Boston Radio Dial

[jlehmann]

Dan,
WUBA 1480 will be dropping the Spanish format tomorrow, retaking the WDAS call, and going R&B Oldies, kicking off with R&B Christmas tunes.

It would sure be nice if they could do the same thing here in Boston with 1430. Maybe they could get the WILD calls from Radio One.

 

[mistermicrophone]

I moved to Philly earlier this year after living in Boston for over fifteen years and I can tell you....the radio down here in many ways is MUCH better! Much more variety, plus most of the same formats are represented.

News - KYW is 24/7, WBZ is not, but I'm not big into RW talk.
Hot AC - WISX is more rhythmic leaning than WBMX. A plus.
AAA - WXPN is non comm and more agressive musically than WXRV
Public Radio - WBUR and WHYY are fairly even...and on the same frequency!
Country - Both WXTU and WKLB are typical major market country. Meh.
Rock - Both have heritage rockers, but WMMR is more WHJY-ish than WAAF, which I prefer.
Classical - Both have non comms, WCRB and WRTI.
Top 40 - I like Q-102 better musically than Kiss, but I miss Matty.
AC- B101 and Magic are about the same.
Alternative - Radio 1045 and WBOS are similar, but Philly plays more currents. No FNX though
Rhythmic - Big advantage for Philly. Wired leans more pop, and Hot 107.9 skews urban. WJMN tries to split the difference
70's-80's Oldies - WOGL is better than WODS, and they don't do Christmas! Don't miss WROR at all.
Classic Rock - WMGK leans more classic hits than WZLX, but they cover most of the same ground.
Sports - Both cites have two sports stations. WIP and WEEI are about the same. The Fanatic isn't as good as 98.5
Talk - WPHT and WRKO are about the same. No FM talker here. Not a big loss...
Christian talk - Boston has 590, Philly has 106.9. Don't care either way...
Wierd Chinese propaganda - WILD & WNWR. Just in case.

Then you get the formats Boston doesn't have. A mainstream Urban. Two Urban AC's, one hit oriented, the other digs deeper. Philly still has their Adult Hits station "Ben-FM" And they have an FM gospel station. Plus, an AM R&B oldies station is coming after the holidays. Outside of no Matty, WFNX and WJIB, I don't miss the market at all....

Well, we're all glad you're happy with the radio landscape in Philly. And how does that matter to the Boston radio market??

 

[mistermicrophone]

I just don't understand how CBS could look at the current ratings for Mix and allow their jocks to cut straight from song to song - IMO that's radio at its laziest form - it does absolutely nothing to attract new listeners, and very little to keep the current listeners from wandering down the dial

Someone from Mix needs to stream Star 94/Atlanta and at least listen to the difference...

Because Mix can look at something you can't, individual demos!

 

[atlantaboy]

I just don't understand how CBS could look at the current ratings for Mix and allow their jocks to cut straight from song to song - IMO that's radio at its laziest form - it does absolutely nothing to attract new listeners, and very little to keep the current listeners from wandering down the dial

Someone from Mix needs to stream Star 94/Atlanta and at least listen to the difference...

Because Mix can look at something you can't, individual demos!

What does that have to do with cutting straight from song to song, and a boring, lazy on-air presentation?

 

[mistermicrophone]

I just don't understand how CBS could look at the current ratings for Mix and allow their jocks to cut straight from song to song - IMO that's radio at its laziest form - it does absolutely nothing to attract new listeners, and very little to keep the current listeners from wandering down the dial

Someone from Mix needs to stream Star 94/Atlanta and at least listen to the difference...

Because Mix can look at something you can't, individual demos!

What does that have to do with cutting straight from song to song, and a boring, lazy on-air presentation?

That was in response to the comment about CBS looking at their current ratings, not necessarily because of what you perceive as a weakness. I love, though, when someone says "station X needs to look at station Y in market Z and do what they're doing". Really? This isn't Atlanta. What would Mix benefit by adding imaging in between every song? They would make YOU happy? You do realize that PPM has proven that dead segues actually HELP, not hurt your station, right? As for boring/lazy on-air presentation, what's boring to you isn't boring to everyone else.

