ATLANTA RADIO IS EMBARASSING

[TheBigA]

A lot of that has to do with most advertising being targeted to the same audiences, 18-49 and 25-54.

Exactly...the difference between an ad-supported system and a user-supported system. This is why Congress created public broadcasting over 40 years ago.

 

[atlantaboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE0EOIqwiQI&feature=related

Why cant we hear great classics like this anymore????. music sucks today, damn you big companies, hope all your towers get struck by lightning and damaged beyond repair. YOU ALL SUCK............

I guess I don't understand why you expect radio to play songs that are this old...Do movie theaters still play movies from 1970 on a regular basis? Do television stations air TV shows from 1970?

I grew up in the 80s/90s, and I hardly ever listen to anything from before the year 2000...Even if I did still love songs from the late 80s, I wouldn't expect to hear them on the radio on a regular basis

 

[BIGSTICK]

You must be in hog heaven. Does this mean that 10 stations play the same shit? How old are you??? It is called variety, of which this market has none anymore. : :

 

[chrocket87]

I'm guessing you've never seen WKRP. Well, I'll post part of the debut for you:

LES: But there are already lots of rock and roll stations in Cincinnatti
ANDY: Well, why do you think that is, Les?
LES: Well, I think it's a plot of some sort.
ANDY: (chuckles) No, Les, Rock and roll is where the money is.

Switch rock and roll with CHR/Urban and Cincy with Atlanta and there you go!

 

[atlantaboy]

You must be in hog heaven. Does this mean that 10 stations play the same shit? How old are you??? It is called variety

Yes, movie theaters have variety too - drama, action, comedy, etc. - but all relatively CURRENT - and same with television

How is radio any different? It's a current-based media

 

[jabba17]

You must be in hog heaven. Does this mean that 10 stations play the same shit? How old are you??? It is called variety

Yes, movie theaters have variety too - drama, action, comedy, etc. - but all relatively CURRENT - and same with television

How is radio any different? It's a current-based media

If you want niche or narrowcasting, broadcast media ain't it.

 

[IT_Guru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE0EOIqwiQI&feature=related

Why cant we hear great classics like this anymore????. music sucks today, damn you big companies, hope all your towers get struck by lightning and damaged beyond repair. YOU ALL SUCK............

Brent, that's one that in my opinion has been overplayed even on Atlanta radio. Heard this one on XM 70's on 7 a while ago and I actually got a WOW moment (something I haven't gotten out of Atlanta radio in over 5 years). One of the posters even commented:

"What a great uplifting song. Although i only discovered this song a couple weeks ago (for i am 16 years old), i enjoy it in every way. Thanks nick lowe for demonstating such talent in this awesome song. This should inspire modern music artists to suck less."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPXsMiK-Dc

 

[bnaivar]

I was in a doctor's office yesterday and I could hear a radio station playing OLDIES! I asked the receptionist what station that was and she said "107.3 in St. Louis". It was on IHeart radio. :'(

I guess they can still sell oldies in St. Louis.

 

[BIGSTICK]

I was in a doctor's office yesterday and I could hear a radio station playing OLDIES! I asked the receptionist what station that was and she said "107.3 in St. Louis". It was on IHeart radio. :'(

I guess they can still sell oldies in St. Louis.

They can sell them here too, if it was done right. Pretty pathetic that Atlanta does NOT have a station that anyone can listen to in the "office" anymore, and offices pipe in stations from other cities, or have given up on local radio all together. Why, because they all SUCK. Don't tell me B98.5 either. I am sure caller10 will.

 

[RoddyFreeman]

Are you questioning Caller 10's integrity?

 

[Mike_Rafone]

Brent,
Really do hate to burst your bubble, but other posters have said the same thing in different ways -- in any business anywhere in the world -- not just Atlanta -- you have to have a product that will attract customers. Oldies (actually my favorite format, too) does not attract customers in Atlanta. Don't know if all +60 have moved away (or died) or don't listen to radios any more, but the people willing to pay for commercial time on stations that attract that age group aren't getting the bang for their buck. If there ain't no income there ain't no show.
I make do listening to Sirius/XM channels or finding Internet stations, or listen to my own library. FOX97 was fun in Atlanta, but once the income it could generate died, it had to pass on, too. It wasn't a great conspiracy, it was economics …
You say it could be done right. Okay, give me a rundown of advertisers today who want to sell products to +60 listeners. Then see if those companies want to buy time on a station. Then see if the audience wants to listen to those ads.

