alex4490 said:Are they really a true top-40 station, or they are just tryin got overcome the battle agianst the Killer B. C'mon play real top-40 and quiet the war agianst the two. B96 is better than Kiss-get that straight in your mind!! Fellow z100 in nyc for example, they are a pure tp-40 radio station!
alex4490 said:Are they really a true top-40 station, or they are just tryin got overcome the battle agianst the Killer B. C'mon play real top-40 and quiet the war agianst the two. B96 is better than Kiss-get that straight in your mind!! Fellow z100 in nyc for example, they are a pure tp-40 radio station!
Hamp said:To be honest, there really isn't a difference with CC's Kiss Top 40 stations whether you live in L.A, Chicago, Phoenix or Dallas to name a few Kiss markets. They are pretty much programmed all the same with no individuality for the market it is in.
To be honest, there really isn't a difference with CC's Kiss Top 40 stations whether you live in L.A, Chicago, Phoenix or Dallas to name a few Kiss markets. They are pretty much programmed all the same with no individuality for the market it is in.
Here we go AGAIN!!! How do you know what I know? First off, I used to live in Phoenix and listened to Kiss 104.7 quite frequently. I have close friends that live in Southern California that listen to KISS 102.7 and I currently live in Chicago and very frequently listen to Kiss 103.5. Maybe a few of the specialty shows on each station are different (not by much). But OVERALL, Clear Channel programs the majority of their Top 40 the exact same (give or take a FEW songs).Countrykev said:Hamp,
To be honest, there really isn't a difference with CC's Kiss Top 40 stations whether you live in L.A, Chicago, Phoenix or Dallas to name a few Kiss markets. They are pretty much programmed all the same with no individuality for the market it is in.
Dude...seriously. You need to do homework before you make accusations. CC does not push "national" playlists. Each market has the freedom to program to each market. If you looked at the top songs at Kiss Chicago and Kiss LA you'd notice there is a difference. I can tell you just by looking at MMR right now that Kiss Chicago's top 10 and LA's top 10 have only 4 songs in common. KKDM in Des Moines only shares 3 songs in the top 10 with both of them, and is way more rock leaning than either one. I could go on with more examples, but I think I've proved my point.
You didn't really prove anything. All you did was repeat some of what I just said.Countrykev said:Hamp,
I do know what you know. You said it in your post. Clear Channel programs all the stations the same. They push the same songs in all markets.
Problem is, Hamp, you never prove yourself. You don't give any substance to your claims. You have an opinion, and that's great. But you spout claims without any kind of support to back them up. In order to win an argument you have to have a good knowledge of what you're talking about and have evidence to support your claims. You always resort to then saying that whenever I disagree with you, I must work for for them or they're my friend.
I did, however, prove you wrong. I used a tool to do 3 minutes worth of research to show that CC stations are not programmed the same. Each market does extensive research IN THAT MARKET and determines the rotations. If you want to utilize Mediabase and see for yourself, sign up for an Allaccess.com account and see the free version. You'll see that I'm right. You don't have to live in the city or hear it from your friends, you can see the evidence for yourself online.
Top 40 stations across the country CC and not share many of the same songs, but they differ in rotations and how they are presented. For instance, KKDM in Des Moines as I mentioned, leans rock. Hinder's "Lips of An Angel" was number 1 with almost 100 spins. WKQI in Detroit doesn't even have it in their playlist. Very few other CC top 40 stations even have that in their top 10. WAKS Cleveland has Brooke Hogan's "About Us" playing over 100 spins a week. That song is getting only 45 a week at WKSC. 5 of KKDM's top 10 are rock songs, all 10 of WKSC's top 10 are rhythmic.
Shall I continue?
john77 said:alex4490 said:Are they really a true top-40 station, or they are just tryin got overcome the battle agianst the Killer B. C'mon play real top-40 and quiet the war agianst the two. B96 is better than Kiss-get that straight in your mind!! Fellow z100 in nyc for example, they are a pure tp-40 radio station!
We have the same problem here in L.A. with our KIIS, alex... they aren't top 40/CHR either in ANY way shape or form. Heck, at one point they were only playing 5 of the nation's top 11 songs... and they COMPLETELY missed the last 2 #1 CHR/Pop hits... not a single spin for either of them... Of course, if your name is Justin or Gwen you can expect a gazillion spins there no matter what the quality of the product is.