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Soooo...are we getting Amp'd?

Don't think so. There format is to familiar with the Z100 format. Or they use a different version of the format in NYC.
 
Or maybe a "NYC Hit Music Connection" watch it be Hit 92 like with Hit 106 in the Jerrsey Shore.
 
Fresh has gone sour, and by this weekend, it's gone.....
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming....
(my prediction, anyway)...
 
lalumia said:
Fresh has gone sour, and by this weekend, it's gone.....
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming....
(my prediction, anyway)...
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Indeed, while CBS Radio will not dare tinker with the runaway success they have going over on 92.3.
 
Not an "Ampt" but more along the lines of "Jamz" for NYC since there is a "HOT" in the market already. Aswell as "Hit's" just better known as HT-Z! But it's do time for CBS Radio to see where the true Cash cow format of FM is.. So keep your ear's clean to see which FM it will be..
 
lalumia said:
Fresh has gone sour, and by this weekend, it's gone.....
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming....
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Unfortunately for Lalumia, they do not include New York Dolls or Wayne County...
 
FM Free NY said:
Not an "Ampt" but more along the lines of "Jamz" for NYC since there is a "HOT" in the market already. Aswell as "Hit's" just better known as HT-Z! But it's do time for CBS Radio to see where the true Cash cow format of FM is.. So keep your ear's clean to see which FM it will be..
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So.....are we talking about what I've been thinking? A dance-friendly (as opposed to dance "leaning") CHR??
 
Tony Santiago said:
FM Free NY said:
Not an "Ampt" but more along the lines of "Jamz" for NYC since there is a "HOT" in the market already. Aswell as "Hit's" just better known as HT-Z! But it's do time for CBS Radio to see where the true Cash cow format of FM is.. So keep your ear's clean to see which FM it will be..
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So.....are we talking about what I've been thinking? A dance-friendly (as opposed to dance "leaning") CHR??
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Here's an interesting question: if we do get a dance/rhythmic-friendly CHR in NYC, where does that leave Pulse? I'm not spelling out doom and gloom by any means...I'll save that for the many haters that are on these boards...but it would be interesting to see how Pulse would react.
 
neo11 said:
Here's an interesting question: if we do get a dance/rhythmic-friendly CHR in NYC, where does that leave Pulse? I'm not spelling out doom and gloom by any means...I'll save that for the many haters that are on these boards...but it would be interesting to see how Pulse would react.
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I really don't see Pulse having to make any major reaction to this.

Hypothetically speaking, a new CHR would only play a few more danceable hits, with some considered edgier, than what Z-100 is doing. But such a station would still be heavy on the R&B, pop, hip-hop that mainly caters to that 12-34 crowd.

Unless such a station sounded DEAD ON to what Pulse has been doing, I really don't see this affecting Pulse in any major way. If anything Pulse could get away with putting on a few more edgier tracks, that such a CHR may not touch, but still keep to the audience that Pulse had created.
 
CBS may play the wait-and-see game with AMP in L.A. before taking it to other markets. But keep in mind, they've been breeding this pet lab rat of theirs in an HD-2/Internet Radio cage for almost two years now. They've been slapping the AMP Radio widget on all sorts of company owned station websites, so this IS a format/brand they intend to take national.
 
Maybe ... it's time for an All-News FMer in NYC.

We now return you to our regular programming.
 
d21ofnj said:
isnt 93.9 an all news FMer?
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Nope. NPR programming runs until 7 PM, after which classical takes over. And the NPR programming is hardly all-news....as evidenced by programs such as Soundcheck.

All-news on FM in NYC would just be a ridiculous waste of a high-fidelity FM signal and would be going up against two juggernauts in WINS and WCBS. It seems like it would be a pretty foolish move to make.
 
Yeah, that's why CBS flipped KFRC-FM with a simulcast of 50kw KCBS.

Dumb move? I don't think so. Not according to the combined numbers in the latest PPM.

"FM" doesn't have the signal of a 50-kw AM ... and AM still has horrible "fidelity" no matter how many watts it has.

And the sellable demos of 25-44 didn't grow up even knowing what AM was (or is) They grew up with "FM".

WNYC is NPR, not "all news".

And one of the two "juggernauts" (WINS / WCBS) would be a welcome addition to FM ... and "waste of fidelity?" Don't think so. Any format deserves the "fidelity" that is the best it can be.

Big AM numbers with equal or even less on FM, combined,would be a hell of a shot in ratings and revenue...not to mention a format "exclusive" that would be better than the variations of "music radio" that aren't making the mark as needed moneywise.
 
oaktree said:
Yeah, that's why CBS flipped KFRC-FM with a simulcast of 50kw KCBS.

Dumb move? I don't think so. Not according to the combined numbers in the latest PPM.
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Are those combined numbers providing more of a benefit to CBS Radio than a successful stand-alone station on FM would provide? That's the real question.

"FM" doesn't have the signal of a 50-kw AM ... and AM still has horrible "fidelity" no matter how many watts it has.

And the sellable demos of 25-44 didn't grow up even knowing what AM was (or is) They grew up with "FM".
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This is purely anecdotal, I know, but pretty much everyone I know under 44 knows what AM radio is and most of them do use it, either to listen to news or sports. And these are absolutely not radio geeks by any stretch of the imagination.

Perhaps the lack of numbers has more to do with a general lack of interest in the programming options AM offers, than with the medium itself.

WNYC is NPR, not "all news".
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Right. That's exactly what I said. But if it makes you feel better to "correct" me, go right ahead.

And one of the two "juggernauts" (WINS / WCBS) would be a welcome addition to FM ... and "waste of fidelity?" Don't think so. Any format deserves the "fidelity" that is the best it can be.
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Welcome according to you, perhaps, since you seem to be so adamant about this topic. But yes, it is a waste of fidelity. Music radio in NYC is mediocre as it is, and putting all-news on FM will mean the loss of yet another possible music format on FM, whatever that may be. And the two stations seem to be doing quite well as it is right now, without the help of FM. Certainly they are doing better than at least one of CBS radio's FM stations!

Big AM numbers with equal or even less on FM, combined,would be a hell of a shot in ratings and revenue...not to mention a format "exclusive" that would be better than the variations of "music radio" that aren't making the mark as needed moneywise.
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Again, would the increase in revenue for the AM station simulcast on FM provide as much revenue as a successful stand-alone FM station would provide? Let's not get two distinct issues confused here. If CBS Radio has an FM music station that is underperforming, that doesn't mean that all FM music stations it will put on the air will underperform, nor does it mean that giving up and throwing on a simulcast of one of their AM all-news stations will be the best use of the frequency...and I mean this from a business standpoint.
 
If I were a betting man, I would guess that CBS would be saving their 92.3 frequency for an eventual simulcast of one of their AM stations. Perhaps this is why folks think 102.7 would be flipping to this "AMP" nonsense...
 
Not unless WEPN 1050 beats 'em to it.

Interesting comments the few above ... Thanks for the input.

CA Joe
 
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