Bad CHRs

[jcolletta275]

> Long live the late-1990s when Y-100 literally pulled in
> those European trance, techno, and house jams from across
> the Atlantic, made them mainstream, and made the other
> CHR-POP stations in Florida and the rest of the nation take
> notice. Rob Roberts was a programming genius back then.

Agreed!

> I could go on and on about PARTY-93.1. Let me know J.C. if
> you're interested (maybe in a new thread). I tried this a
> few months ago in the Miami board and nobody cared. A few of
> them are still bitter that the PARTY crashed their precious
> WTMI.

Eh... I'm pretty Party'd out at the moment Although I will say this: while no major broadcaster will do it, someone does need to bring classical music back to Miami (and not on WLRN-HD2). Say, maybe, someone licenses the soon-to-be-vacant 1700 frequency, puts it in AM stereo and goes classical?

I figure the best thing to do now is push for a new dance station in the market. Some of us over on the Miami board thought maybe WMIB would better serve the area with dance music than what they've got going now. I believe the timeline I suggested was such:

- WPOW reverts to it's past format as a rhythmic/mainstream hybrid to compete more with WHYI than anyone else.
- WEDR and WMIB battle it out, WEDR easily wins.
- WMIB flips to dance.

Not only would that bring dance back to the airwaves of South Florida, but it would also most likely give WPOW a boost in ratings which, in turn, would be the kick in the pants that WHYI has been needing for a while now.

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[The-Major]

> I figure the best thing to do now is push for a new dance
> station in the market. Some of us over on the Miami board
> thought maybe WMIB would better serve the area with dance
> music than what they've got going now. I believe the
> timeline I suggested was such:
> - WPOW reverts to it's past format as a rhythmic/mainstream
> hybrid to compete more with WHYI than anyone else.
> - WEDR and WMIB battle it out, WEDR easily wins.
> - WMIB flips to dance.

YES - I remember that discussion. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Perhaps the all-new dance-formatted station at 103.5 could have a 'Z' in its call letters so that it could be called 'Z-103.5' and modeled after that Toronto station of the same name that I keep hearing about over and over again as the epitome of dance music.

> Not only would that bring dance back to the airwaves of
> South Florida, but it would also most likely give WPOW a
> boost in ratings which, in turn, would be the kick in the
> pants that WHYI has been needing for a while now.

True competition is almost always the cure for a better product.

> Post 1140 dedicated to WRVA, Richmond. Home of Mac Watson.
> He rules.

OK I'll play along. This is Post # 94 for me, and the '94' refers to ... ah ... let's see here ... '1994' ... the year that I returned to South Florida after a 19-month hiatus caused by Hurricane Andrew.

THE MAJOR

 

[RADIOPORTUGAL]

Re: W Z K L

> > I can't believe I didn't mention this already, but WZKL
> > (Q92) / Canton, Ohio is another AWFUL CHR.
> >
>
> No, it really isn't, and neither is Hot 101 Youngstown.
>

Actually, they BOTH are awful. Thanks for including the once-mighty WHOT.

 

[jcolletta275]

> Perhaps the all-new dance-formatted station at 103.5 could
> have a 'Z' in its call letters so that it could be called
> 'Z-103.5' and modeled after that Toronto station of the same
> name that I keep hearing about over and over again as the
> epitome of dance music.

That'd be cool... though they're not straight dance. What I had in mind is something similar to Energy 92-7&5 (Chicago) with a Miami lean. A little personality radio to mix in with the dance tracks... something the original 92 KTU did years ago. In fact, if you haven't seen it, <a target="_blank" href=http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=696830&Board=dance>I wrote up my whole idea of what a dance station should be over on the Dance board</a>. If Clear Channel could follow those simple rules and build Miami's "Z" in those directions, I guarantee it'd be a smash hit.

> > Not only would that bring dance back to the airwaves of
> > South Florida, but it would also most likely give WPOW a
> > boost in ratings which, in turn, would be the kick in the
> > pants that WHYI has been needing for a while now.
>
> True competition is almost always the cure for a better
> product.

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[CHRprogrammer]

Oh Give Me a Break!

> > I can't believe I didn't mention this already, but WZKL
> > (Q92) / Canton, Ohio is another AWFUL CHR.
> >
>
> No, it really isn't, and neither is Hot 101 Youngstown.
>



You know, Charles, I have always had a lot of respect for your opinions on various boards. But, after a few of your posts recently, you're really beginning to slip. To make the claim that WZKL and WHOT are not awful examples of "CHR" radio stations is absurd... those two are horrid. You might look at an abbreviated Mediabase report and think that their playlists don't look so bad, but if you were to look at an hour-by-hour report or actually HEAR the stations live in their markets, you would have a much different opinion.<P ID="signature">______________
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[RobertMoore]

I have to agree with you on KELZ/San Antonio. They were better as KCJZ(106.7 Jamz).