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FYI, B96 is the first major market Rhythmic CHR to add Cascada.<P ID="signature">______________
Rob Austin
Vice President
JamTraxx Media Inc.
http://www.jamtraxxmedia.com
"Major Market Solutions for Your Radio Station's Needs!"</P>
 
> FYI, B96 is the first major market Rhythmic CHR to add
> Cascada.
>
AND it's home to fantabulous mix show superstar Louie Loop,who remixed "Sorry,No Requests"(see next post down) Yo,Louie!
 
B96 will play tracks from CHR/Pop that get big enough be it rock (Green Day), pop (Kelly Clarkson) or dance (Cascada). Or even some songs just starting out (the new Pink(.
 
Wow, Todd got permission to play something other than hip hop? :

It's the only thing that's gonna save them and help them pull away from the even more abysmal Kiss and that is so, so, so sad.

> FYI, B96 is the first major market Rhythmic CHR to add
> Cascada.
>
 
Huh? Cascada is a dance record. It is in the DANCE FORMAT and it's like an Ivy League student selling Dell Notebooks in Ford Heights, it sticks out like a sore thumb. It's not pop ala Kelly, Green Day, hell it took them forever to spike DHT. This is not a pop record in the traditional sense of POP. It's a DANCE RECORD and it is being treated like it's a MAINSTREAM record now and that's good for the music genre because millions of people listen to the music style and radio seems content with letting them all use their IPODS, Internet and Satellite Radios.

This is interesting and hopefully it's them taking their head out of their asses to assess the direction for them to go, this is a step in the right direction.

> B96 will play tracks from CHR/Pop that get big enough be it
> rock (Green Day), pop (Kelly Clarkson) or dance (Cascada).
> Or even some songs just starting out (the new Pink(.
>
 
> This is not a pop record in the traditional sense of
> > POP.
>
>
> Dance music was pop not too long ago
>
(Bingo).......
 
> As happy as I am to see B-96 play this song. Look at their
> playlist, it just doesn't fit.
>
But B-96 calls itself,,, the home for (HITS) & Hip Hop,,, Leaving them room to spike in other stuff.... Cascada is a (HIT), and Dance is Rhythmic music, so I think it fits just fine.
 
> > This is not a pop record in the traditional sense of
> > > POP.
> >
> >
> > Dance music was pop not too long ago
> >
> (Bingo).......
>

And hiphop was NOT pop not too long ago. In fact, I think "pop" is the wrong term to be using, because "pop" refers to a genre of music (i.e., Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, etc.) The proper term really needs to be "mainstream", or more accurately, that it's a crossover hit.

Now that B96 is claiming to play the "hits", I guess they've given themselves the license to play anything outside of the hiphop genre. I'd say Cascada is a nice start (gotta start somewhere, I guess). But... if we don't hear another dance selection on B96 for the rest of 2006, then you'd have to scratch your head and wonder what the heck they were thinking.
 
Honestly while I was as shocked as anyone to see the e-mail that B96 was pounding this yesterday, if you think about it it really is a good fit for the station. These type of records have worked for B96 in the past. The mixers have always supported Euro music.

Funny thing is on Monday I had pulled out some cd's from one of my favorite All-Time Mixmasters, Bobby D to listen to and then on Tuesday the airplay. Hmmmmm.... :)

Quick somebody get KYLD on the line and pass me the Jose Melendez tapes.

jp

> And hiphop was NOT pop not too long ago. In fact, I think
> "pop" is the wrong term to be using, because "pop" refers to
> a genre of music (i.e., Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, etc.) The
> proper term really needs to be "mainstream", or more
> accurately, that it's a crossover hit.
>
> Now that B96 is claiming to play the "hits", I guess they've
> given themselves the license to play anything outside of the
> hiphop genre. I'd say Cascada is a nice start (gotta start
> somewhere, I guess). But... if we don't hear another dance
> selection on B96 for the rest of 2006, then you'd have to
> scratch your head and wonder what the heck they were
> thinking.
>
 
> > > This is not a pop record in the traditional sense of
> > > > POP.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dance music was pop not too long ago
> > >
> > (Bingo).......
> >
>
> And hiphop was NOT pop not too long ago. In fact, I think
> "pop" is the wrong term to be using, because "pop" refers to
> a genre of music (i.e., Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, etc.) The
> proper term really needs to be "mainstream", or more
> accurately, that it's a crossover hit.
>
> Now that B96 is claiming to play the "hits", I guess they've
> given themselves the license to play anything outside of the
> hiphop genre. I'd say Cascada is a nice start (gotta start
> somewhere, I guess). But... if we don't hear another dance
> selection on B96 for the rest of 2006, then you'd have to
> scratch your head and wonder what the heck they were
> thinking.
>
And ROCK of the 50s wasn't POP; until suddenly it was;
and Alice Cooper,Led Zeppelin("Whole Lotta Love"),Deep Purple)"Smoke On The Water",etc werent' POP;until suddenly they were
and the underground club beat of 70s disco wasn't POP; until it WAS
and mid 90s grunge/punk wasn't POP; until it was
POP is POPular,big selling,boards crossing hits,from where ever it may originate
 
> Honestly while I was as shocked as anyone to see the e-mail
> that B96 was pounding this yesterday, if you think about it
> it really is a good fit for the station. These type of
> records have worked for B96 in the past. The mixers have
> always supported Euro music.
>
> Funny thing is on Monday I had pulled out some cd's from one
> of my favorite All-Time Mixmasters, Bobby D to listen to and
> then on Tuesday the airplay. Hmmmmm.... :)
>
> Quick somebody get KYLD on the line and pass me the Jose
> Melendez tapes.
>

Wild seems to be down to its lowest 12 + ratings EVER (at least on the 94.9 frequency). Maybe it's time for Wild to go more Dance and Pop friendly, ala Z-103.5 Toronto. San Francisco is the perfect city for this format...
 
