Turn on Kiss 108, Amp 103.3, or Jam'n 94.5 and they all sound the same! What happened to the good old days of Boston radio when you could turn to Kiss for Top 40, Jam'n for Hip Hop, and WODS for Oldies?? Nowadays I can flip between those 3 stations and hear the same exact song playing!! With Boston having such a limited amount of stations to listen it makes me wonder if people even bother listening to the radio anymore. Look at WJMN's ratings....they are taking a slow downward spiral because people would rather listen to Kiss then Jam'n. I remember when Jam'n held the top spot as far as the ratings went! I miss the days when Jam'n played Hip Hop! It makes no sense for them to lean more Top 40....you can't possibly tell me that Hip Hop doesn't have appeal anymore to the 18-34 demo. I would love to see more of an urban station enter the market. There is certainly a demand for one, just look at all of the pirate stations popping up. I'd love to hear people's thoughts!
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IS IT JUST ME OR IS BOSTON RADIO BORING
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It's all about programming for the People Meter now. It's safety first, make sure people will stay tuned for a long time, make sure you're in a format that will get a lot of exposure to passive listeners in retail, restaurants, the workplace, even at the beach. Remember, the guy who sits at your lunch counter and spends 45 minutes there while you've got Kiss or Magic playing on your little portable radio is listening to KISS for all 45 minutes, whether he likes the music or not, and if he's an Arbitron meter wearer, Kiss or Magic is what's being logged.
The fact is, more people like safe, bland music than more adventurous stuff. That's why it's called "popular" and "mainstream." There was never a big reward in being adventurous, but the PPM method has made that strategy suicidal in terms of attracting advertisers.
The fact is, more people like safe, bland music than more adventurous stuff. That's why it's called "popular" and "mainstream." There was never a big reward in being adventurous, but the PPM method has made that strategy suicidal in terms of attracting advertisers.
Psst: there are stations below 92 MHz (and some above) that will give you variety, often affiliated with schools...stations who help break new artists, play a wide variety of music, no ads; live local band performances, fun specialty shows...
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faderraider
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No, "It's not just you"
It is boring, something different has to be done, there are way too many Rock and Roll Stations. Put something else on, Talk, Country, Urban AC, (Spanish Top 40 [Dial-Global has a new format "En Vivo"] why not try something like that here to go up against "Mia") something different.
Come to NYC and I'll show you boring. At least there is rock music on the air in Boston. And country. There are neither of those on in NYC and a whole heap of Spanish language stations which are useless to those who don't speak Spanish.
And ya already have TWO local talk stations!! In NYC, there are two stations that serve up the same syndicated slop.
Don't expect a full power Spanish format in Boston anytime soon. The demographics aren't there to support it. Neither are they there to support Urban AC, which is a primarily older, black leaning audience as opposed to Hip-Hop which has a large, younger white audience.
Your below 92 noncomm band is vibrant in Boston. I split my time between the two markets and would take Boston radio any day over NYC. The only thing NYC has going for it are the two FULL TIME all news stations. For some reason, WBZ thinks that nobody needs a traffic report after 8pm when Nightside gets going. Terrible show, leave that to the talk stations and keep up with the news!!!!!
"The grass is always greener..."
And ya already have TWO local talk stations!! In NYC, there are two stations that serve up the same syndicated slop.
Don't expect a full power Spanish format in Boston anytime soon. The demographics aren't there to support it. Neither are they there to support Urban AC, which is a primarily older, black leaning audience as opposed to Hip-Hop which has a large, younger white audience.
Your below 92 noncomm band is vibrant in Boston. I split my time between the two markets and would take Boston radio any day over NYC. The only thing NYC has going for it are the two FULL TIME all news stations. For some reason, WBZ thinks that nobody needs a traffic report after 8pm when Nightside gets going. Terrible show, leave that to the talk stations and keep up with the news!!!!!
"The grass is always greener..."
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cjf68
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.......Your are correct. Not just boring , but irrelevant. Better listening on the internet side
these days.
these days.
It's just you.
Try listening in most markets below the Top 20, arguably the Top 50, and you'll find much, much worse radio than you'll find in Boston. First off, the diversity of ownership in Boston is actually pretty good. An awful lot of markets are down to two, maybe three, owners for the entire commercial AM & FM lineups. Boston has seven or eight, IIRC.
