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RE: New Austin CCM station

> Hey all...
>
> Go here (http://hisair.net/audio/kpez_12_26.mp3) to listen
> to a scoped hour aircheck of KPEZ "102.3 The River" first
> day on the air courtesy of HisAir.Net (www.hisair.net) The
> Christian Radio Homepage!
>
> After you listen to aircheck let us know your opinion on the
> station....
>

Sounds like a Mainstream AC station with Christian songs here and there. That's my two cents. I wish them the best. Honestly its decent sounding, but I am not in their 'target' audience (Im no Becky) but in the hour I listened to their webstream thru their website, I thought it was decent.

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to me it sounds like christian ac of 1996. with a lot of early 90s music..too safe for my tastes..thanks ted for the update :)


smashed





> > Hey all...
> >
> > Go here (http://hisair.net/audio/kpez_12_26.mp3) to listen
>
> > to a scoped hour aircheck of KPEZ "102.3 The River" first
> > day on the air courtesy of HisAir.Net (www.hisair.net) The
>
> > Christian Radio Homepage!
> >
> > After you listen to aircheck let us know your opinion on
> the
> > station....
> >
>
> Sounds like a Mainstream AC station with Christian songs
> here and there. That's my two cents. I wish them the best.
> Honestly its decent sounding, but I am not in their
> 'target' audience (Im no Becky) but in the hour I listened
> to their webstream thru their website, I thought it was
> decent.
>
> Matt
>
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> to me it sounds like christian ac of 1996. with a lot of
> early 90s music..too safe for my tastes..thanks ted for the
> update :)
>

Yes I noticed they where playing a lot of older AC. Thing is wasnt there a discussion here a few months ago that current AC stations seem to "forget" about the old? I think its a unique change, but you cant make everyone happy. It will be interesting to watch it and see it evolve, ofcourse its targeting the AC crowd so it wont be a rocker, or CHR.

I wish them the best

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X Music Online
The X
Today's Best Music
http://www.xmusiconline.com/</P>
 
> > to me it sounds like christian ac of 1996. with a lot of
> > early 90s music..too safe for my tastes..thanks ted for
> the
> > update :)
> >
>
> Yes I noticed they where playing a lot of older AC. Thing
> is wasnt there a discussion here a few months ago that
> current AC stations seem to "forget" about the old? I think
> its a unique change, but you cant make everyone happy. It
> will be interesting to watch it and see it evolve, ofcourse
> its targeting the AC crowd so it wont be a rocker, or CHR.
>
> I wish them the best
>


when we were talking about the old at least from me..i was meaning the 70s-80s. not 90s. mid 90s still works today on christian ac but i personally dont like most of it. its just my taste are more classic hit/ classic rock oriented. as far as ccm goes my favorites are russ taff, david and the giants,steve camp, stryper,michelle pillar, julie miller.....and i havent heard these artists in years on the radio. i did like the new david huff last year but as far as i know only klove and afr played it.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: RE: SmashCD re: David Huff

David Huff's song was high on the inspo and AC charts, that means more than just the stations mentioned it played it.
 
I heard them yesterday driving through Austin. They managed to play "Not Ashamed" by the Newsboys - which most AC stations won't touch. So good for them. But - they followed it by some AWFUL clunkers. I tuned out - back to KLBJ for some decent classic rock. So would 40,000 UT students. WHY can't Christian stations get the mix decent? Get our hopes up with a real good song, then follow it by not one, but two slow boring clunkers? Good grief! I understand the concept of crashing and burning once in a great while when you don't have anywhere to go tempo wise, but at least give us the hope that you are going to pick it up again! I'm only 51 - not old enough for that slow stuff they played!
 
> I heard them yesterday driving through Austin. They managed
> to play "Not Ashamed" by the Newsboys - which most AC
> stations won't touch.
>


MOST AC's won't touch it? Which AC's are you listening to? I'm not trying to be a smart mouth. I just genuinely want to know which AC's aren't touching this tune.

I've heared "Not ashamed" on MANY AC's over the past few years.

Some have it in Power Gold rotation. Some throw it in as a flavor song from time to time. But I hear it all the time.

It's a fact that Hardly any AC's touched it when it was a current in the early '90s. AC sounded different then.

But that's definitely changed.
 
RE: New Austin CCM station

Bruce_Carter wrote:
"WHY can't Christian stations get the mix decent? Get our hopes up with a real good song, then follow it by not one, but two slow boring clunkers? Good grief! I understand the concept of crashing and burning once in a great while when you don't have anywhere to go tempo wise, but at least give us the hope that you are going to pick it up again! I'm only 51 - not old enough for that slow stuff they played!"

I mean no disrespect to your musical tastes...but please don't disrespect mine...

Those "slow boring clunkers" in YOUR opinion are favorites to the target many times.

YOU are NOT a Christian AC's target demographic...and...NEITHER are the students you reference.

Now, I love rock, so I appreciate your position...but it seems like you only ever complain that AC is not hot enough for you?

AC is not formatted for you...so, why would you continue to expect it to be what you want? Might help to let it meet your expectations (and be what it is), instead of hoping it will all of a sudden become something new.

Also... I'm with Gary on Not Ashamed... I'd like to hear more on that...

