Congratulations to Hartford, Connecticut's HOT 93.7

[MarcB]

Congratulations going out to HOT 93.7 in Hartford, Connecticut. It was on this day 10 years ago - March 16, 2001 at 5PM that Hot 93.7 was born.

When Hartford finally got Hip-Hop in Crystal Clear FM Stereo instead of from 2 static filled AM stations. They've been mixing all day since 10AM and have been mixing in the greatest songs of the past 10 years. People are calling up and sharing their favorite memories of the station. Plus at 5PM they're gonna be playing the first 2 songs they played when the station launched. http://www.hot937.com/

To tell you the truth I was listening that day, but I don't recall what the 2 songs were. I remember the last song on the old "Dancin' Oldies Z-93.7" was "Last Dance" by Donna Summer. Of course almost every station to dump the Jammin' Oldies format signed off for good with that song.

 

[kilamanjero]

Well, Hot 93.7 has brought hip-hop and R&B along with a little reggaeton and other crossover hits to the Hartford and the majority of Connecticut. "Late Night Love" with Linda Reynolds is an awesome mix of current and old school slow jams show to close out the latter portion of your day. I'm proud of that station since it does its thing in the region.

 

[radiolives]

Give credit to where credit is due. CBS Radio/Infinity not sure what the company was called back in 2001, but they made the right format choice in the market. It was much needed as the only place was a AM station and the rhythmic leaning CHR in the market. Glad to see Hot 93.7 making it 10 years in Hartford, CT and areas around Hartford.

 

[WBIMDJ]

What we in Boston wish our LAME ass "Rhythmic" station, 'Jam'n 94.5' sounded like. Congrats Hartford, you've got one of the best.

 

[kilamanjero]

What we in Boston wish our LAME ass "Rhythmic" station, 'Jam'n 94.5' sounded like. Congrats Hartford, you've got one of the best.

That Clear Channel for ya!

 

[only1moore]

Speaking of Clear Channel, remember when they tried to counter WZMX by launching a Urban rival in the form of WPHH (Power 104.1) and attacked them by claiming that played the most Hip-Hop? We all know what happened after that short-lived battle.

 

[radiolives]

Speaking of Clear Channel, remember when they tried to counter WZMX by launching a Urban rival in the form of WPHH (Power 104.1) and attacked them by claiming that played the most Hip-Hop? We all know what happened after that short-lived battle.

Power should have used the slogan "the most talk" as they had Wendy Wiliams Show during the afternoon plus Star Buc in The Morning.

 

[trock]

What we in Boston wish our LAME ass "Rhythmic" station, 'Jam'n 94.5' sounded like. Congrats Hartford, you've got one of the best.

I can't hate on Jam'n anymore. I mean have you seen their ratings. It's ridiculous! If my station was bringing in those numbers I wouldn't change anything either. As for Hot 937. They are definitely the best rhythmic New England has to offer.

 

[BJordan]

Well, Hot 93.7 has brought hip-hop and R&B along with a little reggaeton and other crossover hits to the Hartford and the majority of Connecticut. "Late Night Love" with Linda Reynolds is an awesome mix of current and old school slow jams show to close out the latter portion of your day. I'm proud of that station since it does its thing in the region.

Power 106 needs a slow jam show at lease on Sunday nights like Power 102 in El Paso good stuff.

 

[kilamanjero]

Well, Hot 93.7 has brought hip-hop and R&B along with a little reggaeton and other crossover hits to the Hartford and the majority of Connecticut. "Late Night Love" with Linda Reynolds is an awesome mix of current and old school slow jams show to close out the latter portion of your day. I'm proud of that station since it does its thing in the region.

Power 106 needs a slow jam show at lease on Sunday nights like Power 102 in El Paso good stuff.

That's wishful thinking at best. Emmis doesn't "do slow jams" on its urban or rhythmic formatted radio products. One of the last urban stations they did air contemporary hip-hop along with slow jams was the old WTLC-FM in Indianapolis (prior to being switched and moved to Radio One ownership) back in the late 1990s. There is only 1 urban left under their ownership and that is WRKS "98.7 Kiss FM" in NYC and it is an Urban AC. You have a better chance of The Beat coming back before a dedicated slow jams show comes to Power 106.

