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Kiss 95.3 Portsmouth NH area?

Will said:
No it isn't. Now everybody who's moved out of Boston to go live in New Hampshire in the past 10 years can hear a major market hit station on a clear signal. That's a great programming decision.
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When I lived in Portsmouth, I remember Kiss 108's signal coming in just fine. Am I mistaken?
Oh, and I'm sure Kiss 108 is a shell of its former self anyway, thanks to Clear Channel.
 
Well, the format is doing alright, but Kiss just feels like a bland radio station compared to other CHR's. I remember working with a guy years ago who hated Kiss 108. He'd always say "there's no passion." Years later, I can see what he means.
 
Will said:
Well, the format is doing alright, but Kiss just feels like a bland radio station compared to other CHR's. I remember working with a guy years ago who hated Kiss 108. He'd always say "there's no passion." Years later, I can see what he means.
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KISS has one the best morning shows (Matty) and one of the best music intensive night shows in the country. Seriously, props to Jackson Blue for making nighttime radio FUN!!!
 
You'll get no argument from me on Jackson Blue either...nobody in radio is better at thinking on their feet. I can't wait until he develops a sitcom.
 
I know this is more of a Boston board question/follow-up but since everyone thinks KISS108 is a watered down version of what it was but Matty is one of the best/longest-reigning in the country and it seems that Jackson Blue is respected at night (I think he's good too), then where is it that KISS drops the ball then?
 
That's the funny thing. Kiss doesn't drop the ball overall. They have no competition.

That said, some of their music selections are dubious. I understand they're a heritage station, but are "Summer of '69" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" really appropriate selections for CHR at this point?

Also, I know this is sacrilege, but I never understood the appeal of Matty. Granted, I'm never awake to listen to morning shows, and he must be doing something right, but he sounds dreadfully boring. In fact, it almost seems to me that he leads the market by default.

Kiss is a station in a younger-end format in a market with more young people than anywhere in America...and they skew adult. Somebody could sign on a hit station and a take a slice from their pie. 93.7, I'm looking in your direction.
 
Will said:
That's the funny thing. Kiss doesn't drop the ball overall. They have no competition.

That said, some of their music selections are dubious. I understand they're a heritage station, but are "Summer of '69" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" really appropriate selections for CHR at this point?

Also, I know this is sacrilege, but I never understood the appeal of Matty. Granted, I'm never awake to listen to morning shows, and he must be doing something right, but he sounds dreadfully boring. In fact, it almost seems to me that he leads the market by default.

Kiss is a station in a younger-end format in a market with more young people than anywhere in America...and they skew adult. Somebody could sign on a hit station and a take a slice from their pie. 93.7, I'm looking in your direction.
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Why wouldn't those songs be appropriate? If a station plays the same songs as every other CHR, they're called cookie-cutter. If a station (and a successful one) plays songs that callout with the demo that aren't, by definition, traditional format songs, they get questioned. I guess the only people that matter are the listeners, and they seem to not have a problem with those songs.

As for skewing adult, why would they want to go younger? Those young people you speak of don't have the spending power and financial influence of the older end. Add to that the fact they don't want to tread too much on Jamn, I'd say their direction is pretty much right on.
 
mistermicrophone said:
Why wouldn't those songs be appropriate? If a station plays the same songs as every other CHR, they're called cookie-cutter.
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They wouldn't be called "cookie-cutter" by anybody with a clue. Either you play the hits, or you don't, although I don't hear much of an "oh wow" factor in regard to the recurrent and gold selections on hit stations.

If a station (and a successful one) plays songs that callout with the demo that aren't, by definition, traditional format songs, they get questioned. I guess the only people that matter are the listeners, and they seem to not have a problem with those songs.
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That's the anomaly of Boston. No other CHR could play "Livin' On A Prayer" with a straight face.

As for skewing adult, why would they want to go younger? Those young people you speak of don't have the spending power and financial influence of the older end. Add to that the fact they don't want to tread too much on Jamn, I'd say their direction is pretty much right on.
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I don't bite. People under 30 don't have property taxes or mouths to feed. Plenty of disposable income.
 
Even if that's true, until the ad agencies believe that it doesn't matter. But, there are many people under 30 with mouths to feed and a fair number own homes and pay property taxes.
The 18-24 cell is the one without any money, especially if they're in college.

I don't bite. People under 30 don't have property taxes or mouths to feed. Plenty of disposable income.
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"They wouldn't be called "cookie-cutter" by anybody with a clue. Either you play the hits, or you don't,"

So the charts are enough to program a CHR. Wow...you are ready for your (obviously) first PD gig...let me know how it works for you!!

You're right that no other CHR could play Livin' On A Prayer (maybe a few, but I digress), but there are songs on CHR's in different markets all over the country that "work" for said stations! Does that mean those songs aren't appropriate?

Ask your sales manager what's easier to sell...W18-34 or W 25-49/54...even in Boston.
 
I agree with the older demo thing, Mr. Mic. I'm the one who's always beating his chest about how Triple X should skew slightly older.
 
The company that put out the KISS OFF DISCO SUCKS bumper stickers in 1978
were sued for copyright infringment, they were an exact copy of the KISS 108
logo and bumper stickers which were all copyrighted and SM material.
 
Even in this day and age parody is protected under both fair use and the 1st Amendment. If it wasn't there'd be no South Park,Al Yankovic,Bob Rivers etc etc.

chrish said:
The company that put out the KISS OFF DISCO SUCKS bumper stickers in 1978
were sued for copyright infringment, they were an exact copy of the KISS 108
logo and bumper stickers which were all copyrighted and SM material.
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Is anyone listening to KISS in the Greater Portland area?They're signal reaches pretty good right into South Portland.I travel quite a bit between Portland & Wells during the week and listen middays & afternoon.There are a lot of liners and not a lot of DJ.
 
Sorry! I posted a question related to this at the Boston board without seeing this thread. Heard a few seconds of this on I-95 North in York yesterday, just south of the toll plaza. Does this mean that WXKS-FM now has a satellite station? (Forgive my ignorance, as I'm from central CT and happened to be tuning the dial to this station when "KISS 108" was mentioned.)
 
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