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National Rock Radio Airplay chart and The Loop

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Zander_Kelly

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This is just how out of touch The Loop is with rock radio...The National Radio Airplay chart for ROCK radio(NOT active Rock)...Out of 30 spots listed, they are only playing 4 songs. Nickelback - "Photograph" Audioslave - "Doesn't Remind Me" Rolling Stones - "Rough Justice" and Bon Jovi - "Have A Nice Day."

The don't even play the No 1 song on that damn list which is by Staind - "Right Here" yet they play 2 Staind songs from 2 albums earlier. Some other notable bands on that chart which the Loop refuses to play....

Seether
Disturbed
Shinedown
Mudvayne
Foo Fighters
Trapt
Nine Inch Nails
System Of A Down
Korn
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> This is just how out of touch The Loop is with rock
> radio...The National Radio Airplay chart for ROCK radio(NOT
> active Rock)...Out of 30 spots listed, they are only playing
> 4 songs. Nickelback - "Photograph" Audioslave - "Doesn't
> Remind Me" Rolling Stones - "Rough Justice" and Bon Jovi -
> "Have A Nice Day."


The Loop isn't even on the Rock station listings on radioandrecords.com
So they pretty much are still considered a Classic Rock station.
If you want your active rock fix, you will have to look elsewhere.
 
> If you want your active rock fix, you will have to look
> elsewhere.
>



I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's what the Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station". If that's not the case, perhaps they should say "Chicago's Classic Rock Station"
 
> I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's what the
> Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station". If
> that's not the case, perhaps they should say "Chicago's
> Classic Rock Station"
>

If Emmis owns it, its not worth listening to.
 
> > I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's what
> the
> > Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station". If
>
> > that's not the case, perhaps they should say "Chicago's
> > Classic Rock Station"
> >
>
> If Emmis owns it, its not worth listening to.
>


LOL
 
> > If you want your active rock fix, you will have to look
> > elsewhere.
> >
>
>
>
> I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's what the
> Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station". If
> that's not the case, perhaps they should say "Chicago's
> Classic Rock Station"
>
FYI, a lot of markets have successfull Classic Rock stations that simply bill themselves as the market's "Rock Station"
 
> > > I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's what
> > the
> > > Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station".
> If
> >
> > > that's not the case, perhaps they should say "Chicago's
> > > Classic Rock Station"
> > >
> >
> > If Emmis owns it, its not worth listening to.
> >
>
>
> LOL
>
I'm sure that right now there are people turning off the LOOP because they aren't getting enough Mudvayne, Disturbed, Stained, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit. Everyone knows those people don't want to hear AC/DC or Led Zeppelin. I think the LOOP should spend more time looking at charts of other markets to decide what the people of Chicago want to hear. Look at the ZONE. They did a really good job of playing everything on the Active Rodk chart. Boy think of where the LOOP could be if they sounded more like that.
 
> > If you want your active rock fix, you will have to look
> > elsewhere.
> >
>
>
>
> I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's what the
> Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station". If
> that's not the case, perhaps they should say "Chicago's
> Classic Rock Station"

Awright, the Chicago radio nerds have a new (old) cause celebre!

I was really sick to death of "Energy (insert frequency of station even slightly rumored to be flipping here)" posts. I don't think "Oldies (insert frequency of station even slightly rumored to be flipping here)" lasted quite as long as it should have, but at least that ended up with everybody's long-standing fantasy of Bill Gamble getting whacked.
 
> > > > I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's
> what
> > > the
> > > > Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock Station".
>
> > If
> > >
> > > > that's not the case, perhaps they should say
> "Chicago's
> > > > Classic Rock Station"
> > > >
> > >
> > > If Emmis owns it, its not worth listening to.
> > >
> >
> >
> > LOL
> >
> I'm sure that right now there are people turning off the
> LOOP because they aren't getting enough Mudvayne, Disturbed,
> Stained, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit. Everyone knows those
> people don't want to hear AC/DC or Led Zeppelin. I think the
> LOOP should spend more time looking at charts of other
> markets to decide what the people of Chicago want to hear.
> Look at the ZONE. They did a really good job of playing
> everything on the Active Rodk chart. Boy think of where the
> LOOP could be if they sounded more like that.
>
Excellent sarcasm! If that's what was intended, anyway...hey, I liked the Zone, but everyone knows that the Loop has been mostly about classic rock since their return to such a format about 8 years ago. I don't know why people are havin' a hissy about this- personally I think the Loop would sound like *hit as an active. I like my Loop and Drive the way they are....let's just misguidedly hope CKG goes Active....
 
> >
> Excellent sarcasm! If that's what was intended,
> anyway...hey, I liked the Zone, but everyone knows that the
> Loop has been mostly about classic rock since their return
> to such a format about 8 years ago. I don't know why people
> are havin' a hissy about this- personally I think the Loop
> would sound like *hit as an active. I like my Loop and Drive
> the way they are....let's just misguidedly hope CKG goes
> Active....
>

I think people have been waiting 8 years for Q101 to go active...its not happening!
Unless CKG does some kind of Active/talk hybrid, don't hold your breath on another station playing active rock.
 
> > > > > I never said "active rock" I said rock. That's
> > what
> > > > the
> > > > > Loop says they are, right?? "Chicago's Rock
> Station".
> >
> > > If
> > > >
> > > > > that's not the case, perhaps they should say
> > "Chicago's
> > > > > Classic Rock Station"
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > If Emmis owns it, its not worth listening to.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > LOL
> > >
> > I'm sure that right now there are people turning off the
> > LOOP because they aren't getting enough Mudvayne,
> Disturbed,
> > Stained, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit. Everyone knows those
> > people don't want to hear AC/DC or Led Zeppelin. I think
> the
> > LOOP should spend more time looking at charts of other
> > markets to decide what the people of Chicago want to hear.
>
> > Look at the ZONE. They did a really good job of playing
> > everything on the Active Rodk chart. Boy think of where
> the
> > LOOP could be if they sounded more like that.
> >
> Excellent sarcasm! If that's what was intended,
> anyway...hey, I liked the Zone, but everyone knows that the
> Loop has been mostly about classic rock since their return
> to such a format about 8 years ago. I don't know why people
> are havin' a hissy about this- personally I think the Loop
> would sound like *hit as an active. I like my Loop and Drive
> the way they are....let's just misguidedly hope CKG goes
> Active....
>
It seems people want it all here. SO what if the Loop doesn't play what everyone else does... Isn't that a complaint most people have? Every station sounding the same, playing the same songs as everyone else??? Isn't it a good thing that a station plays different songs than everyone else?

Business wise, the Loop needs to play the classic rock songs more than the newer stuff because advertising wise, it appeals to a slightly older demographic which advertisers like. More advertisers like 25 or even 35 to 54 than a younger demographic. The older demo brings in way more money on the average. Of course there are a few exceptions, but that's what they are, a few.
 
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