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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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What Happens When A Market Loses Mainstream AC?
When the only Mainstream AC in the market goes away, who benefits?That’s not a question that most programmers would have expected to be confronted with a few years ago. But it has become an issue in several markets over the past few years, most notably in the midwest where longtime AC WLTE (Lite 102.9) Minneapolis, recently became “Buz’n Country”…
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Lineup Changes At Cleveland's WMJI, WGAR
The Cleveland Board of Radio-Info.com is talking these moves, here. Two of Clear Channel's Cleveland stations have added air personalities. Read More
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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Tias Schuster shifts from Entercom-Norfolk to Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.
Tias Schuster takes on OM/PD duties next month at Entercom top 40 WFBC (B93.7) and AC WSPA (Magic 98.9) Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., moving from sister rhythmic CHR WNVZ (Z104) Norfolk, where he was PD, Digital Content Director and afternoon personality. Schuster replaces Chase Murphy, who segued to Clear Channel San Antonio as FM Operations Manag…
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B101, K-EZ, KFKF Top Holiday Format Reader Poll Winners
Heritage Mainstream AC outlets WBEB (B101) Philadelphia and KESZ (K-EZ) Phoenix are among the major honorees in this year’s first Holiday Radio Readers’ Poll from Radio-Info.com and its AC newsletter, 25+. The year’s top non-AC prize went to KFKF (Country 94.1) Kansas City.B101, a longtime AC powerhouse, was the winner of Best Mainstream FM A…
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Liz Cavanaugh Exits Curb Records After 20 Years
Liz Cavanaugh has exited Curb Records after more than 20 years with the label. Her job as VP of promotion/media relations has been eliminated, and the publicity end outsourced to a Nashville firm.
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November 2011 PPM: The AC and Hot AC National Recaps
Mainstream ACWRCH Hartford retains the national AC crown for the third straight month, and the seventh month overall for the year. Pittsburgh’s WSHH makes the biggest jump into the top ten with a 6.8–7.7 move.NOVEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Adult Contemporary
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' … 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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Twelve Songs That Used To Test
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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With Lyrical Edits, The Logic Is Obscured
Three months ago, a reporter for all-News KYW Philadelphia called with an interesting question: why was there such inconsistency in the way that radio stations edited current hits? My best guess at the time was that as AC and Hot AC stations started to take more of their product from Mainstream CHR, there were more hits with potential lyric issues …
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Fresh Listen: WOXL (Mix 96.5) Asheville, N.C.
When “25+” took its recent look at being “Under 30 And In AC Radio,” one of the readers who responded was Josh Strickland, PD of Saga’s “bright AC”/Triple-A combo WOXL (Mix 96.5)/W251AO (98.1 The River) Asheville, N.C. Mix 96.5 celebrates its third birthday as an AC station in December, following a long stint in Oldies and Classic Hit…
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Under 30 And In AC Radio
If you’re under 30 and working in AC or Hot AC radio, you may be one of those rare broadcasters who gravitated to the format at an early age, when your peers were still listening to Top 40 or Alternative. Or you might be there because that’s where the opportunity was—gamely trying to learn the music and relate to a demo that is at least a few years…
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Flagstaff will have a new CHR on Monday
KFSZ Flagstaff, Arizona will flip to CHR as “Hits 106,” on Monday, Nov. 14. Read More
First Listen: WEZW (Easy 93.1) Atlantic City’s Xmas Format
For anybody who’s been following all-holiday programming through its evolution over the last decade, only the actual numbers themselves might be surprising. In a recent Conclave Webinar featuring Nielsen BDSRadio’s Andrew Forsyth about AC Christmas programming in the top five markets, average playlist size was down last year (752 titles to 694), …
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First Listen: KVGS (107.9 Bob FM)
A week ago, Radio-Info looked at who controlled the ’80s in various markets, including Las Vegas. Both early all-’80s outlet KSTJ (Star 102.7) and Jack FM (KKJJ) had eventually gotten out of their formats, leaving the ’80s scattered between AC KSNE, Jammin’ Oldies KOAS and Oldies/Greatest Hits KKLZ.This morning, the ’80s hole was filled when Alte…
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Who Owns The ’80s In Your Market?
The ’80s have been a factor recently for almost every format on the adult radio landscape. Hot ACs are deciding whether to ankle them altogether.
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Ross On Records: We've Got More Soul
James Morrison must be watching Adele’s U.S. success with interest.
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