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What's the one format you'd like to see in Nashville? Why? What station?
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OldiesCat1
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Southern Gospel (like is being done in B'ham, Memphis, Atlanta)- slam dunk.
Southern Gospel (like is being done in B'ham, Memphis, Atlanta)- slam dunk.
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it's white-bread gospel with a crappy signal.
it's white-bread gospel with a crappy signal.
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The return of an EZ/Beautiful Instrumentals format, ala EZ 93.(but no, that won't make any money and it's not a 'cookie cutter' format. . .darn it!) 
But it wouldn't necessarily lose money, depending upon how it's programmed. Jazzy 101 never LOST money, it just didn't make as much money as the company wanted to make. The switch to Contemporary Christian was seen as a potential moneymaker, but it didn't make appreciably more than Jazzy. Obviously, the change to The Beat has made CC a dollar or ten.mattthepm said:The return of an EZ/Beautiful Instrumentals format, ala EZ 93.(but no, that won't make any money and it's not a 'cookie cutter' format. . .darn it!)
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Solid Gospel is not close to pure Southern Gospel. I will have to agree with Oldiescat that the niche formatmight surprise people, and it could do decent as far as limited power AM's in the ratings. I'd say the chance ofany signal (even the Fan's) being niched that tight is less than zero.As for the posts elsewhere - Jazzy and The One were never properly marketed. They were never really welldeveloped and were 1/3 of what they could have been if done correctly. The Fan should go Jazz, sell reasonableads to restaurants, wine shops, jazz venues, high-end car dealerships and classy businesses that would caterto jazz listeners. What CC did with Jazzy was bonus it and you had slammin' car ads and hyped cut up commercialsand a horrible Jones Smooth Jazz failure. Locally, done like Jack, classy and tight would do gangbusters. 3+numbers on a small (BUT 1067 is a decent Davidson/Williamson Cty) signal.As for the Beat comments - yes, its tops in a few dems, but Urban is tough sell. Ratings don't alwaysequal top dollar ads and certainly there are plenty of spots available. Certainly things are better for CCwith the Beat.Jazz....jazz....JAZZ. Therefore, it won't happen.
Solid Gospel is not close to pure Southern Gospel. I will have to agree with Oldiescat that the niche formatmight surprise people, and it could do decent as far as limited power AM's in the ratings. I'd say the chance ofany signal (even the Fan's) being niched that tight is less than zero.As for the posts elsewhere - Jazzy and The One were never properly marketed. They were never really welldeveloped and were 1/3 of what they could have been if done correctly. The Fan should go Jazz, sell reasonableads to restaurants, wine shops, jazz venues, high-end car dealerships and classy businesses that would caterto jazz listeners. What CC did with Jazzy was bonus it and you had slammin' car ads and hyped cut up commercialsand a horrible Jones Smooth Jazz failure. Locally, done like Jack, classy and tight would do gangbusters. 3+numbers on a small (BUT 1067 is a decent Davidson/Williamson Cty) signal.As for the Beat comments - yes, its tops in a few dems, but Urban is tough sell. Ratings don't alwaysequal top dollar ads and certainly there are plenty of spots available. Certainly things are better for CCwith the Beat.Jazz....jazz....JAZZ. Therefore, it won't happen.
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OldiesCat1
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please check out Atlanta, Memphis and Birmingham-ain't nothin' white-bread about them.
No doubt, OC. There's a huge difference in Southern Gospel and Down Home. I'm refering to the exact format you are talking about being received by a small, but loyal group, primarily on AM. Doubt anything is going tohappen on FM even fringe here. Then again, you have to look at the demographics and age demographics withinthe population of Nashville's black listening audence and the other markets you mentioned. Somewhat smallerand skews slightly older, more female within that. think WMDB was once similar in format, but I could be wrong.Probably am. Baptists and Church of Christ's singin' Sunday songs on the radio is not radio most people consider SouthernGospel is it? The latter doesn't even believe in instruments or pianos or nothin'.
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Evangelist
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As would I. It would be nice to have an all-news station with a reporter covering state government, another covering City Hall, etc. And there are plenty of talented newspeople in town who could make it work.CDG said:
Maybe .. if partnered with a local TV station so reporters could be sharedjetfli said:
Good in theory...but when a big story breaks the 'shared' staff wouldall concentrate on TV. It's a law of nature...
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A "shared" arrangement could work if it's done properly, meaning the TV station would not necessarily be the dominant partner in the arrangement. If the right people are in charge of it, an all-news format could be very successful and profitable in Nashville. It has been done in a few smaller markets.One problem would be audience perception. Far too many people in this area tend to think of the talk stations as "all-news" when they are anything but.jetfli said:
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