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What Will K-Earth's Playlist Look Like in 2040?

It will probably be mostly a mix of Top 40 hits including rap, R&B, alternative, and pop from the 2000s through the 2020s but who knows. The 1980s could still be memorable by then but just not playing on Classic Hits stations anymore. Classic Hits will likely include more 90s/2k rap in the next few years.
 
30james said:
I still think kearth should add more 90's. KOLA is at an all time high with their blend of 80's and 90's playing 2 90's per hour I'm sure would not hurt kearth
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KRTH is at its highest point ever. Why would they change it?

The Inland Empire is demographically and sociologically different from LA in many ways. Not comparable.
 
CTListener said:
Despite radio's best efforts to warn people and keep them safe!
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For reference, see the 1983 film "The Day After". One of the most-watched TV-movies ever, maybe #1.
 
JackindaBox said:
It will probably be mostly a mix of Top 40 hits including rap, R&B, alternative, and pop from the 2000s through the 2020s but who knows. The 1980s could still be memorable by then but just not playing on Classic Hits stations anymore. Classic Hits will likely include more 90s/2k rap in the next few years.
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Any guesses on the expiration dates of Take On Me, Tainted Love, Don't You Want Me Baby, Never Gonna Give You Up, or Come On Eileen on K-EARTH? What will be the last song standing from the 80's?
 
I don't know what the titles will be, but I can assure you that if there's a 20-year window on a classic hits station in 2040, and that window is entirely within the 21st century, the library will be 220 titles, not 320.
 
101.9 La Kalle said:
K-Day will sound the same as K-Earth in 2040. They'll both probably be playing music from the 2000's to 2020's.
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Probably similar in some ways. I think K-DAY will be doing hip hop from the 2000s to 2030s and K-Earth will do pop (Top 40) from the 2000s to 2020s with some of the same hip hop titles.
Loverofradio said:
If aliens arrive on earth, in 2027, as everyone says, there won’t be a 2040
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Um… we don’t know when the world will end though…
 
I expect more than a few Classic Hits stations in the future to be called "Epic 99.7" or "Lit 96.3" when they get to a 2010's heavy playlist.
 
MassMusicMan said:
I don't know what the titles will be, but I can assure you that if there's a 20-year window on a classic hits station in 2040, and that window is entirely within the 21st century, the library will be 220 titles, not 320.
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How do you derive that math? In any format, the songs on the playlist will be be determined by research of each format's target audience.
 
DavidEduardo said:
How do you derive that math? In any format, the songs on the playlist will be be determined by research of each format's target audience.
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Because there's fewer hits by year now. We're a third of the way through the 2020's already, and there's maybe, what, 30 songs that will make it to 2040? Here's the top hits of 2020, I would expect maybe 7 or 8 of these songs to be even remembered in 2040, let alone heard on whatever radio is in 2040. Pop 2020 Yearly Chart

For a classic hitter in 2040 to have a library the size of a classic hitter today, the era window will have to be wider.

EDIT: To be fair, I didn't look at other formats. Maybe somehow some alternative track that wasn't a pop hit at the time gets some kind of cultural staying power, but yeah, the hits are the hits these days. Maybe half the country speaks Spanish by then, and something like Bad Bunny that isn't next to Doja Cat on mainstream CHR now ends up next to her on 2040 classic hits.
 
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MassMusicMan said:
Maybe half the country speaks Spanish by then, and something like Bad Bunny that isn't next to Doja Cat on mainstream CHR now ends up next to her on 2040 classic hits.
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You never know how popular music is going to shake out in the next five years, let alone the next 17. Heck, I was listening to CHR WZRT Rutland, VT, in the car a couple of hours ago and heard one of those liners in which current pop stars all say hello to the station's listeners. The usual suspects all delivered their greetings until just after "Wassup? This is Wiz Khalifa!" What followed that was "Hey, y'all! This is Morgan Wallen!" Could you conceive of those two both being part of that station's imaging five years ago? Or three?
 
MassMusicMan said:
Because there's fewer hits by year now. We're a third of the way through the 2020's already, and there's maybe, what, 30 songs that will make it to 2040? Here's the top hits of 2020, I would expect maybe 7 or 8 of these songs to be even remembered in 2040, let alone heard on whatever radio is in 2040. Pop 2020 Yearly Chart
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That is for Top 40 / CHR. What may happen is that CHR finishes splitting into rhythmic and rock based formats and disappears. But there are many other formats, ranging from Urban to Country.
MassMusicMan said:
For a classic hitter in 2040 to have a library the size of a classic hitter today, the era window will have to be wider.
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No, the scope of each format will change. Look at the 1976 to 1980 influence of disco on Top 40
MassMusicMan said:
EDIT: To be fair, I didn't look at other formats. Maybe somehow some alternative track that wasn't a pop hit at the time gets some kind of cultural staying power, but yeah, the hits are the hits these days. Maybe half the country speaks Spanish by then, and something like Bad Bunny that isn't next to Doja Cat on mainstream CHR now ends up next to her on 2040 classic hits.
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Second generation Hispanics are almost all English dominant. There is no cumulative effect of Latino migrants to the USA.
 
CTListener said:
You never know how popular music is going to shake out in the next five years, let alone the next 17. Heck, I was listening to CHR WZRT Rutland, VT, in the car a couple of hours ago and heard one of those liners in which current pop stars all say hello to the station's listeners. The usual suspects all delivered their greetings until just after "Wassup? This is Wiz Khalifa!" What followed that was "Hey, y'all! This is Morgan Wallen!" Could you conceive of those two both being part of that station's imaging five years ago? Or three?
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LOL I worked for that cluster. What a dumpster fire.
 
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