Sounds like X106-7 launched at 6... looks like they played "Changing" by The Airborne Toxic Event. Was never played before on 1067 according to Yes.com so I decided to check it out at 6pm and sure enough.
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First hour on X... imaging is almost identical to the old Gen X imaging.
P.O.D. - Youth Of The Nation
Coldplay - Paradise
U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Phoenix - 1901
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Everclear - Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)
Foo Fighters - Rope
Evanescence & Paul McCoy - Bring Me To Life
P.O.D. - Youth Of The Nation
Coldplay - Paradise
U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Phoenix - 1901
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Everclear - Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)
Foo Fighters - Rope
Evanescence & Paul McCoy - Bring Me To Life
yawn.
xiradiodotcom said:
Definitely something we expected here. However, it is better than what was previously on "Gen X". They've added more currents and they sound an awful lot like Click 1015 in Dayton, just a bit harder, but that's also because they have to position themselves in regards to WNCI. Prediction = fail.... especially with no advertising.
gabigley1 said:
Many reasons. CC fails to promote their stations. I haven't seen any ads for Oldies, but yet I saw spots promoting WNCI since they fell off in a few recent books. Seriously!? The station that consistently performs well? So far, X really isn't as bad as it could be, and Gen X sounded a lot worse, but it still will be a failure unless CC really puts some effort into it. You can't just add a couple hundred songs to a library, throw on DJ's who voicetrack, and expect it to put up any real numbers. There are other players in the city who happen to be a lot more interactive and be live (i.e. The Blitz and CD101). I also think they need to find some way to promote themselves. They're running with no slogan to play it safe because they can't use "Modern Hit Music" because of WNCI and using the iHeartRadio slogan, "Columbus' Pop Alternative Station" is pretty weak. Click in Dayton SHOVE modern hit music down the listeners' throat. Then again, different company, different market. Most CC stations are phasing away from positioners.
Gen X's last few months of being on the air was horrible. They were confused. The music was so repetitive. It was a mess. They are off to a good start so far as long as they show it attention and give Columbus something no other station has to offer. The current format sounds like everyone could enjoy and listen (Blitz listeners, CD101 listeners, ad even WNCI listeners). We'll see what happens... I think they should've stunted to build up some PPM. Obviously, they can't be doing too bad, their stopsets are long when they do run them.
This isn't as bad as I thought... their HD2 station doesn't sound much different though..
lovejamminoldies said:
I was a fan of Gen-X when it first signed on... not 100% a fan of the mix now (Would rather them bring back something like the old Channel Z format that ran on 98.9) still one of my all-time favorite formats in this market (next to Power Pig/Hot 105/Kiss 105)
about the spot load.. I suspect a lot of those are "group buys" for the cluster.
Was Channel Z a younger-leaning alternative or? I was maybe 8 years old and I was listening to WCKX. I'd love to hear old airchecks of Channel Z, and the CHR formats previously on 105.7.
You're probably right about the group buys for the spot loads. They are pretty alternative-heavy and only slightly Modern AC (probably to keep the women happy). We'll see how the music transitions as the station rolls on. Gen X lasted a little over a year, I wonder what will happen with this music-intensive "X" format. The HD-2 channel is almost identical to the HD-1 though... that should be replaced with Hot AC or Gen X in my opinion though. No point in having the same format on. It'd be cool to have a HD-2 channel get a translator here and give us a new hip-hop station similar to what they did in Lexington with WiLD. CC Columbus is pretty conservative though so we'll see what happens.
Will X get more alternative-sounding with the rumors of CD101 leaving the city?
Will Mix shift towards Modern AC to grab the old Gen X listeners? Or will Mix continue its CHR lean? That station needs tweaked as well.
Will we see any more format changes after XMAS?
You're probably right about the group buys for the spot loads. They are pretty alternative-heavy and only slightly Modern AC (probably to keep the women happy). We'll see how the music transitions as the station rolls on. Gen X lasted a little over a year, I wonder what will happen with this music-intensive "X" format. The HD-2 channel is almost identical to the HD-1 though... that should be replaced with Hot AC or Gen X in my opinion though. No point in having the same format on. It'd be cool to have a HD-2 channel get a translator here and give us a new hip-hop station similar to what they did in Lexington with WiLD. CC Columbus is pretty conservative though so we'll see what happens.
