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Viable solution for the CHR panel-- 6 years later

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Tomgsinger

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There are plenty of stations that are put on the CHR panel that scream Hot AC or Rhythmic, and vice versa. These are the stations, that IMO should be moved to and from the CHR (and related) panels:
From CHR to Rhythmic:
WQLQ/South Bend
KTFM/San Antonio
WKQI/Detroit
From CHR to HAC:
WWMX/Baltimore
WQQO/Toledo
WIXX/Green Bay (Play That Song was played 63x this week!)
Hits 1 (Plays rap less edits of most songs, plus heavily favors rock over rhythm)
From HAC to CHR
WMXZ/Charleston
WKBE/Saratoga Springs
KLTG/Corpus Christi
WBZZ/Pittsburgh
The first two stations are basically indistinguishable from true CHRs, while the last two are adult CHRs with not many golds and virtually no hot AC exclusives.
From Rhythmic to CHR:
KIOA-F2/Des Moines
Any or all of Honolulu's Rhythmics (they are about as rhythmic as the AMP stations, and are all battling in a technically CHR-less market)
WJJS/Roanoke
WNRG/Milwaukee
All of these stations are branded like CHRs, albeit without the pop rock tracks.
In addition, KAGM should be moved to the hot AC panel (pure pop tracks are present, along with triple A exclusives).
WHLG, KRAV and WROZ are all candidates in my opinion for the HAC panel.
 
Tomgsinger said:
There are plenty of stations that are put on the CHR panel that scream Hot AC or Rhythmic, and vice versa. These are the stations, that IMO should be moved to and from the CHR (and related) panels:
From CHR to Rhythmic:
WQLQ/South Bend
KTFM/San Antonio
WKQI/Detroit
From CHR to HAC:
WWMX/Baltimore
WQQO/Toledo
WIXX/Green Bay (Play That Song was played 63x this week!)
Hits 1 (Plays rap less edits of most songs, plus heavily favors rock over rhythm)
From HAC to CHR
WMXZ/Charleston
WKBE/Saratoga Springs
KLTG/Corpus Christi
WBZZ/Pittsburgh
The first two stations are basically indistinguishable from true CHRs, while the last two are adult CHRs with not many golds and virtually no hot AC exclusives.
From Rhythmic to CHR:
KIOA-F2/Des Moines
Any or all of Honolulu's Rhythmics (they are about as rhythmic as the AMP stations, and are all battling in a technically CHR-less market)
WJJS/Roanoke
WNRG/Milwaukee
All of these stations are branded like CHRs, albeit without the pop rock tracks.
In addition, KAGM should be moved to the hot AC panel (pure pop tracks are present, along with triple A exclusives).
WHLG, KRAV and WROZ are all candidates in my opinion for the HAC panel.
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Keep in mind that the CHR panels of Mediabase and BDS (and thus Billboard) are determined not just by the songs they play but the frequency of rotation and the percentage of currents among other things. A Hot AC may be determined by the percentage and age of the gold on the station and the number and frequency of play of the currrents.
 
Add to the Rhythmic-to-CHR list KDON. They function as the CHR (albeit-rhythmic based) for the Monterrey region. Also, Rhythmic CHRs and Mainstream CHRs have similar frequencies of rotations and GRC ratios.
 
This is an interesting discussion. I too am curious as to how Rhythmic is defined as opposed to CHR, as some of them are extremely close.
 
In case you haven't noticed, there has been a movement in the music industry to blur the lines among the various genres, both in terms of instrumentation and vocal styles. You can see this on the Grammy Awards. Radio is adjusting to this, with more cross-genre formats. One great example of how this is happening is Country, which is becoming more rhythmic, with singers like Sam Hunt making records that could easily be played on CHR stations. It's hurting Alternative, because artists are discovering they can get more airplay if their songs are less grunge and more pop.

I've been saying for a long time that a day will come when the traditional radio formats will be less strict, less narrow, and the music will be more focused around the demographics of the audience it attracts. I think we're almost to that point now. Formats that can't adapt to this genre-blending approach will simply disappear.
 
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