There was a post on another board asking what radio stations were playing in local businesses.It was Myrtle Beach and there were quite a few responses.Recently,I don't hear local stations in stores,they amost all have some type of satelite service.Portland House of Pizza uses Sirius. I also heard WCBS fm in a downtown store recently.Is anyone hearing local stations and which ones.
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Radio Stations on in businesses
- Thread starter Andy Taylor
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Pretty much all the Goodwill's in Southern Maine have Coast 93.1 on. Salvation Army on Warren Ave has WYNZ on.
Hmmmm, I'm seeing a couple of things in common.
a. Most businesses have switched to sat. programming.
b. Radio people are hanging out at the Salvation Army and Goodwill.
Not a good sign
a. Most businesses have switched to sat. programming.
b. Radio people are hanging out at the Salvation Army and Goodwill.
Not a good sign
wpxt said:
Really? The Chinese restaurants I go to here in Connecticut all play Chinese Music. One I even occasionally see them changing the CDs. There's also one I go to that is primarily a take-out place but they have 3 or 4 tables and they have a TV on in there that's tuned to NBC-30 WVIT. I guess that will change Friday when analog tv goes south.
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Many businesses in Western, Mass play local stations. I think it's easier in this kind of an area for businesses to play local stations because they are more geared towards that type of audience, Satellite Radio cannot provide that.
My understanding was that if a business played a radio station during hours that they are open to the public that they were subject to ASCAP fees/royalties. I've even seen the ASCAP sticker in the windows of some. If you're subscribing to a service such as Muzak the fee is probably built in. It may also be if you have a business account with Sirius/XM. With the record labels trying to grab as much cash as they can business need to be aware of this. If goes without saying that every radio station should try to create a "listen at work" audience. Not just in particulars areas.
MEB83 said:
I dunno the place I get my hair cut at usually has XM/Sirius on one of the pop/rock channels.
MEB83 said:
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THAT type of audience?
Satellite Radio cannot provide THAT?
I'm confused, please explain.
valhallafred said:
if you have XM/Sirius you're not going to hear a competing buisness's commercial. My local bank usually had WHOM on or one of the light rock stations on and one day I walked in and didn't hear anything and they said it was because corporate didn't want that chance a customer heard an ad for another bank.
Although as of late I've been cutting my own hair, the 3 places I usually get my hair cut usually have one of the 2-area CHR stations on KISS 95.7 or KC-101.3 (both CC. KISS is Hartford. KC is New Haven) or they have on HOT AC 96.5 TIC-FM. (CBS Owned).
Eblen's a hip-hop oriented clothing chain in New England usually has hip-hop station HOT 93.7 (CBS owned) on at its store at the Meriden Square Mall location in Meriden, CT. Sometimes (i don't know why they have on KC 101.3).
Close-out store Ocean State Job Lot usually has 105.9 The River (CC Rock-AC) or 102.9 The Big D (Buckley Oldies/Classic Hits) on at the 2 locations I go to in Southington and Bristol, CT. Once in a while they'll have Country 92.5 on.
The last time I was at IGA in Plantsville, CT they had on 102.9 The Big D.
Some of the gas stations in Central CT use a local MUZAK type service called The Amp Radio Network. - http://www.ampradionetwork.com/
And when I was at at Save-a-Lot Supermarket in New Britain, CT a couple months ago they had on AM 1120 LaPuertoRiquenmisma. - I'd expect this from a little bodega store, not a major discount supermarket chain.
Eblen's a hip-hop oriented clothing chain in New England usually has hip-hop station HOT 93.7 (CBS owned) on at its store at the Meriden Square Mall location in Meriden, CT. Sometimes (i don't know why they have on KC 101.3).
Close-out store Ocean State Job Lot usually has 105.9 The River (CC Rock-AC) or 102.9 The Big D (Buckley Oldies/Classic Hits) on at the 2 locations I go to in Southington and Bristol, CT. Once in a while they'll have Country 92.5 on.
The last time I was at IGA in Plantsville, CT they had on 102.9 The Big D.
Some of the gas stations in Central CT use a local MUZAK type service called The Amp Radio Network. - http://www.ampradionetwork.com/
And when I was at at Save-a-Lot Supermarket in New Britain, CT a couple months ago they had on AM 1120 LaPuertoRiquenmisma. - I'd expect this from a little bodega store, not a major discount supermarket chain.
I spent the afternoon in downtown North Conway today,just the local shops,no outlet stores.Every store that had music playing had WHOM on.
Last spring in the outlet stores I mostly heard WVMJ Magic 104,then WHOM,WPKQ & Sirius.
Last spring in the outlet stores I mostly heard WVMJ Magic 104,then WHOM,WPKQ & Sirius.
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