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Items Tagged With: “Adult Top 40”
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The Next Big Format: Recurrents
Over the last few years, we've seen new radio formats start to coalesce around something beyond musical genres. First there was tempo. Then there was discovery. Read More
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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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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Fresh Listen: Happy Birthday, Bob FM
When CFWM (Bob 99.9) Winnipeg, Manitoba launched on March 4, 2002, playing “’80s, ’90s, and whatever,” Oldies stations were still trying to figure out how to play the ’70s, while Classic Rock stations were reluctant to move too heavily into Foreigner, Journey, Pat Benatar, or any of that late ’70s/early ’80s corporate rock that many PDs of a certai…
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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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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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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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The Hardest Working Act In Station Shows: 2011
Who is this fall’s “Hardest Working Act In Station Shows”? Here’s a hint: they come with their own transportation.Every year, we take a look at the roster of acts who are playing radio station holiday shows and other artist events, looking for the artists who are most actively making themselves available for those shows.
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Fresh Listen: WXXL (XL106.7) Orlando, Fla.
Ever wished you could sit in on the music meeting at WXXL (XL106.7) Orlando, Fla.? Tune in the station Sunday nights at 6 p.m.
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Ross On Records: The Ballad Blockade, “American Top 15,” And More
If you followed my Summer Song of 2011 coverage, you know that I used it as a vehicle to talk not just about the contenders but as a vehicle to discuss the week’s major new releases, as well as any other observations about the state of current product that didn’t perhaps rate an entire article. Summer has moved on, so welcome to the first regular i…
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Fresh Listen: KBFF (Live 95.5) Portland, Ore.
Over the last decade, we’ve gotten used to thinking of Adult Top 40 as a format that rarely launches with big numbers. But two years ago, CKNO (Now 102.3) Edmonton, Alberta, became a quick success with the sort of ’80s/’90s/Now format that was decidedly out of favor.
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After A Year, PDs Still Let Eminem Lie
Almost three years ago, with the “Relapse” project in the works, I got a call from a Detroit Free Press reporter about the prospects for an Eminem comeback. It wasn’t hard to be hopeful on the rapper’s behalf—fellow Detroiter Kid Rock had just proven for the second time, with “All Summer Long,” that nobody was more than one great song away from…
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First Listen: KBFF (Live 95.5) Portland, Ore.
The rumors had been out there for weeks that Alpha’s KXTG (The Game) Portland, Ore., would move its sports format to AM and go Adult Top 40, perhaps along the lines of Alternative-leaning KLCK (Click 98.9) Seattle. But it was hard to imagine quite where they’d put one.
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Have Edgy Lyrics Become A Non-Issue? For Some Listeners, Anyway
While some Top 40 and Hot AC programmers are very concerned about the recent concentration of multi-format pop hits with edgy titles and/or lyrics, an increasing number believe song content has become a non-issue for their audience. Lyric concerns, of course, have been a recurring issue since the early days of Top 40 radio.
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Adult Top 40 And The Dominance Of "Turbo-Pop"
Throughout the nine month history of the 25+ newsletter, we’ve been flagging the landmarks of a changing Adult Top 40 format, from the week that Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie” debuted on the Hot AC chart to the week that the only two debuts on that chart were rap records. And now we can add one more.The souped-up pop and rhythmic sound that has ma…
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Taylor Swift Back To Top 10 On 25+ Hits Chart
Taylor Swift's "Back To December" (Big Machine) goes 14-9 on this week's "25+ Hits" chart. Radio-Info and Mediaguide's exclusive chart that combines aggressive Hot AC stations and pop-leaning Mainstream CHRs.The new chart was designed as a tool for stations who play the hits for adults – an early warning both on which pop songs are "real hits" and …
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First Listen: Your Office Companion
Last November, Tom Leykis launched the online station ''Your Office Companion.'' Initially meant to target those listeners who had been displaced by holiday music on their AC and Hot AC stations, Your Office Companion was a 180-degree turn from New Normal Music, the ’00s-and-now Alternative station, which itself had already represented a departure …
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Train Tops Hot AC, 25+ Hits Year-End Chart; AC Needed Lady Antebellum In 2010
Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" wasn't just a surprising comeback for its veteran band in 2010, it was the record of the year for Hot AC radio and for adult-leaning Top 40 stations. "Hey Soul Sister" led the first year-end tally at Hot AC and the new 25+ Hits chart that combines similarly minded Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 stations.But Lady Anteb…
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Suddenly, Interactive Becomes Hyperactive In Philly
Last Monday (15), Philadelphia radio was responsible for dueling press releases. The first was from Jelli, the crowdsourced Website that some radio stations have been incorporating into their programming since last year, announcing that Classic Rock That Really Rocks outlet WYSP Philadelphia was expanding their Jelli show to a nightly program, whil…
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Another Hot AC Sea Change -- Two Debuts, Both Rap
If any further proof were needed that Hot AC is no longer the format built on "no rap," it would be provided on this week's Radio-Info/Mediaguide Hot AC chart, where there are two new entries, and both of them are Hip-Hop records. Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me" enters the chart at No.
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