I add that they played Faith Evans I Love You along with You Get's No Live in the mix. Aaliyah's Rock The Boat also played in heavy rotation on Power 106. That's the end of my history assignment LOL  :D.
 
Very few urbans or urban leaning rhythmics were playing house at that time. Bass, House, and everything uptempo was dying. Did Power play the Collipark remix of "slow jams" by Twista?

Unrelated; I also remember Power 106 was where I actually heard D12 "purple hills" for the first time while visiting LA, now that I think of it. I remember sleeping in my aunts garage and hearing it premiered during an all mix weekend. Shortly after, Phoenix radio jumped all over it.
 
KDM 7000 said:
Very few urbans or urban leaning rhythmics were playing house at that time. Bass, House, and everything uptempo was dying. Did Power play the Collipark remix of "slow jams" by Twista?

Unrelated; I also remember Power 106 was where I actually heard D12 "purple hills" for the first time while visiting LA, now that I think of it. I remember sleeping in my aunts garage and hearing it premiered during an all mix weekend. Shortly after, Phoenix radio jumped all over it.
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I don't remember the Collipark remix of Twista's Slow Jamz. Power would always play the original version even during their mix shows back in 2003-04. I love that song. I remember hearing "Purple Hills" on Power day in and day out back in 2001. The underground hip hop scene was also vibrant at Power 106 during that time. Power was the first stations to play Dilated Peoples Worst Comes to Worst and Jurassic 5's What's Golden back in 2001 and 2002.
 
Power 92 Phoenix used to spin the Collipark remix of Slow Jamz.
They also played "My Band" by D12, which I thought was a little wack for hip hop.
 
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