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Boston Radio Ratings: June 2023

I'd think more than a few people under 65 or 54 listen to Dan Rea, etc, on WBZ 1030.
Or Howie, Kuhner, Grace on RKO.
But of these, some may be hearing the show on streaming or on 107.9 HD2 or
100.7 HD2.
Also some may enjoy oldies or standards on WJIB or WMEX (who unlike 680 or 1030 have FM translators--1510's got a small area, though). Admittedly I have
joked about AM standing for Ancient Modulation.
But FM or streaming (of XM, etc) does dominate. At my workplace someone beams XM to a bluetooth speaker.
 
MVB13 said:
It seems geared towards females. I'm a gay man and I love Top 40 radio but that's different.
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Yet I have a different take. I personally can't stand Pop music (after roughly 1995); yet observing the small subpopulation in my area, I notice men near 40 who will listen to Kiss 108 (much to my personal dismay). I added it to my near 30 year observation of the suburbanite. From what I notice, Pop music fans of the last 30 years (male and female) stuck with it. As Pop music evolved from when they were Middle School and High School age, they change with it. This is a stark contrast to Country fans, today. From this same small suburbanite subpopulation, all the current Country fans were Hip-Hop fans 25 years ago. Yet, near all of the them converted over the last 10 years.

The people I informally followed around all live in towns along the northeastern part of the state. My observation started during my own adolescent disdain and angst to who I would then call "the followers." These were the people who I anecdotally determined to "not have their own personality." Instead, "they just wanted to be part of the in-crowd." I had no actual research back then. Instead an anecdote and a theory, yet determined them to be facts. The mistakes of adolescence. As I got older, the only thing I continued to be interested in is the music taste of these people. So I continued this ongoing informal phenomenology study. What I see in the suburbs is that childhood Pop music fans stick with Pop music into adulthood.
 
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Yet I have a different take. I personally can't stand Pop music (after roughly 1995); yet observing the small subpopulation in my area, I notice men near 40 who will listen to Kiss 108 (much to my personal dismay). I added it to my near 30 year observation of the suburbanite. From what I notice, Pop music fans of the last 30 years (male and female) stuck with it. As Pop music evolved from when they were Middle School and High School age, they change with it. This is a stark contrast to Country fans, today. From this same small suburbanite subpopulation, all the current Country fans were Hip-Hop fans 25 years ago. Yet, near all of the them converted over the last 10 years.

The people I informally followed around all live in towns along the northeastern part of the state. My observation started during my own adolescent disdain and angst to who I would then call "the followers." These were the people who I anecdotally determined to "not have their own personality." Instead, "they just wanted to be part of the in-crowd." I had no actual research back then. Instead an anecdote and a theory, yet determined them to be facts. The mistakes of adolescence. As I got older, the only thing I continued to be interested in is the music taste of these people. So I continued this ongoing informal phenomenology study. What I see in the suburbs is that childhood Pop music fans stick with Pop music into adulthood.
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I grew up in Northern NJ 45 minutes from NYC it was rural but suburban yet I still love pop music. My #1 preset is always Z100. When I visited Boston I loved listening to Matty in The Morning I love Billy and Lisa they're great. I do like Alternative Rock as Z100 was Alternative when I started to listen to pop from country in 1995. I listened to country from when I was a baby until I was 5 or so when we lost WYNY FM. I liked it a bit in 2006 then in 2012 I started to like country. Now since 2020, I don't listen to country. I can't support an artist if they aren't inclusive to everyone. My husband listens to hip hop and R&B from the 90s and 00s which I've grown to enjoy and appreciate and respect from an artistic standpoint as well as Pop. The most rock he will do is Imagine Dragons. Meanwhile I love the grunge from the 90s and I love the emo from the 00s.
 
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