Believe it or not, Q105 in Tampa Bay played One More Time not long after the Bucs' Super Bowl win back in 2021. Yes, the full song.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
It's not just KRTH, and not just Los Angeles.
- Thread starter michael hagerty
- Start date
2009. 14 years old, her first hit single, went to number one and sold 6.8 million copies.
You thought it was terrible. I promise you, if you ask a group of 35 year old women to do a few bars---they can and will.
I'm talkin' pedicure on our toes, toes
Tryin' on all our clothes, clothes
Boys blowin' up our phones, phones
Drop-toppin', playin' our favorite CDs
Pullin' up to the parties
Tryna get a little bit tipsy
The top three stations in Oxnard (KMLA, KLJR and KXLM) all have signals that are shadowed out of most of Santa Barbara, and only one of them (KXLM) has ever even shown up in the SB book (and that was 12 years ago.) There's no way those subscribers would sign off on having their shares diluted by adding an area where they don't show.
Not really. Demographics for D.C. are very different from L.A.
I've said this before: My daughter traveled to Seattle to see New Kids on the Block and later, saw them in Portland. I can absolutely say without reservation that she wouldn't cross the room to see them now!
As a 35 year-old woman, I completely agree!
It's a great song!Which is why you do research to see what the audience wants to hear now rather than simply playing whatever was a hit then.
Yes I think they do want to hear songs from these decades on occassion since they occasionally play on these stations and they are among the top stations in their market.
That is wierd cause most Classic Hits stations would never play that song.
Indeed the three stations you list are Class A stations and yes 96.7 and 103.7 are shadowed out of Santa Barbara. But 102.9 is on a nearly 300 ft tower near the coast and has a water path to Santa Barbara. What I was really referring to was the legacy Class B/C stations such as 95.1, 97.5, 99.9, 100.7, 103.3, 104.7 which have big signals and are clearly heard from beyond Santa Barbara to beyond Thousand Oaks.
Last edited:
Fantastic write-up. Interesting this spans both major broadcasters (IHM, Audacy, Beasley) and regional broadcasters.
Certainly seems to be a bit of a nationwide push. When I think of classic hits, I like to imagine a lot more of a pre-80’s playlist. I think Soft AC and Classic Rock covers the 70-80’s pretty damn well personally so it’s interesting to see them mix in more of an adult contemporary style.
Certainly seems to be a bit of a nationwide push. When I think of classic hits, I like to imagine a lot more of a pre-80’s playlist. I think Soft AC and Classic Rock covers the 70-80’s pretty damn well personally so it’s interesting to see them mix in more of an adult contemporary style.
I wonder if those formats will modernize as well? I have heard Boulevard of Broken Dreams on classic rock, but soft AC is mainly decades old with a few more recent hits thrown in.
Every 6 to 12 months a major market gold-based format will do a full library test. Each occasion is a chance to try out "newer" songs.
It would seem like active rock might eventually become classic rock, since there are already songs that are in regular rotation from bands like Disturbed.
Is “Ready or Not” by the Fugees a classic hit now?
I’m not sure about Ready or Not by The Fugees but I’m pretty sure their 1996 rendition of Killing Me Softly will be added to the classic hit’s format sooner or later if it hasn’t in some markets already. A few years ago it was in heavy rotation on Magic 105.3 the Hot AC station here in San Antonio and it’s a song that would fit the current 70s-80s classic hits format without it scaring too many people.
I’m not sure about Ready or Not by The Fugees but I’m pretty sure their 1996 rendition of Killing Me Softly will be added to the classic hit’s format sooner or later if it hasn’t in some markets already. A few years ago it was in heavy rotation on Magic 105.3 the Hot AC station here in San Antonio and it’s a song that would fit the current 70s-80s classic hits format without it scaring too many people.
You know, there was a time back on this message board's predecessor (radio-info.com) with a commonly similar discussion. Except it was the great tragedy of the demise of "adult standards." And how oldies stations playing 70s music would ruin the format.
Oldies get "less old" the older you live. Any song from the 90s is CLEARLY an oldies song now.
Disagree? Consider this lesson from The Simpsons...
Oldies get "less old" the older you live. Any song from the 90s is CLEARLY an oldies song now.
Disagree? Consider this lesson from The Simpsons...
Long before a glut of "odd" adds on Classic Hits, Townsquare Media Classic Hits stations were playing the Fugees' Killing Me Softly With His Song. Pretty similar to Classic Hits stations adding Smash Mouth's rendition of I'm A Believer, which came out in (wait for it) 2001.
My concern is what the definition of “classic hits” will look like 20 years from now. I’ll be about 47-48 by then, and I’m guessing that even the 90’s will be too old by then. That’s the natural evolution of the format (and music) of course, but it’s unfortunate when the content you like is aging out. My guess is that “classic hits” will be a collection of music made between the year 2000 and 2020.
The unfortunate part is that older demographics are harder to sell to. If that weren’t the case, an older skewing format could just move to an inferior frequency. It seems like this was a common practice in decades past. Music by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin was too old, but it moved to AM and people could still hear it. Same with true oldies, it moved to AM. It doesn’t seem very likely that classic hits of the 80’s will get similar treatment. Instead, we’re seeing these songs linger in the format longer than any other decade of music, only to be sunsetted entirely at some point. It can’t happen now, obviously, but it looks like the stage is being set for the new “classic hits” to become a commonplace.
The unfortunate part is that older demographics are harder to sell to. If that weren’t the case, an older skewing format could just move to an inferior frequency. It seems like this was a common practice in decades past. Music by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin was too old, but it moved to AM and people could still hear it. Same with true oldies, it moved to AM. It doesn’t seem very likely that classic hits of the 80’s will get similar treatment. Instead, we’re seeing these songs linger in the format longer than any other decade of music, only to be sunsetted entirely at some point. It can’t happen now, obviously, but it looks like the stage is being set for the new “classic hits” to become a commonplace.
- Status