> AND it's home to fantabulous mix show superstar Louie
> Loop,who remixed "Sorry,No Requests"(see next post down)
> Yo,Louie!


<font size="3">LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-IIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!</font>

(He visits the board sometimes. Louie is my buddy.)<P ID="signature">______________
radioinfosignature.gif
</P>
 
> Honestly while I was as shocked as anyone to see the e-mail
> that B96 was pounding this yesterday, if you think about it
> it really is a good fit for the station. These type of
> records have worked for B96 in the past. The mixers have
> always supported Euro music.
>
> Funny thing is on Monday I had pulled out some cd's from one
> of my favorite All-Time Mixmasters, Bobby D to listen to and
> then on Tuesday the airplay. Hmmmmm.... :)

Euro music working in Chicago? Really? Could it be because Chicago has a humongous Polish population? A large Russian population? A significant Greek population?

I still find it amazing that B96 and KISS-FM still shy away from most dance music when there is a decent portion of the listening audience that would definitely support it.

By the way, Louie Loop tells me that he will spin more euro mixes on the weekends just because there is such a huge hole for it in Chi-town. I'm not the biggest fan of eurodance, but heck, at least some dance music is being played on the airwaves again.<P ID="signature">______________
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</P>
 
> > AND it's home to fantabulous mix show superstar Louie
> > Loop,who remixed "Sorry,No Requests"(see next post down)
> > Yo,Louie!
>
>
> LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-IIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
>
> (He visits the board sometimes. Louie is my buddy.)
>
Tell him Jimi sez HI!
 
> Wild seems to be down to its lowest 12 + ratings EVER (at
> least on the 94.9 frequency). Maybe it's time for Wild to go
> more Dance and Pop friendly, ala Z-103.5 Toronto. San
> Francisco is the perfect city for this format...
>

Well, Jazzy Jim Archer is back at the helm so anything is possible. Great guy.

jp
 
I guess I'm not shocked that B96 is playing the song, because after all, the song is a hit and B96 has a very rich dance/CHR heritage. What is a shock to me is that none of the dance mixers on the station had ever played the song on the air, since I heard through the grapevine that 2/28 was the first detection of Cascada on B96 by Mediabase. That, I think is the ironic part, don't you think?

> Honestly while I was as shocked as anyone to see the e-mail
> that B96 was pounding this yesterday, if you think about it
> it really is a good fit for the station. These type of
> records have worked for B96 in the past. The mixers have
> always supported Euro music.
>
> Funny thing is on Monday I had pulled out some cd's from one
> of my favorite All-Time Mixmasters, Bobby D to listen to and
> then on Tuesday the airplay. Hmmmmm.... :)
>
> Quick somebody get KYLD on the line and pass me the Jose
> Melendez tapes.
>
> jp
>
> > And hiphop was NOT pop not too long ago. In fact, I think
>
> > "pop" is the wrong term to be using, because "pop" refers
> to
> > a genre of music (i.e., Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, etc.)
> The
> > proper term really needs to be "mainstream", or more
> > accurately, that it's a crossover hit.
> >
> > Now that B96 is claiming to play the "hits", I guess
> they've
> > given themselves the license to play anything outside of
> the
> > hiphop genre. I'd say Cascada is a nice start (gotta
> start
> > somewhere, I guess). But... if we don't hear another
> dance
> > selection on B96 for the rest of 2006, then you'd have to
> > scratch your head and wonder what the heck they were
> > thinking.
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Rob Austin
Vice President
JamTraxx Media Inc.
http://www.jamtraxxmedia.com
"Major Market Solutions for Your Radio Station's Needs!"</P>
 
Not really. I don't have a lot of confidence in seeing all of the Mixshow detections from the monitoring services. Lots of reasons for that. Lots of times that I've heard songs that were never detected or that were credited to the wrong artist. ;)

jp
 
Wow... I didn't think that was still a problem in this day and age. Thanks for the enlightenment! It's greatly appreciated! I guess this happens more often than not? Is it beceause the services pay more attention during regular programming rather than mixshows or is it because it's harder to detect the song when it's within a mix?

> Not really. I don't have a lot of confidence in seeing all
> of the Mixshow detections from the monitoring services.
> Lots of reasons for that. Lots of times that I've heard
> songs that were never detected or that were credited to the
> wrong artist. ;)
>
> jp
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Rob Austin
Vice President
JamTraxx Media Inc.
http://www.jamtraxxmedia.com
"Major Market Solutions for Your Radio Station's Needs!"</P>
 
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