Edmonton's Got A New CHR! Hot 107

[CHRles]

http://www.hot107.ca HOT 107 EDMONTON http://www.hot107.ca/hot107.asx 128 K

A second CHR/Pop station is now on the air in Edmonton going up against 91.7 The Bounce, a perennial market leader.

The station is in the midst of 10,000 songs in a row.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Hmmm sounds cool for now, but Ill listen again when they get jocks and regular programing....

 

[CHRles]

Topeka, Kansas might be next...92.9 FM is in stunting mode.

 

[MarcR]

I thought the format for Hot 107 was supposed to be "Active CHR"? I was anxiously awaiting the debut of this station because their website said they intended to play progressive artists (MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, Lilly Allen) from different genres of music. I'm pissed!

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Technically all the now stations are Active hits,,, all it means is they are quick on new music,,, very youth friendly,, and tend to play all the hits...... And play little or no recurrents or gold...... Its basically like the Hot Hits format of the 80s.

It sounds like the nova network in Australia may be what you want.

 

[CHRles]

I thought the format for Hot 107 was supposed to be "Active CHR"? I was anxiously awaiting the debut of this station because their website said they intended to play progressive artists (MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, Lilly Allen) from different genres of music. I'm pissed!

Clubber is exactly right.

Marc, those are great artists but they aren't even setting the world on fire right now on many of the Modern Rock stations (with the exception of some notable West Coast stations). They're not really in vogue with most of the CHR audience, especially in America.
The type of station you might be looking for is Curve 94.3 Winnipeg:
http://www.curve943.com/playlist.asp

Or the Nova stations in Australia:
http://www.nova969.com.au/site/new_music/novarated.aspx (Nova 96.9 Syndey)
http://www.nova100.com.au/site/new_music/playlistnovarated.aspx (Nova 100 Melbourne)

There's also Nova stations in Perth, Brisbane, and Adelaide.

You FM in Frankfurt:
http://www.you-fm.de/index.jsp?rubrik=12416

BBC Radio 1 UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/

3 FM Holland
http://www.3fm.nl/page/3fm_playlist_new/hits

Studio Brussels, Belgium
http://www.stubru.be/programmas/dehotlist/dehotlist4oktober2009

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Yeah,,, those are good stations to check out. very indie rock and electronica friendly. Another good one http://www.5fm.co.za/ Its in South Africa.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Also,, if were gonna mention bbc 1, we may as well mention the millitary station bfbs, they play those artists too. www.bfbs.com heard in Iraq and Afghan, and anywhere that the british millitary are stationed.