Matt went on Pierre Robert's show this morning to announce the news that he'll be co-hosting a new BEN morning show with Kristen Herrmann starting Jan 3rd. Matt noted that the BEN-FM studio is down the hall from the WMMR studios and that it was in fact a WMMR studio when he previously did mornings at WMMR. Matt is currently the night time DJ at WMMR and did afternoons at Y-100 where he gave me $100 when I was the correct caller to qualify for a Y-100 Beetle before Radio One blew up the station. Before Y-100 he was also at WMMR.
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Matt Cord to co-host BEN-FM morning show in the new year
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do you think this means they will focus on 90s alt rock? that would be awesome. i do not believe radio 104.5 focus' on this. I think there is an audience for this kind of music. the 90s are now back. i still think 80s are a bigger focus' but the 90s are popular again and could focus' on a younger audience then the 80s based stations.
You guys don't really think that BEN fired Marilyn and brought on Matt because they're planning on shifting direction musically, do you? I suppose it's possible that they'll listen to his ideas (as likely as it is that they wont). But this change, like everything else in radio, is budgetary.
Also...why exactly would they add Alt Rock? I understand it wouldn't hurt their sisters but...is BEN actually hurting the sisters now?
Also...why exactly would they add Alt Rock? I understand it wouldn't hurt their sisters but...is BEN actually hurting the sisters now?
Didn't see Sex Pistols in the playlist today. The rest are on par for the angle Ben FM has been taking for a while now.
Nothing on the Ben FM website's playlist that shows either God Save the Queen or Sex Pistols played. IF they were played in the 5 o'clock hour, it was not out of the main automation computer. But looking at the playlist and any time gaps (which were most likely for stopsets), they didn't play.
I looked at BDS from December 27 to Jan 2 and neither artist shows as having been played. Amd BDS is based on over the air detection.
I trust the sources of information both David and I presented, but thanks.
That being said, depending on the market need, Adult Hits stations usually fill a classic hits hole or a classic rock hole (or serve as a second-ish station of either of those formats.) In Philly, Beasley doesn't want Ben to sabotage sister station WMGK, so it doesn't go heavy on Classic Rock. WOGL is a powerful Classic Hits station, so no need to battle them for an aging demographic. So they found their hole, mostly 80s and 90s, but pulling a little more and morefrom the Alternative side than most Adult Hits stations to capture those in the demographic who grew up in-market listening to WDRE and Y100. While it doesn't seem to have set the ratings on fire, it doesn't seem to have hurt them either.
But bringing Matt over from MMR to Ben most likely won't have an effect on the playlist. His job is to play the music, not to pick it, unless they give him a special feature here or there
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