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yossefgershon said:
And at least one who who plays it: Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys [sic]. That's the name of his band.
With all due respect, when it comes to marketing, the overall thought is that you go after "the low hanging fruit", as it were.yossefgershon said:
When marketing a product, it will attract from virtually every demographic, but it is the key group is where the most money is made.
In radio, it is where the most listeners are for that niche format. Yes, in the New York Market, Country is a niche format. Virtually, the rest of the Nation, it is a Strong, Popular Format.
There is no format more "American" than Country. R&R took from the Country, Blues, Gospel, Reggae, and Classical and all of those styles of music are found on the dial. The most popular of the meld is what becomes "POP" or CHR-based. In New York, as a result of the Market being so large, the melding of the formats is where the low hanging fruit is.
I'm not even sure what a Jewish-based music format would sound like, I doubt it would include what you would hear on Nash-FM. But the kids would be listening more mainstream, given their choice.
(My statement, in itself, is a form of "stereotype")
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
Stereotyping is ugly but frankly Cumulus didn't go out and factor in the NY Jewish population when studying the demographics of those most likely to listen to Nash FM. If some do that's an added bonus. What Cumulus is banking on is the white, non ethnic suburban male and female to pull in numbers for Nash which was the point of my post. Riverdale wouldn't be in their target area demographically speaking.yossefgershon said:
Furthermore and without trying to be argumentative, I've lived in both north and south Williamsburg for over 20 years and while there are bound to be a few around who like country music this is hardly an area where most have Brad Pasley on their IPods, Jews and hipsters alike.
ai4i said:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, outside the US, Ireland and Scotland are one of the few places where Country is fairly popular. Rest of Europe...not so much.
Greatly oversimplifying, when the "Scotch-Irish" immigrated to the hills in places like West Virgina, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, they brought their fiddles, and the stringy twangy sounds of Celtic music with them. And that all happened as early as the 1700s, and provided the roots for what we now know as Bluegrass and Country music.
Jazz has its roots in a mix of African rhythms, syncopations and improvisations that were mixed in with European style music that was played on European instruments by African-Americans. They didn't have a lot of pianos in Africa way back when.
Country music does sound like Celtic music from Ireland, and Scotland, and also sounds similar to Cape Breton's Celtic Music from Nova Scotia. (a personal favorite genre) So, the sound isn't unique to Country music.
On the other hand, jazz is a unique style of improvisational music that no-doubt was started in America. So, I have to agree with "WNTI's" post.
It should also be pointed out that jazz has been hugely popular in both East and Western Europe over the last century. Jazz clubs were famous in Paris and other European capitals in the 30s.
During the cold war, American DJ Wilis Conover was hardly known here, but his jazz show on The Voice of America pulled in millions, upon millions of listeners behind the Iron Curtain and kept them interested in American jazz.
Some of the best jazz I have ever heard in person, I heard years ago in small clubs in European cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen, where I was one of only a couple of Americans in the place, and the musicians were all Europeans.
As one who had both Country and Jazz radio shows at different times, jazz is more uniquely American, and more popular around the world. Country is similar to other styles coming out of Celtic roots, and is mostly enjoyed by Americans and Canadians, although it too can be heard in other places. There are American Country Music clubs in Eastern Germany where the locals dress up like cowboys from Texas.
Jazz has its roots in a mix of African rhythms, syncopations and improvisations that were mixed in with European style music that was played on European instruments by African-Americans. They didn't have a lot of pianos in Africa way back when.
Country music does sound like Celtic music from Ireland, and Scotland, and also sounds similar to Cape Breton's Celtic Music from Nova Scotia. (a personal favorite genre) So, the sound isn't unique to Country music.
On the other hand, jazz is a unique style of improvisational music that no-doubt was started in America. So, I have to agree with "WNTI's" post.
It should also be pointed out that jazz has been hugely popular in both East and Western Europe over the last century. Jazz clubs were famous in Paris and other European capitals in the 30s.
During the cold war, American DJ Wilis Conover was hardly known here, but his jazz show on The Voice of America pulled in millions, upon millions of listeners behind the Iron Curtain and kept them interested in American jazz.
Some of the best jazz I have ever heard in person, I heard years ago in small clubs in European cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen, where I was one of only a couple of Americans in the place, and the musicians were all Europeans.
As one who had both Country and Jazz radio shows at different times, jazz is more uniquely American, and more popular around the world. Country is similar to other styles coming out of Celtic roots, and is mostly enjoyed by Americans and Canadians, although it too can be heard in other places. There are American Country Music clubs in Eastern Germany where the locals dress up like cowboys from Texas.
I had a Panasonic AM/FM/CD "Walkman" with me in midtown on Wednesday. Regardless of the sensitivity setting (LOCAL/CITY and DX), I did not get any useable signal of 94.7 FM walking down 8th Avenue or outside of Penn Station/MSG. I distinctly heard WQHT-FM (Hot 97) as one of the stations blocking out 94.7 FM. Yes, I'm aware that WQHT-FM is very close by, transmitting from the ESB.
HHH said:
Given the location of their current transmitter, I'm pretty sure a booster would create more problems than it would solve in the city.
The only place I could see a booster attempted would be to fill in directly in the shadow of Midtown--East side, FDR drive.
It would have to be HIGHLY directional. The downside is that as the booster signal equals the strength of the main stick, there's going to be even worse problems in Queens than now.
There's nowhere they can put the booster where the interference zones would be over a sparsely populated area. Therein lies the problem with a booster.
It would have to be HIGHLY directional. The downside is that as the booster signal equals the strength of the main stick, there's going to be even worse problems in Queens than now.
There's nowhere they can put the booster where the interference zones would be over a sparsely populated area. Therein lies the problem with a booster.
While I rarely sampled 94.7 WFME in Manhattan while it was on the air, I feel like the signal penetrated the city better. On the east side of Manhattan as well as the western Brooklyn WNSH loses it's HD signal and on some blocks of the east side of Manhattan there is actually dead air.
Perhaps someone more technical can explain this but does the HD signal cause the signal to be less strong?
Perhaps someone more technical can explain this but does the HD signal cause the signal to be less strong?
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