wxman76 said:Cumulus CHRs have a reputation for leaning Hot AC. I find it ironic that they aren't playing the #1 Hot AC song in the country...Mumford & Sons.
bobdavcav said:Wow they're still playing that? I remember falling in love with that song in mid-2010 when the stations around here still had it in high rotation and haven't heard it much since. I am glad to hear it's getting airplay somewhere. If they still play it 4 times a day, then they have problems.
bchristi said:On a side note, KKWD keeps playing "How Low" by Ludacris. If anyone remembers that song, it was a hit for a very short amount of time in the fall of 2009 and then it was forgotten, by everyone except Jan.
atlantaboy said:bchristi said:On a side note, KKWD keeps playing "How Low" by Ludacris. If anyone remembers that song, it was a hit for a very short amount of time in the fall of 2009 and then it was forgotten, by everyone except Jan.
Someone had posted that Jan doesn't program Rhythmics - only CHR, HAC, and Country
About Mumford, I wouldn't say that Cumulus CHRs lean Hot AC anymore, since they skip so many HAC currents and/or wait forever to add them, and most of the power tracks are dance/pop - they're conservative and recurrent-based, but I wouldn't say they "lean Hot AC"
I don't think Jan dislikes Mumford/Of Monsters & Men (he plays them on his Hot ACs) - I just think he's a wuss and a control freak, and won't add anything unless he's sure it's safe to play in every single market, including tiny Republican Southern towns
I don't get why he won't allow it since stations are allowed to pick which songs they aren't going to add. If a song is that polarizing, the stations afraid of it should just not add it. Stations shouldn't have to be forbidden from playing a song just because some stations hundreds of miles a way has super-conservative listeners.atlantaboy said:^So, I'm trying to imagine the situations which must go on within Cumulus...
Jeffries either allows an add, or he doesn't - he can't direct certain PDs to add certain songs, and other PDs not to, because that would discredit their job
Therefore, if he gives the okay to allow Mumford to be added, any Cumulus PD in any market is then allowed to add it
Jan must be worried, then, about the smallest, most conservative markets, and/or newer stations, and doesn't want to give any Cumulus PD the opportunity to add music that might be the least bit polarizing
It makes no sense, for example, for WPRO not to add Mumford - so I'm assuming Jan must be in a situation where allowing it in one market would mean allowing it in every market
The other bottom line is, though IMO, listeners (apparently) are not complaining - they're not calling in to their CHRs upset that they can't hear these tracks, nor are they switching to other stations in significant numbers - until something like this happens, I don't think anything is going to change
I hope they do. Ryan Seacrest is premiering the song tomorrow, why should Cumulus listeners have to wait months to hear it?jason1589 said:Tomorrow the new Avril Lavigne single is out. Cumulus loves Avril. I believe all its CHRs are going to add it the very first day even though it is not 2002-2003 anymore!
Yep. This week he allowed the adds for "Can't Hold Us", "Next To Me" by Emeli Sande, and "I Love It" by Icona Pop.chrocket87 said:Just heard "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore on Star 105 while driving home today. Did Jan actually allow this this early?
bluestar4 said:I hope they do. Ryan Seacrest is premiering the song tomorrow, why should Cumulus listeners have to wait months to hear it?jason1589 said:Tomorrow the new Avril Lavigne single is out. Cumulus loves Avril. I believe all its CHRs are going to add it the very first day even though it is not 2002-2003 anymore!
atlantaboy said:The other bottom line is, though IMO, listeners (apparently) are not complaining - they're not calling in to their CHRs upset that they can't hear these tracks, nor are they switching to other stations in significant numbers - until something like this happens, I don't think anything is going to change
bchristi said:atlantaboy said:The other bottom line is, though IMO, listeners (apparently) are not complaining - they're not calling in to their CHRs upset that they can't hear these tracks, nor are they switching to other stations in significant numbers - until something like this happens, I don't think anything is going to change
Many of the winning Cumulus stations are winning on heritage as has been discussed on this thread before.
bchristi said:bluestar4 said:I hope they do. Ryan Seacrest is premiering the song tomorrow, why should Cumulus listeners have to wait months to hear it?jason1589 said:Tomorrow the new Avril Lavigne single is out. Cumulus loves Avril. I believe all its CHRs are going to add it the very first day even though it is not 2002-2003 anymore!
Agreed. The key will be if the song bombs, will they still be spinning it 20 times per week 3 years from now?
bchristi said:They still play it probably a couple of times per day.
bchristi said:Nonetheless, that isn't a song that should be in regular rotation period in 2013.
Well, if she has anything in common with the wave of pop-rock artists of the previous generation (Lifehouse, Daughtry, Goo Goo Dolls, Nickelback, and Matchbox 20), I don't think her new song will do very well, unless she makes some big changes to her sound (i.e. Maroon 5, Train). This wave of pop-rock popularity has really purged anyone that came before it.carolinaradio said:Considering it's been 11 years or so since Avril came on to the scene, and the performance of her last album, I think that she has peaked. Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ke$ha, Rihanna, etc. are hot now. Her style is somewhat different, but she could be regarded as yesterday's news now.
The Outsider said:bchristi said:bluestar4 said:I hope they do. Ryan Seacrest is premiering the song tomorrow, why should Cumulus listeners have to wait months to hear it?jason1589 said:Tomorrow the new Avril Lavigne single is out. Cumulus loves Avril. I believe all its CHRs are going to add it the very first day even though it is not 2002-2003 anymore!
Agreed. The key will be if the song bombs, will they still be spinning it 20 times per week 3 years from now?
She hasn't had a hit in how long? That is something to consider. Her absence from the chart isn't the same as a situation like Justin Timberlake taking a self imposed hiatus from music.