106.7 DOES A 360, NOW MORE 80's (BACK TO WHAT WAZ WORKING)

[gregg75]

Looks like after they lost about half of their audience with their music twists in
September, they have now returned back to what was working before. More 80's
less 60's and 70's.

[carolinaradio]

Very good move.  The playlist is MUCH better now.  This got them around a 3 share before, which wasn't that bad.

[RoddyFreeman]

Last week, the esteemed AM Lover reported that 106.7 was adding some 60's and 1 more 80's song per hour.  That hardly sounds like a "360."

[gregg75]

Not sure where he got that information, but from just listening it is clear that more 80's than
that have been added. I trust my ears more than I do AM Lover.

[RoddyFreeman]

Not sure where he got that information, but from just listening it is clear that more 80's than
that have been added. I trust my ears more than I do AM Lover.

AM Lover is a wise man and knows everything.  It's difficult at first to communicate with him because he wears an old Sony Walkman and goes around listening to AM.  Once you get his attention, he's great.

[wpb1999]

Not sure where he got that information, but from just listening it is clear that more 80's than
that have been added. I trust my ears more than I do AM Lover.

AM Lover is a wise man and knows everything.  It's difficult at first to communicate with him because he wears an old Sony Walkman and goes around listening to AM.  Once you get his attention, he's great.

Gotta love the Walkman.  I bet "AM Lover" has one so he can change the band and magically hear WCBS.  "All the way in Georgia, really???!!!!"

[carolinaradio]

Sorry to whoever said they added more 60s, but that's not the case.  It's mostly 70s, with a good dose of 80s, then 1-2 60s songs an hour.  The variety is pretty good and actually makes sense.  Far cry from the way they sounded for the past 4 months.

[toolofthebiz]

I'm sure AM Lover is just crying his eyes out hearing anything but his beloved 'martini lounge' format, I just love how he thinks that is a format that would get good ratings and generate revenue.
The real question is why does Cum-lus have two stations heavy on 80s? You have Journey and now WYAY (not sure what name they are using today) both spinning 80s. Good way to use all those frequencies they now have. I sure hope this doesn't effect Q100 and Bert's ego.

[gregg75]

There is some overlap but each has some 80's to itself. Songs like "Take On Me" A-Ha would be on
Journey. Something like "Kokomo" Beach Boys would be on Y106 (they were playing that to the max about a month ago).

[jabba17]

There is some overlap but each has some 80's to itself. Songs like "Take On Me" A-Ha would be on
Journey. Something like "Kokomo" Beach Boys would be on Y106 (they were playing that to the max about a month ago).

Agreed...106 plays less New Wavey stuff...Journey plays more. 

Side note: Journey has broken into the late 70s, with "Let's Go" and "Best Friend's Girl" by the Cars getting played.  Of course, these definitely fit in nicely with an 80s playlist, especially one that is heavy on the New Wave.  Still no "My Sharona"...the archetypical 70s song that gets airplay on an 80s station. 

For those of you who remember CC's WMAX 105.3, Cumulus is doing a MUCH better job with Journey's 80s/90s playlist.  Less New Wave, deeper playlist (even taking into account the fact that they cover 2 decades; the music seems to be about 2:1 80s to 90s), more "oh wow" songs peppered in.  Although I did hit the button when "Rock Star" by Smashmouth came on...talk about a cringey 90s song...

If Rock 100.5 blows up I don't see why Cumulus doesn't give Journey a try on a better signal. 

I do agree, though, 106 can't get too much into the 80s without cannibalizing Journey's audience (if they aren't already).  Why not put Journey on 106 (maybe with some simpatico late 70s stuff sprinkled in?) and TOC on 97.9?  Less overlap.