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WMMR is going off the rails

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FM Dial

Seems since YSP went back to rocking WMMR abandoned their customary format and are now playing song lists very similar or almost exact of WYSP?

Those digs that WYSP are taking at WMMR are hilarious....On September the 9th at 5:55 pm WMMR decided to play this song......I crack up every time!!
 
Heck I heard the Killers, Nickleback and Blind Melon on YSP, talk about mixing it up. It seems all three are playing more Alternative where-as a few years back, Y-100 was more Alternative, when YSP and MMR played more Hard Rock and Metal.
 
Honestly, I'm not crazy about any of the rock stations in Philly. I have heard better examples of both Active and Alternative Rockers, past and present, including some stations formerly in Philly (DRE, the old Active WYSP).

While I think their sound is extremely bland, WYSP has the least to be ashamed of. MMR plays a lot of soft dinosaur rock from the '70s that their competitors constantly rag on. Meanwhile, WRFF is playing stuff like Alanis Morissette, Lifehouse, post-A Boy Named Goo Goo Goo Dolls, All American Rejects, Train, and a number of other acts that really have no place on the Alternative format (c'mon - doesn't B 101 or Ben play these acts more than enough?).

YSP is still in the early stage of returning to a Rock format, so changes could come somewhere down the line. WRFF, while having its moments, still sounds less like the Alternative format that Philly so desired and more like the return of Max 95.7, and at this stage seems to be cemented in this sound. And MMR, while I find it boring, is the solid performing stalwart in the market. I really hope WYSP goes for the unserved demos by playing edgier Active Rock bands - there's a lot of good stuff on the charts (Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, Deepfield, etc.) that no one is playing. This sound would be much preferred over playing the same old tired Nickelback and Creed songs mixed in with predictable classic rock.
 
Another example shortly after 5PM yesterday Jaxxon played Metalica Enter Sandman, They had Metalica in particular that song tucked away with no intentions of bringing it out, YSP has had it in heavy rotation since the switch..Come on stop trying to play it off like they ROCK, YSP has always been the heavier hard edge station, So please Mr. Weston go back to playing your safe rock!
 
SoulCrusher said:
Honestly, I'm not crazy about any of the rock stations in Philly. I have heard better examples of both Active and Alternative Rockers, past and present, including some stations formerly in Philly (DRE, the old Active WYSP).

While I think their sound is extremely bland, WYSP has the least to be ashamed of. MMR plays a lot of soft dinosaur rock from the '70s that their competitors constantly rag on. Meanwhile, WRFF is playing stuff like Alanis Morissette, Lifehouse, post-A Boy Named Goo Goo Goo Dolls, All American Rejects, Train, and a number of other acts that really have no place on the Alternative format (c'mon - doesn't B 101 or Ben play these acts more than enough?).

YSP is still in the early stage of returning to a Rock format, so changes could come somewhere down the line. WRFF, while having its moments, still sounds less like the Alternative format that Philly so desired and more like the return of Max 95.7, and at this stage seems to be cemented in this sound. And MMR, while I find it boring, is the solid performing stalwart in the market. I really hope WYSP goes for the unserved demos by playing edgier Active Rock bands - there's a lot of good stuff on the charts (Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, Deepfield, etc.) that no one is playing. This sound would be much preferred over playing the same old tired Nickelback and Creed songs mixed in with predictable classic rock.
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SoulCrusher with a negative opinion of a rock station?

SHOCKER!



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I agree


FM Dial said:
Another example shortly after 5PM yesterday Jaxxon played Metalica Enter Sandman, They had Metalica in particular that song tucked away with no intentions of bringing it out, YSP has had it in heavy rotation since the switch..Come on stop trying to play it off like they ROCK, YSP has always been the heavier hard edge station, So please Mr. Weston go back to playing your safe rock!
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WMMR and WYSP fit into two different degrees of Rock Radio.

Even though they're reporting as Active Rock... WMMR really is a Mainstream Rock station, while WYSP has always been Active Rock. Two different beasts.

And for the record... WMMR has played Enter Sandman 5 times in the past 7 days. So they're not holding onto it jut for WYSP
 
And for the record... WMMR has played Enter Sandman 5 times in the past 7 days. So they're not holding onto it jut for WYSP

This comment reinforces what I have been saying if we could go back and check their playlist from several weeks, I can guarantee Metallica was no where to be found!!
 
FM Dial said:
And for the record... WMMR has played Enter Sandman 5 times in the past 7 days. So they're not holding onto it jut for WYSP
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This comment reinforces what I have been saying if we could go back and check their playlist from several weeks, I can guarantee Metallica was no where to be found!!
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Not to split hairs, but wasn't Metallica considered alternative starting in the late '90s in the first place?
 
FM Dial said:
And for the record... WMMR has played Enter Sandman 5 times in the past 7 days. So they're not holding onto it jut for WYSP

This comment reinforces what I have been saying if we could go back and check their playlist from several weeks, I can guarantee Metallica was no where to be found!!
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Actually MMR plays Enter Sandman a lot. They played it a lot before YSP switched back to mostly rock last week. MMR plays "Enter Sandman" because it is popular with the masses, and "safe". As a rock fan and a Metallica fan, I don't want to hear Enter Sandman. It is way overplayed. I wish YSP or MMR would play Harvester of Sorrow, or Disposable Heroes, or The Four Horseman. That would be something to get excited about.
 
FM Dial said:
And for the record... WMMR has played Enter Sandman 5 times in the past 7 days. So they're not holding onto it jut for WYSP

This comment reinforces what I have been saying if we could go back and check their playlist from several weeks, I can guarantee Metallica was no where to be found!!
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Enter Sanman played 5 times the week before that.

And the week before that, they spun various Metallica tunes 19 times.

They were playing Metallica before YSP flipped back.

Guarantee eh?
 
ive said this before and i'll say it again:

"MMR is they best, they have always been the best, and they will always be the best!"
 
eyg2181 said:
ive said this before and i'll say it again:

"MMR is they best, they have always been the best, and they will always be the best!"
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oh well thanks for your contribution.

pack up your bags, gentlemen, because this conversation is over.
 
DToTheJ said:
FM Dial said:
And for the record... WMMR has played Enter Sandman 5 times in the past 7 days. So they're not holding onto it jut for WYSP
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This comment reinforces what I have been saying if we could go back and check their playlist from several weeks, I can guarantee Metallica was no where to be found!!
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Not to split hairs, but wasn't Metallica considered alternative starting in the late '90s in the first place?
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y100 played them
 
Not to split hairs, but wasn't Metallica considered alternative starting in the late '90s in the first place?
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I first heard Metallica played on an Alternative station in late '94, and I remember thinking to myself "the Alt-Rock revolution is doomed!" Roughly two years later, it did in fact come to an end, and I still believe that the playing of Metallica was a harbinger of that.
 
Even though they're reporting as Active Rock... WMMR really is a Mainstream Rock station, while WYSP has always been Active Rock. Two different beasts.
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In actuality, 'MMR does report as a Mainstream Rock station (or "Album-Oriented Rock").
 
eyg2181 said:
ive said this before and i'll say it again:

"MMR is they best, they have always been the best, and they will always be the best!"
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Now that everybody is back from the summer and the ratings books actually matter, it will be interesting to see how that plays out. I have a feeling MMR is going to be skiing a double black diamond by the October PPM's.
 
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