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McCOY back at WNCI!

We'll see if he can get X1067 on an upswing after 3 straight flat books in the ratings. CD102.5 is flat 3 in a row as well but leads the Alternative rock war.
 
I disagree, McCoy is an amazing programmer. WNCI needs a guy like him. Stand up, class act, welcome back Mr. McCoy
 
He comes in and BOOM, less Dance music, more Taylor Swift. He leans away from anything upbeat and then overplays the garbage. I'm sure everybody remembers all the WNCI sucks threads when he was here before but after he left those disappeared. I don't know the man and I don't have anything against him personally but his music selection really pisses me off.
 
iHeartSiriusXM said:
He comes in and BOOM, less Dance music, more Taylor Swift. He leans away from anything upbeat and then overplays the garbage. I'm sure everybody remembers all the WNCI sucks threads when he was here before but after he left those disappeared. I don't know the man and I don't have anything against him personally but his music selection really pisses me off.
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Every time I turn to NCI these days, it's like 1/3 of X1067's currents... Fun, Imagine Dragons, Alex Clare, Lumineers, Neon Trees, Gotye. I wouldn't have believed it like a year ago.

Last time WNCI was playing this much alternative crossover was the late 90s when Vertical Horizon, Lit, Dave Matthews, and Blink 182 were big. That's when CC killed 105.7 Channel Z... Too much crossover threatened NCI's demos and when combined with a tower move and second place ratings to CD101, it just made sense. Sounding familiar?

The other sign X could be on the way out (Outside ratings and tower move) is that my wife just told me she really likes X1067 except when they play "90s grunge" and that she's growing tired of WNCI. My wife hated X originally. Not so, today. If X is grabbing females, I could see CC not wanting it to continue the way it is.

Personally, I'd love to see CC reduce some of the rock and throw a few AAA currents on the X, and then skew NCI dance/rhythmic/CHR. But I take it they want NCI to be more "adult CHR". Just like Saga tries to own women, CC seems to own adults: NCI, COL, 105, 933, 610. I doubt they're going to want 1/3 product cannibalization between their youngest-leaning properties.
 
Unfortunately, X1067 is Premium Choice so the local PD has no control over what music is played on the station.
 
spanky said:
Unfortunately, X1067 is Premium Choice so the local PD has no control over what music is played on the station.
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She did when it launched and that's when it sounded the best.

Plantz is right on the money! WNCI does play 1/3 of X's currents and it sounds more stale than ever. If 'NCI wasn't afraid to jump on those rhythmic tracks, I'd listen more often.
 
Agreed, but CC has never given that signal a chance or put any money into promoting except when it first launched. If I remember correctly, when they launched back in late 2008 with Radio 106.7 they had billboards and maybe even a TV spot.
 
spanky said:
Agreed, but CC has never given that signal a chance or put any money into promoting except when it first launched. If I remember correctly, when they launched back in late 2008 with Radio 106.7 they had billboards and maybe even a TV spot.
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Billboards, multiple web domains, and TV spots. It was also a new frequency in the market at the time. Had 997 The Rock not happened, they may have stayed put. It's sister Radio 104.5 in Philly is still doing fairly well and they're still a bit lighter sounding with the playlist. Granted, they don't have a 102.5 in their market.

lovejamminoldies said:
Plantz is right on the money! WNCI does play 1/3 of X's currents and it sounds more stale than ever. If 'NCI wasn't afraid to jump on those rhythmic tracks, I'd listen more often.
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To be clear, I don't find NCI stale, personally. I honestly just enjoy the business hypotheticals. I am glad alternative is crossing over though. It's nice to hear more emotional music instead of another love song or party song. You will notice though that most of the alternative crossovers have "four on the floor" drumbeats (Kick drum on all four beats) so as to blend nicely with the dance product. I laughed when I heard Lifehouse's latest release having four on the floor. Apparently, that's what bands need to do to stay relevant.

I'm probably not much of a rhythmic guy unless DeadMau5, Porter Robinson, and the dubstep / electro DJs classify as rhythmic. I still think some of the dubstep / electro stuff would do well on 'X'. It's no different than when Fatboy, Crystal Method, and Moby were big on alternative in the late 90s.
 
I'm pretty sure a sucessful PD like McCoy didn't just come back to NCI and say "hey, I'm going to flub up everything, piss people off, and play more alternative stuff"!!! Guys, there is such a thing called research! With McCoy, there is always a motive... Thus, he is a great PD.
 
