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WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

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CHRles

WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist towards other hit-based records.

Enjoy,
Charles
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on
> here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
> station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is
> showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist
> towards other hit-based records.
>
> Enjoy,
> Charles
>

Thanks Charles! I noticed the new Nickelback song was an instant add for 96.1 Kiss. "Savin Me" sounds like a potential smash hit. I love it!

The mediabase station look-up page is no longer working for me. Can you tell me how many spins Daniel Powter received last week?

I'd like to hear Cascada added soon as well. But as others have pointed out, Dance music hasn't fared too well in Pittsburgh. The song has a very healthy bullet so hopefully it can reach Top 5 and eventually get added. Has KIIS Los Angeles added Cascada yet? What about other influential CHR stations like Z100?<P ID="signature">______________
"This is perhaps one of the biggest and most high-profile failures in radio history."

~Adam Jacobson on David Lee Roth</P>
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on
> here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
> station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is
> showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist
> towards other hit-based records.
>
> Enjoy,
> Charles
>
Everybody's favorite Rhythmic leaning CHR WXSS just added James Blunt today now that its at or nearing the top 10. No Daniel Powter or Nickelback yet. I just looked at the CHR chart and noticed lots of non rhythmic tracks are popping up into the top-40. So if this is a trend, expect to see more of rhythmic leaning stations opening up a tad bit.<P ID="signature">______________

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Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> I'd like to hear Cascada added soon as well. But as others
> have pointed out, Dance music hasn't fared too well in
> Pittsburgh. The song has a very healthy bullet so hopefully
> it can reach Top 5 and eventually get added. Has KIIS Los
> Angeles added Cascada yet? What about other influential CHR
> stations like Z100?
Cascada has 50 spins (the tenth most) on Z100 and is not in the Top 30 on KIIS (on the playlists on Mediabase).
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> I'd like to hear Cascada added soon as well. But as others
> have pointed out, Dance music hasn't fared too well in
> Pittsburgh. The song has a very healthy bullet so hopefully
> it can reach Top 5 and eventually get added. Has KIIS Los
> Angeles added Cascada yet? What about other influential CHR
> stations like Z100?
>

Z100 is arguably the station that broke the Cascada record in the first place, putting it into power rotation before ANYONE else had touched it - this was back in November and December. Hell, it was still among the station's top tracks prior to the past few weeks. Now, they're still giving it solid spins (50x over the past week). So "Everytime We Touch" has certainly had an impressive run at the Z.

Naturally, KIIS-FM still refuses to add it. It's hard to argue with a formula that's winning, but seriously... I see that they added Nick Cannon this past week...yet they refuse to touch what is clearly a winning record. Go figure.
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

>
> Naturally, KIIS-FM still refuses to add it. It's hard to
> argue with a formula that's winning, but seriously... I see
> that they added Nick Cannon this past week...yet they refuse
> to touch what is clearly a winning record. Go figure.
>
Maybe now that Cascada is Top 5 at B-96 Chicago, which is a Rhythmic CHR (unlike KIIS which is CHR/Pop) maybe KIIS-FM will finally add it? I mean, this is the first big Dance record that B has been so supportive in forever (it only played Madonna's "Hung Up" for a couple of weeks).
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on
> here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
> station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is
> showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist
> towards other hit-based records.
>
> Enjoy,
> Charles
>

And the point is? Kiss sat on these songs forever and the best they can do is play Nickelback at their #21 spot? I think its better to suggest when KISS STOPS playing that Nelly & Tim McGraw song, Ciara's Goodies (for the 1,000,000th time), and Usher's Yeah (for the 10,000,000th time) then us in Pittsburgh can sit back, relax and say we have a real CHR. Not going to happen anytime soon.

Furthermore a non-rhythmic song, Papa Roach's Scars - what is the obsession with this song on KISS?
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> > I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on
> > here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
> > station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> > CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is
> > showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist
>
> > towards other hit-based records.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Charles
> >
>
> And the point is? Kiss sat on these songs forever and the
> best they can do is play Nickelback at their #21 spot?

It's NEW on the station, and a lot of CHRs haven't picked up on it yet. Do you expect the song to move into the station's power rotation in its first week?

> its better to suggest when KISS STOPS playing that
> Nelly & Tim McGraw song, Ciara's Goodies (for the
> 1,000,000th time), and Usher's Yeah (for the 10,000,000th
> time)

