Rihanna/Calabria overload on Z100

[Radaioman]

The fact that any station plays any song 120+ times per week is indeed wacko, but that's been the case at top 40 radio for most of this decade since the audience became substantially younger and more ethnic.

Given what's been generating Z's ratings, I'm not sure about the "younger" part. Maybe more uneducated/underclass might come closer to the mark...

Um....Z100 doesn't ply any song 120 times...not even close. Fact. And what exactly are you basing the uneducated/ underclass part on? Your opinion? None of your ivy league friends listen? I would love to see the hard research.

 

[adma]

Who needs hard research? Basically, you got to face it: Top 40's classic-era mythos was based upon its appeal to "the middle". Trouble is, said "middle" quietly dropped out with the rise of MTV and competing formats and media and entertainment options from the 80s onward. And my point has nothing to do with whatever so-called rap/rock/dance/whatever musical "defects"; it's with the overall chintziness of context and presentation.

I remember thinking upon hearing some mainstream CHR in the early 90s that the problem wasn't that it sounded inanely geared to teenagers; it's that it sounded inanely geared to teen moms. So, there's the seed of uneducated/underclass for you.

 

[mistermicrophone]

Who needs hard research? Basically, you got to face it: Top 40's classic-era mythos was based upon its appeal to "the middle". Trouble is, said "middle" quietly dropped out with the rise of MTV and competing formats and media and entertainment options from the 80s onward. And my point has nothing to do with whatever so-called rap/rock/dance/whatever musical "defects"; it's with the overall chintziness of context and presentation.

I remember thinking upon hearing some mainstream CHR in the early 90s that the problem wasn't that it sounded inanely geared to teenagers; it's that it sounded inanely geared to teen moms. So, there's the seed of uneducated/underclass for you.

Well, who can argure adma's point when he starts with "Basically, you got to face it", then he uses a colon ) and continues with his thoughts. That is the MAGIC combo that ends EVERY argument. I guess he's "overeducated."

 

[Radaioman]

Who needs hard research? Basically, you got to face it: Top 40's classic-era mythos was based upon its appeal to "the middle". Trouble is, said "middle" quietly dropped out with the rise of MTV and competing formats and media and entertainment options from the 80s onward. And my point has nothing to do with whatever so-called rap/rock/dance/whatever musical "defects"; it's with the overall chintziness of context and presentation.

I remember thinking upon hearing some mainstream CHR in the early 90s that the problem wasn't that it sounded inanely geared to teenagers; it's that it sounded inanely geared to teen moms. So, there's the seed of uneducated/underclass for you.

Well, who can argure adma's point when he starts with "Basically, you got to face it", then he uses a colon ) and continues with his thoughts. That is the MAGIC combo that ends EVERY argument. I guess he's "overeducated."

Well said! Never trust an opinion about class from a guy who massacres his own language! Although, now we know who's getting those teenage moms pregnant!