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What is a TRUE rhythmic station supposed to sound like?

only1moore said:
I still think that Mediabase and BDS should do a overhaul of their Rhythmic panels.
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Agreed. The CHR panel isn't much better
 
Ken said:
How about 97.1 Amp Radio? Maybe even KZON
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If Im not mistaken KAMP was market as a CHR/Pop station at first. But as time went on mainly due to Los Angeles demo being 80% hispainic it focuses on alot of Dance, Pop, R&B and Hip Hop product. KIIS has toned down alot of the rythnmic tunes.
 
wdb2003 said:
Ken said:
How about 97.1 Amp Radio? Maybe even KZON
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If Im not mistaken KAMP was market as a CHR/Pop station at first. But as time went on mainly due to Los Angeles demo being 80% hispainic it focuses on alot of Dance, Pop, R&B and Hip Hop product. KIIS has toned down alot of the rythnmic tunes.
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KPWR started as a Rhythmic Top 40 but leaned on House Freestyle and R&B from 1986-1992 etc. Then in like 1993-1994 is when they started playing Hip Hop & R&B but phased out their dance product by late 1996 to early 1997 and became straight up Ghetto/Urban. KIIS has always been Top 40/CHR until like 2004 when they started playing more Hip Hop. the rest is history
 
KMEL and KPWR are mirror images of each other. Both were trend setters in their own markets and evolved from rhythmic Top 40 to Hip Hop/R&B at the same time. The only difference between the two is KMEL has stuck with their Hip Hop/R&B format for the last 16 years while KPWR has swayed away from being strictly Hip Hop/R&B in the last few years.
 
Fastphilly said:
KMEL and KPWR are mirror images of each other. Both were trend setters in their own markets and evolved from rhythmic Top 40 to Hip Hop/R&B at the same time. The only difference between the two is KMEL has stuck with their Hip Hop/R&B format for the last 16 years while KPWR has swayed away from being strictly Hip Hop/R&B in the last few years.
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BTW As a black listener I'm love listening to KMEL on my iPhone. True urban station, I'm glad that they haven't copped out and added rhythmic pop like Power 106 in L.A. IMO KMEL is more diverse and still holds true to the hip hop/r&b sound like KKBT 92.3 The Beat.
 
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