 

[BJordan]

Well, Hot 93.7 has brought hip-hop and R&B along with a little reggaeton and other crossover hits to the Hartford and the majority of Connecticut. "Late Night Love" with Linda Reynolds is an awesome mix of current and old school slow jams show to close out the latter portion of your day. I'm proud of that station since it does its thing in the region.

Power 106 needs a slow jam show at lease on Sunday nights like Power 102 in El Paso good stuff.

That's wishful thinking at best. Emmis doesn't "do slow jams" on its urban or rhythmic formatted
radio products. One of the last urban stations they did air contemporary hip-hop along with slow jams was the old WTLC-FM in Indianapolis (prior to being switched and moved to Radio One
ownership) back in the late 1990s. There is only 1 urban left under their ownership and that is
WRKS "98.7 Kiss FM" in NYC and it is an Urban AC. You have a better chance of The Beat coming back before a dedicated slow jams show comes to Power 106.

You and WDB 2003 I have told me time and time again that "The Beat" won't be back to L.A. anytime soon. It is what it is.

 

[kilamanjero]

Well, Hot 93.7 has brought hip-hop and R&B along with a little reggaeton and other crossover hits to the Hartford and the majority of Connecticut. "Late Night Love" with Linda Reynolds is an awesome mix of current and old school slow jams show to close out the latter portion of your day. I'm proud of that station since it does its thing in the region.

Power 106 needs a slow jam show at lease on Sunday nights like Power 102 in El Paso good stuff.

That's wishful thinking at best. Emmis doesn't "do slow jams" on its urban or rhythmic formatted
radio products. One of the last urban stations they did air contemporary hip-hop along with slow jams was the old WTLC-FM in Indianapolis (prior to being switched and moved to Radio One
ownership) back in the late 1990s. There is only 1 urban left under their ownership and that is
WRKS "98.7 Kiss FM" in NYC and it is an Urban AC. You have a better chance of The Beat coming back before a dedicated slow jams show comes to Power 106.

You and WDB 2003 I have told me time and time again that "The Beat" won't be back to L.A. anytime soon. It is what it is.

It was an analogy, don't look too deep into it.

 

[DJKraze]

Wait a minute, let's backtrack a little here. Hip-Hop and R&B were on FM in CT before Hot 93.7 for decades, you just had to know where to look, and that was at college radio. I can remember the days of getting over 200 calls in an hour at WESU, and it was the same at others like WRTC, WFCS, WHUS, WQTQ and so on.

The pioneers of the format back in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's were show and groups like "The Thought-Power Crew", "Music for the people", "The Rap Asylum", "The Disco Inferno Crew" and the only name I can remember from WHUS was "Doctor 9".

Not to mention the signals from Springfield that would come in from time to time, mostly WTCC.

 

[WBIMDJ]

What we in Boston wish our LAME ass "Rhythmic" station, 'Jam'n 94.5' sounded like. Congrats Hartford, you've got one of the best.

I can't hate on Jam'n anymore. I mean have you seen their ratings. It's ridiculous! If my station was bringing in those numbers I wouldn't change anything either. As for Hot 937. They are definitely the best rhythmic New England has to offer.

I don't care about ratings. They get their ratings by DEFAULT. There is NO other game in town. Period. They suck! They are lame, generic and as mediocre as ever because they can be, no one to challenge them! Kiss 108 (another Cheap Channel station) is the same deal. They get 10's because theres no other CHR in town. Yes, bring up the failure of Hot 97.7. But they had only a measly class A antenna. And Jam'n had switched their game up quick once they were around, you heard a LOT more mixing and better music on 94.5 back then with 97.7 around. Today, if someone had a station in the vein of Hot 93.7 Hartford, with a full power stick, here in Boston Jam'n's ratings wouldn't be so good, I guarantee it. However, as talked over and over on the Boston board, no one would do that because of ownership in this area usually doesn't do those types of formats. Too bad, Boston will probably never have a decent rhythmic/hip hop station in the near future, and no one will be able to cash in on that, and Jam'n and Kiss 108 will continue to get big ratings without a challenge.