CUMULUS keeps ignoring "Super Bass" !

[The Outsider]

Well, I believe KZON is rhythmic, too.
But in reality, I don't see why adding at least One Republic would hurt them.

If they add the remix with B.o.B., then I agree with you there if they are playing other pop songs. Otherwise they may be better off staying clear of it if they mostly play hip hop and R&B.

 

[atlantaboy]

KDM I don't understand why you want Rhythmic stations to play One Republic - sounds like you want rhythmic-leaning CHR

 

[Wildstyle K]

I had to stop typing prematurely because I was being rushed to come on and take my aunt down the street.

But as I was driving, I thought of a few other factors. Maybe ClearChannel didn't see a hole in the Atlanta market because 95.5 and their funny format had it partially covered. I'm assuming that ClearChannel must've thought 95.5 The Beat was that good that they didn't dare try to come in and compete because as soon as 95.5 flipped to news talk and WWVA (very slowly, and not in a heartbeat) started transitioning to rhythmic top 40, what did they do? TAKE THE OLD PD OF THE BEAT just as soon as ratings were on a rise and let them drop down to a 1.9!

So, .... I'm not sure who's doing these studies, but if they were doing studies like this in meteorology or other things, we probably wouldn't be alive right now to have this discussion. I mean, I guess if you're mostly successful, then that's what counts overall in the end, but that whole WWVA move they made prior to recently was dumb. Not only that, but the whole transition and name change timing...etc. were all horrible as well. No wonder the ratings had to basically restart from fresh! They would've just been better off doing a full quick & sudden format flip rather than that craziness that occurred. And whoever decided to remove "hey baby" by Pitbull, "rocketeer" by Fareast Movement and let BOB "airplanes" play 3 or 4 times an hour for days... you know what, there's really no point on dwelling on all that past stuff anymore.

All that counts is that they finally got it together and got rid of the people they needed to.

I should retire from this topic because in reality, this topic isn't going to make any difference in what happens in the real world. I doubt Cumulus will change their top 20 currents style playlist and that's just the way it is. If it doesn't reach the top 20, then it's most likely just not a hit on Q100. At least there's WWVA to play everything else that otherwise would've never been heard in Atl. radio.

Actually, not the PD. I guess it was the MD. Whoever it was or whatever the title was, they were in charge of the music on WWVA from fall until about spring. Spring was when the playlist was fixed.

 

[jason1589]

New peak for Super Bass! The song is now at no5 on the CHR chart with a huge but still NO ADD on Cumulus top40 channels!!!!

 

[MattHollidaye OnAir]

New peak for Super Bass! The song is now at no5 on the CHR chart with a huge but still NO ADD on Cumulus top40 channels!!!!

Smh What they waiting for? Are they waiting for it to hit no.1? Makes me wonder what else that's high on the charts that's not on Cumulus CHR play lists....

 

[Morpheux]

Looks like Super Bass will be prevented from reaching # 1 due to blatant politics.

 

[atlantaboy]

Looks like Super Bass will be prevented from reaching # 1 due to blatant politics.

Just like Hey Soul Sister and Need You Now didn't hit #1 due to blatant politics (Rhythmic stations reporting to CHR for advertising revenue purposes) - it's not fair, but I'm used to it

 

[Wildstyle K]

Not that this is very important or anything, but the song is starting to grow on me.

 

[DJ_Perry]

Maybe they just don't want to play another song that sucks.

 

[Wildstyle K]

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!

Just realized that those are not "extra" songs, those are HITS!!!

 

[MattHollidaye OnAir]

Maybe they just don't want to play another song that sucks.

If that's the case, then there's a complete list of songs that shouldn't be on the play list for any (and all) Cumulus stations IMO.

 

[CHRles]

Looks like Super Bass will be prevented from reaching # 1 due to blatant politics.

Just like Hey Soul Sister and Need You Now didn't hit #1 due to blatant politics (Rhythmic stations reporting to CHR for advertising revenue purposes) - it's not fair, but I'm used to it

Was "Need You Now" a candidate to go all the way to number one on CHR/Pop? I also definitely remember almost all of the Rhythmic leaning CHR/Pop stations playing "Hey Soul Sister".

Notice how almost every station nowadays is playing Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight Tonight" and One Republic's latest, including the Rhythmic leaning ones. That includes stations like 99.7 Now San Francisco, 103.5 Kiss FM Chicago, Wild 102.9 Reno, 104.5 SNX Grand Rapids, 98.9 Radio Now Louisville, 101.9 Now Memphis, 105.7 Now Greensboro, 94.1 KTFM San Antonio, and Hot 95.7 Houston. Even 98.5 KLUC Las Vegas, which is on the Rhythmic panel, is playing both artists.
In fact, I only know of 3 stations on the panel that are not playing these songs yet. Amp in L.A., Now in New York, and Pulse 102 in Raleigh.

