What is this station's format exactly? This is NOT Triple A. There's more classics mixed in so it sounds like some boring small market classic rock station with rock mixed in. There's not even that many voice over liners and the overnight jock doesn't talk that much on air. Compare this with KUCD Star 101.9 in Honolulu, HI which is truly AAA - there is a big difference.
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Thoroughly disappointed with WRXP!
- Thread starter icycool7227
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That's one person's opinion, and this is another. I love it. The fact that there is no hype is a big selling point for me. I love the imaging, as it tells the story of what the station is about. As for the idea that you have to identify a station after every song, I think that time is coming to an end, thank god.
Ok, so I am not in the market, hell I'm not even in the country. If there was a station like that in the country/market I work in, I would go back to listening to radio. Sadly there isn't, so I jump on line for the music I want to hear.
Ok, so I am not in the market, hell I'm not even in the country. If there was a station like that in the country/market I work in, I would go back to listening to radio. Sadly there isn't, so I jump on line for the music I want to hear.
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pbf1 said:
Actually, if you look at the latest Arbitrend, the station is indeed reported as AAA.
Yeah like the new Sunny 105-9 in Florida. I consider that to be upbeat oldies if anything, not classic hits. I would just say WRXP is rock/classic rock combo, a lot like for example, KZRR 94.1 in Albuquerque, NM. Radio-locator also classifies this as AAA for some reason. I was disappointed though just the same.
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WOCL Sunny 105-9 isn't what I consider OLDIES....80's Maybe....OLDIES...NOT!icycool7227 said:
Sunny 105.9 is basically a clone of CBS-FM, though they seem to play a bit less 60s and a bit more 80s. This is what the "oldies" format is evolving into.
As for RXP...I think it's getting a little better. They've been throwing in an increasing number of really nice surprises, but I still think their mix of music is too broad. I have yet to find a station that mixes modern and classic rock in a way that really appeals to me. If they could lose the Hot AC-leaning stuff like Sheryl Crow, the neo-corporate rock acts like Nickelback and 3 Doors Down, and the mainstream metal bands like AC/DC and GNR, they'd be on to something. But that's just my personal tastes talking. I guess NYC radio programmers feel that alternative rock needs to be backed up by classic rock in order to do well.
As for RXP...I think it's getting a little better. They've been throwing in an increasing number of really nice surprises, but I still think their mix of music is too broad. I have yet to find a station that mixes modern and classic rock in a way that really appeals to me. If they could lose the Hot AC-leaning stuff like Sheryl Crow, the neo-corporate rock acts like Nickelback and 3 Doors Down, and the mainstream metal bands like AC/DC and GNR, they'd be on to something. But that's just my personal tastes talking. I guess NYC radio programmers feel that alternative rock needs to be backed up by classic rock in order to do well.
Let's not forget one thing though, before referring to what's on stations like 101.1 as "oldies" (with quotations).
Music from 1980 is going to be 30 years old in two years. I know that's hard for a lot of people to believe (including myself, I'll admit), but it's true.
Think about it like this...in 1995 was CBS-FM playing 30 year old songs? Yes. Same in 1990, 1985 and probably 1980, give or take a couple of years. It's a natural progression. Now, one can say that music changed between the 50s and 60s, and the 70s, and then the 80s, and that's very true. But I think the main point is, a modern oldies station wants to play songs that correlate to a certain time in its target audience's lives. At this moment, that is shifting into the late 60s into the early/mid 80s. I know that this disappoints those who hate 80s music or who love the pre-1964 music. Indeed, that music should have a home on the air, but for business reasons that have been discussed ad nauseum, it's not going to happen, especially on a full-power FM stick in NYC. It's not like there's "real oldies" everywhere else in the country and the NYC radio dial is sticking out like a sore thumb. More and more oldies stations are moving ahead with their music, and that's in an effort to stay afloat. CBS-FM is doing a great job (all things considering) with their new oldies format, and the ratings show it. They're doing what they have to do to stay alive. Putting on what people consider real oldies would still bring in plenty of listeners, but at the expense of younger listeners and better demos....and something like that would be a death sentence (again) for CBS-FM....and would result in plenty more whining on this board and the Dentist board ;D
Music from 1980 is going to be 30 years old in two years. I know that's hard for a lot of people to believe (including myself, I'll admit), but it's true.
Think about it like this...in 1995 was CBS-FM playing 30 year old songs? Yes. Same in 1990, 1985 and probably 1980, give or take a couple of years. It's a natural progression. Now, one can say that music changed between the 50s and 60s, and the 70s, and then the 80s, and that's very true. But I think the main point is, a modern oldies station wants to play songs that correlate to a certain time in its target audience's lives. At this moment, that is shifting into the late 60s into the early/mid 80s. I know that this disappoints those who hate 80s music or who love the pre-1964 music. Indeed, that music should have a home on the air, but for business reasons that have been discussed ad nauseum, it's not going to happen, especially on a full-power FM stick in NYC. It's not like there's "real oldies" everywhere else in the country and the NYC radio dial is sticking out like a sore thumb. More and more oldies stations are moving ahead with their music, and that's in an effort to stay afloat. CBS-FM is doing a great job (all things considering) with their new oldies format, and the ratings show it. They're doing what they have to do to stay alive. Putting on what people consider real oldies would still bring in plenty of listeners, but at the expense of younger listeners and better demos....and something like that would be a death sentence (again) for CBS-FM....and would result in plenty more whining on this board and the Dentist board ;D
RXP might not do well, but that doesn't mean taking smooth jazz off the air was the wrong move. The demos were really up there and the station wasn't billing nearly as well as it should have.
I thought their effort to go "chill" a few years ago was pretty good and the station had a much younger sound. I don't remember their numbers dipping, and I'm sure that if they pushed it some more they would have gotten younger demos than the smooth jazz format, but for whatever reason they pulled the plug after only a few months. But as it stands, the smooth jazz format we knew had long since peaked.
I thought their effort to go "chill" a few years ago was pretty good and the station had a much younger sound. I don't remember their numbers dipping, and I'm sure that if they pushed it some more they would have gotten younger demos than the smooth jazz format, but for whatever reason they pulled the plug after only a few months. But as it stands, the smooth jazz format we knew had long since peaked.
don't ... hold ... your ... breath ... 
"top soil" Hey I really like that phrase. Props to ya lalumia. Were you around for WPIX late 70s early 80s?
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If these bands that you are so desperate to be heard on the air because they made such a huge impact on NY and music why has the average person never heard of them? That's because these bands actually suck and you are a music snob. Heaven forbid you hummed a tune that might be commercial! If you like these artists/songs does that make somebody less of a music fan? No. Radio is not here to cater to the elite music listener. It is a MASS medium casting the biggest net that's why the bands you mention aren't in the playlist. I agree that the mix is off and I shouldn't hear Bad Company on a station that uses Adult, Variety and Intelligent to describe itself BUT if they stripped all that material out and filled the playlist with all the bands many are suggesting than you won't have an audience. All 7 of you could get together and cry about it when the station flips.
Stop crying about it already and turn the station.
Stop crying about it already and turn the station.
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