Zone Lounge with Matchbox 20???

[dudeonthedial]

Is this true? I just heard that the Zone has an upcoming performance/Lounge with Matchbox 20. How are they doing something for that small amount of people with such a huge performer? Don't these acts cost alot of money that they can only make back in ticket sales and revenue? Don't get me wrong, this is the biggest thing/show for them ever but how are they pulling it off unless Rob Thomas is not coming and its the drummer and the tamberine guy...

 

[Hunter]

Is this true? I just heard that the Zone has an upcoming performance/Lounge with Matchbox 20. How are they doing something for that small amount of people with such a huge performer? Don't these acts cost alot of money that they can only make back in ticket sales and revenue? Don't get me wrong, this is the biggest thing/show for them ever but how are they pulling it off unless Rob Thomas is not coming and its the drummer and the tamberine guy...

They just released an album...they are on a promotional junket probably wanting as much exposure as possible....or maybe the record company owed them a favor....I tend to think the former.

 

[Big D]

Don't get me wrong, this is the biggest thing/show for them ever but how are they pulling it off unless Rob Thomas is not coming and its the drummer and the tamberine guy...

Are you serious? The Zone has hosted the "A Day in the Zone" concert for many years now and have had some pretty good acts...Matchbox 20 is a great band with a lot of hits/airplay, but this is surely not the Zone's defining moment.

 

[Stage5Clinger]

Matchbox 20 has done at least one other show like The Zone Lounge that they're doing here at a station back east. It was a week or two ago, it was on All Access, and I do believe it was CBS station too. The show's going to friggin rock. And it is Rob Thomas and Paul Doucette (not sure if I spelled his name right) that are going to be playing. Any other questions??? ;D

 

[dudeonthedial]

Hey you know what...i think no matter what this is a great land for the Zone. They made some changes to the music to be more agressive and have done a ton of lounges over the past few months. It's good to see them active again especially at a time when the End is going so Rhythm..could be a much needed comeback time for the Zone.

 

[yourmom]

It's just one of those 3 song deals, as the fellas travel around to promote to the new single and record. The Zone does these all the time, they have had john mayer and kid rock and jewel and others. It's most likely an agreement that kzzo will play the song a retarded amount of times for the show. Standard radio biz. They will probably play a show for KLLC in Sf before or after.

 

[duhbldown11]

It's just one of those 3 song deals, as the fellas travel around to promote to the new single and record. The Zone does these all the time, they have had john mayer and kid rock and jewel and others. It's most likely an agreement that kzzo will play the song a retarded amount of times for the show. Standard radio biz. They will probably play a show for KLLC in Sf before or after.

At least they'll get something from the retarded ammount of airplay. The end plays retarded songs retarded ammounts of times and gets nothing...Wait, my bad, they did land nick lachey last year!!!

 

[yourmom]

And they beat your station in the ratings Keith.

 

[duhbldown11]

And they beat your station in the ratings Keith.

I know...It's even more distressing when you realize how difficult it is to program a TOP 40 STATION!!! Oh hey look...Heres the top 40 songs in the country. LETS PROGRAM THEM IN! GO back to sleep dude.

 

[yourmom]

And they beat your station in the ratings Keith.

It's even more distressing when you realize how difficult it is to program a TOP 40 STATION!!! Oh hey look...Heres the top 40 songs in the country. LETS PROGRAM THEM IN!

Don't talk about how easy it is to program a top 40 station. KZZO is just as big of a sheep as the rest. I seriously doubt that they program from the hip or feeling. My guess is they look at a mediabase report every week and play what everyother hot ac station is playing. So don't get all high and mighty, kzzo probably plays the top 40 songs from the Hot AC Chart, they are Top 40 Hot AC, just like the Wolf is Top 40 Country, and Kwod is Top 40 Emo cry baby Alt, and The Fish is Top 40 God is Great.

 

[duhbldown11]

And they beat your station in the ratings Keith.

It's even more distressing when you realize how difficult it is to program a TOP 40 STATION!!! Oh hey look...Heres the top 40 songs in the country. LETS PROGRAM THEM IN!

Don't talk about how easy it is to program a top 40 station.  KZZO is just as big of a sheep as the rest.  I seriously doubt that they program from the hip or feeling.  My guess is they look at a mediabase report every week and play what everyother hot ac station is playing.  So don't get all high and mighty, kzzo probably plays the top 40 songs from the Hot AC Chart, they are Top 40 Hot AC, just like the Wolf is Top 40 Country, and Kwod is Top 40 Emo cry baby Alt, and The Fish is Top 40 God is Great.

 

[duhbldown11]

And they beat your station in the ratings Keith.

It's even more distressing when you realize how difficult it is to program a TOP 40 STATION!!! Oh hey look...Heres the top 40 songs in the country. LETS PROGRAM THEM IN!

