Just curious. Do a lot of AAA stations spin The Beatles??
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The Beatles on AAA
- Thread starter Fieldtech1
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The material on LOVE, the Anthology series, and Let It Be Naked all got (and probably still get) AAA airplay.
We play a few tracks on Birmnigham Mountain Radio.
We play Across The Universe, Two Of Us, Dear Prudence and a couple more.
Check us out www.bhammountainradio.com and post what you think of the station.
We play Across The Universe, Two Of Us, Dear Prudence and a couple more.
Check us out www.bhammountainradio.com and post what you think of the station.
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Dick Skinner
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whatthewhat said:
Having been accused of being "mean spirited" on this board, I'll temper my comment with some semblance of kindness:
If I were passionate for all things new in the AAA universe, I'd listen to bhammountainradio.com. I suppose if you could get the word out to the world about your unique format, you could make a go of it. Reg sounds like he might be trying a little too hard to be engaging and he has a tendency to overstate the popularity of his music selections. Stations like this belong on the internet because they haven't a chance of commercial success on terrestrial; they're just too hip for the room. How about posting some of your audience metrics? Best of luck.
I haven't posted much on here so not sure about your "mean spirted" comments. I guess I am glad we got off with nothing really negative from you.
The Beatles isn't are main focus at all. Just painting with a broad brush. I would say we are 55% female lsiteners and in the first month we had over 50,000 hits to our website.
Our first statiion "event" was our launch party for The Civil Wars at Workplay and they sold out 2 nights and 1 matinee before the Super Bowl. So, so far so good.
The Beatles isn't are main focus at all. Just painting with a broad brush. I would say we are 55% female lsiteners and in the first month we had over 50,000 hits to our website.
Our first statiion "event" was our launch party for The Civil Wars at Workplay and they sold out 2 nights and 1 matinee before the Super Bowl. So, so far so good.
Manny,
Were you familiar with Reg or did you just get that impression from him by just being a new listener?
Were you familiar with Reg or did you just get that impression from him by just being a new listener?
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Dick Skinner
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whatthewhat said:
I guess by "metrics" I was referring to concurrent listener figures. Also, I'm wondering how you can determine a gender percentage. Are you managing a registration database?
My opinion of Reg's performance is based only on listening.
I've never heard an AAA station that didn't have at least a few Beatles songs in the library. Even the defunct, '90s-skewing KZPL in Kansas City played the Beatles (see link below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4JMzK5Wes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4JMzK5Wes
Certain Super Groups work in a variety of ways. The Beatles are one that usually pleases. WNWV in the Cleveland, Ohio area plays a number of Beatles tracks. One way WBWC, a college owned station with an Alternative format, differentiates itself from its commercial counterpart is to have select tracks from The Beatles, and others (ie. The Doors) available for occasional use. Staffed primarily by 18-24 year olds it was interesting when the P.D. told the staff not to play so many tracks by these artists. That says a lot about the quality, longevity and continuing interest these artists enjoy.
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charles123
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Fieldtech1 said:
Yes, for instance KKXT in Dallas does
semoochie said:
I'm sure that the author is referring to the tracks that aren't played frequently on classic rock radio. Of those, there are too many to list here, but some songs are less played than others (i.e. Savoy Truffle, I'll Cry Instead, Think For Yourself, Long Tall Sally...well you get the picture. )
Want some "obscure" Beatles songs? Try these:semoochie said:
"The Sheik of Araby"
"Three Cool Cats"
"If You've Got Trouble"
"In Spite of All the Danger"
"That Means a Lot"
All of these are from the Anthology series, and while I mentioned the Anthology series earlier in this thread, I don't think any of these particular titles would get any airplay, mostly because these were too early in the Fab Four's career. It's worth noting that "In Spite of All the Danger" had a Harrison-McCartney songwriting credit, and there was also an instrumental with a Harrison-Lennon songwriting credit. Didn't see that too often!
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Dick Skinner
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firepoint525 said:
I suspect that the real reason they don't get any airplay is that these songs are truly horrible. I'm just sayin'.
I didn't say that they were "good" songs. Yeah, I'm "just sayin'" too.Manny Michaels said:
Manny Michaels said:
No worse than “You Like Me Too Much” or “I Need You”. Both were by Harrison, and both were on the U.K. release of the Help! LP (YLMTM was released in the U.S. on Beatles VI, and George sang INY but not YLMTM in the movie).
Not until “Taxman”, “Love You To”, and “I Want to Tell You” (a great tune IMO) on Revolver did Harrison find his songwriting stride (although all votes for “If I Needed Someone” on RS will be counted).
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