My station isn't playing Metro Station. :
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Top 10 Songs Your Station Isn't Playing
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lowpower
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This seems to be a record that Clear Channel is behind on the CHR's.
Other companies don't seem to be supporting it as much.
A MMR breakdown shows Cumulus not playing it company wide in rotation.
Houston's new CHR is leading spins nationwide though at over 120.
Other companies don't seem to be supporting it as much.
A MMR breakdown shows Cumulus not playing it company wide in rotation.
Houston's new CHR is leading spins nationwide though at over 120.
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Frank72
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We're on everything in the top 10. The closest track we're not on is Three Doors Down which seems to have stalled around #12 anyway. We're on Leavin', obviously, but this is one track that has never tested or reacted very well for us. Do you ever get these #1 hits that don't blow up at your station? I mean it does well enough to play it and we even threw it in heavy for two weeks to see if we could basically force the audience into liking it more. Not so much.
jsu5381m said:
Metro Station was played on Open House Party according to MMR.
Wow, I wouldn't have guessed Metro Station not being played on many stations. It's all over the place on all of the CHRs in my area (WWST Knoxville, WDOD Chattanooga, and WAEZ Tri-Cities). But then again, the CHR's in my area are mostly owned by smaller companies and not CC or Cumulus. (WWST is owned by Journal, WDOD by Bahakel, and WAEZ by Bristol Broadcasting). WDOD and WAEZ both have Metro Station in their top 10 and WWST has it in their top 20.
Yeah, Open House Party plays "Shake It" and "7 Things". Only time I get to hear both on radio. And they sound AMAZING on radio.
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idontlookhowisound
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our station (a top 50 market CC owned heritage Top 40 with no competition) still hasn't played "Get Like Me" from David Banner & Chris Brown. It's #1 on Rythmic and is on CC's XM Channel in heavy rotation. It seems the Pop Rock tests well in our market and we have a Radio One owned Urban in the market that does well - so I guess we don't have to bother much with the urbans until they are big hits.
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1900radio
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STILL hasn't played David Banner? You talk like it's top 10 or something.
And any station that's not rhythmic should have been all over 3DD.
And any station that's not rhythmic should have been all over 3DD.
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The Truthsayer
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You're probably one of the last ones who should be criticizing any station for the music they play. You played "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and Big & Rich "Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy" and currently playing "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood. You played an album cut from Atreyu called "Falling Down". BTW, June has come and gone...I thought the label was going to push that Atreyu track on CHR "because of you" (as your PD told me once in a PM). You also play The Bartender Song by Rehab on your station as well as the latest song from Saving Jane called Supergirl. You also spend an entire hour playing 80's tracks and calling it "old school." Many Hot AC's across the country are dropping their 80's library, but one can count on the mighty 99.7 (get rid of the "T" on KKCT and add a "K" to find his station that he's MD/nights of...I think APD too now) to fulfill their fix for Dexy's Midnight Runners, Bon Jovi & seasonal tunes like "Ghostbusters." Will it be a matter of time before you add Gretchen Wilson "Redneck Woman" (unless you already play it)? Until then...or you figure out what the hell CHR is...whichever comes first, why don't you give Saving Abel another spin. I'm sure that track is scoring the P1 masses from KSDJ & KRRO to 99.7. NOT!! More Ron!doctor_radio said:
How many barter spots are you running an hour now? I know I can still count on Sears Siding and various other credit counseling programs, just in case I'm ever in need.
While we're looking at just 12+ numbers, look at the country station that creeped up and handed you your ass with another one creeping up behind you. Maybe you can add and make "I'm Still A Guy" your most spun song for the next few weeks. You already spin "All Summer Long" a lot. How 'bout a little "Boot Scootin' Boogie" -- or anything by Garth -- or "Chatahoochie" during the "old school lunch." Oooh, that'll drive the country stations' (such as KIKN) core's to your station! NOT!!
Heck I bet I could call during the all-request "old school" lunch hour thing they do and get a Barry Manilow song on! Copacabana sounds pretty good right now... (it'll grab AC sister station KNSG's core too, not)
Quit using JStew's programming philosophy on your station. Playing a song that station X plays on your station will NOT bring station X's core to your station. CHR is about being hip, relevant, and on the pulse with people particuarly 18-34 year old females...not other stations!
Have a great day everyone!!
-Yours truly, NexGen
Metro Station has to be one of the biggest surprises of the year at CHR...who would have thought the 2008 version of A-Ha would work?
This hasn't been the greatest year musicwise in the format...Rihanna & Chris Brown have been the only dominant artists with more than one hit. Leona Lewis is a nice new artist at Pop along with Jordan Sparks in her first full year since Idol. Mix in some PCD, Jesse McCartney, Madonna, Mariah, Usher, One Republic, and a few more....just an OK year.
But I think we'll see some new Timberlake and some other big stuff in 2009.
