Weird additions on 98.1?

[johnknapik]

Has anyone noticed that after around 6PM WNUE 98.1 throws in a few English speaking Hip-Hop tracks? I heard Kanye and Young Jeezy. I also noticed that they throw in a couple of Reggae songs like the new Damian Marley and some TOK. I like the addition of the Reggae, but as for Kanye and Jeezy - I can hear them on about 3 other stations in Orlando. I don't speak Spanish so I don't know if these songs are part of a mixed special or just regular programming.

I always wondered why the Tropical format doesn't include Reggae and even some Soca once in a while.

 

[PuertoRicanSoul]

It's probably because 98.1 is either experimenting or prepping for a segue into a reggaeton/Hispanic urban format. WCAA 105.9 in New York signed on as a "Tropical" station but recently became "La Kalle," a reggaeton-oriented station with occassional English hip-hop tracks played.

I agree with the last comment you made...by face-value definition, a station that dubs themselves as a "Tropical format" should be playing reggae and soca...along with Haitian kompas music. But that's the industry for you, go figure.


> Has anyone noticed that after around 6PM WNUE 98.1 throws in
> a few English speaking Hip-Hop tracks? I heard Kanye and
> Young Jeezy. I also noticed that they throw in a couple of
> Reggae songs like the new Damian Marley and some TOK. I
> like the addition of the Reggae, but as for Kanye and Jeezy
> - I can hear them on about 3 other stations in Orlando. I
> don't speak Spanish so I don't know if these songs are part
> of a mixed special or just regular programming.
>
> I always wondered why the Tropical format doesn't include
> Reggae and even some Soca once in a while.
>

 

[Ivan]

What is Tropical

> > I always wondered why the Tropical format doesn't include
> > Reggae and even some Soca once in a while.
> >
Tropical caters to those hispanics from the Carribean which include Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Son, and increasingly Reggaeton. The audience is mostly from, or descendant, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.

Most of the music is produced from Puerto Rico, Miami, and New York. Due to the embargo, and the attitude of the Cuba's dictator, very little music, if any, is played from the communist nation.

When a pro-democratic change occurs, in the future, we will be able to hear more Son and Rap from them because it really has a fresh and distinctly diferent sound. I am sure will do very well here.

 

[PuertoRicanSoul]

Re: What is Tropical

I don't think anyone expressed any doubt about the definition of the "Tropical" format and what it encompasses, it was more of a matter of why is the definition limited to Spanish-speaking caribbean music.

SIDEBAR--I love how anyone who mentions the nation of Cuba immmediately has to affix their political slant as well.....

Bringing "democracy" to a talent-rich country like Cuba (depending on who's writing/rewriting the definition), will do little for "Hispanic radio," as radio in general upholds no such democratic values, let alone creative ones. Radio does not honor and showcase talent, it only heralds those that can yield big bucks, point-blank. The PAYOLA scandals that have roamed radio for decades tell the old tale..not to mention the Telecommunications Act of 1996.


> > > I always wondered why the Tropical format doesn't
> include
> > > Reggae and even some Soca once in a while.
> > >
> Tropical caters to those hispanics from the Carribean which
> include Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Son, and increasingly
> Reggaeton. The audience is mostly from, or descendant, Cuba,
> Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
>
> Most of the music is produced from Puerto Rico, Miami, and
> New York. Due to the embargo, and the attitude of the Cuba's
> dictator, very little music, if any, is played from the
> communist nation.
>
> When a pro-democratic change occurs, in the future, we will
> be able to hear more Son and Rap from them because it really
> has a fresh and distinctly diferent sound. I am sure will do
> very well here.
>