And Boston has a near-unique amount of "college radio" stations...some of which are amazing, a lot of which are utter garbage (and that can shift on a minute-by-minute basis! :
)...but nevertheless are so diverse that you're bound to find something to your taste. How many cities have FOUR market-covering "college radio" signals? (WZBC, WMBR, WHRB and WERS) And how many cities have FOUR separate market-covering "public radio" signals/networks??? (WBUR, WGBH-news and WGBH-classical, and WUMB)
Heck, Worcester supports the ONLY all-jazz non-commercial station in the entire country that's independently owned (not at a college or high school) and not in a Top 10 market: WICN.
Clearly the radio scene in and around Boston is pretty good.
Try listening in most markets below the Top 20, arguably the Top 50, and you'll find much, much worse radio than you'll find in Boston. First off, the diversity of ownership in Boston is actually pretty good. An awful lot of markets are down to two, maybe three, owners for the entire commercial AM & FM lineups. Boston has seven or eight, IIRC.
And Boston has a near-unique amount of "college radio" stations...some of which are amazing, a lot of which are utter garbage (and that can shift on a minute-by-minute basis! :
)...but nevertheless are so diverse that you're bound to find something to your taste. How many cities have FOUR market-covering "college radio" signals? (WZBC, WMBR, WHRB and WERS) And how many cities have FOUR separate market-covering "public radio" signals/networks??? (WBUR, WGBH-news and WGBH-classical, and WUMB) Heck, Worcester supports the ONLY all-jazz non-commercial station in the entire country that's independently owned (not at a college or high school) and not in a Top 10 market: WICN.
Clearly the radio scene in and around Boston is pretty good.
And of course with college radio I mentioned it wasn't all below 92. Harvard, Brandeis etc
Too many rock stations? It's what people want. This is like a vegetarian saying there are too many restaurants that offer chicken, beef, pork, and fish. Hey if you don't eat meat fine but you're in the minority...the market caters to the majority. Also a blanket description of rock...there are so many forms. Hard, soft, old, new, AAA, variety hits, etc. That itself is variety even if playlists are narrow.
Too many rock stations? It's what people want. This is like a vegetarian saying there are too many restaurants that offer chicken, beef, pork, and fish. Hey if you don't eat meat fine but you're in the minority...the market caters to the majority. Also a blanket description of rock...there are so many forms. Hard, soft, old, new, AAA, variety hits, etc. That itself is variety even if playlists are narrow.
DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!!
Aaronread nailed it. Just because the dial doesn't look exactly like it did in 1991 doesn't mean it's boring. It means there are more entertainment options out there and radio has to be more focused to remain viable. Boston has one of the best major market dials in the country.
Go troll somewhere else, it'd be nice to elevate the discourse around here.
Aaronread nailed it. Just because the dial doesn't look exactly like it did in 1991 doesn't mean it's boring. It means there are more entertainment options out there and radio has to be more focused to remain viable. Boston has one of the best major market dials in the country.
Go troll somewhere else, it'd be nice to elevate the discourse around here.
WNTIRadio said:
You can always go into your station preference and "seed" your stations with more artists. Make sure you never "like" anything. You can un "dislike" songs there if you hit that button too often (like me).
Pay the measly $36/year to have no commercials and no limit to how long you listen.
Too much like work. And I'm not going to pay a dime for it either. I can also put on my iTunes and do the same thing and know that I'm not going to hear crap that I don't want to hear.
I don't like the lack of "artist separation" on Pandora. Maybe that's my issue alone from being in programming too long, I don't know. I wish there were some simple "rules" that I could set up in Pandora, like a very simplified version of Selector. Give me at least: 2 hours between the same artist, don't go from a screaming fast song to a slow song, and shuffle the years around a bit. That would help.
I don't like the lack of "artist separation" on Pandora. Maybe that's my issue alone from being in programming too long, I don't know. I wish there were some simple "rules" that I could set up in Pandora, like a very simplified version of Selector. Give me at least: 2 hours between the same artist, don't go from a screaming fast song to a slow song, and shuffle the years around a bit. That would help.
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faderraider
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unless like my 2013 GM product, sat cuts out all the time lousy buffering
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