 

[HHH]

Some the best radio in Boston is in the non-comm region, which this guy did not bother to review.

Especially WMBR and WERS, which are both outstanding.

Kinda like browsing a city's CD selection and going to WalMart and not Newberry Comics.

 

[atlantaboy]

I just don't understand how CBS could look at the current ratings for Mix and allow their jocks to cut straight from song to song - IMO that's radio at its laziest form - it does absolutely nothing to attract new listeners, and very little to keep the current listeners from wandering down the dial

Someone from Mix needs to stream Star 94/Atlanta and at least listen to the difference...

Because Mix can look at something you can't, individual demos!

What does that have to do with cutting straight from song to song, and a boring, lazy on-air presentation?

That was in response to the comment about CBS looking at their current ratings, not necessarily because of what you perceive as a weakness. I love, though, when someone says "station X needs to look at station Y in market Z and do what they're doing". Really? This isn't Atlanta. What would Mix benefit by adding imaging in between every song? They would make YOU happy? You do realize that PPM has proven that dead segues actually HELP, not hurt your station, right? As for boring/lazy on-air presentation, what's boring to you isn't boring to everyone else.

I would agree, except that poster after poster in this forum has written about how they expect WBMX to flip formats because of subpar ratings - All I'm saying is that if ratings aren't good, and you're using dead segues and mimimal imaging, why not follow the lead of a station which is doing well? It may work, it may not, but why not try something new?

 

[raccoonradio]

He didn't sum up the stations under 92 MHz but did say:
>>Between 88.1-91.9, lots of eclectic type of music, and NPR stuff.

So much for being specific but maybe eclectic music isn't his thing. Though we do have some
college stations above 92, incl WHRB (and WBRS, WRBB etc, which he didn't mention)

 

[CTListener]

He didn't sum up the stations under 92 MHz but did say:
>>Between 88.1-91.9, lots of eclectic type of music, and NPR stuff.

So much for being specific but maybe eclectic music isn't his thing. Though we do have some
college stations above 92, incl WHRB (and WBRS, WRBB etc, which he didn't mention)

Although you can be in many parts of Boston and still not be able to hear WRBB.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

He didn't sum up the stations under 92 MHz but did say:
>>Between 88.1-91.9, lots of eclectic type of music, and NPR stuff.

So much for being specific but maybe eclectic music isn't his thing. Though we do have some
college stations above 92, incl WHRB (and WBRS, WRBB etc, which he didn't mention)

Although you can be in many parts of Boston and still not be able to hear WRBB.

And there's a Haitian pirate on 100.1 in the inner city killing the fringes of WBRS all over Boston.

 

[CTListener]

He didn't sum up the stations under 92 MHz but did say:
>>Between 88.1-91.9, lots of eclectic type of music, and NPR stuff.

So much for being specific but maybe eclectic music isn't his thing. Though we do have some
college stations above 92, incl WHRB (and WBRS, WRBB etc, which he didn't mention)

Although you can be in many parts of Boston and still not be able to hear WRBB.

And there's a Haitian pirate on 100.1 in the inner city killing the fringes of WBRS all over Boston.

WRBB's prblem is significantly worse. By the time you get to East Boston, WBOQ is all you'll hear on 104.9.

 

[RockRoll360]

KBCO would be the best bet for a AAA radio station here in Boston ---- Even though I perfer FreeForm BCN ----- That's That !

 

[Retro]

He didn't sum up the stations under 92 MHz but did say:
>>Between 88.1-91.9, lots of eclectic type of music, and NPR stuff.

So much for being specific but maybe eclectic music isn't his thing. Though we do have some
college stations above 92, incl WHRB (and WBRS, WRBB etc, which he didn't mention)

Although you can be in many parts of Boston and still not be able to hear WRBB.

And there's a Haitian pirate on 100.1 in the inner city killing the fringes of WBRS all over Boston.

WRBB's prblem is significantly worse. By the time you get to East Boston, WBOQ is all you'll hear on 104.9.

Or 20 floors above Faneuil Hall even. I know this from experience, or at least that is how it used to be.