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Chickenmann

FRR said:
Absolutely!...What is on now isn't worth listening to most of the time.
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I've emailed them several times. Maybe if more people do the same they might do something. How expensive can
it be to have the Top 6 on the hour?
 
As other threads here (And on xmfan.com) have lamented, this channel has been gutted. For whatever reason, there is a belief that a tight playlist is the key to reaching the masses and that it's only us "radio geeks" care about the frills, like the Beatle Bell, Chickenman, Friday Sonic Salute etc.

What I haven't found a good answer to yet is - what's the goal, from a programming point of view? Is it to increase TSL, Cume, other? How are they tracking this and how relevant is it for a paid medium, unlike traditional radio? And, given that 60's on 6 was one of the more popular channels in the one Arbitron that I saw on satellite radio, what measures, if any, are being used to determine listenership volume?
 
slipcue said:
As other threads here (And on xmfan.com) have lamented, this channel has been gutted. For whatever reason, there is a belief that a tight playlist is the key to reaching the masses and that it's only us "radio geeks" care about the frills, like the Beatle Bell, Chickenman, Friday Sonic Salute etc.

What I haven't found a good answer to yet is - what's the goal, from a programming point of view? Is it to increase TSL, Cume, other? How are they tracking this and how relevant is it for a paid medium, unlike traditional radio? And, given that 60's on 6 was one of the more popular channels in the one Arbitron that I saw on satellite radio, what measures, if any, are being used to determine listenership volume?
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I don't know what they're doing. As you mentioned the 60s channel has been totally gutted.
 
I stopped listening to the "decades" channels when the changes became effective. I might as well listen to the local stations for free. The same playlist on both XM and terrestrial stations, so why pay?
 
donicus said:
I stopped listening to the "decades" channels when the changes became effective. I might as well listen to the local stations for free. The same playlist on both XM and terrestrial stations, so why pay?
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I can actually understand why they might drop something like "Chickenman" which may cost them money, but why drop the "Top 6 on the hour?" That was totally preproduced in house.
 
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