Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gds From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: more info - more FLAME (Part II) - (nf) Message-ID: <2232@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 19:31:06 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.2232 Posted: Fri Jun 22 19:31:06 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jun-84 07:18:07 EDT References: <1517@inmet.UUCP> Organization: MIT Lusers and Hosers Inc., Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 26 sl> Balogna! There isn't a major market station in the country that holds a no. sl> 1 arbitron rating by playing 'SuperSoul'. You print, on the net, a copy of sl> the Arbitron rating for the last rating period and prove it by me. When you sl> say "medium-mix" I'll bet it's real heavy on pop, and very light on soul if sl> indeed it is # 2 in the ratings - and you may prove my above statement wrong sl> by showing that it is indeed no. 2, but like I say, heavy on pop. Choose sl> any major market in the nation and I guarantee the top 3 slots will be held by sl> either rock/pop, country & western or newsradio format stations. jlp> OK. I choose New York City. Not being a resident, but a frequent traveler jlp> through, I tended to listen to top-40 stations. During the early 70's , it WABC. jlp> At the beginning of the 80's, wasn't WBLS #1? What was their format when they jlp> reached that spot? Granted, they are no longer the 100% soul station they were jlp> at the beginning of the Frankie Crokcer era, but had they already gone pop? During portions of '79, WABC was the #1 radio station in NYC and its format was half r&b/disco and half other. During that same time, WKTU occupied the #1 spot and its format was all disco. Afterwards, WBLS grabbed the #1 spot and stayed there for a while (at least until last year) with a format that began as primarily r&b but included more pop over the years. -- Those who know me have no need for my name. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {decvax!genrad, eagle!mit-vax, allegra!banyan, whuxle, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds