Comments on: Monday Morning Mediabase Update – 10/27/08

By: noctem seizure

noctem seizure — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:56:32 +0000

Most songs rise on the AC chart after their initial runs on other charts like Hot AC, rock and top 40.

That’s part of it, but I also think LO is just too hard– even for a power ballad– for many AC stations.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:16:39 +0000

I hear Crush in Chicago all the time. WTMX has it in high rotation and 102.3 WXLC plays it quite a bit as well. I thought I heard it a few times on B96 and KissFM 103.5, but I don’t listen to those station too often, so I’m not sure what they’re playing right now.

By: soundscene

soundscene — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:51:49 +0000

folk fanÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ chicago is picky.. two of chicago stations played crush then suddenly dropped it like a hot potatoÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ theres still one that plays it thoughÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Hopefully LO has better luck thereÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ haha

Yes, but you forgot that we’re praying to the spin gods for them to put Crush back into their rotation. lol.

By: soundscene

soundscene — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:19:38 +0000

Most songs rise on the AC chart after their initial runs on other charts like Hot AC, rock and top 40. Unless, that is, the song is made for AC radio (like a Journey or Celine Dion song). Daughtry’s What About Now and Jordin’s One Step at a Time are just now rising on AC and are in the 20s. Crush is actually a little odd in that it rose on AC at the same time and pace as it did on pop. There are still a lot of AC stations that haven’t added it, but the ones that have are playing it about as much as they ever play any current song. I’m a little shocked–I never thought it would do that well on AC, but it looks like it could go top 5 in the format, and possibly even #1 eventually. Depends on whether AC continues the trend.

I suspect that Light On will probably enter the AC charts once it’s more established on Hot AC.

By: frogcooke

frogcooke — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:14:48 +0000

folk fan… chicago is picky.. two of chicago stations played crush then suddenly dropped it like a hot potato… theres still one that plays it though… Hopefully LO has better luck there… haha

By: FolkFan

FolkFan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:52:42 +0000

I believe that Magic Rainbow is hogging AC. [I must admit that Magic Rainbow's tenacity amuses me to bits. In addition to ruling AC, it has pushed its way back up into the 70s on itunes. Heh.] I also must admit that I’m not particularly fussed about AC—it tends to add more slowly than some of the other formats, plus the “lots of Christmas music” time is coming up, so the number of spins available on AC will be lower in about a month.

I’m intrigued to see the rock adds tomorrow. A Chicago station added LO a couple of weeks ago but hasn’t appeared to be playing it much, if at all. But a St. Louis rock station has been playing it 1-2 times a day.

By: noctem seizure

noctem seizure — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:44:56 +0000

AC won’t turn the light on….

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:22:42 +0000

^ Your welcome

By: cruzceleste

cruzceleste — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:06:02 +0000

Thank you Pam…

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:56:52 +0000

Here are the AC and Hot AC adds for Crush and LO from All Access:

Crush

Hot AC

KYKY-FM St. Louis (#20)

KUDL-FM Kansas City (#32)
WSNY-FM Columbus, OH (#37)
KTDY-FM Lafayette, LA (#104)
KVKI-FM Shreveport, LA (#131)

Hot AC

WTMX-FM Chicago (#3)
KJMY-FM Salt Lake City (#31)
KLZR-FM Kansas City (#32)
WSNE-FM Providence (#39)
WINK-FM Ft. Myers (#62)
KSTZ-FM Des Moines (#91)
KCDA-FM Spokane (#92)
KZZU-FM Spokane (#92)
WXLO-FM Worcester, MA (#112)
WAYV-FM Atlantic City, NJ (#141)
X026-FM >XM Radio *

By: spritely

spritely — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:25:40 +0000

I think you’re right.

By: soundscene

soundscene — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:12:49 +0000

Both Davids moved up a few spots on Top 40 yesterday because of other songs going Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œrecurrentÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ or off the chart, thus allowing a lot of songs to move up. This is not to disparage their jumps. They had to BE on the list in order to move up on it. And now theyÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re both in even better positions.

I think Cook got the benefit of the recurrent-removal on Hot AC and Top 40, and Archie on Hot AC only (bump from 22 to 20, I think). Crush is too far up top 40 to benefit from recurrent removal (he’s in the top 20 where older songs can’t become recurrents). Crush actually got bumped down a couple spots from last week because of faster moving songs (Addicted by Saving Abel and Womanizer by Britney Spears). Never lost spins, just going slower than those two and they passed it. It’ll move back up when Jordin’s One Step at a Time and Secondhand Serenade’s Fall For You finally fall out of the top 10.

By: spritely

spritely — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:58:05 +0000

That was me who misled you, Folk Fan. Sorry! I misunderstood what I saw on All Access yesterday.

Both Davids moved up a few spots on Top 40 yesterday because of other songs going “recurrent” or off the chart, thus allowing a lot of songs to move up. This is not to disparage their jumps. They had to BE on the list in order to move up on it. And now they’re both in even better positions.

By: soundscene

soundscene — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:51:00 +0000

Just curious, where does Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œLight OnÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œCrushÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ stand on itunes?

Crush-14
Light On-39

By: Mariam94

Mariam94 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:46:53 +0000

Just curious, where does “Light On” and “Crush” stand on itunes?