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Best AC Stations
- Thread starter jason99
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I'm willing to nominate 101.5 LiteFM from Miami, Magic 107.7 from Orlando, and Lite98 Richmond VA as the best AC stations.
104.1 KAFE Bellingham is really good with their personalities. Also add KXXO 96.1 for their selection of music, and the Dial Global Pure AC network (which includes 102.1 KSWW Aberdeen and 97.3 KRVY in Starbuck/Willmar, MN) for their awesome AC selection. Lots of rare 1970s and '80s hits that NEVER get played on many ACs anymore.
One example is Belinda Carlisle's "Mad About You." Dial Global has it in semi-regular rotation, but I have NEVER heard another AC playing that song before. Go Dial Global!
-crainbebo
One example is Belinda Carlisle's "Mad About You." Dial Global has it in semi-regular rotation, but I have NEVER heard another AC playing that song before. Go Dial Global!
-crainbebo
Alongside with WLYF (101.5 Lite FM)/Miami and WMGF (Magic 107.7)/Orlando, I'm willing to nominate WLMG (Magic 101.9)/New Orleans and WRVR (104.5 The River)/Memphis.
My favorite would be WLEN 103.9 FM in Adrian, MI. HUGE playlist covering both AC and Hot AC (plus Oldies on Fridays), lots of local news, and the only time they're not live is locally automated overnights and a few syndicated weekend shows. They've won several awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
Dial Global AC sounds terrific, and I like Cumulus' "Hits and Favorites" (formerly Citadel/ABC/SMN "StarStation") feed as well.
Dial Global offers two AC feeds - the Total and the Local (which used to be Waitt Radio Networks' "AC Pure"). In my region, WLKM 95.9 FM Three Rivers is Total (as is WCSR Hillsdale 92.1 FM/1340 AM on weekends and late nights) and WBNO 100.9 FM Bryan, OH and WFRO 99.1 FM (Eagle 99) in Fremont, OH are Local. Both have excellent playlists.
As far as corporate-owned stations go, I nominate:
WLTW New York
KOST L.A.
Cars 108 (WCRZ) Flint, MI
WFMK Lansing, MI
WWRM Tampa, FL
WJXA Nashville, TN (I like the fact that they sound like a Nashville station by playing a few non-crossover country songs)
WNSN South Bend, IN (love the '80s weekends)
Crainbebo - FWIW, "Mad About You" is on Clear Channel's Premium Choice AC playlist.
Dial Global AC sounds terrific, and I like Cumulus' "Hits and Favorites" (formerly Citadel/ABC/SMN "StarStation") feed as well.
Dial Global offers two AC feeds - the Total and the Local (which used to be Waitt Radio Networks' "AC Pure"). In my region, WLKM 95.9 FM Three Rivers is Total (as is WCSR Hillsdale 92.1 FM/1340 AM on weekends and late nights) and WBNO 100.9 FM Bryan, OH and WFRO 99.1 FM (Eagle 99) in Fremont, OH are Local. Both have excellent playlists.
As far as corporate-owned stations go, I nominate:
WLTW New York
KOST L.A.
Cars 108 (WCRZ) Flint, MI
WFMK Lansing, MI
WWRM Tampa, FL
WJXA Nashville, TN (I like the fact that they sound like a Nashville station by playing a few non-crossover country songs)
WNSN South Bend, IN (love the '80s weekends)
Crainbebo - FWIW, "Mad About You" is on Clear Channel's Premium Choice AC playlist.
When discussions of AC stations come up, I always have to mention WFEZ/Easy 93.1 out of Miami. It's an incredible supersoft AC that plays a lot of softer music (mainly from '70s, '80s, and '90s) that no other stations play anymore. A lot of these are songs that have become very obscure over the years.
Here's their website: http://www.easy93.com/
I'm obsessed with this station and stream it at work all the time.
Here's their website: http://www.easy93.com/
I'm obsessed with this station and stream it at work all the time.
Didn't Dial Global have their own before the merger with Jones? I seem to recall Format 41 being discontinued in 2006, which is ironic because America's Best Music was headed in that direction and could have kept on evolving. And maybe they didn't because the Timeless Favorites fiasco gave America's Best Music the opportunity to clean up.boombox said:
Actually, Easy 93.1 was one of the very first radio stations I heard back when I first got Internet at home. It's great that they stay fathful to their style, since the music is so tasteful.new_friends_gr said:
WLIF 101.9 Here in Baltimore is one of the best, They have been AC since the early 90's....Although recently they have been leaning more to Hot AC which im not a fan of but my Favorite of all-time here in Baltimore was a station that was AC from 1981 to 1992 and that was WYST 92.3 or 92 Star but they were sold to Radio One and turned to Urban\Hip Hop
Yep, WLIF is a pretty decent AC owned by CBS. I wouldn't say it have been leaning more to Hot AC if I were to compare it to how other CBS AC's around the nation has been programmed lately. WRCH/Hartford is probably another decent CBS AC like WLIF. WLIF and WRCH are probably the two oldest leaning CBS AC's out of all the CBS AC's I know. I would say KVIL/Dallas-Ft. Worth would be one of CBS AC's that leans closest to Hot AC, since they retooled their AC format back in May.
KEZK is another great sounding AC that CBS owns. Sounds just about the same as 101.9 lite fm and 100.5 WRCH.
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