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Some Questions about The Peak...

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Gregg

I think 98.7 The Peak is a great station. I like the 70s and 80s rock hits with a few MTV hits and some 90s and current stuff thrown in. I also think they've got great DJs.

1) I wonder why they shot up to #4 at one point and have fallen lately. Hey, being in the top 10 is NOT bad at all. But I'd like to see them continue to do well.

2) It's interesting that they have so many female DJs. Is this because the station is aimed more at women than men or did they just go out and find the best DJs and who cares what gender they are?

3) I also wonder why Mini Solis does the overnight five nights a week, apparently live, yet on weekends, there's no DJ in many dayparts. Why have a live DJ Tuesday at 4am but no DJ Sunday at 8pm?

4) I think Freddie Colon is great too. I hope they give him more shifts.

5) I notice the DJs talk over song intros, something that isn't common on most rock stations. Is this a good idea or not?

6) It seems they are trying to keep the tempo level up. So even though they play plenty of Rock/AC artists from the 70s, you don't really hear much Carole King, James Taylor, Chicago, America, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, John Denver, Cat Stevens, etc., even though they were staples of rock formats in those days. Are these artist just considered too old or too soft, even for a station whose slogan is "70s, 80s, Whatever We Want"?




Gregg
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The Peak

Greg- Peak is #4 in the 25-54 adult demo, which is the demo you want to be Top 5
in. They are doing great.

Stations go up and stations go down- they all do, no matter how good they are. It's one of the only things in the world as sure as death and taxes.

So, if I were in your shoes, I'd keep on rocking and enjoying them.



> I think 98.7 The Peak is a great station. I like the 70s
> and 80s rock hits with a few MTV hits and some 90s and
> current stuff thrown in. I also think they've got great
> DJs.
>
> 1) I wonder why they shot up to #4 at one point and have
> fallen lately. Hey, being in the top 10 is NOT bad at all.
> But I'd like to see them continue to do well.
 
> I think 98.7 The Peak is a great station. I like the 70s
> and 80s rock hits with a few MTV hits and some 90s and
> current stuff thrown in. I also think they've got great
> DJs.
>
> 1) I wonder why they shot up to #4 at one point and have
> fallen lately. Hey, being in the top 10 is NOT bad at all.
> But I'd like to see them continue to do well.
>
> 2) It's interesting that they have so many female DJs. Is
> this because the station is aimed more at women than men or
> did they just go out and find the best DJs and who cares
> what gender they are?
>
> 3) I also wonder why Mini Solis does the overnight five
> nights a week, apparently live, yet on weekends, there's no
> DJ in many dayparts. Why have a live DJ Tuesday at 4am but
> no DJ Sunday at 8pm?
>
> 4) I think Freddie Colon is great too. I hope they give him
> more shifts.
>
> 5) I notice the DJs talk over song intros, something that
> isn't common on most rock stations. Is this a good idea or
> not?
>
> 6) It seems they are trying to keep the tempo level up. So
> even though they play plenty of Rock/AC artists from the
> 70s, you don't really hear much Carole King, James Taylor,
> Chicago, America, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell,
> Stevie Wonder, John Denver, Cat Stevens, etc., even though
> they were staples of rock formats in those days. Are these
> artist just considered too old or too soft, even for a
> station whose slogan is "70s, 80s, Whatever We Want"?
>
>
>
>
> Gregg
> [email protected]
>


#1: Not too bad to be top 5 25-54

#2: NO clue why so many females. It's rare! Good for them

#3: Overnights sound like they are voicetracked. Sounds like sometimes the weekends might be canned as well.

#4: Freddie has more personality than most of their fulltimers.

#5: Good idea to talk up an intro. Keep the show moving forward. I think it sounds so much better. And very few "Peak" songs have intros that sooo good they should talked up.

#6: Chicago, America, James Taylor, Cat Stevens.... puke. This might be why they are #4 25-54.
 
That awkward moment when you read through the first two posts, not having it make sense, and then realizing it's because someone asked a question in an 8 year old thread. :'(

Probably, the 8 and 9pm themes didn't do much for the ratings. I personally enjoyed 80s at 8.
 
Come on guys, focus on the positive. Why so critical? I'm a nice guy here just trying to ask a question. Seemed to fit the previous thoughts left by Gregg.
 
KOOL Listener Lauren said:
That awkward moment when you read through the first two posts, not having it make sense, and then realizing it's because someone asked a question in an 8 year old thread. :'(
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And even more awkward when you stop to consider how aged and dated and stuck-in-time most of the "contemporary" music stations are in this town. I recently heard Ellie Goulding on one of these stations - who I forgot was even on my iPod it had been so long - and thought it was the store's XM/Sirius feed until I heard the DJ's mic break. And so, in the event this thread resurfaces again in another 8 years, rest assured nothing has changed and there's nothing to see and you can move along now. :)
 
tangledup7 said:
Come on guys, focus on the positive. Why so critical? I'm a nice guy here just trying to ask a question. Seemed to fit the previous thoughts left by Gregg.
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Nice guys finish last. ;)

And as far as the "whatever we want" question, maybe they don't want those other artists/bands, etc.
 
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