107.9 The Link PD?

[turkeydance]

+1 Jim...moi aussi. country is better
than any of it's on-air competition.

[atlantaboy]

An excellent example of a local Hot AC is sat fed WKBC 97.3. 

See, I always wondered about that - WKBC is part of a nationwide Satellite Hot AC network with centralized programming, yet the Hot AC music it pumps into Hickory and Statesville is (apparently) well-received

I guess I don't understand how the Hot AC format could be so successful in Hickory/Statesville, yet so unsuccessful closer to Charlotte - the areas fed by WKBC seem older and much more conservative...

[carolinaradio]

An excellent example of a local Hot AC is sat fed WKBC 97.3. 

See, I always wondered about that - WKBC is part of a nationwide Satellite Hot AC network with centralized programming, yet the Hot AC music it pumps into Hickory and Statesville is (apparently) well-received

I guess I don't understand how the Hot AC format could be so successful in Hickory/Statesville, yet so unsuccessful closer to Charlotte - the areas fed by WKBC seem older and much more conservative...

I think 107.9 staying away from Hot AC (without much talk) just because it didn't work well over a decade ago is a little too cautious.  Charlotte has changed a lot.

They could cut back on the 80s, remove that odd rhythmic 90s music (sprinkle in more Green Day/Third Eye Blind/No Doubt/Gin Blossoms/Counting Crows-like material instead of Vanilla Ice and C+C Music Factory), add more currents, and still play it rather safely.  Like WNIC in Detroit, or as I've said several times, WMYI down here in Greenville.  I mean, they don't have to sound like KLLC or WTMX...

[tylerSC]

I listen to 107.9 mainly for the talk shows, not the music. Mainly Bob and Sheri, sometimes Matt and Ramona. And I miss Pam Stone on Sat mornings. But they surely could improve their music mix. 102.5 is better there. And they could add something on an HD2 channel which they don't ever seem to use.

[atlantaboy]

I wonder if The Link feels like it can't compete with Kiss, as far as new music goes

I'm actually pretty sure that most (if not all) of those satellite-fed Hot ACs identical to WKBC are in tiny markets without CHRs

[carolinaradio]

I think The Link can do fine with Kiss in the market.  An approach like I mentioned above, I think, would work well for them.  Not extremely heavy on new music, but DO add newer songs faster and more often.  My goal would be to sound more modern than the AC's as opposed to trying to keep up with Kiss.  A true fresh AC sound would do well for them, IMO.

[carolinaradio]

Wow - 107.9 The Link has added "Stereo Hearts", while there are countless other Hot AC songs they continue to ignore (they also finally started playing "Just a Kiss")...

[atlantaboy]

Wow - 107.9 The Link has added "Stereo Hearts", while there are countless other Hot AC songs they continue to ignore (they also finally started playing "Just a Kiss")...

Does The Link air AT40?, cause there are about 20 songs on the Hot AC chart that show up as just 1 spin per week on 107.9 - I can't imagine that they're testing that many songs

[carolinaradio]

Yeah, they air some kind of countdown late on Sunday nights.