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From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
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Subject: Re: more info - more FLAME  (Part II) - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 19:31:06 EDT
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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)
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