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Same Jack Name...Different Jack Sounds

Demodave

Demodave

It's amazing how different Jack can sound from two different cities. I listened all weekend to San Diego's Jack and found it.....boring. Except for the occasional Aerosmith or Def Leppard rocker, 100.7 in San Diego sounded more like an AC station.

Yesterday afternoon, I downloaded an aircheck from New York's new Jack. It sounds like a completely different station than San Diego's. Much more agressive with a higher overall tempo. From the 80 minutes I heard, I like it.
 
not unusual, really

No different than having 2 Oldies stations in different markets having their
own unique sound.

Unfortunately, there's this "Jack is a cookie-cutter and everybody plays from the same safe list" mentality floating around, mostly by the format's biggest skeptics.



> It's amazing how different Jack can sound from two different
> cities. I listened all weekend to San Diego's Jack and
> found it.....boring. Except for the occasional Aerosmith or
> Def Leppard rocker, 100.7 in San Diego sounded more like an
> AC station.
>
> Yesterday afternoon, I downloaded an aircheck from New
> York's new Jack. It sounds like a completely different
> station than San Diego's. Much more agressive with a higher
> overall tempo. From the 80 minutes I heard, I like it.
>
 
Re: not unusual, really

This Jack concept thing may turn out to be a lot more
interesting because people who travel will start comparing
different stations.

Now, the big question, thatI think would be really cool
sounding would be to have Jack programmers in each city
try to blend in try different sounds
from other cities every couple of weeks to help them find the
real mix of songs that sounds best. Like Chicago's Jack could
have a meet our friend Jack from New York City. He's in for the
weekend. It could prove a really fun and totally alternative approach
to even the current regiment of Jack.

Now that NYC has taken a powerhouse to Jack, Jack will sweep the
nation. How many Oldies stations has Jack taken away? Anyone
know the exact breakdown of formats trashed for Jack?

If Jack(s) makes sure it changes it's music every couple
of weeks and gives the same 1200 songs a break, it will stay
stronger longer?
 
Re: not unusual, really

> Now that NYC has taken a powerhouse to Jack, Jack will sweep the
> nation. How many Oldies stations has Jack taken away? Anyone
> know the exact breakdown of formats trashed for Jack?

I don't have the breakdown for the formats displaced for Variety Hits, but for the JACK-FM brand specifically (in the United States), here it goes:

Aspen/Vail, CO: Hot AC
Baltimore, MD: Oldies
Buffalo, NY: Hot Talk
Chicago, IL: Oldies
Dallas, TX: CHR
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO: CHR (with two months of silence in-between)
Indianapolis, IN: Oldies
Jackson, MS: Classic Hits
Kansas City, MO: Hot AC
Los Angeles, CA: Classic Rock
Minneapolis, MN: 80s
Nashville, TN: Oldies
New York, NY: Oldies
San Diego, CA: Modern AC
Salt Lake City, UT: Classic alternative rock
Seattle, WA: Classic alternative rock

So despite the major attention drawn in situations like WQSR in Baltimore and WCBS-FM New York, it's not like JACK-FM knocks out an oldies station in every market it enters.<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
 
Re: not unusual, really

> > Now that NYC has taken a powerhouse to Jack, Jack will
> sweep the
> > nation. How many Oldies stations has Jack taken away?
> Anyone
> > know the exact breakdown of formats trashed for Jack?
>
> I don't have the breakdown for the formats displaced for
> Variety Hits, but for the JACK-FM brand specifically (in the
> United States), here it goes:
>
> Aspen/Vail, CO: Hot AC
> Baltimore, MD: Oldies
> Buffalo, NY: Hot Talk
> Chicago, IL: Oldies
> Dallas, TX: CHR

> Denver/Colorado Springs, CO: CHR (with two months of silence
> in-between)
> Indianapolis, IN: Oldies
> Jackson, MS: Classic Hits
> Kansas City, MO: Hot AC
> Los Angeles, CA: Classic Rock
> Minneapolis, MN: 80s
> Nashville, TN: Oldies
> New York, NY: Oldies
> San Diego, CA: Modern AC
> Salt Lake City, UT: Classic alternative rock
> Seattle, WA: Classic alternative rock
>
> So despite the major attention drawn in situations like WQSR
> in Baltimore and WCBS-FM New York, it's not like JACK-FM
> knocks out an oldies station in every market it enters.
>
St Louis Missouri has a Jack Like Station The Arch it was a smooth Jazz Station prior to its Flip to Variety Hits
 
Re: not unusual, really

Here in Austin, Texas Bob-FM started around August 20th on the frequency that had Oldies 103.5. Bob is heavy on seventies and eighties. About 80% of songs are from the seventies and eighties.

Bob does not have the arrogance of Jack. "Bob will play anything." The impression is a bachelor who has lived here since the seventies and has a lot of money so he bought a radio station and plays his CD collection. Requests are solicited once in while and request are prominent on Bob's website. There is an identicle station in Norfolk, VA at 93.7.



> > Now that NYC has taken a powerhouse to Jack, Jack will
> sweep the
> > nation. How many Oldies stations has Jack taken away?
> Anyone
> > know the exact breakdown of formats trashed for Jack?
>
> I don't have the breakdown for the formats displaced for
> Variety Hits, but for the JACK-FM brand specifically (in the
> United States), here it goes:
>
> Aspen/Vail, CO: Hot AC
> Baltimore, MD: Oldies
> Buffalo, NY: Hot Talk
> Chicago, IL: Oldies
> Dallas, TX: CHR
> Denver/Colorado Springs, CO: CHR (with two months of silence
> in-between)
> Indianapolis, IN: Oldies
> Jackson, MS: Classic Hits
> Kansas City, MO: Hot AC
> Los Angeles, CA: Classic Rock
> Minneapolis, MN: 80s
> Nashville, TN: Oldies
> New York, NY: Oldies
> San Diego, CA: Modern AC
> Salt Lake City, UT: Classic alternative rock
> Seattle, WA: Classic alternative rock
>
> So despite the major attention drawn in situations like WQSR
> in Baltimore and WCBS-FM New York, it's not like JACK-FM
> knocks out an oldies station in every market it enters.
>
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