The audio also went to shit a few weeks ago. Very flat and compressed.
You think the audio at Pandora is better? Really?
Yes. It is, that is how bad it is now. Why? PPM?
Nothing has changed that I can see.
Mediabase shows their currents are being played at the same level at other major market alternative stations such as KROQ and WKQX. In fact, it's a slight increase in spins from last week.
Nothing has changed that I can see.
Mediabase shows their currents are being played at the same level at other major market alternative stations such as KROQ and WKQX. In fact, it's a slight increase in spins from last week.
What is mediabase going by? Majority of songs 1990-2003, with 3 songs an hour between 2003-2017?
What is WNLP?
They're going by the songs the station plays. They track them. You asked about current songs, so I specifically did a search on the currents they played in the last week. By currents, that means songs released in the last 6 months. I can do another search on older songs.
I suspect he means WNYL
They should also keep that soft rock Africa by Weezer off of 92.3. They can go beat it to death over on 102.7 where it belongs.
That may be your personal opinion, but the song is #2 on the Alternative Rock chart now, so obviously other people don't agree:
https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs
Radio stations play what the majority of people want to hear. They're not programming to individuals.
They played Losing My Religion 14 times last week, twice a day. They play their gold twice as much as most alternative stations. Then again, that's what WRXP did in order to get their best ratings.
Pandora and other radio stations outside of NYC that call themselves new music stations sound like new music stations.
You're comparing apples to oranges. As I said, the facts show the station is playing as much new music, and playing new music as frequently as other broadcast stations, like KROQ or WRFF. But they're mixing in more classic stuff to appeal to the mass of New York people who still prefer those songs. Web sites like Pandora and YouTube can program thousands of radio stations catering to Alternative music with an unlimited combination of songs. WNYL is just one station. Playing all new music or just focusing on the last ten years has proven itself not to get the ratings it takes to make a station viable.
NY audiences hold on to older songs and artists longer than most other cities. New Yorkers still think of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash as current country artists. Bruce Springsteen is still selling out multiple shows as though he's a current artist. You still have a core of people in NY who want doo wop from the 50s.
In my opinion this is why these Alternative formats ultimately fail. Playing the most worn out songs from 25 years ago is a recipe for the eventual death of the station.