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Favorite Adult Leaning/Adult Friendly CHR?

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CHRles

What are some of your favorite Adult friendly CHRs?
A couple of stations stand out for me: 107.9 The Mix Salt Lake City, and Q-102 Cincinnati
http://www.mix1079online.com
http://www.wkrq.com/

Mix 107.9, which now bills itself as Utah's hit music channel, has been evolving from Modern AC to a unique mix that includes some of the best music from Modern AC, Rock, the and CHR/Pop charts (similar to WIXX Green Bay), and is aggressive on new music.
Among its most played songs right now are Hey Monday with "How You Love Me Now", The Script's excellent "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" , and Linkin Park's "New Divide".Yet this is also a station that's supporting Kid Cudi's "Day & Night", Cobra Starship is number 2, Tina Parol's "Whos Got Your Money" is Top 10, Pitbull is Top 20, and the Pink-sounding "It's Alright, It's Okay" by Ashley Tisdale is also Top 20. Keri Hilson was recently added, and PCD's "Jai Ho" is still in rotation. Basically, this is a station that tries to find its own hits similarly to Green Bay's 101.1 WIXX.

Q-102 was Cincy's legendary CHR in the 80s. It was known for being the first station to give away a million dollars, and for a playlist that leaned on Recurrents. Throughout the 90s the station switched alliances between Adult CHR and CHR/Pop. When 107.1 Kiss FM came on the scene with its Rhythmic/Pop lean (and as Sean Ross pointed out recently is the template for similarly formatted Clear Channel CHRs) it initially made Q-102 more Hot AC sounding. Yet this is a station that for years now has straddled the lines between CHR and Hot AC, sounding hotter than many Adult leaning CHR/Pop stations (Atlanta's Star 94 and Q-100 come to mind). Basically Q-102 can be compared to what B-100 San Diego sounded like in the 80s, or to Chum-FM Toronto (Toronto's Virgin Radio 99.9 also comes to mind)
Q-102 has Colbie Caillat's "Fallin For You" in its Top 5, Michael Franti & Spearhead's "Say Hey" is Top 10, and "Gives You Hell" by All American Rejects is still Top 10. Yet Pitbull is Top 10 as well, and the station is giving some airplay to Keri Hilson as well as "Jump" by Flo Rida.
 
I tend to like Q102 Cincinnati over Star 94 Atlanta. Although one can make an argument for both stations to either either report to the Mainstream CHR or Hot AC charts, Star 94 is a little "safe and predictable" to me with their playlist. Q102 takes more chances on currents and plays some cooler retro too.

One of my favs is Alice 107.7 out of Little Rock. I would call them an adult friendly mainstream CHR. Rather heavy on the pop/rock product, but still open to playing the bigger rhythmic tracks. They are not afraid to put songs into heavy rotation that don't necessarily do well nationally.

Mix 93.3 in Kansas City would be up there, too.
 
Thx for the replies so far. I'll actually be heading to Little Rock over the weekend, and I'm definitely looking forward to listening to Alice 107.7 on the radio rather than just online ;) I'll also be able to pick up 105.9 KLAZ out of Hot Springs in some areas.
Back to KLAC, I've noticed on yes.com that they're very Adult leaning by day, while at night they're very Rock friendly (they dont play some of the edgier Rock titles during the daytime) while still pumping out all the hits. For example, they're playing LMFAO's "I'm In Miami Bitch".
 
Not a fan of adult CHRs, but my favorite one is Mix 106.5 in Baltimore. I like it for its dance mixshows.
 
I like Wild 100.7 in corinth miss... Its not too adult leaning, but its mass appeal for its rural area.. They arent afraid to play some dance music, and some modern rock, and even some retro 80s and 90s once in awhile, but they also play Rhythmic hits too, just not so much to scare away the rural at work crowd.
 
CHRles said:
Thx for the replies so far. I'll actually be heading to Little Rock over the weekend, and I'm definitely looking forward to listening to Alice 107.7 on the radio rather than just online ;) I'll also be able to pick up 105.9 KLAZ out of Hot Springs in some areas.
Back to KLAC, I've noticed on yes.com that they're very Adult leaning by day, while at night they're very Rock friendly (they dont play some of the edgier Rock titles during the daytime) while still pumping out all the hits. For example, they're playing LMFAO's "I'm In Miami Bitch".
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When I listened to KLAZ a lot in the late 90s/early 2000s, then were one of the most heavily dayparted split personality CHRs in the country. I remember circa 2003, it was not uncommon to hear "Dust In The Wind" in middays to a 50 Cent or Missy Elliot record 8 hours later. When I last heard them in September, the dayparting wasn't quite as severe, but tracks ranged anywhere from "Don't Stop Believing" to the non-Kanye version of "American Boy".

Is Q102 reporting as a CHR or Hot AC these days? Right up to the point Radio & Records went belly up, I think they were still being reported as HAC. Given that Pitbull is in their top 10 and they spike "Cyclone", I think they are more worthy of CHR status these days.
 
While I have a personal peference for young sounding CHRs that play plenty of rhythmic product, an adult leaning CHR that I think does an excellent job is WIXX/Green Bay. Their music leans heavily towards Hot AC, but their delivery, energy, and overall presentation is CHR all the way.
 
Hey Monday appeals to teens. Why does everyone think that kids like hip-hop and adult like rock?? That's the problem with some of our "programmers." They think The Fray is Hot AC... wake up... go to a show... it's the 16-30 crowd.
 
There's a difference between Rock and Adult records, which are oftentimes Pop/Rock these days. If you look at the Active or Modern Rock charts you'll see a lot of great acts that are big with teens and 18-34 year olds. You won't find much of the Fray on those charts or acts like Boys Like Girls.
Top 40 appeals first and foremost to women and it's no secret that women who love to listen to CHR have a preference for the Rhythmic/Pop hits. Not just the younger end of the female listeners, but pretty much the entire 18-34 core as well. That's been the case now for most markets for quite a some time. Does it mean that it's all they listen to or like? No. Does it mean a lot of teens won't listen to acts like The Fray? No. But The Fray is not the definition of a youth-leaning or edgy record, just like REO Speedwagon or Journey weren't back in the 1980s.
 
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