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what station played this sweep?

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The Truthsayer

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hint: It was during the noon hour

Words Get in the Way - Gloria Estefan (followed by a dead segue)
Stupify - Disturbed
All out of Love - Air Supply (drum roll........followed by a dead segue into what for some reason is their favorite gold to burn into the ground day and night........)
The Hampster Dance Song - Hampton the Hampster (I'M NOT KIDDING)
Keep Their Heads Ringin' - Dr. Dre
(......then there was a 3 minute break and weather....)
Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay (followed by a dead segue)
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
You Be Illin' - RUN-DMC
(...another break...)
What You Need - INXS (another dead segue)
Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys

I actually heard this whole retro lunch
 
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What about Hot 101/WHOT -- Youngstown, OH
(or really any CHR Jann Jeffries is responsible for!) :D
 
The Truthsayer said:
hint: It was during the noon hour

Words Get in the Way - Gloria Estefan (followed by a dead segue)
Stupify - Disturbed
All out of Love - Air Supply (drum roll........followed by a dead segue into what for some reason is their favorite gold to burn into the ground day and night........)
The Hampster Dance Song - Hampton the Hampster (I'M NOT KIDDING)
Keep Their Heads Ringin' - Dr. Dre
(......then there was a 3 minute break and weather....)
Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay (followed by a dead segue)
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
You Be Illin' - RUN-DMC
(...another break...)
What You Need - INXS (another dead segue)
Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys

I actually heard this whole retro lunch
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Gotta admit some of these segues...especially without some liners or jingles inbetween make for some "interesting" radio. Gloria Estafan's song was a hit, and I'm guessing Disturbed "Stupify" is still a hit with some of the male listeners, but combining the two together back to back? And then throwing it back in a very AC direction with Air Supply? And then playing the ultimate guilty pleasure record courtesy of the Hampster Dance?
Now "Keep Their Heads Ringin" isn't a bad selection - it's from the 90s, some CHR/Pop stations played it (mainly at night), it was big on Rhythmic radio and on Billoard. The Alice Deejay song is a fun Dance hit from the late 90s (well 2000 in the US really) , but seguing from that to Sabbath??? And following it up with Run DMC's "You Be Illin. Here's the problem with that set - I doubt Alice Deejay was a hit in Marshall, I doubt "War Pigs" was ever played on CHR radio, and I doubt there's too many people who remember Run DMC's "You Be Illin" as back in those days even most Urbans weren't playing a lot of Rap.
Finally, the last two songs are a good fit as both were big CHR hits - one from the 80s, the INXS track, then from the 90s BSB.
 
Apologies for all the slandering on some specific stations that i have previously worked for or just familiar with. I was only trying to put a point out there. Doctor, kudos for the much more focused sound in all elements, including the music mix and selection. It still needs work as I won't mind 'KCK going full blown true CHR simply by tightening the playlist by dropping the stiffs and modern rock titles in the mix.

This is what they played the past hour or so I was listening:

The Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Yael Naim - New Soul
Danity Kane - Damaged
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Seether - Fake It
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
Mika - Grace Kelly
Webbie - Independent
Gavin DeGraw - In Love With A Girl
Kelly Rowland - Daylight
House of Pain - Jump Around
Madonna - 4 Minutes
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Unwritten Law - Save Me
Taylor Swift - Our Song
Flo Rida - Elevator
The Spill Canvas - All Over You
 
They just played Jordin Sparks - No Air into Atreyu - Falling Down into Usher - Love in this Club.
Hot 104.7 hasn't added Usher yet
 
I think Doctor Radio's station would be awesome if he dropped some of the gold stiffs, and dropped all/most the 80s titles. I actually like how Doc plays alot of Modern Rock currents and gold since their is no Modern Rocker in town, not only does he lean on Rock, but the station is also on new Hip Hop and Pop fast, and the station is also dance friendly to a point. If he would just drop some of the older stiffs and the 80s AC stuff, Doc would have one of my favorite CHRs. I dont have a problem hearing some 80s like Depeche Mode, The Cure, or Tone Loc, Motley Crew as long as they are scheduled right and they were actually hit songs. I definately wouldnt play Come on Eilein at CHR.

But be nice to Doctor Radio, he's a good guy and only doing what his Boss and listeners want him to do. It gets so old to see a certain poster bash this station everyday.
 
Mid West Clubber said:
I think Doctor Radio's station would be awesome if he dropped some of the gold stiffs, and dropped all/most the 80s titles. I actually like how Doc plays alot of Modern Rock currents and gold since their is no Modern Rocker in town, not only does he lean on Rock, but the station is also on new Hip Hop and Pop fast, and the station is also dance friendly to a point. If he would just drop some of the older stiffs and the 80s AC stuff, Doc would have one of my favorite CHRs. I dont have a problem hearing some 80s like Depeche Mode, The Cure, or Tone Loc, Motley Crew as long as they are scheduled right and they were actually hit songs. I definately wouldnt play Come on Eilein at CHR.