Dave Plantz said:
spanky said:
Agreed, but CC has never given that signal a chance or put any money into promoting except when it first launched. If I remember correctly, when they launched back in late 2008 with Radio 106.7 they had billboards and maybe even a TV spot.
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Billboards, multiple web domains, and TV spots. It was also a new frequency in the market at the time. Had 997 The Rock not happened, they may have stayed put. It's sister Radio 104.5 in Philly is still doing fairly well and they're still a bit lighter sounding with the playlist. Granted, they don't have a 102.5 in their market.

lovejamminoldies said:
Plantz is right on the money! WNCI does play 1/3 of X's currents and it sounds more stale than ever. If 'NCI wasn't afraid to jump on those rhythmic tracks, I'd listen more often.
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To be clear, I don't find NCI stale, personally. I honestly just enjoy the business hypotheticals. I am glad alternative is crossing over though. It's nice to hear more emotional music instead of another love song or party song. You will notice though that most of the alternative crossovers have "four on the floor" drumbeats (Kick drum on all four beats) so as to blend nicely with the dance product. I laughed when I heard Lifehouse's latest release having four on the floor. Apparently, that's what bands need to do to stay relevant.

I'm probably not much of a rhythmic guy unless DeadMau5, Porter Robinson, and the dubstep / electro DJs classify as rhythmic. I still think some of the dubstep / electro stuff would do well on 'X'. It's no different than when Fatboy, Crystal Method, and Moby were big on alternative in the late 90s.
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I absolutely love dubstep music with artists like Skrillex and Deadmau5. Nothing would make me happier than if a station would start playing that genre of music but I'm getting so used to listening to music on my iPhone and Sirius that I don't think it even matters anymore.
 
iHeartSiriusXM said:
Dave Plantz said:
spanky said:
Agreed, but CC has never given that signal a chance or put any money into promoting except when it first launched. If I remember correctly, when they launched back in late 2008 with Radio 106.7 they had billboards and maybe even a TV spot.
Click to expand...

Billboards, multiple web domains, and TV spots. It was also a new frequency in the market at the time. Had 997 The Rock not happened, they may have stayed put. It's sister Radio 104.5 in Philly is still doing fairly well and they're still a bit lighter sounding with the playlist. Granted, they don't have a 102.5 in their market.

lovejamminoldies said:
Plantz is right on the money! WNCI does play 1/3 of X's currents and it sounds more stale than ever. If 'NCI wasn't afraid to jump on those rhythmic tracks, I'd listen more often.
Click to expand...

To be clear, I don't find NCI stale, personally. I honestly just enjoy the business hypotheticals. I am glad alternative is crossing over though. It's nice to hear more emotional music instead of another love song or party song. You will notice though that most of the alternative crossovers have "four on the floor" drumbeats (Kick drum on all four beats) so as to blend nicely with the dance product. I laughed when I heard Lifehouse's latest release having four on the floor. Apparently, that's what bands need to do to stay relevant.

I'm probably not much of a rhythmic guy unless DeadMau5, Porter Robinson, and the dubstep / electro DJs classify as rhythmic. I still think some of the dubstep / electro stuff would do well on 'X'. It's no different than when Fatboy, Crystal Method, and Moby were big on alternative in the late 90s.
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I absolutely love dubstep music with artists like Skrillex and Deadmau5. Nothing would make me happier than if a station would start playing that genre of music but I'm getting so used to listening to music on my iPhone and Sirius that I don't think it even matters anymore.
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This college station is playing dubstep on weeknights/overnights. http://www.theedgeradio.org/
 
WNCI has no competition and has become stale. Why try something new and innovative when you have no competition? I liked WNCI in the 90s, outside of "The Morning Zoo", which I have never liked.
 
lovejamminoldies said:
spanky said:
Unfortunately, X1067 is Premium Choice so the local PD has no control over what music is played on the station.
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She did when it launched and that's when it sounded the best.

Plantz is right on the money! WNCI does play 1/3 of X's currents and it sounds more stale than ever. If 'NCI wasn't afraid to jump on those rhythmic tracks, I'd listen more often.
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The Alternative station in Dayton, The X, runs the same PC log that X106.7 does. Laura Lee probably was told to not divert from the PC log. Just a guess.
 
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