Will X get more alternative-sounding with the rumors of CD101 leaving the city?
Will Mix shift towards Modern AC to grab the old Gen X listeners? Or will Mix continue its CHR lean? That station needs tweaked as well.
Will we see any more format changes after XMAS?
LJO, Channel Z was hip, relevant, and perfect format for the time when Alternative was at it's prime. I wouldn't say it was younger leaning but it was programmed 1000x better than X1067.
As far as Hot 105/107 and Kiss 105/107... Imagine your internet radio station but for the 90's. It was fun and upbeat and blew WNCI away. Just had a horrible signal and couldn't compete.
As far as Hot 105/107 and Kiss 105/107... Imagine your internet radio station but for the 90's. It was fun and upbeat and blew WNCI away. Just had a horrible signal and couldn't compete.
dawg4life said:
Those were the days.. For the record WNCI was more of a Hot AC/CHR (by night) hybrid at the time but it's always been difficult for a station to compete with the 175k watts NCI has.
Looking at the new X 1067 they're original Radio 1067 with a different name. The half-assed halfway point between the Blitz and CD 101. Agreed, by no means a Channel Z that was indeed a great station.
Makes me wonder why they didn't just go back to the Channel Z name?
It has been almost 12 years since Channel Z. I don't think there's as much brand equity in it considering the amount of time that has passed.
I think Channel Z was hip and relevant because alternative music was hip and relevant and we look back fondly at it due to nostalgia effects. It was current-driven and it skewed younger because the format was younger and there was a lot of product coming out. The "gold" tracks only went back to Smells Like Teen Spirit and they didn't play gold that often. However, they really ran the gamut of music playing everything from Matchbox 20 to Pearl Jam to Limp Bizkit to Tori Amos. Not sure they could pull that wide of a format off today (or at least that's the thought/fear/research).
While they lacked currents, I personally think 1067 was closer to "Channel Z" during the Oct-Dec transition than they are now as "X1067" and judging by most comments here, it wasn't liked. I would have enjoyed it had they kept the same gold and recurrents of the transition and just began mixing in new music. Currents seem expected: Naked and Famous, Young The Giant, Coldplay's Paradise, Switchtfoot's Dark Horses, Florence and the Machine, Airborne's Changing. Those all are doing well on sister Radio 104.5, WRFF in Philly.
Not sure you can do a younger alternative these days without alienating the gen xers that grew up with the format. As I said in a previous post, the new rebel music for teens and college kids today is dubstep and drum and bass. Not sure Skrillex and Nero fans are of the same demo as Coldplay and Mumford fans.
I think Channel Z was hip and relevant because alternative music was hip and relevant and we look back fondly at it due to nostalgia effects. It was current-driven and it skewed younger because the format was younger and there was a lot of product coming out. The "gold" tracks only went back to Smells Like Teen Spirit and they didn't play gold that often. However, they really ran the gamut of music playing everything from Matchbox 20 to Pearl Jam to Limp Bizkit to Tori Amos. Not sure they could pull that wide of a format off today (or at least that's the thought/fear/research).
While they lacked currents, I personally think 1067 was closer to "Channel Z" during the Oct-Dec transition than they are now as "X1067" and judging by most comments here, it wasn't liked. I would have enjoyed it had they kept the same gold and recurrents of the transition and just began mixing in new music. Currents seem expected: Naked and Famous, Young The Giant, Coldplay's Paradise, Switchtfoot's Dark Horses, Florence and the Machine, Airborne's Changing. Those all are doing well on sister Radio 104.5, WRFF in Philly.
Not sure you can do a younger alternative these days without alienating the gen xers that grew up with the format. As I said in a previous post, the new rebel music for teens and college kids today is dubstep and drum and bass. Not sure Skrillex and Nero fans are of the same demo as Coldplay and Mumford fans.
lovejamminoldies said:
I would call Channel Z (when it was on 98.9) "Alternative 40", that's as in "Top 40" or "Rock 40" (like the last incarnation of WXGT 92-X). Tight format, repetitive, but sounded very good ... that is, if you like that kind of sound, which I do. Channel Z was to alternative what maybe The Brew is to classic rock, with CD101 being more like Q-FM-96 (AOR). (I don't really listen to Q-FM so I have no clue if they are AOR anymore or if there even is such a thing.)
