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Channel X-Format

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Does anyone remember, their for a while in the 90s, their was a bunch of stations popped up, using the Channel X branding... Whatever become of all that? All the stations I know ended up dropping the Channel X name. Its was short lived.
 
> Does anyone remember, their for a while in the 90s, their
> was a bunch of stations popped up, using the Channel X
> branding... Whatever become of all that? All the stations I
> know ended up dropping the Channel X name. Its was short
> lived.
>

Well, there is Channel 93.3 in San Diego and I think there is one in Wichita, KS, if I'm not mistaken.

-- Matt
 
> > Does anyone remember, their for a while in the 90s, their
> > was a bunch of stations popped up, using the Channel X
> > branding... Whatever become of all that? All the stations
> I
> > know ended up dropping the Channel X name. Its was short
> > lived.
> >
>
> Well, there is Channel 93.3 in San Diego and I think there
> is one in Wichita, KS, if I'm not mistaken.
>
> -- Matt
>
No, he's talking about stations that were labeled as Channel X, after Generation X. WHYT in Detroit, WHJX in Jacksonville, and Kube 93 Seattle were all CHRs leaning on the big Modern Rock and Hip Hop records that were in high rotation on MTV.
This was at the time when many CHR/Pop stations were afraid to play more then a couple of Hip Hop records as Currents. Many stations only played Hip Hop at night, or not all, despite the huge popularity the genre was enjoying on Billboard's Hot 100.
Many stations were also afraid of playing too many Grunge and Modern Rock records, figuring the dark tones would alienate the CHR audience. The artists and bands were HUGE on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart, and along with Hip Hop they were all over MTV. Many of the CHRs playing a good amount of Modern Rock were stations like Z-100 New York, 97.5 PST Trenton, and 104 KRBE Houston, that started to lean on Modern Rock hits (but not in a boring/sissy way like Modern AC radio).

Channel X was an attempt to tap into the two biggest sounds on the charts with the youth, and hoping that a large enough 18-34 audience would follow suit. Sadly, despite good 12+ ratings, the Channel X CHRs bailed on the format within months or a year. Kube 93 went back to Rhythmic, and WHYT evolved into a Modern Rocker. i can't remember what happened with 101.5 WHJX in Jax.
 
Missed one!

Ahhh CHRles, you're leaving out WZJM in Cleveland - where Keith Clark, the brainchild of the Channel X concept was PD after leaving WHJX in Jacksonville. (Is he still in Pittsburgh with CBS?)

CHR today basically IS "Channel X", that's the funny thing.


> > > Does anyone remember, their for a while in the 90s,
> their
> > > was a bunch of stations popped up, using the Channel X
> > > branding... Whatever become of all that? All the
> stations
> > I
> > > know ended up dropping the Channel X name. Its was
> short
> > > lived.
> > >
> >
> > Well, there is Channel 93.3 in San Diego and I think there
>
> > is one in Wichita, KS, if I'm not mistaken.
> >
> > -- Matt
> >
> No, he's talking about stations that were labeled as Channel
> X, after Generation X. WHYT in Detroit, WHJX in
> Jacksonville, and Kube 93 Seattle were all CHRs leaning on
> the big Modern Rock and Hip Hop records that were in high
> rotation on MTV.
> This was at the time when many CHR/Pop stations were afraid
> to play more then a couple of Hip Hop records as Currents.
> Many stations only played Hip Hop at night, or not all,
> despite the huge popularity the genre was enjoying on
> Billboard's Hot 100.
> Many stations were also afraid of playing too many Grunge
> and Modern Rock records, figuring the dark tones would
> alienate the CHR audience. The artists and bands were HUGE
> on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart, and along with Hip Hop
> they were all over MTV. Many of the CHRs playing a good
> amount of Modern Rock were stations like Z-100 New York,
> 97.5 PST Trenton, and 104 KRBE Houston, that started to lean
> on Modern Rock hits (but not in a boring/sissy way like
> Modern AC radio).
>
> Channel X was an attempt to tap into the two biggest sounds
> on the charts with the youth, and hoping that a large enough
> 18-34 audience would follow suit. Sadly, despite good 12+
> ratings, the Channel X CHRs bailed on the format within
> months or a year. Kube 93 went back to Rhythmic, and WHYT
> evolved into a Modern Rocker. i can't remember what happened
> with 101.5 WHJX in Jax.
>
 
> No, he's talking about stations that were labeled as Channel
> X, after Generation X.

My bad. Thanks for correcting me.

-- Matt
 
> i can't remember what happened
> with 101.5 WHJX in Jax.
>

It flipped back to Urban as Hot 101.5 in early 1995 (the format that they've had prior to "Channel X"). They had decent ratings, but couldn't sell it.

Robyn
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