Lubbock trip,(yes, another Lubbock post)

[JamzUSA]

Me and the wife took a trip to Lubbock this past weekend to visit my relatives, and of course, check out the city. I was pleasantly surprised of what I seen and heard. For the first time, I was not in a hurry to leave. Lubbock is really growing.

As far as radio, I was also impressed. 98.1 finally got their name right. Instaed of that backwards "98 Kool" that they used for years, they finally turned it around, and is now known as "Kool 98".

Tino, Magoo, you are both wrong, but I am impressed with your stations. Someone posted that The Beat sounded urban. What's wrong with that? That's what make them not sound like Hot. Who wants two stations that sounds exactly alike? By the way, they sound about like The Beat here in Dallas/Ft. Worth, and they are not urban. Anyway, define urban. What makes it different from rhythmic now besides the title? I believe alot of "Urban" stations call themselves "Rhythmic" nowadays for sales purposes. It's time to have more than one flavor to choose from when it comes to Lubbock radio. Lubbock is changing. It's no longer all about the "yee haw cowboy" anymore. Lubbock is modernizing quickly and if you can't keep up, you are going to get left behind. Anyway, Magoo, Tino, good luck. There is a battle going on, and I hope that both of you stay up on your A game.

I was also surprised to hear hip hop, Friday night on 88.1. When did this start?

The music that I heard on 107.3 sounds like Christian Alternative. Am I right?

I haven't had a chance to listen to the rest of the stations that I recorded yet, but like I said, I was very impressed.

One more thing, just remember this: hip hop and r&b is not just a black and hispanic thing anymore.

 

[greetea]

> Me and the wife took a trip to Lubbock this past weekend to
> visit my relatives, and of course, check out the city. I
> was pleasantly surprised of what I seen and heard. For the
> first time, I was not in a hurry to leave. Lubbock is
> really growing.
>
> As far as radio, I was also impressed. 98.1 finally got
> their name right. Instaed of that backwards "98 Kool" that
> they used for years, they finally turned it around, and is
> now known as "Kool 98".
>
> Tino, Magoo, you are both wrong, but I am impressed with
> your stations. Someone posted that The Beat sounded urban.
> What's wrong with that? That's what make them not sound
> like Hot. Who wants two stations that sounds exactly alike?
> By the way, they sound about like The Beat here in
> Dallas/Ft. Worth, and they are not urban. Anyway, define
> urban. What makes it different from rhythmic now besides
> the title? I believe alot of "Urban" stations call
> themselves "Rhythmic" nowadays for sales purposes. It's
> time to have more than one flavor to choose from when it
> comes to Lubbock radio. Lubbock is changing. It's no
> longer all about the "yee haw cowboy" anymore. Lubbock is
> modernizing quickly and if you can't keep up, you are going
> to get left behind. Anyway, Magoo, Tino, good luck. There
> is a battle going on, and I hope that both of you stay up on
> your A game.
>
> I was also surprised to hear hip hop, Friday night on 88.1.
> When did this start?
>
> The music that I heard on 107.3 sounds like Christian
> Alternative. Am I right?
>
> I haven't had a chance to listen to the rest of the stations
> that I recorded yet, but like I said, I was very impressed.
>
> One more thing, just remember this: hip hop and r&b is not
> just a black and hispanic thing anymore.


As far as Hot 97 goes,other than i can't pick up a clear signal in my expensive new car, i have come to the conclusion that the only good thing about it is Tino Cochino.the rest of the jocks that are there sound like they are trying extremely too hard to fit in to the genre of musica.with Tino the juice just flows,partly because that's his thing.i will say this as well,its nice to hear skooby jones back on the air with tino.
while we're on the sub of these r&b stations,Dee Brown from D-Town is doing his thang as well over at the beat.sounds good,i'm anxious to see how things end up.good luck to both parties.

 

[rbrucecarter]

> As far as Hot 97 goes,other than i can't pick up a clear
> signal in my expensive new car,

The car radio antennas in these new cars are crap. I had a rental last year - no 31 inch whip in sight - I guess they aren't considered "cool" on expensive cars. And FM reception was terrible. Picket fencing and dropouts on local. And that was before they even went IBOC. Coverage would be even worse now.

