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CBSFM- Songs that should be added or re added to the rotation?
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Since no study has ever found substantial preference for a 1,000+-song playlist in any genre on any FM station, I'd say it's pretty safe to assume that people listening to tight-playlist dance stations like their playlists.
The size of playlists is determined by listeners themselves. A playlist is as long as the number of songs that have consensus appeal. Station's don't pick them; listeners do.
Unsure of how Sirius picks their songs. Quite a few are not on terrestrial, especially some gold, but some are definitely spun a lot though between the three main dance stations I am gladly finding a lot of new music I enjoy.
As a country music fan, I get surveys from SXM's The Highway every week or so, asking me to grade samples of 20-some songs, currents and recurrents, on how much I like or dislike them and how tired I am of hearing them. I assume this input from thousands of P1 listeners has some influence in song selection, although obviously, the programmer in charge of the channel has to make the call on which new releases (especially from new artists) get the initial airplay that makes them eligible for the survey.
When I was part of the programming team of the HBC / Univision Recuerdo format in about 12 large markets, we tested several times a year and always got about 1100 songs that passed.
By dividing the lists into various category levels and "platooning" lots of secondary songs by core artists, we played them all.
But are there any musical genres/formats targeted mainly at non-Hispanic, English-only listeners that get that kind of strong response to so many titles?
There are also songs on several Sirius stations which like Streetcorner Symphony by Rob Thomas on Mosaic which I have only heard driving through very rural towns, which can probably be attributed to a smaller listening audience. Hits 1 plays newer stuff than typical CHRs, but seems a lot to play a lot more "safe" than Sirius stations higher on the dial, as the higher you go, the more "niche" it is.
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All I can say is, Race Taylor is one of my all-time favorite midday host on WCBS-FM. Race has finally put it back to the top of its game, beating “Sunny” Joe from WGNY-FM’s “Fox Oldies”, JJ Carter from WBPM and Bob O also from WGNY-FM’s “Fox Oldies”. This is why I love Race Taylor a lot.
He first came to WCBS-FM in 2019 since I started listening to it, and still is to this day. After listening to his show for the first few weeks, he will be the heavy champion, and the King of Middays. This is going to be my excellent move.
I will continue to listen to my favorite Race Taylor, and let’s see how this holds.
He first came to WCBS-FM in 2019 since I started listening to it, and still is to this day. After listening to his show for the first few weeks, he will be the heavy champion, and the King of Middays. This is going to be my excellent move.
I will continue to listen to my favorite Race Taylor, and let’s see how this holds.
Does he need a restraining order? This is getting creepy.
Only if he starts calling the studio and requesting "Misty."
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You got that right! Maybe I can throw in a Ray Stevens record to play “Misty” for ya!
I won't disagree with you (because I have a 33 year old nephew living with me who loves the Beatles). However, they are not the norm, as even my nephew is into death metal, which I can't stand, and some hip hop. Unfortunately, no "oldie" will work on a CHR, at least it's not even been proven that you can rotate them in. However...I can't discount something happening in the future.
I will say this...some companies who "say" they test music really aren't. Sorry, can't and will not name names.
Are you a fan or a radio professional? If the former, how did you come upon this alleged dishonesty in the industry?
There are stations in smaller markets that want to save the $20,000 to $40,000 of a music test who either dissect in MediaBase a station (or batch of stations) in comparable markets and create a compendium of tests.
And among smaller groups, even separately owned stations may share tests, rotating between same formats in markets that are similar.
The fact is that the music is, at come point, tested.
That's not, from the limited evidence, dishonesty. Many stations share tests and many more, mostly in small markets, use a tested playlist from a similar nearby market. For example, if you are in Meridian, MS, and can't afford a test done locally, you may average the test results from similar formats in Birmingham, Jackson and Mobile.
Out of curiosity, what would you say is their basis for the songs they play?
Seems like KKJO out of St. Joe, Mo plays a lot more songs than any KC area pop stations. There are some songs that seem "tried and true" alongside some songs I haven't thought of for a while like Alejandro by Lady Gaga, which I think wouldn't touch the KC airwaves, so unsure the differing methods.
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