That's the way, I remember it anyway. My ears tend to like more of an upbeat presentation and for that reason I rather liked Channel Z (and have never been a fan of CD101).
dawg4life said:
Power Pig was a much better incarnation, upbeat but having less of a rhythmic (urban) skew. Power Pig played music that was very similar to what was first playing on WHKC 91.5 when that signal was first turned on. Power Pig also had a very slick and professional sounding morning team with Mike Motley (formerly of 92X and WBLZ Hamilton) and Paige Turner (aka Stacy McKay).
My vote for the best station of the era for that genre (after the passing of 92X) is a tie between 93.7 WQIO and WGTZ 92.9 (92X's sister station). WQIO had some pretty good jocks and had pretty much the same sound as the Power Pig and the WHKC stunting.
This. Still not quite sure why they had to start tweaking the Gen X format. It was fine as it was.
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That would be because of ratings.
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That would be because of ratings.
WGTZ/Z-93 was THE best station I ever had the pleasure of listening to, as well as connecting with the jocks of every era of the station. I have the Z-93 launch burned onto a CD somewhere. It was an AWESOME flip. They basically made fun of how lame Dayton radio was and how it was a new era in Dayton radio. First song on Z was "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, followed by "Let The Music Play" by Shannon, and "Eat It" by Weird Al. They launched at Noon on Sunday, March 15, 1984. The legal ID of "WGTZ, Eaton Dayton and Springfield ALIVE!" is still one of the most famous station IDs of all time.
I always thought that 105.7/107.1 was a great sounding combo! Let's not forget when they were "Kiss-FM" starting on Dec. 15, 1993, they were the ONLY CHR in town b/c WNCI had flipped to AC(Whomever's decision that was was a complete fool). I have the Kiss launch on tape as well as a lot of airchecks of that station on cassette as well. If I remember right, Joe Kelly did mornings(Amy Heider did traffic), Pete Dylan did middays, Bo Michaels did afternoons, and I can't recall who did nights(It was a guy but I can't remember his name). Yes, they had horrible signals, but after re-imaging as "Kiss-FM", five months later in April, 1994, 105.7 became WAKS "Arrow 105.7". Kiss went solely to 107.1, and was later blown up in January, 1995 to become "Arrow 107.1". a 70s-formatted station. I remember they kept playing a spot where they said that 107.1 was changing "Friday at 5". They flipped before that(Sometime in the late morning or early afternoon if I recall). Why they went Arrow on both signals I'll never get.
I always thought that 105.7/107.1 was a great sounding combo! Let's not forget when they were "Kiss-FM" starting on Dec. 15, 1993, they were the ONLY CHR in town b/c WNCI had flipped to AC(Whomever's decision that was was a complete fool). I have the Kiss launch on tape as well as a lot of airchecks of that station on cassette as well. If I remember right, Joe Kelly did mornings(Amy Heider did traffic), Pete Dylan did middays, Bo Michaels did afternoons, and I can't recall who did nights(It was a guy but I can't remember his name). Yes, they had horrible signals, but after re-imaging as "Kiss-FM", five months later in April, 1994, 105.7 became WAKS "Arrow 105.7". Kiss went solely to 107.1, and was later blown up in January, 1995 to become "Arrow 107.1". a 70s-formatted station. I remember they kept playing a spot where they said that 107.1 was changing "Friday at 5". They flipped before that(Sometime in the late morning or early afternoon if I recall). Why they went Arrow on both signals I'll never get.
105.7 was aimed at the men with the 70's rock and 107.1 was aimed at women with 70's pop. While you heard Sugerloaf on 105.7 you heard Chic on 107.1. Seperating the kiss simulcast gave the station very little chance to be successful due to the kiss being put on 107.1 which north end listeners lost out.
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