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"Retro" CHR

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I just thought of a "new" variant of the CHR format: Retro CHR

It would sound like how a CHR station sounded in 2000, and play the hit music from about 1998-2002. Unlike a Hot AC, it would play heavier songs. I realized it when I played N*Sync's Tearin' Up My Heart on 107.9 FM, and it got a good reaction from some listeners. It is nice to hear songs that you haven't heard in years. It would be like an oldies station for teenagers.<P ID="signature">______________
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> I just thought of a "new" variant of the CHR format: Retro
> CHR
>
> It would sound like how a CHR station sounded in 2000, and
> play the hit music from about 1998-2002. Unlike a Hot AC,
> it would play heavier songs. I realized it when I played
> N*Sync's Tearin' Up My Heart on 107.9 FM, and it got a good
> reaction from some listeners. It is nice to hear songs that
> you haven't heard in years. It would be like an oldies
> station for teenagers.
>
Kiss XM

XM21

is very similar.

Let's just say I'd LOVE that idea.

XM9 (90s On 9) is also another good source.

1998-2001 CHR had so much life and was so fun to listen to. That all started to die off after 9-11. I miss that period.<P ID="signature">______________

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> > I just thought of a "new" variant of the CHR format: Retro
>
> > CHR
> >
> > It would sound like how a CHR station sounded in 2000, and
>
> > play the hit music from about 1998-2002. Unlike a Hot AC,
>
> > it would play heavier songs. I realized it when I played
> > N*Sync's Tearin' Up My Heart on 107.9 FM, and it got a
> good
> > reaction from some listeners. It is nice to hear songs
> that
> > you haven't heard in years. It would be like an oldies
> > station for teenagers.
> >
> Kiss XM
>
> XM21
>
> is very similar.
>
> Let's just say I'd LOVE that idea.
>
> XM9 (90s On 9) is also another good source.
>
> 1998-2001 CHR had so much life and was so fun to listen to.
> That all started to die off after 9-11. I miss that period.
>
Same with Sirius Hits 1 on ch 1. I never got to listen to CHR/Pop from 1996 to 2001, when WBUS of then Kankakee IL was sold to Z Spanish Broadcasting. I doubt corporate radio would try Retro CHR.
 
> Same with Sirius Hits 1 on ch 1. I never got to listen to
> CHR/Pop from 1996 to 2001, when WBUS of then Kankakee IL was
> sold to Z Spanish Broadcasting. I doubt corporate radio
> would try Retro CHR.
>

Dave....are you meaning Sirius 9, The Pulse? That is where a majority of the 90's and now music is played.......
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> I just thought of a "new" variant of the CHR format: Retro
> CHR
>
> It would sound like how a CHR station sounded in 2000, and
> play the hit music from about 1998-2002. Unlike a Hot AC,
> it would play heavier songs. I realized it when I played
> N*Sync's Tearin' Up My Heart on 107.9 FM, and it got a good
> reaction from some listeners. It is nice to hear songs that
> you haven't heard in years. It would be like an oldies
> station for teenagers.
>

You should check out my net station (90sandnow.com) sometime which was built upon that concept though I go all the way back to 1990. I'm definitely not Hot AC and have had great success on Live365 with the format. Here's a couple of sample hours from this past week:

1/20/2006 3:04:00 PM All-American Rejects Dirty Little Secret
1/20/2006 3:08:00 PM Lil' Troy Wanna Be A Baller
1/20/2006 3:12:00 PM Beyonce Feat. Sean Paul Baby Boy
1/20/2006 3:16:00 PM Cascada Everytime We Touch
1/20/2006 3:20:00 PM Three 6 Mafia Stay Fly
1/20/2006 3:25:00 PM Weezer Beverly Hills
1/20/2006 3:29:00 PM Bo Bice The Real Thing
1/20/2006 3:34:00 PM Mary J. Blige Real Love
1/20/2006 3:37:00 PM Beyonce Feat. Slim Thug Check On It
1/20/2006 3:40:00 PM Backstreet Boys Just Want You To Know
1/20/2006 3:46:00 PM Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Diddy Nasty Girl
1/20/2006 3:49:00 PM Natasha Bedingfield Unwritten
1/20/2006 3:52:00 PM Savage Garden I Knew I Loved You