 

[BIGSTICK]

Brent,
Really do hate to burst your bubble, but other posters have said the same thing in different ways -- in any business anywhere in the world -- not just Atlanta -- you have to have a product that will attract customers. Oldies (actually my favorite format, too) does not attract customers in Atlanta. Don't know if all +60 have moved away (or died) or don't listen to radios any more, but the people willing to pay for commercial time on stations that attract that age group aren't getting the bang for their buck. If there ain't no income there ain't no show.
I make do listening to Sirius/XM channels or finding Internet stations, or listen to my own library. FOX97 was fun in Atlanta, but once the income it could generate died, it had to pass on, too. It wasn't a great conspiracy, it was economics …
You say it could be done right. Okay, give me a rundown of advertisers today who want to sell products to +60 listeners. Then see if those companies want to buy time on a station. Then see if the audience wants to listen to those ads.

What do you think that everyone in Atlanta is black and under 30 and wants to hear this crap? I know you can hear every format on the internet and such, but it is still not the same as having a local signal. Baby boomer's are all over Atlanta, and I hear constantly that they want to hear some of "their " music on the local dial again. This just does not fly with me in the least that it does not sell, bullshit.

 

[bnaivar]

Screw Atlanta. Just give me something I can pick up in the suburbs and carry to Atlanta. :-\

 

[agentUrge]

Eventually a format that catered to a specific generation will become very niche. People like swing and big band but that market went away too.

 

[acheron1982]

You want to know why radio in Atlanta is the way it is? Go check out the VMA's on MTV which has arguably the more popular music today according to younger people. Right before you puke up your dinner, go check out what classification the awards are going for. VMA's are NOT diverse at all with mostly hip hop music and some pop. One rock artist performing. Sad state in music but I guess I'm just a 30 year old gizzard.

 

[jabba17]

Eventually a format that catered to a specific generation will become very niche. People like swing and big band but that market went away too.

WJYF Joy FM on 104.1. Part of the MOYL network.

 

[atlantaboy]

You want to know why radio in Atlanta is the way it is? Go check out the VMA's on MTV which has arguably the more popular music today according to younger people. Right before you puke up your dinner, go check out what classification the awards are going for. VMA's are NOT diverse at all with mostly hip hop music and some pop. One rock artist performing. Sad state in music but I guess I'm just a 30 year old gizzard.

MTV owns VH1, though, so they strictly relegate almost all Alt/Hot AC stuff to VH1

 

[jabba17]

You want to know why radio in Atlanta is the way it is? Go check out the VMA's on MTV which has arguably the more popular music today according to younger people. Right before you puke up your dinner, go check out what classification the awards are going for. VMA's are NOT diverse at all with mostly hip hop music and some pop. One rock artist performing. Sad state in music but I guess I'm just a 30 year old gizzard.

MTV owns VH1, though, so they strictly relegate almost all Alt/Hot AC stuff to VH1

Does MTV still show music? And does The Weather Channel still show the weather?

 

[secondchoice]

You want to know why radio in Atlanta is the way it is? Go check out the VMA's on MTV which has arguably the more popular music today according to younger people. Right before you puke up your dinner, go check out what classification the awards are going for. VMA's are NOT diverse at all with mostly hip hop music and some pop. One rock artist performing. Sad state in music but I guess I'm just a 30 year old gizzard.

MTV owns VH1, though, so they strictly relegate almost all Alt/Hot AC stuff to VH1

Does MTV still show music? And does The Weather Channel still show the weather?

Not now. Unreality has taken over almost all of TV.

 

[agentUrge]

You want to know why radio in Atlanta is the way it is? Go check out the VMA's on MTV which has arguably the more popular music today according to younger people. Right before you puke up your dinner, go check out what classification the awards are going for. VMA's are NOT diverse at all with mostly hip hop music and some pop. One rock artist performing. Sad state in music but I guess I'm just a 30 year old gizzard.

I made a mention of the same thing in the "What's Up with Rock Radio in Atlanta" thread. The Billboard MAs were comical because they placed artists in rock categories they really didn't need to be in and on a couple of occasions, they did what appeared to be a copy/paste of artists from one award category into another. Top that off with the Grammy's where they used to have around 12 rock categories and which have been compressed down to about 4.

Not now. Unreality has taken over almost all of TV.

Yeah..but both Jersey Shore and Teen mom have either been canned or only have a season left.

VH1classic at least does music and they seem to support rock for the most part. Cept when they're doing marathons of movies or Married With Children