New England rimshot-related questions

[Tomgsinger]

Yes, I can pick up WSNE here in Boston and it's a really classy station. I can also pick up Cat Country 98.1 and Radio Globo 97.3.

98.1 also appears in the Boston ratings.

What do you mean by "classy"? Imaging, I assume?

 

[Wimmmex]

I know I've asked this, but I am kind of shocked no one has answered that question. After all, the thread says New England Rimshot Questions and not Boston.

There is no technical definition of a rimshot....so what escatly are you looking for?

There is no list of rimshots. Some people have given you their examples.

What exactly are you looking for?

 

[DavidEduardo]

There is no technical definition of a rimshot....so what escatly are you looking for?

Exactly. Even within the industry there are varying views of what a rimshot is. Some think of it being any station trying to serve a market from outside the market and others think of it as being any partial signal that tries to be a market competitor from a location near the far edges of the market. In fact, the definition may be quite correctly different in each market.

The New England one that quickly comes to mind is WAQY from Springfield being a Hartford rimshot. It has done, historically, a good job even though the 70 dbu does not even get to downtown Hartford, let alone much of the market.

 

[Tomgsinger]

There is no technical definition of a rimshot....so what escatly are you looking for?

There is no list of rimshots. Some people have given you their examples.

What exactly are you looking for?

I know there is varying definitions. I simply wanted to know what people thought would count as a rimshot because the definitions are so varied.

 

[CTListener]

Exactly. Even within the industry there are varying views of what a rimshot is. Some think of it being any station trying to serve a market from outside the market and others think of it as being any partial signal that tries to be a market competitor from a location near the far edges of the market. In fact, the definition may be quite correctly different in each market.

The New England one that quickly comes to mind is WAQY from Springfield being a Hartford rimshot. It has done, historically, a good job even though the 70 dbu does not even get to downtown Hartford, let alone much of the market.

Ears tell you things meters and maps don't. WAQY is for all intents and purposes a local in Hartford. It even stops the scan on a cheap Insignia portable in my apartment in a brick building 20 miles south of Hartford. It was my go-to station for Patriots football even when WCCC was carrying the games, too.

 

[jlehmann]

98.1 also appears in the Boston ratings.

What do you mean by "classy"? Imaging, I assume?

I have no idea how WSNE could be considered "classy." It's basic Hot AC/CHR imaging used on any iHeart station in the country.