if it wasnt for taasha rock 937 never would have had any ratings! after she left i turned it off. i hate what they were playing as an active rock station. but i also agree that red is a very poor example of a variety hits format. red just sounds like b103 did with some classic rock mixed in. zzzzzzzzzz...
hairball is still on in dallas btw..and its webstreamed!!
> > > > it appears your opinion is correct. also i have
> noticed
> > > the
> > > > eagle playlist seems to be widening. and 104.9s
> ratings
> > > are
> > > > also
..
> >
> > If you can do the math, you'll see 104 had an increase
> > before Red signed on.
> >
>
> Yeah but had more of an increase since Red came on...
> Actually the market sort of flip flopped between the two
> last couple of books, one would loose, one would gain, then
> back and forth....
>
>
>
> > >
> > > Eagle's real main competition is a station that is so-so
>
> > in
> > > signal into the main market area (Baton Rouge Proper and
>
> > I'm
> > > talking of WKBU-New Orleans) No competition really....
> But
> >
> > > how is it expanding? haven't listened lately to
> notice...
> > > take it more classic hits?
> >
> > Why would you think that a station in another market that
> > does not stop on the scan in a car radio and is not
> marketed
> > to Baton Rouge would be "competition" to 98.1?
>
> No I was saying that Eagle has no competition with the only
> thing in the ratings book other than Eagle 98.1 is a rock
> station in New Orleans that does nothing in BR.(Hince my
> saying no competition really..see above) When Red came on
> it was hailed by those at Citadel as competition to Eagle
> 98.1 ... So far it hasn't shown anything to me other than it
> being a station that as they describe "a i-pod on random"
> and one that isn't good at making a flow happen... Hell I've
> heard 16 YOs do better...
>
>
> >
> > > But then Guaranty is PDing it like
> > > before and turning off the older crowd who is more into
> > > active rock than some of the newer alt. rock... You are
>
> > > gonna gain people who like new rock, but I don't think
> > they
> > > stay on the station like they did with 93.7 anymore...
> >
> > This may be bold and flippant but do you even know what
> > Active Rock is? It is not an "older" format than Modern
> > Rock. It's not that hair band crap that Tasha Stevens
> > played. Active Rock IS current rock.
>
>
>
> I know what active rock is... Yes 104 is playing active rock
> artists... as most active rock artist play on mainstream and
> alternative stations as well as active rock.
>
> What I'm talking about is stuff like Gorillaz, Beck, and
> some others that isn't played on active rock stations. This
> is the stuff that turns away people who love new rock by
> weezer, SOAD, Papa Roach and others you named. I know I'm in
> the 25-54 demo that is supposed by most that I won't like
> anything past 1995 but there are lots of us out here in the
> demo who do like the new rock if done right.
>
> I used to like KZMZ about 2 years ago cause they mixed new
> and classic rock (with both sides accepting the fact and
> each group actually learning to enjoy some of the others
> music) but CC has since beleived that same old burnt songs
> are the answer.. (Personally I'd love to work a station up
> there as a alt/active hybred and show the numbers that CC
> gave away)
> >
> > I'm looking on iTunes at two stations, one in Chicago and
> > one in Philadelphia (there is no active rock station in
> the
> > two biggest markets in the USA) that play so-called
> "Active
> > Rock" and the names are familiar: Green Day, Weezer,
> > Chevelle, System of a Down, Audioslave, Papa Roach, The
> > Exies, Velvet Revolver, Slipknot. That's active rock. I
> > don't know what you think it is, but to my ears, 104 is
> > playing every one of those bands. 104 is not playing hair
>
> > crap or Led Zeppelin, which is okay by me because I don't
> > want to hear that old stuff. Let 98.1 play that.
>
> Usually a town only has either a active rocker or
> alternative station (usually leaning more mainstream rock)
>
> 93.7 was trying to bridge the age gap but most of the
> classics played was stuff that was getting burnt out... They
> were trying to find what worked but hard a hard time trying
> to figure it out. Also I won't knock Tasha cause she did a
> good job of playing the new rock as well as the classics but
> as has been said on the board..Most of the classics she
> played was her Cds and that is limited compared to most
> stations...Which was a shame for her program
>
> 104 came up as a station for new rock for a market that had
> to catch it from the web or Lafayette/New Orleans .. It
> started out pretty good, but when 93.7 came along they
> refocused to the alternative charting only acts and since
> 93.7 left has stayed with this mindset of focusing only on
> teens and college people.
>
>
> >
> > Rock 93.7 was poorly-programmed boilermaker mullet rock,
> way
> > too heavy for a town this conservative, way too loud and
> > dumb for a town this educated, and lacking in variety.
> Had
> > they actually played those bands above they might have
> done
> > better. Had they decided to be new rock instead of a
> > hybrid, they might have built a better brand. But book
> > after book they slid down, scaring off advertisers and
> > pleasing not the average male listener but only the "black
>
> > t-shirt" crowd.
>
>
> Some of the playlist for a while could be considered a
> little heavy I give you that. The last 3 days before it went
> Rock 93.7 had a great mix with some classics that most
> people like and wasn't burnt out on (I find people of all
> ages in my experience like some of the classics as they grew
> up listening to that with usually a older sibling or some
> one who tried it and liked it) and if allowed to try this or
> the formula it had when the station first signed on, it
> would work.
>
> Unfortuneately, Rock stations have a hard time picking their
> demo cause they are some of the least likely to fill out a
> ratings book than anyone one else. Just like 104 the x has
> found who listens by who requests.. For rock 93.7 it was
> usually the "black t-shirt" crowd... But instead of being
> allowed to change direction it was killed for red....
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Now if only we could have a real Triple A station like
> WXRT
> > in Chicago or KGSR in Austin, then we'd have interesting
> > radio! Instead we have a clueless station like Red and
> the
> > closeted Diva nonsense!
> >
>
>
> Like your thinking on red and diva.... I haven't really
> heard a AAA station long enough to give you a answer on it
> being intersting. There are two in Louisiana I know however
> .. KROK in Leesville and a station at SLU in Hammond that
> does play the AAA mainly during the day (but also
> webcasts)....
>
>
>
> BTW 104 the X also plays artists listed on the AAA chart (as
> some cross to the alt rock charts) but some of those artists
> that are played on the X is what I talk about when I say
> there is a big enough difference for some that they won't
> listen to the X.....
>
> RFLA
>
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