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Antything goes on WWONE
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Re: Anything goes on WW1
> This weekend, WWONE's Bright AC is running an "Anything Goes
> Weekend"
>
> I bet all the affiliates with Jack stations are really
> loving it!
>
> Has to be better than the funky flashback
> weekends....Nirvana, Fuel, Bryan Adams.....real funky stuff!
Interesting... I wonder how it compares with WW1's "SAM Radio" product? At the very least, it does follow a pattern that many Hot ACs in non-Variety Hits markets have taken of doing "Whatever Weekends", trying to up the weekend TSL.
Is there a list available anywhere of WW1's "Bright AC" affiliates? I could cross-reference to tell you if there is any overlap with any VH stations, if you are really curious about it. Offhand I can't think of any markets where I've seen that be the case, but I could be mistaken.
(And remember... Jack is a brand name, not a format. You can call it Adult Hits if you like, or Variety Rock, or whatever. But Jack is to Xerox as Variety Hits is to photocopy. JACK-FM is a federally registered service mark.)<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
> This weekend, WWONE's Bright AC is running an "Anything Goes
> Weekend"
>
> I bet all the affiliates with Jack stations are really
> loving it!
>
> Has to be better than the funky flashback
> weekends....Nirvana, Fuel, Bryan Adams.....real funky stuff!
Interesting... I wonder how it compares with WW1's "SAM Radio" product? At the very least, it does follow a pattern that many Hot ACs in non-Variety Hits markets have taken of doing "Whatever Weekends", trying to up the weekend TSL.
Is there a list available anywhere of WW1's "Bright AC" affiliates? I could cross-reference to tell you if there is any overlap with any VH stations, if you are really curious about it. Offhand I can't think of any markets where I've seen that be the case, but I could be mistaken.
(And remember... Jack is a brand name, not a format. You can call it Adult Hits if you like, or Variety Rock, or whatever. But Jack is to Xerox as Variety Hits is to photocopy. JACK-FM is a federally registered service mark.)<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
Re: Anything goes on WW1
> Interesting... I wonder how it compares with WW1's "SAM
> Radio" product? At the very least, it does follow a pattern
> that many Hot ACs in non-Variety Hits markets have taken of
> doing "Whatever Weekends", trying to up the weekend TSL.
>
> Is there a list available anywhere of WW1's "Bright AC"
> affiliates? I could cross-reference to tell you if there is
> any overlap with any VH stations, if you are really curious
> about it. Offhand I can't think of any markets where I've
> seen that be the case, but I could be mistaken.
>
> (And remember... Jack is a brand name, not a format. You
> can call it Adult Hits if you like, or Variety Rock, or
> whatever. But Jack is to Xerox as Variety Hits is to
> photocopy. JACK-FM is a federally registered service mark.)
>
If you want to know of any stations that run WW1's Bright AC format, I can give you one, and that's WZVN Lowell Indiana. They run locally from 5-9am CDT and WW1 the rest of the day during the week, and 24 hour's on Saturdays and Sundays. While their signal crosses into the south suburbs of Chicago, they market themselves as a NW Indiana station. But they're running the anything goes and it sounds rather good. Most of the somgs have been songs I've heard on the Bright AC format, but there are other songs too that were either played during Funky Flashback weekends, or only heard on other formats. I can't think of too many at the moment, but ABBA was never played on the Funky Flashback weekend, nor was Boston's More than a Feeling. But the anything goes sounded like a well balanced playlist that covered the 70's to today, unlike Jack, which most Jack stations puts their primary focus on the 80's with a few 70's and 90's here and there. It doesn't come close to Nine FM in the Chicago market, but it's something I hope WW1 will keep and drop the Funky Flashback weekend programs that they air during holiday weekends. That doesn't sound Funky at all. I don't expect Sam to come to my areas as I'm in market #3 and only select stations run satellite programming, and they pick formats that work today and will still work tomorrow, not fad formats. Who knows if Variety is fad or not.
> Interesting... I wonder how it compares with WW1's "SAM
> Radio" product? At the very least, it does follow a pattern
> that many Hot ACs in non-Variety Hits markets have taken of
> doing "Whatever Weekends", trying to up the weekend TSL.
>
> Is there a list available anywhere of WW1's "Bright AC"
> affiliates? I could cross-reference to tell you if there is
> any overlap with any VH stations, if you are really curious
> about it. Offhand I can't think of any markets where I've
> seen that be the case, but I could be mistaken.
