The PPM will tell the tale pretty quickly on this move.
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Good Times and Great Classic Hits
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toonces2u said:
You didn 't really express that about Jay, did you? Disgustingly rude and disturbingly insensitive.
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JimH said:crainbebo said:It sounds like we are going back to overplayed crap! Thanks KMCQ.
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EXACTLY---so instead of being something different musically, let's copy another FM in the market and give listeners less choice.
I even heard some technical problems Sunday afternoon-the new "Q104.5" around 1:30-2ish went into a song, and then had a promo and a song played together! Then a few minutes of dead air-finally another song kicked in, I think REO Speedwagon.
All I've been hearing is again, the same ol' same ol' classic hits playlist that is copied 500X across the country. Thanks KMCQ. You put a great station on, and now destroyed it with a boring, former-KBSG like playlist. I want my Junk Food Junkie back!
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crainbebo said:
I heard about a two minute gap on KJR-F the other day too.
It is now what consultants are recommending as an integral part of the "Classic Hits" format?
They're taking blatant shots at KJR with the whole bumper that goes "We're a station that actually plays music in the morning".
The playlist has dwindled, but they're still playing many more gems than KJR. For starters, they actually play more than one Elvis or Al Green song instead of Suspicious Minds and Let's Stay Together.
Even their 80s choice isn't so bad as it fits in with the MIX 96.1 blend of song, and they're a very underrated station.
The playlist has dwindled, but they're still playing many more gems than KJR. For starters, they actually play more than one Elvis or Al Green song instead of Suspicious Minds and Let's Stay Together.
Even their 80s choice isn't so bad as it fits in with the MIX 96.1 blend of song, and they're a very underrated station.
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Mookie said:
A very smart and bankable move.
Listened a bit yesterday....
Now programmed by a former local broadcasting company; and it sounds OKAY. Reason I say "OKAY" is because like almost every other station in the country ... it COULD be programmed in Wichita and just dropped into this market with no fanfare. It's yet another "soundtrack" station ... like KJR-F, like JACK, like a billion others.
That means it will be easy to run, could probably make money and will compete.
But it probably won't be MEMORABLE.
Now programmed by a former local broadcasting company; and it sounds OKAY. Reason I say "OKAY" is because like almost every other station in the country ... it COULD be programmed in Wichita and just dropped into this market with no fanfare. It's yet another "soundtrack" station ... like KJR-F, like JACK, like a billion others.
That means it will be easy to run, could probably make money and will compete.
But it probably won't be MEMORABLE.
Can you blame them for doing this? Yes, the old format was unique. However, it was a niche format on a near full-market signal in a top 20 market. Mainstream Classic Hits does great in PPM, and had previous success in the market on KBSG, so they likely see more potential in it. It was a business move, plain and simple. Yeah, a lot of the former format's loyal listeners are somewhat screwed, but they probably see more potential in mainstream classic hits than a 60s/70s format with a deep library.
I still can't stream it, but if it's what seems to have been described here (rock, pop/rock, pop, disco, soul elements, like regular classic hits), they could give KJR-FM (who I think is one of the most boring large-market classic hits stations) and its narrow rock-leaning playlist a run for its money, unlike before. As stated before, they also have the advantage of music in the morning, which will help in PPM.
I still can't stream it, but if it's what seems to have been described here (rock, pop/rock, pop, disco, soul elements, like regular classic hits), they could give KJR-FM (who I think is one of the most boring large-market classic hits stations) and its narrow rock-leaning playlist a run for its money, unlike before. As stated before, they also have the advantage of music in the morning, which will help in PPM.
Carolina, et al - If you could have heard the remarkable sets and segues before KMCQ got "Q'd," you'd sing a different tune. Whoever was programming it not only respected the music, but knew how to make it work as more than the sum of its playlist. To rely on auditorium research to determine a radio station playlist is foolish. As a trained researcher myself, it's an artificial environment from the more intimate practice of listening to the radio in the car or at home/work, and while you can "test" songs for certain factors, using that to exclude 90% of the music library is stupid.
Now, whenever I punch KMCQ on my car radio, I'm hearing a harder-edged rock song that I've tuned out from other stations for years, and not catching any of those "hey, wow" numbers that caught the respect of this child of the 1960s-70s-80s (I was a late bloomer). I haven't lingerd long enough to hear jingles or liners or anything else that's "New and Improved!!"
There's an art to radio that is lost on most of the corporate drones, and even the move to call it "Q" seems terribly stale and unncessary. And, if you read the Seattle Weekly "best of Seattle" paragraph, you'll see that it was what KMCQ used to do that caught a lot of attention, and gave it a respectable ratings share without any promotion or even much of an audio set up. Not this.
Now, whenever I punch KMCQ on my car radio, I'm hearing a harder-edged rock song that I've tuned out from other stations for years, and not catching any of those "hey, wow" numbers that caught the respect of this child of the 1960s-70s-80s (I was a late bloomer). I haven't lingerd long enough to hear jingles or liners or anything else that's "New and Improved!!"
There's an art to radio that is lost on most of the corporate drones, and even the move to call it "Q" seems terribly stale and unncessary. And, if you read the Seattle Weekly "best of Seattle" paragraph, you'll see that it was what KMCQ used to do that caught a lot of attention, and gave it a respectable ratings share without any promotion or even much of an audio set up. Not this.
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They just did.
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Goldilocks94941 said:
Giving the usual blather about "corporate drones" and the "respect the music?" Come on, offer some tangible proof besides hyperbole and misguided emotion that show people prefer what KMCQ was playing before compared to what's on right now.
What's the point in being KJR, Jr? If people like what KJR plays, they will listen to KJR. It's got name recognition, and some known on air talent. KMCQ has nothing now. Thankfully, I can usually get KGHO on my car radio, they play a lot of what KMCQ WAS playing.
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Lonely Summer said:
My guess is that because it's a very easy format to execute and the huge difference between the two stations in the morning. Is that enough of a difference? Time will tell. But given the state of KMCQ and their perceived intent of being in placeholder mode, it might not be such a bad move.
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