Do you seriously believe that WKST is the only CHR that still plays those songs to death? Get real. I may be sick of them too, but it seems to me you're looking for a personal fantasy CHR, rather then acknowledging that many of the most successful CHR/Pop stations sound just like the one in Pittsburgh.
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> > > I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh
> on
> > > here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
>
> > > station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> > > CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it
> is
> > > showing signs of opening up its overall sound and
> playlist
> >
> > > towards other hit-based records.
> > >
> > > Enjoy,
> > > Charles
> > >
> >
> > And the point is? Kiss sat on these songs forever and the
> > best they can do is play Nickelback at their #21 spot?
>
> It's NEW on the station, and a lot of CHRs haven't picked up
> on it yet. Do you expect the song to move into the station's
> power rotation in its first week?
>
> > its better to suggest when KISS STOPS playing that
> > Nelly & Tim McGraw song, Ciara's Goodies (for the
> > 1,000,000th time), and Usher's Yeah (for the 10,000,000th
> > time)
>
> Do you seriously believe that WKST is the only CHR that
> still plays those songs to death? Get real. I may be sick of
> them too, but it seems to me you're looking for a personal
> fantasy CHR, rather then acknowledging that many of the most
> successful CHR/Pop stations sound just like the one in
> Pittsburgh.
>
And he should stop complaining, if you want no chr then come to san francisco, there is only a urban station and chr/rhythmic station, some people don't know what they got untill its gone<P ID="signature">______________
http://natedoggairchecks.6x.to/
sfradio (at) gmail (dot) com</P>
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> > I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on
> > here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
> > station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> > CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is
> > showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist
>
> > towards other hit-based records.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Charles
> >
>
> And the point is? Kiss sat on these songs forever and the
> best they can do is play Nickelback at their #21 spot? I
> think its better to suggest when KISS STOPS playing that
> Nelly & Tim McGraw song, Ciara's Goodies (for the
> 1,000,000th time), and Usher's Yeah (for the 10,000,000th
> time) then us in Pittsburgh can sit back, relax and say we
> have a real CHR. Not going to happen anytime soon.
>
> Furthermore a non-rhythmic song, Papa Roach's Scars - what
> is the obsession with this song on KISS?
>

Consider yourself lucky. WXSS in Milwaukee (my local CHR)

All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance
James Blunt - You're Beautiful (just as of today)
Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away

other then those 4, its all rhythmic.

No Relient K, no Nickelback, no Daniel Powter, no Teddy Geiger, no Jason Mraz, nothing. Just Rhythmic CHR and Urban Tracks with a couple rock songs sprinkled in.

Keeyha Cole (URBAN)
Chamillionare
Dem Franchise Boyz (YUP)
Jamie Foxx
Lil' Rob
Faith Evens
Trillville


and all the rhythmic tracks on the Top-40 chart. If a song is rock, it gets no airplay at all until its Top-10. Then once it falls off the top 10 its dropped instantly.

Then there's markets like San Francisco, Phoenix (KZZP seems to be driving back to Rhythmic after a brief return to mainstream), Denver, etc that have no CHR at all.


<P ID="signature">______________

</P>
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh on
> here who have been complaining about their local CHR/Pop
> station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it is
> showing signs of opening up its overall sound and playlist
> towards other hit-based records.
>
> Enjoy,
> Charles
>

Yeah I heard that over the last week. I was impressed. They do have a new PD at the station I believe.
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> > > > I know we've got a few regular readers from Pittsburgh
>
> > on
> > > > here who have been complaining about their local
> CHR/Pop
> >
> > > > station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic friendly
> > > > CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs) it
>
> > is
> > > > showing signs of opening up its overall sound and
> > playlist
> > >
> > > > towards other hit-based records.
> > > >
> > > > Enjoy,
> > > > Charles
> > > >
> > >
> > > And the point is? Kiss sat on these songs forever and
> the
> > > best they can do is play Nickelback at their #21 spot?
> >
> > It's NEW on the station, and a lot of CHRs haven't picked
> up
> > on it yet. Do you expect the song to move into the
> station's
> > power rotation in its first week?
> >
> > > its better to suggest when KISS STOPS playing that
> > > Nelly & Tim McGraw song, Ciara's Goodies (for the
> > > 1,000,000th time), and Usher's Yeah (for the
> 10,000,000th
> > > time)
> >
> > Do you seriously believe that WKST is the only CHR that
> > still plays those songs to death? Get real. I may be sick
> of
> > them too, but it seems to me you're looking for a personal
>
> > fantasy CHR, rather then acknowledging that many of the
> most
> > successful CHR/Pop stations sound just like the one in
> > Pittsburgh.
> >
> And he should stop complaining, if you want no chr then come
> to san francisco, there is only a urban station and
> chr/rhythmic station, some people don't know what they got
> untill its gone
>


Point #1: No, Kiss 96.1 is NOT the only CHR that burns those songs to death. Those songs mentioned are only the tip of the iceberg of the monotonous rhythmic crap that Kiss plays that may have been CHR 3-4 years ago, but not now.

Point #2: Not having a CHR in a market is better than a half-assed one. Nobody else will attempt the CHR format when a station like KISS is marketed as THE CHR in a market. The only reason KISS ranks as well as it does in Pittsburgh is because people get tired of hearing the old songs on four other FMs in this town. Now we have the "joy" of BOB and SAM that play all the burned out songs, just in a trainwreck rotation without any personality of jocks and annoying liners.