>
> (And remember... Jack is a brand name, not a format. You
> can call it Adult Hits if you like, or Variety Rock, or
> whatever. But Jack is to Xerox as Variety Hits is to
> photocopy. JACK-FM is a federally registered service mark.)
>
If you want to know of any stations that run WW1's Bright AC format, I can give you one, and that's WZVN Lowell Indiana. They run locally from 5-9am CDT and WW1 the rest of the day during the week, and 24 hour's on Saturdays and Sundays. While their signal crosses into the south suburbs of Chicago, they market themselves as a NW Indiana station. But they're running the anything goes and it sounds rather good. Most of the somgs have been songs I've heard on the Bright AC format, but there are other songs too that were either played during Funky Flashback weekends, or only heard on other formats. I can't think of too many at the moment, but ABBA was never played on the Funky Flashback weekend, nor was Boston's More than a Feeling. But the anything goes sounded like a well balanced playlist that covered the 70's to today, unlike Jack, which most Jack stations puts their primary focus on the 80's with a few 70's and 90's here and there. It doesn't come close to Nine FM in the Chicago market, but it's something I hope WW1 will keep and drop the Funky Flashback weekend programs that they air during holiday weekends. That doesn't sound Funky at all. I don't expect Sam to come to my areas as I'm in market #3 and only select stations run satellite programming, and they pick formats that work today and will still work tomorrow, not fad formats. Who knows if Variety is fad or not.
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"Niche 29", anyone??
Anyone remember a format that Unistar/Transtar (the now Westwood One) used to run in the 80s/90s, called "Niche 29"?? I think I have an aircheck somewhere, but it would follow the target audience was the 29 year old......Can't really think of what it had musically but I would imagine one could draw certain parallels somewhere with "SAM", maybe not musically but with the listener that they were going after.
Anyone remember a format that Unistar/Transtar (the now Westwood One) used to run in the 80s/90s, called "Niche 29"?? I think I have an aircheck somewhere, but it would follow the target audience was the 29 year old......Can't really think of what it had musically but I would imagine one could draw certain parallels somewhere with "SAM", maybe not musically but with the listener that they were going after.
Re: Anything goes on WW1
> (And remember... Jack is a brand name, not a format. You
> can call it Adult Hits if you like, or Variety Rock, or
> whatever.
To me "adult hits" implies Hot AC...contemporary, but with no teen music like rap or in-your-face altrock. "Jack" (and it's clones) is an oldies format.
> (And remember... Jack is a brand name, not a format. You
> can call it Adult Hits if you like, or Variety Rock, or
> whatever.
To me "adult hits" implies Hot AC...contemporary, but with no teen music like rap or in-your-face altrock. "Jack" (and it's clones) is an oldies format.
Re: Anything goes on WW1
> To me "adult hits" implies Hot AC...contemporary, but with
> no teen music like rap or in-your-face altrock. "Jack" (and
> it's clones) is an oldies format.
Therein is why I like the name "Variety Hits" better... But some of the trades decided to use the term "Adult Hits", and who am I to argue with them about it?<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
> To me "adult hits" implies Hot AC...contemporary, but with
> no teen music like rap or in-your-face altrock. "Jack" (and
> it's clones) is an oldies format.
Therein is why I like the name "Variety Hits" better... But some of the trades decided to use the term "Adult Hits", and who am I to argue with them about it?<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
Re: "Niche 29", anyone??
I heard Format 41 (for a 41 year old) but never heard Niche 29. 41 was soft a/C with some standards thrown in ( a 41 year old in 1988 would be 58 now.) I don't think Niche 29 lasted very long.
> Anyone remember a format that Unistar/Transtar (the now
> Westwood One) used to run in the 80s/90s, called "Niche
> 29"?? I think I have an aircheck somewhere, but it would
> follow the target audience was the 29 year old......Can't
> really think of what it had musically but I would imagine
> one could draw certain parallels somewhere with "SAM", maybe
> not musically but with the listener that they were going
> after.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
I heard Format 41 (for a 41 year old) but never heard Niche 29. 41 was soft a/C with some standards thrown in ( a 41 year old in 1988 would be 58 now.) I don't think Niche 29 lasted very long.
> Anyone remember a format that Unistar/Transtar (the now
> Westwood One) used to run in the 80s/90s, called "Niche
> 29"?? I think I have an aircheck somewhere, but it would
> follow the target audience was the 29 year old......Can't
> really think of what it had musically but I would imagine
> one could draw certain parallels somewhere with "SAM", maybe
> not musically but with the listener that they were going
> after.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
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