Don't talk about how easy it is to program a top 40 station. KZZO is just as big of a sheep as the rest. I seriously doubt that they program from the hip or feeling. My guess is they look at a mediabase report every week and play what everyother hot ac station is playing. So don't get all high and mighty, kzzo probably plays the top 40 songs from the Hot AC Chart, they are Top 40 Hot AC, just like the Wolf is Top 40 Country, and Kwod is Top 40 Emo cry baby Alt, and The Fish is Top 40 God is Great.
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The ZONE, BTW, has several different formats to pull from making the programing a little more difficult than watching MTV and copying and pasting...[EDIT-name calling and inflammatory content]

 

[yourmom]

Listen, the first sign of losing an argument is petty taunts from the elementary school yard. It's not any harder, and isn't as easy as watching MTV. If it was then the end would be broadcasting The Hills or Date my Mom, because that is all MTV shows. Your argument is like responding with......"Yea......Well........Your Mom!" I don't need to pat myself on the back, I know more than you do. So if you have any other plausable reasons as to contrast between programming a Top 40 station and programming a Hot AC, I look forward to it. Hot Ac has been a dead format since Sarah McLachlan hung up the Lilith Fair skates in 1999.

Anyone else feel free to chime in, by all means this isn't a A B conversation. Topic being The End only needs to watch MTV to Program where as the Zone must seek more legitamite (sp?) methods, like VH1

 

[Stage5Clinger]

We're Adult Top 40. Amazing that our format is dead, but we jumped (as predicted) in the ratings. And we will continue to do so. Try and hold back your proclamations of how intellegent you are, if you can, about the business. I don't care.

 

[yourmom]

You jumped in a summer book. Meaningless. And isn't it an old chinese proverb that you have nowhere to go but up, when on the bottom. It will level back out come winter

 

[radiovictim]

You jumped in a summer book. Meaningless. Did you make a Bonus?

Rather than evaluating the viability of the format in general, it might be best to assess the station specifically.

I am not surprised the Zone made a leap in the last book. Look where they were before. They almost had nowhere to go but up. Nevertheless, that is insignificant compared to the positive changes they've made in their music, imaging and programming.

Sure, they've made adjustments to their lineup but the "personalities" won't make or break them. Though it's good that they are finally being consistent with timeslots, this type of station succeeds first and foremost because of it's music. It's like that with any music station... as much as the jocks hate to hear that. However, I must say that most of the jocks now fit the style of the station and are "listenable". They (with one or two exceptions) finally complement the station.

Thanks to these old radio ears of mine, I could hear the changes immediately - and not merely because they changed a positioning statement (again!) It was obvious that the playlist was becoming more focused as they were finally defining their format. They backed it up with imaging explaining the format, though it gets old quick and someone needs to tell them to freshen it up again. Furthermore, they are participating in events that give them credibility in the format they have adopted. (It's always so annoying to see a radio station at the concert of a band whose music they don't play.) In a nutshell, the station is much more solid that it has been in years.

If the new PD continues on this path I'd expect to see continued strong performance by the Zone. I have no current affiliation with them so this is just my objective 2 cents.

 

[yourmom]

You jumped in a summer book. Meaningless. Did you make a Bonus?

Rather than evaluating the viability of the format in general, it might be best to assess the station specifically.

I am not surprised the Zone made a leap in the last book. Look where they were before. They almost had nowhere to go but up. Nevertheless, that is insignificant compared to the positive changes they've made in their music, imaging and programming.

Sure, they've made adjustments to their lineup but the "personalities" won't make or break them. Though it's good that they are finally being consistent with timeslots, this type of station succeeds first and foremost because of it's music. It's like that with any music station... as much as the jocks hate to hear that. However, I must say that most of the jocks now fit the style of the station and are "listenable". They (with one or two exceptions) finally complement the station.

Thanks to these old radio ears of mine, I could hear the changes immediately - and not merely because they changed a positioning statement (again!) It was obvious that the playlist was becoming more focused as they were finally defining their format. They backed it up with imaging explaining the format, though it gets old quick and someone needs to tell them to freshen it up again. Furthermore, they are participating in events that give them credibility in the format they have adopted. (It's always so annoying to see a radio station at the concert of a band whose music they don't play.) In a nutshell, the station is much more solid that it has been in years.

If the new PD continues on this path I'd expect to see continued strong performance by the Zone. I have no current affiliation with them so this is just my objective 2 cents.

Victim.......I agree with 99% of this, it seems your old ears are tuned well. My problem is that, didn't they refocus a year ago with Miller? Didn't they re-tool the music and add new imaging and shuffle the lineup. If I remember correctly the station sounded tighter, and showed some ratings improvment...........then it leveled off again, minus the morning show at the time, nothing could help them.

Anyway, what started as a question about programming contrasts has turned into a progress report on the Zone.