So now Classic HIts 92.9 has been on the air for two months, the audio drop-out problem remedied, and now it's time for the Spring Book. What do you think of the station now... how will it do in the ratings?
I like the station; with the audio fixed, I can actually keep it on for more than a few minutes at a time. It's my music. And, while I'm often hearing some songs repeated in 3 to 5 days, (and occasionally I believe in 24 hours or less), the repetition factor nowhere near annoying, and the depth of the library is awesome! In any given listening span of 30 to 60 minutes, I am hearing many songs that I had not heard at all previously on Classic Hits 92.9. Occasionally I'll hear a song I don't even know, yet in most cases I find I like the song. On other stations, when I hear an unfamiliar song, I usually don't like it.
Certainly the light commercial load helps, and obviously that's got to change if the radio station is to be successful. However I'm glad to see that Classic Hits 92.9 is running spots for bona fide area advertisers (Williams Lumber, Davis Furniture, Campers Barn, etc) rather than "filler spots" from the likes of "The Will Kit" or Casey Kaysem CD Collections.
I think being an out-of-town signal for the Dutchess County is going to hurt in the Poughkeepsie book. The signal is not bad in the Northern half of Dutchess, but the stations on Illinois Mountain are so much stronger, that Classic Hits 92.9 is at a definite disadvantage. That disadvantage has plagued Clear Channel in the past. I believe Classic Hits 92.9 will do real well in the Kingston - Saugerties - Woodstock area... we'll have to look at the Poughkeepsie TSA numbers to see just how well.
The station has been doing solid on-air promotion, perhaps a little "over-the-top", but if I hadn't been a previous "Cool 92.9" listener or a reader of this board, I would not even know the station exists. I have seen no outside media promotion at all.
I know this station has been getting a lot of positive comments here, which is actually kind of unusual for this board. It makes me wonder, is Classic Hits 92.9 a station that has more appeal to radio junkies than to the public at large? What do you think? Should the other Hudson Valley stations be running scared?
I like the station; with the audio fixed, I can actually keep it on for more than a few minutes at a time. It's my music. And, while I'm often hearing some songs repeated in 3 to 5 days, (and occasionally I believe in 24 hours or less), the repetition factor nowhere near annoying, and the depth of the library is awesome! In any given listening span of 30 to 60 minutes, I am hearing many songs that I had not heard at all previously on Classic Hits 92.9. Occasionally I'll hear a song I don't even know, yet in most cases I find I like the song. On other stations, when I hear an unfamiliar song, I usually don't like it.
Certainly the light commercial load helps, and obviously that's got to change if the radio station is to be successful. However I'm glad to see that Classic Hits 92.9 is running spots for bona fide area advertisers (Williams Lumber, Davis Furniture, Campers Barn, etc) rather than "filler spots" from the likes of "The Will Kit" or Casey Kaysem CD Collections.
I think being an out-of-town signal for the Dutchess County is going to hurt in the Poughkeepsie book. The signal is not bad in the Northern half of Dutchess, but the stations on Illinois Mountain are so much stronger, that Classic Hits 92.9 is at a definite disadvantage. That disadvantage has plagued Clear Channel in the past. I believe Classic Hits 92.9 will do real well in the Kingston - Saugerties - Woodstock area... we'll have to look at the Poughkeepsie TSA numbers to see just how well.
The station has been doing solid on-air promotion, perhaps a little "over-the-top", but if I hadn't been a previous "Cool 92.9" listener or a reader of this board, I would not even know the station exists. I have seen no outside media promotion at all.
I know this station has been getting a lot of positive comments here, which is actually kind of unusual for this board. It makes me wonder, is Classic Hits 92.9 a station that has more appeal to radio junkies than to the public at large? What do you think? Should the other Hudson Valley stations be running scared?