I just wonder why the RDS says Top 40? I realize the Christmas Tunes are temporary but no song titles or sponcer names on the RDS. There are more important things but Atlanta is a top ten market. I am sure Audacy has IT folks that can do this in quickly.
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Christmas?
- Thread starter Jim1987
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Their logo on HD (and website) also shows - the “New” Star 94 - Atlanta’s Christmas Station.
RDS has a very limited list of formats programmed into it. Christmas and Rhythmic AC are not a choice on that list. So Top 40 would be the closest format Star 94 can choose based on what RDS has in its limited format choices. When the Fish was on the air, RDS showed it as Adult Hits, because Christian Top 40 is not on that RDS list.
WSRV never shows a format on my RDS. Just advertising and occasionally the song title. One would figure they would have a song title function or at least have it say "Star 94 Atlanta's Christmas Station". IMHO sloppy execution for a full market coverage signal in a top ten market.
Some IT person who knows what they are doing could fix this one morning before lunch. One would think somewhere in they are doing Christmas music. Copy and paste. Your not inventing the wheel.
Some IT person who knows what they are doing could fix this one morning before lunch. One would think somewhere in they are doing Christmas music. Copy and paste. Your not inventing the wheel.
RDS It's pretty much pointless these days, Any time I want to know the name of a song or an artist it's showing "One Call>> That's All" or "Bounty>> The>> Quicker>> Picker Upper" Seriously, enough is enough with ads on RDS! 🙄
Look at it as revenue for the station that you don't have to listen to a commercial.
My experience has been that RDS ads are value added for placing a buy on the station. But the advertiser still pays a fee to cover the station’s hard costs.
I don't know if some at Audacy reads this board but I was driving thru the ATL today and the RBS was working.
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For what it's worth, the RDS Program Types my Sangean HDR-14 and Grundig Executive Traveler III recognize are:
Adult Hits (often used for Christian music stations - I think most K-Love stations are shown as this; interestingly Air1 stations still display as Top 40)
Classic Rock
Classical
Country
Hip-Hop
Info
Jazz
Language
News
Nostalgia
Oldies
Public
R&B
Religious Music
Religious Talk
Rock
Soft
Soft R&B
Soft Rock
Spanish Music
Sports
Talk
Top 40
I have noticed, however, that some radios have a more limited palette of Program Types. For example, Adult Hits, Soft, Soft Rock and Religious Music stations will often be lumped together as "Soft" or even sometimes "Easy Listening."
Adult Hits (often used for Christian music stations - I think most K-Love stations are shown as this; interestingly Air1 stations still display as Top 40)
Classic Rock
Classical
Country
Hip-Hop
Info
Jazz
Language
News
Nostalgia
Oldies
Public
R&B
Religious Music
Religious Talk
Rock
Soft
Soft R&B
Soft Rock
Spanish Music
Sports
Talk
Top 40
I have noticed, however, that some radios have a more limited palette of Program Types. For example, Adult Hits, Soft, Soft Rock and Religious Music stations will often be lumped together as "Soft" or even sometimes "Easy Listening."
Are there any Nostalgia-format radio stations left? Or at least a significant number? By "Nostalgia" I mean either stations identifying as such, or having a 30s/40s/pre-rock 50s, big-band, Great American Songbook, MOYL type format.
For you streaming fans Biltmore Radio would be considered Nostalgia.
According to Wikipedia MOYL only had about a dozen affiliates left as of 2008, which is over 15 years ago. Similar formats such as Citadel's Stardust have either gone away or morphed into 50s/60s oldies or even 70s AM gold.
The last one I knew of was WAMB 1200 in Nashville, which aired Big Band music until the owner's death... which occurred more than 10 years ago. Basically anything pre-British Invasion is very hard to find on radio these days, and anything pre-1980 is hard to find on commercial FM.
(Edit: of course, excluding a few weeks of "Rudolph" and friends this time of year)
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Family Life Radio, and its stations nationwide have converted to a Christmas format. Their playlist contains many secular songs. This will challenge the Christmas monopoly of many commercial stations in multiple markets.
B98.5's RDS, I think still displays as "Soft Rock"... even though the song they're playing is "Run It" by Chris Brown! 🤣
Gosh B98.5 doesn't make sense but I guess they are a true "Hot AC" now.