atlantaboy said:Huntsville, Alabama is such a conservative place though - to give Cumulus credit, most of their CHRs are in very conservative markets - IMO there is absolutely no way a Cumulus CHR (the way it's currently programmed) would do well in California, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes Area of the Midwest, or New England
KDM 7000 said:sdh483 said:Cumulus does fine with other formats. They're doing pretty good with KRBE in Houston.
Well I guess it's just Atl. But still, if what I mentioned above does become the new trend, at least it will make Atl chr look normal in comparison to other markets.
I haven't said anything, but I'm very shocked at the move WWVA 105.7/96.7 has made to start adding in "extra" songs in addition to being sort of edgy! It's surprising not only for Atlanta, but even for ClearChannel! However, their weekend mixshows are still too mediocre. If WWVA keeps things up with how they are programming their music, they could become almost as good as WPOW. WPOW may not kill in ratings, but they sure do sound better than a majority of the American rhythmics, and I'm sure people visiting from overseas are happy with it.
It's true that many chr's do exclude hits, as mentioned earlier. But they don't exclude nearly as much as what has been missing from Atl airwaves for quite a few decades now (and keep in mind that WWVA can only be heard in certain areas). Without WWVA, there would be a lot more things missing from ATL chr than there are things missing from this small town Tucson, Az. that I'm currently in. I don't even think Tucson is big enough to deserve it's own market section here on these boards! I could post there, but I doubt many people would see it, and my post would probably be visible on the first board topics page into part of 2012! That's how slow it is... yet ClearChannel is programming KRQ as if Tucson is almost a major market! So yes, with that being said, I will give ClearCannel credit for the way they operate their chr's. The ATL. Cumulus playlist style chr would be perfect for Tucson, Az. It probably would not succeed in Phoenix though with the way things are currently there.
It pains me to think what's going to happen to WSSX in Charleston, also. I'm sure it's gonna get that awful CHR playlist Cumulus uses. I think if Citadel had bought Cumulus, the industry would have improved. Their stations are more alive and interesting, not so automated and boring...atlantaboy said:^Man, I feel like almost every Alternative-leaning CHR in the country was owned by Citadel - I REALLY hope Cumulus doesn't mess with those!!
(WIOG/Saginaw, WJIM/Lansing, WPRO/Providence, KHOP/Modesto, KLAL/Little Rock...)
I wish Citadel had bought out Cumulus, so we could have an Alternative-leaning CHR in ATL instead of a boring one
carolinaradio said:It pains me to think what's going to happen to WSSX in Charleston, also. I'm sure it's gonna get that awful CHR playlist Cumulus uses.
justpassingthough said:I'm actually completely shocked that "Super Bass" is a hit...anywhere. I'm a huge Nicki Minaj fan, but I always thought this was one of the weakest tracks off of "Pink Friday". I guess I was wrong, as its her first top 5 solo hit on the Pop charts.
I wasn't until I saw her open for Lil Wayne at Staples Center and Honda Center in April that I could even tolerate the song. I also saw her open for Britney Spears at Honda Center and she ended her set with "Super Bass" and had the crowd singing along--so I guess its a hit.
It pains me to think what's going to happen to WSSX in Charleston, also. I'm sure it's gonna get that awful CHR playlist Cumulus uses. I think if Citadel had bought Cumulus, the industry would have improved. Their stations are more alive and interesting, not so automated and boring...carolinaradio said:I wish Citadel had bought out Cumulus, so we could have an Alternative-leaning CHR in ATL instead of a boring one
carolinaradio said:WFBC in Greenville/Spartanburg is friendly towards some adult songs (Keep Your Head Up, for one) and has Super Bass in heavy rotation.
atlantaboy said:BTW yeah it's pretty crazy how Cumulus added "Lighters" by Bad Meets Evil this week (which is rap), but they still haven't touched Super Bass - I remember them refusing to play Shake It by Metro Station a few years ago, even when it went Top 5, but I thought that was because they didn't like all the sexual references
The closest threat they have is WHZT. I've thought for a while that they should segue from Rhy CHR to mainstream CHR - I'd love for this market to have another true format war!atlantaboy said:carolinaradio said:WFBC in Greenville/Spartanburg is friendly towards some adult songs (Keep Your Head Up, for one) and has Super Bass in heavy rotation.
That's cause there's no Hot AC or competing CHR though - they don't have to worry as much about people changing the station
Dkampy said:atlantaboy said:BTW yeah it's pretty crazy how Cumulus added "Lighters" by Bad Meets Evil this week (which is rap), but they still haven't touched Super Bass - I remember them refusing to play Shake It by Metro Station a few years ago, even when it went Top 5, but I thought that was because they didn't like all the sexual references
Bad Meets Evil is an Eminem side project...And Eminem has shown to test well with adults recently...To use my Radio Now example in Milwaukee...I would not be surprised to see Bad Meets Evil on thier playlist...they are not adverse to playing rap...in fact they are open to it...as long as it won't alienate thier adult listeners. They play LMFAO and have had Lupe Fiasco in powers for awhile now.