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[davideduardo]

saying that what they report as is what defines the format is absurd....

Industry terms do not define a station....its the listeners perception and the music they play that truly defines a station...The listeners could care less what industry terms are...and at the end of the day the listeners vote for their favorites by their listening...

You are both right.

The industry trades and airplay monitors decide which niche a station fits in so that the join the compiled charts for the genre.

CHR can be divided into a number of subsets, rhythmic being one of them But all are still CHRs.

Stations pick from a defined list for the Arbitron roster that the intended users of ratings, the agencies, will receive to help them make ad buys. So format definition is very important.

But none of these classifications are of any importance to the listener who either likes or dislikes a station because of what it does, not because of its self-proclaimed format name.

 

[radioresearcher]

Since I have almost 20 years of experience with this one, I will chime in.

Trades/chart reporters are based on a number of things. However, a lot of times a music cycle plays an important part in how a station sounds.

The listener could care less what chart the station reports to. They listen to what they like.

A few years ago, Rhythmic and Urban were very close musically while Top 40 had quite a bit of differentiation.

Today, the Top 40 and Rhythmic formats mirror each other. Z90 and KHTS are very similar in a lot of ways but still differentiate a bit. However, as I said above, a lot of it may be music cycle.

The days of Top 40 stations playing all the hits from different genres could well be a thing of the past in many heavy Hispanic markets.

What goes as Top 40 in Boston (WXKS) is completely different than Los Angeles (KIIS) or San Diego (KHTS).

Then again, Rhythmic in other parts of the country may be different from what we have.

 

[Garrett]

saying that what they report as is what defines the format is absurd....

Industry terms do not define a station....its the listeners perception and the music they play that truly defines a station...The listeners could care less what industry terms are...and at the end of the day the listeners vote for their favorites by their listening...

You are both right.

The industry trades and airplay monitors decide which niche a station fits in so that the join the compiled charts for the genre.

CHR can be divided into a number of subsets, rhythmic being one of them But all are still CHRs.

Stations pick from a defined list for the Arbitron roster that the intended users of ratings, the agencies, will receive to help them make ad buys. So format definition is very important.

But none of these classifications are of any importance to the listener who either likes or dislikes a station because of what it does, not because of its self-proclaimed format name.

Thank you David.
I'll go with what David said.

 

[vonrollskyway1]

saying that what they report as is what defines the format is absurd....

Industry terms do not define a station....its the listeners perception and the music they play that truly defines a station...The listeners could care less what industry terms are...and at the end of the day the listeners vote for their favorites by their listening...

You are both right. Garrett,you sounded like Cris Boyer..David..EHHH.

The industry trades and airplay monitors decide which niche a station fits in so that the join the compiled charts for the genre.

CHR can be divided into a number of subsets, rhythmic being one of them But all are still CHRs.

Stations pick from a defined list for the Arbitron roster that the intended users of ratings, the agencies, will receive to help them make ad buys. So format definition is very important.

But none of these classifications are of any importance to the listener who either likes or dislikes a station because of what it does, not because of its self-proclaimed format name.

Thank you David.
I'll go with what David said.