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Another FLIP
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And just think . . . if their listener Artie, hadn't told us, we still wouldn't know!
On a more series note . . . . perhaps this is a stunt to enable one of the other flips previously discussed?
On a more series note . . . . perhaps this is a stunt to enable one of the other flips previously discussed?
Re: Another Format Change
You're kidding, Brent. I never knew you felt that way.
BRENT said:The worst shit I have ever heard. Sick of this town in radio........
You're kidding, Brent. I never knew you felt that way.
Re: Another Format Change
I love my home city, did not mean that. I am just vomiting from what radio has become. Another poster just heard Justine Bieber on 3 different signals at the same time, how lame is that?????
RoddyFreeman said:BRENT said:The worst shit I have ever heard. Sick of this town in radio........
You're kidding, Brent. I never knew you felt that way.
I love my home city, did not mean that. I am just vomiting from what radio has become. Another poster just heard Justine Bieber on 3 different signals at the same time, how lame is that?????
Re: Another Format Change
Justin has a sister? Parent's weren't very original... ;D
BRENT said:
Justin has a sister? Parent's weren't very original...
;DWho will win this? NOT A SINGLE FM STATION. After this weekend, less people will listen to FM radio.
Who will lose the least? Probably Cumulus. They already have the established Q100.
Power 96.1 is going to wreck HORRIBLY, sort of like Jack FM did in 2005 in NY. Ryan Seacrest MAY help, but the backlash against removing a 38-year old rock outlet will be too overwhelming.
WILD is essentially dead as is, due to the musical changes.
Who will lose the least? Probably Cumulus. They already have the established Q100.
Power 96.1 is going to wreck HORRIBLY, sort of like Jack FM did in 2005 in NY. Ryan Seacrest MAY help, but the backlash against removing a 38-year old rock outlet will be too overwhelming.
WILD is essentially dead as is, due to the musical changes.
Maybe Cumulus should've put the hot hits format on Q100. Remember the hot hits countdown Q used to have on at night in the Susquehanna era?
.....and yall said ATL was saturated with Urban stations
I guess the idea is for teens to listen to 97.9 (instead of Power 96) when Q100 is airing The Bert Show and leaning Hot AC during the workday
Problem is...the sound quality on 97.9 vs. sound quality on 96.1 - I don't see how many kids are gonna choose a translator signal over a full-market signal
Problem is...the sound quality on 97.9 vs. sound quality on 96.1 - I don't see how many kids are gonna choose a translator signal over a full-market signal
I personally like the idea of Q100 20. Not so much the name though. It sounds a hell of a lot better than 20 on 20 these days, and almost as good as the old 20 on 20. It is rhythmic-leaning for sure. In fact, I haven't heard one rock song. A lot of upbeat pop and hip hop. I don't think it has a chance against the other stations in the market though. The "Hot Hits" format will get VERY old quick. I checked out the playlist when I first tuned in about an hour ago and 40-45 minutes later were repeats. I mean, I guess the idea is for it to stay current and HOT. It would be a lot better if it was interactive. Toll free number, online votes and requests, and live jocks. Will it happen with Cumulus? Highly doubt it. They are taking lots of risks with the format, I've heard some stuff not on the charts. We'll see how long it lasts. I wish they did this in Cincinnati and dumped the Great Country format. I think the kids would actually give that a chance.
RBRadioWaves said:
That's what I've been saying but no one wants to hear it, but in time this will hurt radio overall as it further erodes loyal audiences away to other media, which is readily available these days, and much of it free of spot load every 10-15 minutes.
Sure, in the short term, the new signals may show some promise, but in the long term (1-3 years out), where will they be? As more 4G and soon to be 4.5G devices hit the market (last count according to PCIA, over 300 million wireless subs in the USA), you can see that number double in 5 years. More dashboards include USB, hard drives, satellite radio and even 4G.
So every listener these corporates piss off will cost them in the long run. If the attitude of those in the industry is "well there's always one to replace it", that may be true for today, but for how long?
the golden boy said:
Q100 is the #2 non-Urban station in Atlanta, and it's currently beating Star - call it Hot AC if you have to, but it's working, and it's not going anywhere
Not sure why people keep posting this, but "faster" and "hotter" doesn't mean "more popular" - it means KDM and ElectroBoy like the music, along with other people who get excited over the "BEAT" of a song, and don't care about lyrics, emotion, or the sound of actual musical instruments
atlantaboy said:
Actually most kids seem not to care at all about audio quality.. They're happy with it coming out of their smartphone or out of a back seat full of woofers all mushied up.
I remember days when audio quality really mattered. Now it's all about bass and will it work with my iThing.
Sad..
NightFlyer said:
True, my 18 year old niece never heard music until she heard me playing Whitney Houston, recorded from VINYL, onto a BASF Chrome Maxima, 20 years ago on my still functional Denon DRM-07 cassette deck, she could not comprehend how GOOD it sounded.
There is an entire generation who don't, and most likely never will, know what true quality recorded music sounds like.
They sure as hell won't get it from broadcast radio, engineering is taking a back seat, let alone program quality. All these corporate conglomerate of scum care about is massive short term profits. Screw everything (and everyone) else.
We've gone quite OT, but as long as we're there...
When I rip CDs, I rip them as lossless full WAV files. Eventually, storage and bandwidth will be cheap and plentiful enough where we won't need MP3s laden with artifacts.
My cassette deck died in the late 1990s, and I found a Pioneer on Amazon with an analog to digital-digital to analog converter, with digital noise reduction in between. Has the best noise reduction of any deck I have heard, without the muffly sound of Dolby. Almost sounds as good as a CD.
I still want a tube amp someday.
When I rip CDs, I rip them as lossless full WAV files. Eventually, storage and bandwidth will be cheap and plentiful enough where we won't need MP3s laden with artifacts.
My cassette deck died in the late 1990s, and I found a Pioneer on Amazon with an analog to digital-digital to analog converter, with digital noise reduction in between. Has the best noise reduction of any deck I have heard, without the muffly sound of Dolby. Almost sounds as good as a CD.
I still want a tube amp someday.
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MRFLASHPORT said:
I got to thinking about this last night. Why should I care or get excited about a new station that comes to Atlanta? It will be gone in at least 2 years the way stations like to change formats here so screw u Cumulus CC and Cox ... I can always get what I want to listen to on satellite and internet and I know it won't change in less than two years.
jabba17 said:
I have a Denon DRW-970 still working fine, but that Pioneer deck sounds very attractive to me. I have a box of cassettes full of shows and airchecks from the late 70s through the 90s. Yes, Steve, I haven't forgotten about getting you some of those Bachelor Cookbooks from the 96 Rock Wake up Crew days. I hope I still have that particular tape.
Anyway, I rip to MP3 but I go 320 CBR since it works with every device I have - the CD player in my vehicle, my phone, my (somewhat rarely used) ipod and any computer I might happen to want to listen to stuff on. I still use CDEX and a recent version of the LAME codec. The results are plenty good for even some serious listening, but nothing beats spinning the original CD played through either of my Denon receivers on Infinity or Polk speakers, depending on which room I am in. The advantage to MP3 in my case is that I have it all stored on a central server and can access it from anywhere in the house.
I will start putting serious time into going through those cassettes, soon. Life and mostly work have been getting in my way.
As far as 20 on 20? I don't even really have words. It's just silly.
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