This hasn't been the greatest year musicwise in the format...Rihanna & Chris Brown have been the only dominant artists with more than one hit. Leona Lewis is a nice new artist at Pop along with Jordan Sparks in her first full year since Idol. Mix in some PCD, Jesse McCartney, Madonna, Mariah, Usher, One Republic, and a few more....just an OK year.
But I think we'll see some new Timberlake and some other big stuff in 2009.
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The Truthsayer
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Congratulations!!
You've, once again, proved that you don't know what you're talking about (your actions continue to show you don't know what you're doing either). Unlike doc's station in Podunk, other stations in the area don’t need to rely on record promotions for everything that hits the airwaves.
You guys need a consultant. Paul B. Walker, Jr. and Aaron Tyler both are good consultants for small market stations. They both know what the hell CHR is unlike you guys at the Double K. You can manage to sound better and beat Hot 104.7 in the ratings: In a market around your size, maybe smaller, WILI-FM is able to easily pull of sounding better and beating Kiss 95.7 and KC101 while only being only half of what they are.
How many P1's sat through SHAKE YOUR BOOTY by KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND that was played on the "old school lunch" today? ;D
doctor_radio said:
You've, once again, proved that you don't know what you're talking about (your actions continue to show you don't know what you're doing either). Unlike doc's station in Podunk, other stations in the area don’t need to rely on record promotions for everything that hits the airwaves.
You guys need a consultant. Paul B. Walker, Jr. and Aaron Tyler both are good consultants for small market stations. They both know what the hell CHR is unlike you guys at the Double K. You can manage to sound better and beat Hot 104.7 in the ratings: In a market around your size, maybe smaller, WILI-FM is able to easily pull of sounding better and beating Kiss 95.7 and KC101 while only being only half of what they are.
How many P1's sat through SHAKE YOUR BOOTY by KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND that was played on the "old school lunch" today? ;D
WOW...dude you don't get it IMO!
If you're in a small market...your job isn't to break records...it's to play the hits and stop jumping out on crap! 2008 has not been a strong year like some in year's past...notice how there's only been a handful of #1 records. Focus on doing your job instead of posting here!
You might be somewhat right about the whole 90's thing...but it's been done before. You can only play those records so often before the "WOW" factor goes away. What's better...superserving a 25-34 old woman at work (the majority of your listening) with a great blend of currents, recurrents, and a couple gold tunes...or playing a stream of 80's and 90's tunes for the 10% of the audience that hasn't grown and still lives in the past? Who's gonna give you more QH's of listening?
Lose the doctor title please...you haven't even gotten the high school diploma yet!
Saving Abel? LOL....another rock stiff. 1/3 of the Mediabase panel is playing it...of those stations...5 reputable. If it's such a smash, it'd have way more spins and stations aboard.
Rehab...9 stations playing it...2 majors...200 total spins and on life support...LOL!
Saving Jane....good song, sounds like everything else though. Again, 1/3 of the panel on it...and most of them have been trolling on it for 4 months and don't do much with it. Gone in a couple weeks.
I will say the Carrie Underwood record is good, but not being worked at Pop since they think it'll just grow by word of mouth like Before He Cheats did. Too many scared PD's that won't step out on it...and most of them are the ones that could use it!
If you're in a small market...your job isn't to break records...it's to play the hits and stop jumping out on crap! 2008 has not been a strong year like some in year's past...notice how there's only been a handful of #1 records. Focus on doing your job instead of posting here!
You might be somewhat right about the whole 90's thing...but it's been done before. You can only play those records so often before the "WOW" factor goes away. What's better...superserving a 25-34 old woman at work (the majority of your listening) with a great blend of currents, recurrents, and a couple gold tunes...or playing a stream of 80's and 90's tunes for the 10% of the audience that hasn't grown and still lives in the past? Who's gonna give you more QH's of listening?
Lose the doctor title please...you haven't even gotten the high school diploma yet!
Saving Abel? LOL....another rock stiff. 1/3 of the Mediabase panel is playing it...of those stations...5 reputable. If it's such a smash, it'd have way more spins and stations aboard.
Rehab...9 stations playing it...2 majors...200 total spins and on life support...LOL!
Saving Jane....good song, sounds like everything else though. Again, 1/3 of the panel on it...and most of them have been trolling on it for 4 months and don't do much with it. Gone in a couple weeks.
I will say the Carrie Underwood record is good, but not being worked at Pop since they think it'll just grow by word of mouth like Before He Cheats did. Too many scared PD's that won't step out on it...and most of them are the ones that could use it!
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The Truthsayer
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LOL I'm not at work right now.
Kiss 108 in Boston plays Pour Some Sugar On Me, Summer Of 69, You Shook Me All Night Long, You Give Love A Bad Name, etc. They get good research. Kiss' ratings look pretty good. I'll bet if you were to play Pour Some Sugar On Me for the average 18 - 24 year old woman, she'd know the song.
Newsflash: A lot of CHR stations, mainly in smaller markets, have some kind of throwback/retro lunch. It's the most common crutch in CHR, outside of the night jock's countdown.
