Marv-L.A. said:the format has also benefitted from a host of newly-launched top 40 stations in numerous markets, largely driven in part by the spectacular success of 97.1 AMPRadio (KAMP-FM) here in Los Angeles in February of 2009.
Sorry it's just ridiculous to me that people launch (or flip) Rhythmic stations, put them on the CHR panel, and then boast that CHR is experiencing a "Renaissance"
If you notice, the ratings for the Rhythmic format are going down at the exact same rate that the CHR ratings are going up... :