Besides, how can you compare that to the fact that nearly ALL of the Cumulus-owned CHR/Pop stations are not ALLOWED to add "Super Bass"???

 

[Dkampy]

I would put money on those rhythmic leaning stations playing the "Good Life" remix with BOB

 

[CHRles]

I would put money on those rhythmic leaning stations playing the "Good Life" remix with BOB

Fine then, Cumulus can come up with a special Rob Thomas vocal remix for "Super Bass"

 

[MattHollidaye OnAir]

I would put money on those rhythmic leaning stations playing the "Good Life" remix with BOB

Fine then, Cumulus can come up with a special Rob Thomas vocal remix for "Super Bass"

Oh God NO!! Please don't have Cumulus torture me any further lmao ;D

 

[atlantaboy]

Looks like Super Bass will be prevented from reaching # 1 due to blatant politics.

Just like Hey Soul Sister and Need You Now didn't hit #1 due to blatant politics (Rhythmic stations reporting to CHR for advertising revenue purposes) - it's not fair, but I'm used to it

Was "Need You Now" a candidate to go all the way to number one on CHR/Pop? I also definitely remember almost all of the Rhythmic leaning CHR/Pop stations playing "Hey Soul Sister".

Yeah, they both hit #1 on ITunes, rocketed up the CHR chart, but ground to a halt at #3 because 10-15 pseudo-Rhythmic stations wouldn't add them

And lol about a Rob Thomas remix for Super Bass ;D

 

[jason1589]

KISS FM IN DALLAS has put Super Bass on super power rotation! i93 hasn't even played it yet! How do they want to go against Kiss? Cumulus is a joke.

 

[justpassingthough]

Looks like Super Bass will be prevented from reaching # 1 due to blatant politics.

Just like Hey Soul Sister and Need You Now didn't hit #1 due to blatant politics (Rhythmic stations reporting to CHR for advertising revenue purposes) - it's not fair, but I'm used to it

Was "Need You Now" a candidate to go all the way to number one on CHR/Pop? I also definitely remember almost all of the Rhythmic leaning CHR/Pop stations playing "Hey Soul Sister".

Yeah, they both hit #1 on ITunes, rocketed up the CHR chart, but ground to a halt at #3 because 10-15 pseudo-Rhythmic stations wouldn't add them

And lol about a Rob Thomas remix for Super Bass ;D

Its funny that those of us who are on and obviously chart nerds are arguing the politics behind keeping songs from reaching #1. Yes, its definitely unfair that songs like "Need You Now" didn't reach #1 at CHR because they were such massive hits and in Lady Antebellum's case, it actually won Record of the Year at the Grammys. Still, I imagine almost no one outside of these boards doesn't see these songs as anything other than the monster hits they truly were.

With that said, it would be nice to live in a perfect world where the politics behind format and radio didn't keep so much deserved songs from technically reaching the apex of the chart.

 

[the golden boy]

I would put money on those rhythmic leaning stations playing the "Good Life" remix with BOB

Fine then, Cumulus can come up with a special Rob Thomas vocal remix for "Super Bass"

I can see it now..."Super Bass" mixed to "Ever the Same". Hey, if someone can combine "In Da Club" with a Nine Inch Nails song, why not? *sarcasm off*

 

[atlantaboy]

Looks like Super Bass will be prevented from reaching # 1 due to blatant politics.

Just like Hey Soul Sister and Need You Now didn't hit #1 due to blatant politics (Rhythmic stations reporting to CHR for advertising revenue purposes) - it's not fair, but I'm used to it

Was "Need You Now" a candidate to go all the way to number one on CHR/Pop? I also definitely remember almost all of the Rhythmic leaning CHR/Pop stations playing "Hey Soul Sister".

Yeah, they both hit #1 on ITunes, rocketed up the CHR chart, but ground to a halt at #3 because 10-15 pseudo-Rhythmic stations wouldn't add them

And lol about a Rob Thomas remix for Super Bass ;D

Its funny that those of us who are on and obviously chart nerds are arguing the politics behind keeping songs from reaching #1. Yes, its definitely unfair that songs like "Need You Now" didn't reach #1 at CHR because they were such massive hits and in Lady Antebellum's case, it actually won Record of the Year at the Grammys. Still, I imagine almost no one outside of these boards doesn't see these songs as anything other than the monster hits they truly were.

Yeah, agreed - I'd think what matters financially is total airplay and sales over the course of time - even if The Script and Edward Maya were "cheated" out of the Top 10 because power rotations were so staggered among stations, I don't think the average radio listener would even notice - and same with songs hitting #3 vs. #1, as long as they heard the song a lot in their market