'KCK is pretty balanced without leaning too adult or rhythmic for the most part. A little "left of center" I admit, but closer to the national charts than Hot is (Hot is owned by Cumulus). At least they add songs on time, sometimes early. They sound alot better than it did a year ago.
Newsflash: A lot of CHR stations, mainly in smaller markets, have some kind of throwback/retro lunch. It's the most common crutch in CHR, outside of the night jock's countdown.
'KCK is pretty balanced without leaning too adult or rhythmic for the most part. A little "left of center" I admit, but closer to the national charts than Hot is (Hot is owned by Cumulus). At least they add songs on time, sometimes early. They sound alot better than it did a year ago.
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jjmac
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luvcoors said:
Not saying the song really hits top 40, but I really wouldn't call the song a stiff...it IS #1 at rock right now. It's not like they're playing Aranda or something like that.
It's a rock based stiff that doesn't fit at Top 40...
And Porky....don't compare a legendary station like Kiss 108 to a small town station while talking about playing 20 yr. old gold records. A huge difference between markets, tastes, listeners, etc.
It's also a big difference when a Kiss 108 plays 2-4 of those per day from 9am-4pm....vs. a station playing an hour of them everyday.
I get so tilted when people talk stuff when they know nothing about it!
And Porky....don't compare a legendary station like Kiss 108 to a small town station while talking about playing 20 yr. old gold records. A huge difference between markets, tastes, listeners, etc.
It's also a big difference when a Kiss 108 plays 2-4 of those per day from 9am-4pm....vs. a station playing an hour of them everyday.
I get so tilted when people talk stuff when they know nothing about it!
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The Truthsayer
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Even though a few markets still do a RETRO LUNCH, I believe it's a major mistake. Why would you completely change your format for 1 hour every day... at the Lunch hour no less! If you can't listen at work, then you probably listen in Morning Drive, Lunch time, and on the way home. Doing a retro lunch probably means you are giving them 3 different stations... no consistency!
1. Morning - Mostly talk
2. Lunch - 80's/90's crap
3. Afternoon - Regular CHR
I don't care what your view on 70's and 80's music are. 70's and 80's music have absolutely no place on a CHR in 2008. Even full Hot AC's are tossing the 80's out of their active libraries. And because music in the 90's was so fragmented, not everything that charted in the 90's fits on a CHR today (mostly only hip hop/rap from the 90's connects to the core these days). But, quite a bit of 90's hits, like Third Eye Blind and No Doubt, do fit on Hot AC's today.
There are a lot of CHR listeners that will not tune in at all for your "old school lunch" hour. Most of your songs are 10 to 30 years old. They even play 70's crap like Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama". Crap that was around before the CHR CORE was born or at least too young to remember. Good job alienating your core for an hour each day and sending them to Hot 104.7 who plays hits that hour. Ouch.
Why NOT sound like every other CHR in the country? I mean, who's gonna know? Or care? The audience wants what the audience wants, and if you're giving it to them, guess what? You win. Only so-called "elitist" jerks care about "cookie cutter", not the CHR core. Guess what? As I said "cookie cutter" wins or else CHRs would sound different everywhere else. National charts are there for a reason, to measure hits. So play only them and drop the stiffs!!!
1. Morning - Mostly talk
2. Lunch - 80's/90's crap
3. Afternoon - Regular CHR
I don't care what your view on 70's and 80's music are. 70's and 80's music have absolutely no place on a CHR in 2008. Even full Hot AC's are tossing the 80's out of their active libraries. And because music in the 90's was so fragmented, not everything that charted in the 90's fits on a CHR today (mostly only hip hop/rap from the 90's connects to the core these days). But, quite a bit of 90's hits, like Third Eye Blind and No Doubt, do fit on Hot AC's today.
There are a lot of CHR listeners that will not tune in at all for your "old school lunch" hour. Most of your songs are 10 to 30 years old. They even play 70's crap like Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama". Crap that was around before the CHR CORE was born or at least too young to remember. Good job alienating your core for an hour each day and sending them to Hot 104.7 who plays hits that hour. Ouch.
Why NOT sound like every other CHR in the country? I mean, who's gonna know? Or care? The audience wants what the audience wants, and if you're giving it to them, guess what? You win. Only so-called "elitist" jerks care about "cookie cutter", not the CHR core. Guess what? As I said "cookie cutter" wins or else CHRs would sound different everywhere else. National charts are there for a reason, to measure hits. So play only them and drop the stiffs!!!
Retro Lunch Shows belong on CHR's that have a HUGE audience. WNCI still has a retro lunch but they're familiar retro hits. I doubt I'll hear KC & The Sunshine Band. Focus on the hits definitely. Not going to tear you apart on here but if you're not winning in the ratings, I'd focus on the hit music. Try an All Request Lunch.
Focus on the hits definitely. Not going to tear you apart on here but if you're not winning in the ratings, I'd focus on the hit music. Try an All Request Lunch. - Status