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The "Almost 40" Station
One of the interesting aspects of our recent "Virtual Road Trip" listening has been the increased profile of the "Almost 40 Station" in the Adult Top 40 world. The line between Adult and Mainstream Top 40 is, of course, always fluid.
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Oldies WQTL Tallahassee completes evolution to alt-leaning classic rock
On April 3, Radio-Info.com reported that Opus Broadcasting oldies WQTL (Q106.1) Tallahassee was stunting with all Beatles music 24/7—and actually irritating listeners, according to its Facebook page. The rumor then was a potential flip to classic rock, which is kind of what has now happened. Read More
Ross On Records: Country’s Eyes Open?
At Top 40 and Hot AC, Taylor Swift’s “Eyes Open,” her second song from the “Hunger Games” soundtrack, is off to a fast start. At Mainstream CHR, it’s No.
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American AC Modernizes In Real Time
Recent stats from Nielsen BDSRadio prepared for the Canadian Music Week conference showed that Canada's Mainstream AC stations had become considerably more contemporary since 2007. Some stations, like powerhouse CHFI Toronto, had moved their average era up 11 years in just five years' time.Anecdotally, it seems like America's Mainstream AC stations…
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Modern AC's Time Is When?
Among its many other accomplishments, Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" did a lot to propel the nascent Modern AC format into existence. Morissette wasn't just a core artist, she was also a strong female P.O.V., which, along with an overall proliferation of female singer-songwriters, helped spur a format where women were on hand in mornings …
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Hot ACs and ACs That Intrigued
Recently, Radio-Info.com’s Ross On Radio newsletter has been looking back at the stations that made its annual list of the year’s most intriguing new (or relaunched) stations. As a format constantly in a state of reinvention, AC and Hot AC (as well as the gold-based formats that splintered from them) were an ongoing presence on that list.
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Pop PDs’ Adventures In Country
For most AC readers, it’s hard to imagine a format where last week’s No. 1 song is no longer among their most played.
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Bob Hamilton to consult Tom Kent Radio Network
The Tom Kent Radio Network has brought in veteran Bob Hamilton to consult programming operations. In the role, Hamilton will strategically assist in preparing Kent’s global expansion.
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On Valentine’s Day, Stations Heart Listeners
For AC and Hot AC stations, Valentine’s Day is at least the second most wonderful time of year. It’s a holiday with a natural association with AC radio.
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The Softest Songs On AC Radio
What are the softest songs on AC?A few weeks ago, we sought out the hardest-rocking songs at Mainstream AC, a format whose always-brightening feel and increasing emphasis on the '80s is allowing even Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax" and Loverboy's "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" to play on some stations' all-'80s weekends. The flipside of the format…
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Lights out at WCSY-AM South Haven, Mich.
The sound of its two 220-foot radio towers crashing to the ground was the final emission from WCSY-AM (940) South Haven, Mich. (serving Hartford, Mich.). Read More
R.I.P.: Wichita radio veteran Rick Gannon
Wichita, Kansas, radio mainstay Rick Gannon has died, reportedly from complications of heart surgery. His 45-year resume included stops at the market’s KLEO-AM, KICT-FM, KQAM-AM and most recently, Entercom’s classic hits KEYN-FM (103.7). Read More
Jay Michaels Mixes Up KDMX, Khloe Kardashian Helps
When Jay Michaels landed the PD post five months ago at Clear Channel’s KDMX (Mix 102.9) Dallas, his mandate was to make the longtime Hot AC more than a female-friendly background companion. Instead, he aimed to make the station a lifestyle.Mix is already trending up in PPM, up 3.6–3.7–4.0 in the Holiday PPM report.
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Making Moves: Monday, January 30
Falen Bonsett joins the Dave Ryan Morning Show as co-host on Clear Channel CHR KDWB (101.3) Minneapolis, February 8. Falen segues from KWYL (Wild 102.9) Reno… Greg Dunkin and Syd Abel join Cortona's Spanish contemporary WYRE Annapolis, Md.
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Fresh Listen: WROZ (The Rose) Lancaster, Pa.
Hall Communications’ WROZ (The Rose) Lancaster, Pa., isn’t only the surprise winner in the Small Market AC category of Radio-Info.com/25+’s first Holiday Format Reader’s Poll, it’s also a different sounding AC station. As heard on several occasions since coming out of holiday music, The Rose sounds comfortably planted in the bright AC posit…
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Clear Channel San Antonio names Chase Murphy OM
Chase Murphy is moving to Texas, to oversee the Clear Channel stations at the company's home base in San Antonio. Murphy takes over for Tony Travatto, now the OM of Clear Channel's cluster in Columbus, Ohio.
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First Listen: WLGX Louisville's Gen-X-Mas
Two years ago, WLGX Louisville took its Adult Hits "Louie-FM" format a generation younger, becoming "Gen-X Radio" Its initial success spurred a format boomlet that would include not just sister Clear Channel stations, but also outlets from Citadel and Entercom (which had already launched a somewhat different '90s-format elsewhere). Now, Guns 'N' Ro… Read More
The First Holiday Format Reader Poll
Since its launch 18 months ago, Radio-Info’s “25+” newsletter has been a place where AC programmers could discuss the all-Christmas format that has become such a significant part of the format. “25+” has been home to programmer discussion on the execution of AC radio, as well as innovative new approaches to all-Christmas radio, and even the …
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Is Hot AC's Balance Shifting Again?
A year ago, the CHR success of “Turbo-Pop” and an ever increasing amount of Rhythmic Pop lured Hot AC closer to Mainstream Top 40’s orbit. Now, there are signs of the Adult Top 40 format moving back to its traditional pop/rock/singer-songwriter sound of the last 15 years.
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The All-Christmas Format: Warm (And Fuzzy) Memories
For roughly a decade, it’s been more noteworthy when a Mainstream AC in a major-market doesn’t go all-Christmas between Thanksgiving and the holiday itself. And yet, wall-to-wall holiday music was a radical gesture in the ’90s, first employed primarily on AM or by stations looking for an attention-getting format change stunt.
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