But be nice to Doctor Radio, he's a good guy and only doing what his Boss and listeners want him to do. It gets so old to see a certain poster bash this station everyday.
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I was only trying to help find the problems with the station and it sounds so much better lately, especially their imaging where they took a page out of the Less-is-More book so you dont hear 30 second long liners anymore. Now if they only drop the Real Music Variety slogan and change it to something like Todays Hit Music or something else that reflects playing the hits since thats what CHRs do.

Doctor is a really cool guy that i used to work with over there and a good air talent, but a weak programmer. Most of the 80s stuff isnt played very much except during the noon hour or when they do 70s and 80s holiday weekends that they call old school weekends. They play Tone Loc, The Cure, Depeche Mode, and Motley Crue once in a while in the noon hour. They lean on the 80s/90s "old school" hip hop pretty hard in the gold selection, which is what they should be playing on their old school weekends.

I hate to say it but 104.7 is behind on adding songs a lot of times simply because of Jann Jeffries has to approve most programming decisions at Cumulus while 99.7 is usually ahead of everyone else on the hits along with some stiffs. I still say 104.7 is better because its more polished sounding and they stick with the hits but 99.7 has been sounding better lately. The music is too broad and leans too much on rock but it sounds much more balanced between the genres, categories, and gender than before.
 
It's Jan, not Jann, and they do play Usher.

And heaven forbid someone tries to do something other than cookie cutter radio. First thing you all do is plug in the cookie cutter formulas.
 
The Truthsayer said:
Apologies for all the slandering on some specific stations that i have previously worked for or just familiar with. I was only trying to put a point out there. Doctor, kudos for the much more focused sound in all elements, including the music mix and selection. It still needs work as I won't mind 'KCK going full blown true CHR simply by tightening the playlist by dropping the stiffs and modern rock titles in the mix.

This is what they played the past hour or so I was listening:

The Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Yael Naim - New Soul
Danity Kane - Damaged
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Seether - Fake It
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
Mika - Grace Kelly
Webbie - Independent
Gavin DeGraw - In Love With A Girl
Kelly Rowland - Daylight
House of Pain - Jump Around
Madonna - 4 Minutes
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Unwritten Law - Save Me
Taylor Swift - Our Song
Flo Rida - Elevator
The Spill Canvas - All Over You
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With the exception of a couple of titles I am unfamiliar with (Yael Naim, House of Pain), I have to say I like the playlist. Albeit random, I think it looks a lot like the average late teens/early twenties ipod directory. These days its an ADD society. Kids like variety. But only if that variety is relateable. And if you play all their favorite songs, they don't have to flip stations. (Which, in turn, keeps you from a flip!)
 
The Truthsayer said:
They just played Jordin Sparks - No Air into Atreyu - Falling Down into Usher - Love in this Club.
Hot 104.7 hasn't added Usher yet
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1) I don't know or care what Hot 104.7 is, but everybody should be on "Love In This Club" by now.

2) Get off Doctor Radio's [EDIT] Seriously. His station doesn't follow a format. We get it. Can we talk about stations in places where moose don't outnumber people now?


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it has improved now a lot in the past two weeks. It still leans on rock, but it is much more balanced and focused on hits, and at the same time manages to break a variety of different modern and alternative rock songs on CHR radio. It still is a bit musically adventurous and very open minded as far as adding new music goes, but still focused on the hits.

Im NOT hearing overplayed songs that have been spun for MONTHS in power rotation. I am hearing a lot of great current and new music. They still break a few British hits that are stiffs in the United States but its not as bad as it used to be.

Hot is playing Usher now. doctor's 99.7 is playing What is it by Baby Bash right now and just played Independent by Webbie.
 
The Truthsayer said:
Hot is playing Usher now. doctor's 99.7 is playing What is it by Baby Bash right now and just played Independent by Webbie.
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thanks for the play by play ::)
 
The Truthsayer said:
it has improved now a lot in the past two weeks. It still leans on rock, but it is much more balanced and focused on hits, and at the same time manages to break a variety of different modern and alternative rock songs on CHR radio. It still is a bit musically adventurous and very open minded as far as adding new music goes, but still focused on the hits.

Im NOT hearing overplayed songs that have been spun for MONTHS in power rotation. I am hearing a lot of great current and new music. They still break a few British hits that are stiffs in the United States but its not as bad as it used to be.

Hot is playing Usher now. doctor's 99.7 is playing What is it by Baby Bash right now and just played Independent by Webbie.
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There are a lot of British hits that should NOT be stiffs in the US. It's refreshing for someone to give them a chance. They just get no promotion here from the labels and big media companies.
 
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