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[DToTheJ]

Up The Creek WithOut A Paddle.

These days people use a slight variation of the phrase with an "S" where the "T" should be... ;D

 

[8638]

And they'll probably have a 250-300 song playlist..focus group tested of course. And they wonder why radio ratings have been sliding over the years...boring, bland, predictable, overplayed playlists and boring card reader DJ's.

Music isn't tested in focus groups.

Really? Then tell me what I was doing at the Holiday Inn in Toms River a few summers back. I listened to and rated snippets of roughly 200 songs, and, for an extra 15 bucks, stuck around afterward to participate in a focus group. At this point, it was obvious that Millennium was planning some fine tuning at its 105.7, WCHR-FM Manahawkin, and that they were the sponsors of the focus group.

Although they'll never fess up to it, yours truly gave them their slogan in that focus group: "Jersey's home of Classic Rock, 105.7 The Hawk."

This focus group that you say isn't used was my only 'contact' with radio. I've never had a diary, and I've lived all over the country.

 

[CTNYRADIO]

That's what I did for mine, listened to a bunch of 15 second samples and rated them. Within 3 months, 95.9 the Fox (Stamford, CT)went from Classic rock to classic hits playing most of the songs we rated. Didnt last long, they dumped the "hits" format within a year.

 

[kms575]

The term "radio" seems to have been used for modern rock stations in other markets..Hartford, CT had "Radio 104" before flipping to urban a few years back...I've also seen "Channel" used as well.
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agree, the playlist in a format like this should clearly exceed 300 songs. You could have a 1200 song playlist easily. Why is it that no stations really ever seem to go beyond 300 songs in the library at one time? These "Formats" really dont represent how people listen to music.

Remember when Y-100's slogan was "Radio Philadelphia?" c. 1997-99ish

 

[Beejus]

The term "radio" seems to have been used for modern rock stations in other markets..Hartford, CT had "Radio 104" before flipping to urban a few years back...I've also seen "Channel" used as well.
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agree, the playlist in a format like this should clearly exceed 300 songs. You could have a 1200 song playlist easily. Why is it that no stations really ever seem to go beyond 300 songs in the library at one time? These "Formats" really dont represent how people listen to music.

Remember when Y-100's slogan was "Radio Philadelphia?" c. 1997-99ish

Didn't they use that in conjunction with "Philadelphia's New Music Alternative"? I think they dropped both when they returned to "Philadelphia's New Rock"