:)
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Everyone plays "Not Ashamed" by the Newsboys. It's a favorite that never gets old like "Big House" from Audio Adrenaline. There was actually an AC remix of "Not Ashamed" that was "safe" for AC, I don't think too many went for it. The Album version was the favorite for most stations, perhaps light AC liked the "safe" version. There is light AC by the way, not called any longer because most report as AC. WGTS in DC is one of them, just listened to them on a trip and found them to be very inspo slanted and slow in tempo.
 
> I heard them yesterday driving through Austin. They managed
> to play "Not Ashamed" by the Newsboys - which most AC
> stations won't touch.

Hunh?

It's just occurred to me -- living in Dallas, your paradigm of Christian AC is defined by KLTY alone. In reality, Christian AC is much more upbeat and "listenable" than you perceive.

In fact, of the 45 Christian AC stations in the R&R/Mediabase panel (excluding Cox's Tulsa due to its newness, sign-on mode, and only partial-year data), 38 played the song in 2005...even (though not since September) KLTY!

That's 84.4% touching it, so to speak.



> But - they followed it by some AWFUL clunkers.

I was able to determine that the "AWFUL clunkers" were Ginny Owens' "If You Want Me To," SCC's "Fingerprints Of God," DC Talk's "My Will," Mercy Me's "Word Of God Speak," and Tomlin's "Famous One."

"Clunkers?" Hardly!

Ok, the sweep is a little draggy, but "Fingerprints" and a stopset between DCT and Mercy Me make it not so bad. It appears to be poor scheduling rather than an indictment of the library -- the first 40 minutes of the hour were all upbeat! I looked at the surrounding hours and discovered that there were only a couple of potential artist separation problems, so a rather minor rearrangement of or swap in the hour would have balanced it much better and done away with that somewhat draggy section.



> I tuned out - back to KLBJ for some decent classic rock. So would
> 40,000 UT students.

Nineteen year-olds go for thirty year-old music???? News to me!

Next, you'll be telling me they list Buicks and Oldsmobiles as their first preferences for cars!



> WHY can't Christian stations get the mix decent?

Subjective.


> Get our hopes up with a real good song,...

Subjective.


> ...then follow it by not one, but two slow boring clunkers?

Subjective.


"It's not about you." -- Rick Warren, et al

:)
 
"Nineteen year-olds go for thirty year-old music???? News to me"

Well actually there seems to be a trend for teens and young adults now to like the Oldies ( 50's, 60's & 70's music-speaking of secular music). That was quite surprising to me. Those oldies though were produced much better than many of the Christian oldies. Notice I said many, there were exceptions. Unless you head over to internet radio, you won't hear those really old old Christian songs on radio. Many aren't on CD or CD quality, that could be the problem. Although for you Farrell and Farrell lovers, they have finally put all of their songs on a two disc set, others are remastering their music which makes it more pleasant to listen to, still not getting too much airplay if any. www.live365.com is where you can listen all the time to Christian oldies, and I am referring to old oldies, Love Song, Denny Correll, Mustard Seed Faith etc. Suggestion, get some great computer speakers and have fun, or download them to an IPOD and then you have your own radio with you.
 
Re: RE: "E" replies everything stops!

> I mean no disrespect to your musical tastes...but please
> don't disrespect mine...
>
No disrespect also but is the forum all about your likes and dislikes? It is an open forum (using your expression). He can like what he likes even if it doesn't make sense.
 
Matt... Can you handle this?

whatzthat:

are you kidding me?

when will you let up?

it is ridiculous this issue and animosity you have.

the point of the post was TARGET.

FEMALE TARGET.

and the issue of "liking or disliking" AC.

RADIO!

my gosh...

GIVE IT UP. Your slams are a waste. You continue to show nothing but hostility in every single post/reply toward me...and continue to make this personal....(suprisingly, this post is mild!)

seriously... at this point.. the moderator should deal with you.

Elizabeth
 
Re: Matt... Can you handle this?

" GIVE IT UP. Your slams are a waste. You continue to show
> nothing but hostility in every single post/reply toward
> me...and continue to make this personal....(suprisingly,
> this post is mild!)
>
> seriously... at this point.. the moderator should deal with
> you."
>
I asked the moderator to deal with you a while back but he is probably "ascared" of you. I DID NOT make the post personal, I asked you a question.
 
Re: Matt... Can you handle this?

> FEMALE TARGET.
>

Do all the stations have to be that way?
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female target

radioelizabeth wrote:
FEMALE TARGET.

William Yeager wrote:
"Do all the stations have to be that way?"

AC is that way.

Because that's the audience.

Obviously, not all stations are AC, and not all "Christian" stations must be AC...but an Adult Contemporary station = W 25-54.

But that isn't to say others aren't listening...again, I love rock...but I'm not their target either.

:)
e


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Re: Matt... Can you handle this?

"FEMALE TARGET.
> >Do all the stations have to be that way?"

That is a thought, I do believe men listen to the radio. Why aren't they targeted as "Becky" ?
>
 
Re: RE: "E" replies everything stops!

> No disrespect also but is the forum all about your likes and
> dislikes?

It's supposed to be about radio!

As I've come close to saying before, we're talking about principles, not preferences.
 
Re: Matt... Can you handle this?

> > FEMALE TARGET.
>
> Do all the stations have to be that way?
>

No, but women tend to be more available and a little easier to bring together.

And a funny thing happens -- the kids and many of the men tend to come with them.
 
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