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An off the wall question

stan

stan

With all the station ownership consolidation that has gone on the past ten years or so, plus the "formats" as they are today in Houston, where does an old band that has a new record show up if they get any airplay? A case in point could be The Cars, which disbanded in the late 1980s.

Any idea where a new song from The New Cars would show up? KKRW? KFNC? KHMX? I'm just curious...

http://www.rehearsals.com/exclusive/
 
> With all the station ownership consolidation that has gone
> on the past ten years or so, plus the "formats" as they are
> today in Houston, where does an old band that has a new
> record show up if they get any airplay? A case in point
> could be The Cars, which disbanded in the late 1980s.
>
> Any idea where a new song from The New Cars would show up?
> KKRW? KFNC? KHMX? I'm just curious...
>
> http://www.rehearsals.com/exclusive/
>

Whichever station pays them to show up! I'll just go ahead and cross out KFNC from the list.. why would a band go to the "FM News Channel"?.
 
> > With all the station ownership consolidation that has gone
>
> > on the past ten years or so, plus the "formats" as they
> are
> > today in Houston, where does an old band that has a new
> > record show up if they get any airplay? A case in point
> > could be The Cars, which disbanded in the late 1980s.
> >
> > Any idea where a new song from The New Cars would show up?
>
> > KKRW? KFNC? KHMX? I'm just curious...
> >
> > http://www.rehearsals.com/exclusive/
> >
>
> Whichever station pays them to show up! I'll just go ahead
> and cross out KFNC from the list.. why would a band go to
> the "FM News Channel"?.
>

If the Cars did try and hit the radio again, and if their sound was similar to their hits from the 70's-80's, most likely KHMX would be the only station you would hear a new Cars song on. Similar to the recent INXS song "Pretty Vegas." KHMX is the only station playing that. It would have to be a real hit to get on KRBE and by chance a softer song like "Drive" could make it KODA if it were a monster hit.
 
> > > With all the station ownership consolidation that has
> gone
> >
> > > on the past ten years or so, plus the "formats" as they
> > are
> > > today in Houston, where does an old band that has a new
> > > record show up if they get any airplay? A case in point
>
> > > could be The Cars, which disbanded in the late 1980s.
> > >
> > > Any idea where a new song from The New Cars would show
> up?
> >
> > > KKRW? KFNC? KHMX? I'm just curious...
> > >
> > > http://www.rehearsals.com/exclusive/
> > >
> >
> > Whichever station pays them to show up! I'll just go ahead
>
> > and cross out KFNC from the list.. why would a band go to
> > the "FM News Channel"?.
> >
>
> If the Cars did try and hit the radio again, and if their
> sound was similar to their hits from the 70's-80's, most
> likely KHMX would be the only station you would hear a new
> Cars song on. Similar to the recent INXS song "Pretty
> Vegas." KHMX is the only station playing that. It would have
> to be a real hit to get on KRBE and by chance a softer song
> like "Drive" could make it KODA if it were a monster hit.
>
It certainly does not bode well that their last studio
album (The Door - appropriately titled) was a big ol'
dog and they no longer have Ric Ocasek or Benjamin Orr (R.I.P.).

It will be interesting to hear what they come up with
now that Todd Rundgren is the main vocalist.
 
> It certainly does not bode well that their last studio
> album (The Door - appropriately titled) was a big ol'
> dog and they no longer have Ric Ocasek or Benjamin Orr
> (R.I.P.).
>
> It will be interesting to hear what they come up with
> now that Todd Rundgren is the main vocalist.
>

Check it out!

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenewcars">The New Cars
 
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