My version of a CHR

[phils07]

If I programmed a CHR, I'd make it lean Hot AC.
It would lean more rock and less urban.
Would this work in a large market up against a Clear Channel station?

Here's a sample:

March 24 2012

Adele- Set Fire to the Rain
Foster The People- Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
Jessie J- Domino
Selena Gomez- Love You Like a Love Song
LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem

Rihanna- We Found Love
David Guetta- Without You
Seether- Tonight
Evanescence- Lost in Paradise
Bruno Mars- It Will Rain

Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
Black Keys- Lonely Boy
Shinedown- Bully
Gym Class Heroes- Back Home
Dev- In the Dark

Flo Rida- Good Feeling
Of Monsters and Men- Little Talks
Katy Perry- The One That Got Away
Maroon 5- Moves Like Jagger
Jay Z & Kanye West- In Paris

 

[the golden boy]

Almost looks like a Cumulus CHR ;D. I personally would listen to it. Could it work against a Clear Channel? It depends on how much you put in it to make it work.

 

[phils07]

If I owned a CHR in New York, Philly, Washington, or Boston, in the morning drive from 5-10 am, I would make it sound more like a Clear Channel so the people who listen to the Clear Channel CHR who want to listen to music instead of Elvis Duran could, which is almost all talk. Other times it would be like how I mentioned in the above post but with better imaging than CC stations have.

 

[CHRles]

If you were lucky enough to be hired to be the PD of a CHR in NYC, Boston, DC, or Philly you'd better make damn sure you know what you're doing. That means first and foremost knowing that CHR's core audience is 18-34 year old females, and that you'd need to mainly program the station based on research rather than based on your own personal tastes.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

If I owned a CHR in New York, Philly, Washington, or Boston, in the morning drive from 5-10 am, I would make it sound more like a Clear Channel so the people who listen to the Clear Channel CHR who want to listen to music instead of Elvis Duran could, which is almost all talk. Other times it would be like how I mentioned in the above post but with better imaging than CC stations have.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner.

 

[phils07]

If you were lucky enough to be hired to be the PD of a CHR in NYC, Boston, DC, or Philly you'd better make damn sure you know what you're doing. That means first and foremost knowing that CHR's core audience is 18-34 year old females, and that you'd need to mainly program the station based on research rather than based on your own personal tastes.

I know. My goal would be to bring some rock back to CHRs. I would still play stuff CC CHRs still but with a broader playlist, not just playing Pop & Hip Hop genres but Pop, Rock, & Hip Hop. (By rock I mean real rock not the Script, Train, and the Fray) I would try and make it less repetitive and fresher than Clear Channel CHRs. A month ago, CC's WIOQ in Philadelphia played a song from 2003. Hot ACs play songs from 2003, not CHRs.

 

[CHRles]

A month ago, CC's WIOQ in Philadelphia played a song from 2003. Hot ACs play songs from 2003, not CHRs.

It depends on the market, on the time of day, and most importantly on how well those Recurrents and Golds test with the audience.
104.3 ZYP Huntsville still plays some 80s Gold at noon.
Kiss 108 Boston still plays "Mo Money Mo Problems" by Notorious B.I.G. and "Where Is The Love" by Black Eyed Peas Keep in mind that WXKS is by far the most listened to station in Boston.
97.9 NCI Columbus still plays Nelly's "Rid Wit Me" and Eminem's "Lose Yourself" during the daytime.

You think you can go up against a station like NCI or Kiss 108 and beat them?

 

[phils07]

A month ago, CC's WIOQ in Philadelphia played a song from 2003. Hot ACs play songs from 2003, not CHRs.

It depends on the market, on the time of day, and most importantly on how well those Recurrents and Golds test with the audience.
104.3 ZYP Huntsville still plays some 80s Gold at noon.
Kiss 108 Boston still plays "Mo Money Mo Problems" by Notorious B.I.G. and "Where Is The Love" by Black Eyed Peas Keep in mind that WXKS is by far the most listened to station in Boston.
97.9 NCI Columbus still plays Nelly's "Rid Wit Me" and Eminem's "Lose Yourself" during the daytime.

You think you can go up against a station like NCI or Kiss 108 and beat them?

If it has advertising on billboards that says "We play ALL current hit music, even more than that station all the way up at the end of the dial".

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

Point is - Q102's Hot AC lean (they actually played a song from 2001 yesterday) is not what Philly needs/wants. We need something like Wired, but not as rap-oriented, kinda like if you were to mix PST, Q102 and Wired. I think Greater Media should try this with WPEN.
Honestly, it'd be nice if Cumulus, Cox, Entercom or NextMedia bought Radio One and we could get an Alternative, Oldies and CHR competitor - It's what this market has been without.

 

[atlantaboy]

I have no clue why Clear Channel is letting Q102 skew Hot AC looking at the ratings it's getting - are they trying to protect their Urban station?

 

[carolinaradio]

What's even stranger is that according to the Philadelphia board, CC's WISX, the Hot AC, is getting more CHR leaning.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

Yeah, it's almost as if CC want's to swap the two formats... For Philly, that would work. Force the Hot AC... Interesting, but I think I may be crazy for even suggesting this.

 

[atlantaboy]

Yeah, it's almost as if CC want's to swap the two formats... For Philly, that would work. Force the Hot AC... Interesting, but I think I may be crazy for even suggesting this.

Naw, look up WISX on Mediabase - way more Hot AC titles than WIOQ

 

[justpassingthough]

I wouldn't say your CHR leans Hot AC...I would say that your CHR is Hot AC.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

I wouldn't say your CHR leans Hot AC...I would say that your CHR is Hot AC.

Philly has three CHR's - four if you count ISX.

PST
WIOQ
WSTW
WISX

So, WSTW isn't "my" chr. I listen to WPST.

 

[atlantaboy]

^Not really understanding this...

WIOQ and WPST are clearly CHR
WISX and WSTW are clearly Hot AC

All four of these stations are pretty much "middle of the road" for their format

 

[CHRles]

^Not really understanding this...

WIOQ and WPST are clearly CHR
WISX and WSTW are clearly Hot AC

All four of these stations are pretty much "middle of the road" for their format

Ditto on everything Atlantaboy wrote in this thread, as well as every other thread he's chimed in recently (I guess gone are the days when we disagreed on a lot of topics)

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

^Not really understanding this...

WIOQ and WPST are clearly CHR
WISX and WSTW are clearly Hot AC

All four of these stations are pretty much "middle of the road" for their format

Ditto on everything Atlantaboy wrote in this thread, as well as every other thread he's chimed in recently (I guess gone are the days when we disagreed on a lot of topics)

Well... yes - but...

ISX is morphing into a more Hot AC with a CHR lean (like WEAB!)

STW... Full blown Hot AC.

IOQ... Full blown CHR

PST... Full blown CHR with slight adult lean.

I still have a deep love for Star Erie.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

Also -

WRDW is a Rythmetic CHR that has been leaning more Pop the past month. (Added The Wanted, Lady Gaga, Stereo Hearts, Ass Back Home, etc recently)

 

[atlantaboy]

^Not really understanding this...

WIOQ and WPST are clearly CHR
WISX and WSTW are clearly Hot AC

All four of these stations are pretty much "middle of the road" for their format

Ditto on everything Atlantaboy wrote in this thread, as well as every other thread he's chimed in recently (I guess gone are the days when we disagreed on a lot of topics)

Wow thanks man - honestly, though, I think it's cause I'm not as frustrated with CHR as I was a year ago...