I think CHUM and Virgin are both awesome stations,,, Virgin is rhythmic leaned at night and most of the day, but unlike the american counter parts, they dont lean on gold, that arguably doesnt mean arent like a Rhythmic AC, as its kind of a loose format that could be anything. KTU is a rhythmic AC and so was Mix 102.7 NYC,, but neither of those stations sounded anything like the rest of the countries Rhythmic ACs,, also Movin 101.1 was a rhythmic AC,, but except for the very beginning, they were sounding like a very well balanced Hot AC, mixing Rhythm and Rock together.... Denver's Party plays more older mowtown type stuff that other rhythmic ACs dont play in order to fill the Urban AC void in D-Town... Also, in Myrtle Beach, one of the places I used to live,, their Movin Rhythmic AC plays music just from the 60s to the 80s,,, more like Jammin Oldies,,, this is probably due to 99.9 up the road in Wilmington which was 100kw and a decent signal in town,, plus 99.7 in Charlestown is a Jammin Oldies too, and im sure their signals all overlap. During the Off Season, their arent that many kids and young people in town at Myrtle beach, its like deserted during the winter,,, this is partly why the Cumulous CHR never got any ratings at all.
But yeah, CHUM is an awesome station, and I wish Hot AC in the US where like this,,, we have a decent Hot AC here with B-102.7 that has a pretty loose rhythmic policy, but its dayparted like Mix 108 in Dultuth,,, But some CHRs in other countrys will play some 80s and 90s hits, it doesnt mean they cant be CHR.... Nile Fm in Cairo Egypt plays alot of 80s and 90s retro,, some of which I wouldnt even attempt on Hot AC in the states. I know why B-102.7 plays some 80s during the day and dayparts the Urban to after 6 PM like Mix 108 in Duluth, and thats to keep the station at work office friendly during the day,,, but their is no reason for a CHR to daypart a fairly harmless unoffensive record like Kardinal Offshore-Dangerous,,, we played the heck out of that song and never had any complaints from morning at work listeners either,,, the only recent popular Urban song we dayparted, but only till after 3 Pm was LIL Waynes Lolipop,, This was my decision because alot of our older 25-54 Demo, which is really who we target the most would complain about hearing it at work or in the morning,, but when the kids get outta school, they start calling in for it, so we would play it after 3 PM.. Our GM is kinda conservative about profanity, even if its legal by FCC standards,, Like we play the clean versions of Saving Abel-addicted, and Rehab-Bartender song..... This is so people can play us at work, and also kids and parents can both enjoy the station together in the car without offending the parents themselves, or not wanting their kids exposed to the language. Now up the road at WNOU,,, Radio Now 100.9, they are much more loose on their edited versions,, But their cluster already owns an Urban AC with high ratings to bring in the 25-54 demo, so WNOU can be more youth friendly and rap friendly than us,,, but counter to that, we can get away with playing more Dance music than they can, so every station has to serve what their community deams acceptable and what their listeners say is a hit..
