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Are there any stations that have a special focus on '90s music?

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new_friends_gr

It seems like so many stations still have special nights or weekends devoted to '70s or '80s music. What about '90s music? There's a station here in Grand Rapids, MI (WLHT 95.7 FM) that has the "'80s at 8". (That station is pretty obsessed with '80s music in general.)

What about '90s music? Are there any stations that have nights or weekends that are completely devoted to '90s music? Now that the '00s are behind us, why aren't stations featuring '90s music yet? Are the '90s just not as iconic of a decade or something?
 
There are several new Gen-X stations starting to appear that their core sound is the 90's. They play some 80's, but it's mostly a 90's sound.
 
WCDV 103-3 in Baton Rouge flipped to a 90s format recently.
 
WLGX/Louisville does have a 90s focus (their playlist goes from the late 80s to the early 00s). Across town, WXMA briefly responded with all 90s weekends, but does run the 90s version of Backtracks USA.
 
RDO said:
There are several new Gen-X stations starting to appear that their core sound is the 90's. They play some 80's, but it's mostly a 90's sound.
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What do you mean by "Gen-X stations"? What format is that?
 
A "Gen X" station popped up in Tulsa a few months ago. It is a 90s based pop station and plays a nice balance of pop, rock and rhythmic records from '85 to about '03.
 
Yes,KBZC 106.5 Sacramento, Formally KWOD, all 90s all the time.
 
20 years later, it's time for the 90s to have their day in the sun. 10 years ago, the 80s had their rebirth, 20 years ago the 70s, etc..

The problem is the 90s generally are viewed as a tough decade because so much of the music doesn't test. It'll be interesting to see how these next Gen stations do. Springs #s will roll out soon and we can gauge how these stations are doing in the early part of their existence.

All 70s eventually evolved into Classic Hits or Classic Rock ala WMGK in Philly.
 
Seltzer said:
20 years later, it's time for the 90s to have their day in the sun. 10 years ago, the 80s had their rebirth, 20 years ago the 70s, etc..

The problem is the 90s generally are viewed as a tough decade because so much of the music doesn't test.
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Good point. It's definitely time for the '90s to make a comeback. But what do you mean that a lot of the '90s music "doesn't test"?
 
After only 6 months, WMHX/Harrisburg's "Channel 106.7" has started adding current CHR music. This is in a market with a Hot AC and two CHRs... Hmm.
 
new_friends_gr said:
Good point. It's definitely time for the '90s to make a comeback. But what do you mean that a lot of the '90s music "doesn't test"?
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Music tests are done in auditoriums, to determine which songs should air on a local station, playing similiar music. For the 90's hits, they will most likely choose listeners that grew up with that music, then they will rate certain songs and only the successful songs will air.

The problem with the 90's is that it's too soon to be considered oldies or classic hits. Rap songs are not classic hits. Softer pop 90's are on adult contemporary stations (Sophie B Hawkins, Seal, Sugar Ray, Mariah Carey..etc..) and the harder songs, like the hard rock, Metal and Rap are on their own stations with those formats.

There's too many sub-formats in the 90's to keep them together as one group on one station, unlike the 60's and 70's and the early 80's.
 
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