1/20/2006 10:00:00 PM Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends
1/20/2006 10:06:00 PM Jodeci Come & Talk To Me
1/20/2006 10:09:00 PM All-American Rejects Dirty Little Secret
1/20/2006 10:13:00 PM Ray J One Wish
1/20/2006 10:18:00 PM Cascada Everytime We Touch
1/20/2006 10:22:00 PM Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink Lady Marmalade
1/20/2006 10:25:00 PM Baby Bash I'm Back
1/20/2006 10:29:00 PM Fat Joe Feat. Nelly Get It Poppin'
1/20/2006 10:32:00 PM Bo Bice The Real Thing
1/20/2006 10:36:00 PM City High What Would You Do?
1/20/2006 10:41:00 PM Chris Brown Run It!
1/20/2006 10:43:00 PM 3 Doors Down Kryptonite
1/20/2006 10:47:00 PM Gorillaz Dare
1/20/2006 10:52:00 PM D4L Laffy Taffy
1/20/2006 10:54:00 PM Haddaway What Is Love
 
> > Same with Sirius Hits 1 on ch 1. I never got to listen to
>
> > CHR/Pop from 1996 to 2001, when WBUS of then Kankakee IL
> was
> > sold to Z Spanish Broadcasting. I doubt corporate radio
> > would try Retro CHR.
> >
>
> Dave....are you meaning Sirius 9, The Pulse? That is where
> a majority of the 90's and now music is played.......
>
I have heard an occasional 90's song on Sirius Hits 1. With mostly 90's on The Pulse, I wouldn't call it true Retro Pop since most markets in the early 90's didn't even have a pop station. The Pulse rarely plays hip-hop. But I have caught an occasional 80's song on the Pulse too. If they had an actual 90's only channel, then it would sound like pop radio in markets that did have CHR/Pop. As for traditional radio, I really don't see any corporation trying retro radio.
 
How's this

Robyn – Do You Know What It Takes 1997
Citizen King – Better Days 1999
Venga Boys – Boom Boom Boom Boom 1999
Matchbox 20 – Push 1996
Backstreet Boys – All I Have To Give 1996
Emilia – Big Big World 1998
Will Smith – Getting Jiggy Wit It 1997
Goo Goo Dolls – Black Balloon 1998
Five – When The Lights Go Out 1998
Mandy Moore – Walk Me Home 1999
Pearl Jam – Last Kiss 1999
Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 1996
Hanson – MMMBop 1997
Ben Folds Five – Brick 1998
Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right But It’s Okay 1999
Everything – Hooch 1998
White Town – Your Woman 1997
Janet Jackson – Doesn’t Really Matter 2000
Merril Bainbridge – Mouth 1996
Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta 1997
Enrique Iglasias – Rhythm Divine 1999
Splender – I Think God Can Explain 1999
*NSYNC – God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You 1997
Spice Girls – Wannabe 1996
Baz Luhrman – Everybody’s Free 1999
Monifah – Touch It 1998
Green Day – Minoraty 2000
Savage Garden – Animal Song 1999
OMC – How Bizarre 1997
Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonite 1999
Meredith Brooks – Bitch 1997
Edwin McCain – I Could Not Ask For More 1998
Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away 1998
Jennifer Paige – Crush 1998
Hanson – Where’s The Love 1997
Gina G – Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit 1996
Aqua – Barbie Girl 1997
Everclear – Wonderful 2000
Joe – I Wanna Know 1999
Tina Arena – Show Me Heaven 1994
Madonna – Ray Of Light 1998
Robbie Williams – Angels 1998

Had nothing else better to do so I made this sample log up. I should probably add more 2000-2001 stuff but you get the picture.

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> I doubt corporate radio would try Retro CHR.

As do I. However, a couple years ago I thought of doing just a full day of Retro CHR programming once a month on what would otherwise be a normal CHR station. I called it "Throwback Thursday". Take a full 24 hours and play music from that month 5 years ago... and include the imaging the station was using (if it had been a CHR at that point in time, of course) back then as well. A little blast from the past couldn't hurt now and then, and that's something I'm sure corporate radio wouldn't mind too much.<P ID="signature">______________
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