The Q100 20 at 97.9 is saying both "Tomorrow's Hit's Today" and "The 20 Biggest Hits." I find that a little confusing.
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The Q100 20's Confusing Positioning
- Thread starter RoddyFreeman
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I find Atlanta radio wanting to be the CHR/Top40 capital of the world a little confusing.
RadioFreak69 said:
LOL NOT EVEN CLOSE!
Q trying to chase Star, and Power trying to chase Q, and then a Q100 20 on a translator and WiLD being a lone rhythmic on two small signals? What the heck!
RoddyFreeman said:
That was what I was trying to say in my other "Q100 20 at 97.9" post. And "work hard play hard" by Wiz Khalifa is not a future hit! I originally said it but then deleted the remark because I thought I was "beating up on Q" too much.
See, this is where you and I disagree. Q100 is straight up CHR Top 40 but its a Cumulus version of it which tries to reach outside of the box. That is why your going to hear the same damn Titanium song every hour and a half on power where as Q will play the top 40 artist from previous years as well as the more newer stuff.
Most Clear Channel top 40 sticks with the charts. Same goes with active rock; Project, a CC station, stayed with the trending active rock charts but the bone, a Cumulus station, strays a little and sneaks in more "other" styles of rock occasionally. Personally, I like what cumulus does because it reduces frequent air play of the same song over and over and over.
To better understand what I'm saying, just check out other chr CC stations and chr Cumulus stations. They all have similar trending playlists though they differ among companies, not stations. For example, cumulus media CHR stations play Paradise by Cold Play. Clear Channel CHR stations do not. This is not just in Atlanta but all across the country. Go check out the playlists for other Cumulus CHR stations. None look like power but instead, they look more like Q.
Most Clear Channel top 40 sticks with the charts. Same goes with active rock; Project, a CC station, stayed with the trending active rock charts but the bone, a Cumulus station, strays a little and sneaks in more "other" styles of rock occasionally. Personally, I like what cumulus does because it reduces frequent air play of the same song over and over and over.
To better understand what I'm saying, just check out other chr CC stations and chr Cumulus stations. They all have similar trending playlists though they differ among companies, not stations. For example, cumulus media CHR stations play Paradise by Cold Play. Clear Channel CHR stations do not. This is not just in Atlanta but all across the country. Go check out the playlists for other Cumulus CHR stations. None look like power but instead, they look more like Q.
KDM 7000 said:
This is also why I personally despise top 40 formatted stations. Has not as much to do with the music as it does to the programming. Go to power 961's website and check out their playlist. Their playlist has 107 songs. This is why personally, I don't care for country because I'm not a fan, I don't care for urban because I'm simply not a fan but I can't stand TOP 40 because it annoys the hell out of me with the repeats.
acheron82 said:
Except we're not talking about Q100. We're talking about the Q100 20 at 97.9.
acheron82 said:
I don't have a problem with what Q plays, but rather what they don't play, especially in a market that doesn't (or didn't) have another station to play those missing things that many local people never get to hear. Quite a few things on Q100 20 at 97.9 would make Q100 seem more well rounded if played on Q100.
But I notice that even Phoenix and LA are slacking on certain hits as well, and the only reason many things are heard out here nowadays is because of the multiple chr's we have, so Atlanta is no longer the odd one out. I notice our biggest and higher rated stations and owners are breaking songs later than the smaller and independent stations. Maybe radio just isn't as exciting as it used to be all around anymore.
KDM 7000 said:
What a station doesn't play is just as important as what a station does play - if Q100 added most of the stuff they play on 97.9, their Hot-AC leaning listeners would change the channel
Speaking of holes in the market, Phoenix is missing an entire format (Alternative/Triple A), which means they are a lot worse off in terms of local people "missing" hits than Atlanta is
;D I figured you'd eventually chime in on this! ;D
But can we say Phoenix is really missing out on more hits? After all, we have oldies doing very well in ratings and 3 stations dedicated to rock/classic rock and our leading Hot AC leans a lot on the alternative sound. Not to mention all the stations we now have delivering pop rock material (including a new Adult Top 40 format and Top 40 KMVA). Then we have KWSS-LP community station delivering alternative hits & music. I can't say Phoenix beats Atl as a whole, but we probably both lack about the same amount of hits, although it may be different types of hits. I'm sure we miss a lot of the urban (especially R&B) stuff and quite a bit of alternative and gospel while ATL misses a lot of rhythmic, spanish top 40, and oldies. I think Phoenix wins when it comes to dance music as well.
But maybe Atl. does win with alternative now that I think of it because of the college station there that also features it. While we're flooded with chr sounding stations in Phoenix, the Phoenix dial still sounds more variety than the Atlanta dial.
I can't really accuse Power of sounding "too poppy" because it seems as if a lot of chr's have gone that way lately with more pop and less hip hop. It would sound better if Power at least added in Kirko Bangz and Trey Songz and possibly even Wiz Khalifa (but this may interfere with WiLD). But then again, Power is adding in top 40 hip hop recurrents, so why not also play the very few current crossover hip hop hits as well to avoid the bubble gum pop feel? Q100 is currently too adult leaning to sound bubble gum.
atlantaboy said:
But can we say Phoenix is really missing out on more hits? After all, we have oldies doing very well in ratings and 3 stations dedicated to rock/classic rock and our leading Hot AC leans a lot on the alternative sound. Not to mention all the stations we now have delivering pop rock material (including a new Adult Top 40 format and Top 40 KMVA). Then we have KWSS-LP community station delivering alternative hits & music. I can't say Phoenix beats Atl as a whole, but we probably both lack about the same amount of hits, although it may be different types of hits. I'm sure we miss a lot of the urban (especially R&B) stuff and quite a bit of alternative and gospel while ATL misses a lot of rhythmic, spanish top 40, and oldies. I think Phoenix wins when it comes to dance music as well.
But maybe Atl. does win with alternative now that I think of it because of the college station there that also features it. While we're flooded with chr sounding stations in Phoenix, the Phoenix dial still sounds more variety than the Atlanta dial.
I can't really accuse Power of sounding "too poppy" because it seems as if a lot of chr's have gone that way lately with more pop and less hip hop. It would sound better if Power at least added in Kirko Bangz and Trey Songz and possibly even Wiz Khalifa (but this may interfere with WiLD). But then again, Power is adding in top 40 hip hop recurrents, so why not also play the very few current crossover hip hop hits as well to avoid the bubble gum pop feel? Q100 is currently too adult leaning to sound bubble gum.
I guess when you throw in the specialty shows V103, 89.3 and Kiss 104.1 have on weekends and certain old school music features in addition to everything else Atl. has on certain stations across the dial, Atlanta wins when it comes to overall music variety during a week on single formats. But then again, Phoenix has two rhythmic oldies (in addition to oldies itself) and some Christian Rock and spanish stations, so the battle still holds up since we have less variety on any one specific station, but more variety altogether across the dial.
KDM 7000 said:
You don't like CHR, man - you like Rhythmic - just admit it :-\
Nowhere in Phoenix BTW can you hear Imagine Dragons or The Lumineers, and they're both Top 30 on I-Tunes
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