All points lead to bringing back a CHR on 93.7 that truly plays all the hits and leaves the 5+ year old rhythmic crap to WAMO. Except for I think the WAMO pd has better sense than to add Bell Biv Devoe.
 
Jee-so Christo

For the love of gawd, what more do you want??? I wouldn't say that they "sat on these songs forever." Daniel Powter is just now emerging at Top 40 in this country, James Blunt is a Hot AC record in the absolute sense of the format that is a recent crossover to Top 40, and the new Nickelback has only been up for adds for a couple weeks. Being in their #21 position on the playlist is about right for the station that they are and the audience that they have, IMO. Pittsburgh's younger audience is very Rhythmic oriented, whether you like it or not. If you want to listen to an "adult station," then I suggest Star 100.7, WLTJ, or WRRK.

As far as Over and Over, Goodies, and Yeah!, I would imagine that all of those songs do well (still, I'll give you that point) in WKST's callout research, so there is no reason for them NOT to play them as much as they still do. The same reasoning applies to Papa Roach.

If you don't like the brand of CHR that you're hearing in the Steel City, I suggest WVAQ- Morgantown, WHOT- Youngstown, or (gasp!) Satellite radio. Because, whether you like it or not, WKST is a Rhythmic-leaning Top 40 station. Period.
<P ID="signature">______________
"Random CHR Programming Mind"
U.S.A.</P>
 
Re: WKST 96.1 Kiss FM Pittsburgh...Now Also Playing James Blunt, Daniel Powter, and New Nickleback

> > > > > I know we've got a few regular readers from
> Pittsburgh
> >
> > > on
> > > > > here who have been complaining about their local
> > CHR/Pop
> > >
> > > > > station. While Kiss is still a very Rhythmic
> friendly
> > > > > CHR/Pop station (like many major/large market CHRs)
> it
> >
> > > is
> > > > > showing signs of opening up its overall sound and
> > > playlist
> > > >
> > > > > towards other hit-based records.
> > > > >
> > > > > Enjoy,
> > > > > Charles
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > And the point is? Kiss sat on these songs forever and
> > the
> > > > best they can do is play Nickelback at their #21 spot?
>
> > >
> > > It's NEW on the station, and a lot of CHRs haven't
> picked
> > up
> > > on it yet. Do you expect the song to move into the
> > station's
> > > power rotation in its first week?
> > >
> > > > its better to suggest when KISS STOPS playing that
> > > > Nelly & Tim McGraw song, Ciara's Goodies (for the
> > > > 1,000,000th time), and Usher's Yeah (for the
> > 10,000,000th
> > > > time)
> > >
> > > Do you seriously believe that WKST is the only CHR that
> > > still plays those songs to death? Get real. I may be
> sick
> > of
> > > them too, but it seems to me you're looking for a
> personal
> >
> > > fantasy CHR, rather then acknowledging that many of the
> > most
> > > successful CHR/Pop stations sound just like the one in
> > > Pittsburgh.
> > >
> > And he should stop complaining, if you want no chr then
> come
> > to san francisco, there is only a urban station and
> > chr/rhythmic station, some people don't know what they got
>
> > untill its gone
> >
>
>
> Point #1: No, Kiss 96.1 is NOT the only CHR that burns those
> songs to death. Those songs mentioned are only the tip of
> the iceberg of the monotonous rhythmic crap that Kiss plays
> that may have been CHR 3-4 years ago, but not now.
>
> Point #2: Not having a CHR in a market is better than a
> half-assed one. Nobody else will attempt the CHR format when
> a station like KISS is marketed as THE CHR in a market. The
> only reason KISS ranks as well as it does in Pittsburgh is
> because people get tired of hearing the old songs on four
> other FMs in this town. Now we have the "joy" of BOB and SAM
> that play all the burned out songs, just in a trainwreck
> rotation without any personality of jocks and annoying
> liners.
>
> All points lead to bringing back a CHR on 93.7 that truly
> plays all the hits and leaves the 5+ year old rhythmic crap
> to WAMO. Except for I think the WAMO pd has better sense
> than to add Bell Biv Devoe.

You bring up some very good points. There really is no other alternative to KISS if you are looking for NEW music on terrestrial radio. The "other" stations such as Bob, Star, and WLTJ have all become unlistenable to me. They repeat the same songs/artists day in and day out.

And we have a right to be sick of Usher more than anyone else. I read somewhere that Yeah! got more total spins on 96.1 Kiss than any other station in the country.<P ID="signature">______________
"This is perhaps one of the biggest and most high-profile failures in radio history."

~Adam Jacobson on David Lee Roth</P>
 
WELL SAID, CHRPROGRAMMER

Well said, CHRprogrammer.

I have to laugh -- in disgust -- at people who constantly bitch about how a CHR in their market is rhythmic-leaning. There's a reason for it.

But then again, if these same people bitching actually knew what they were talking about, they wouldn't be on the outside looking in.
 
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