Next car I buy - I guess I'll have to hack a hole in the fender for a decent antenna. It wouldn't be the first time - I had to put one on my 1974 Nova because the last time Detroit pulled this nonsense, it was two wires in the windshield. And that, too, was CRAP.

 

[Garrett]

Bruce,
I think you may have missed the point...

> The car radio antennas in these new cars are crap. I had ental last year - no 31 inch whip in sight - I guess they
> aren't considered "cool" on expensive cars. And FM
> reception was terrible. Picket fencing and dropouts on
> local. And that was before they even went IBOC. Coverage
> would be even worse now.
>
> Next car I buy - I guess I'll have to hack a hole in the
> fender for a decent antenna. It wouldn't be the first time
> - I had to put one on my 1974 Nova because the last time
> Detroit pulled this nonsense, it was two wires in the
> windshield. And that, too, was CRAP.
>

 

[Sum1special]

> What makes it different from rhythmic now besides
> the title? I believe alot of "Urban" stations call
> themselves "Rhythmic" nowadays for sales purposes.
No not entirely. Fundementally there isn't much musical difference, though urban tends to lean more "KRUNK" than your average Rhythm station. There is alot of subtle differences in the presentation of a Rhythmic station, they tend to have a Top 40 voice guy, the jocks are typically white or hispanic but wither way they have a more Top 40 delivery. The packaging is more Top 40 than Urban. Where as a Mainstream Urban station tends to spin their records slower, depending on the market they are more gold UAC title based playlists, they tend to "serve the black community" in their promotions and specialty programming and their jocks tend to have more "HYPE" in the delivery.

Now of course there are exceptions to every rule, there is a handful of mainstream urban stations that are more current based, but their playlists are still very broad, KATZ-FM in STL is a prime example of such. And on the Rhythmic side there is a few stations out there that are trying so hard to be the urban station in the market such as KSFM in Sacramento, KBFB in Dallas, KBTE in Lubbock, KXJM in Portland. But if you compare stations like B96 in Chicago with Jamn 94-5 in Boston or B96 in Minneapolis with Power 96 in Miami, they all have a pretty much Top 40 packaging. So I disagree, there is a difference between Rhythmic and Urban...still.

 

[Garrett]

Despite what it calls it self, I would struggle to consider "Jam'n" sounding anything like Top 40. Than again, I grew up listening to 94.5 when it really was CHR (As WZOU), so I'm a bit biased...

> > What makes it different from rhythmic now besides
> > the title? I believe alot of "Urban" stations call
> > themselves "Rhythmic" nowadays for sales purposes.
> No not entirely. Fundementally there isn't much musical
> difference, though urban tends to lean more "KRUNK" than
> your average Rhythm station. There is alot of subtle
> differences in the presentation of a Rhythmic station, they
> tend to have a Top 40 voice guy, the jocks are typically
> white or hispanic but wither way they have a more Top 40
> delivery. The packaging is more Top 40 than Urban. Where as
> a Mainstream Urban station tends to spin their records
> slower, depending on the market they are more gold UAC title
> based playlists, they tend to "serve the black community" in
> their promotions and specialty programming and their jocks
> tend to have more "HYPE" in the delivery.
>
> Now of course there are exceptions to every rule, there is a
> handful of mainstream urban stations that are more current
> based, but their playlists are still very broad, KATZ-FM in
> STL is a prime example of such. And on the Rhythmic side
> there is a few stations out there that are trying so hard to
> be the urban station in the market such as KSFM in
> Sacramento, KBFB in Dallas, KBTE in Lubbock, KXJM in
> Portland. But if you compare stations like B96 in Chicago
> with Jamn 94-5 in Boston or B96 in Minneapolis with Power 96
> in Miami, they all have a pretty much Top 40 packaging. So I
> disagree, there is a difference between Rhythmic and
> Urban...still.
>