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98.7 The Breeze just ruined itself with new Fresh / RnB playlist
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Does anyone notice a lot of Smooth Jazz crossover tunes, I do stuff like Sade, Lisa Stansfield, Taylor Dane, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, George Benson, Just to name a few they must be stashed in the Smooth Jazz closet that didn’t get cleaned out during The AMP days.
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Apparently the only Anita Baker song they can play is "Same Old Love" which of course is starting to sound like "Same Old Song."
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So, The Breeze is not playing a single Madonna song at the moment. They dropped Crazy For You. We are talking about the most played artist in the history of AC radio along with Michael Jackson and not a single spin on The Breeze. So bizarre. She is one of the most played artists on iHeart's Breeze stations.
A mess.
A mess.
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I'm completely fine with that. My personal opinion is that in order to keep The Breeze interesting to me, the most (over)played artist in the history of AC radio should be left off. Overplayed and overly repeated artists are why I don't listen to iHeart's AC stations.
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Stopmswap, you are always mentioning songs being removed from a playlist. You cant listen 24/7, so how do you know a song is removed rather you just didnt hear it?
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Re: 98.7 The Breeze just ruined itself with new RnB playlist
iHeart just plays what tests well and the public wants to hear. Their playlists rely purely on research. And that's why they do well.ZenithCKLW wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:36 amI'm completely fine with that. My personal opinion is that in order to keep The Breeze interesting to me, the most (over)played artist in the history of AC radio should be left off. Overplayed and overly repeated artists are why I don't listen to iHeart's AC stations.
The Breeze in Detroit is playing at the moment a lot of songs that research shows are poison.
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Well you see, I had to take a leave from my jobs 2 years ago due to some health problems, so you would be quite surprised how easy it is to listen 24/7, especially with my inability to sleep at night due to pain.tigersroar wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:41 amStopmswap, you are always mentioning songs being removed from a playlist. You cant listen 24/7, so how do you know a song is removed rather you just didnt hear it?
So to keep myself from going crazy being stuck at home, I do what I love most... and that's music
Music is my life.
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Detroit313 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:02 pmiHeart just plays what tests well and the public wants to hear. Their playlists rely purely on research. And that's why they do well.ZenithCKLW wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:36 amI'm completely fine with that. My personal opinion is that in order to keep The Breeze interesting to me, the most (over)played artist in the history of AC radio should be left off. Overplayed and overly repeated artists are why I don't listen to iHeart's AC stations.
The Breeze in Detroit is playing at the moment a lot of songs that research shows are poison.
The fact that iheart operates that way is why I don't particularly like listening to their stations.
Entercom gives PD's a lot more freedom, but the issue with that is when you get a PD that either doesn't care for a particular format or doesn't know what they are doing.. then you get a pretty awful sounding station
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Re: 98.7 The Breeze just ruined itself with new RnB playlist
Detroit and The Metro Area need a decent Smooth Jazz station. There hasn't been anything to replace V98.7 since the switched to HD radio.
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Bring back WLLZ!
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That should be a hint as to the demand for smooth Jazz here...videocollectore wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:59 pmDetroit and The Metro Area need a decent Smooth Jazz station. There hasn't been anything to replace V98.7 since the switched to HD radio.
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Alexander Zonjic, Could do an air shift and Sandy Kovak,NS8401 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:15 pmThat should be a hint as to the demand for smooth Jazz here...videocollectore wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:59 pmDetroit and The Metro Area need a decent Smooth Jazz station. There hasn't been anything to replace V98.7 since the switched to HD radio.
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This station with the amount of R&B Oldies and Newer Titles is actually becoming like The Wave 94.7 in L.A. just compare the playlist maybe if Stopnswop has time to check it out it might be worth looking into.
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I'll give The Wave a check out tonight Kev and compare the playlists
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I honestly can't listen to this anymore.
This is a Soft Ryhthmic Oldies / Urban AC hybrid.
You can't add 7 or 8 soft rock songs to that and call it "Soft AC".
I'm officially making my home / in bed listening choice 98.1 The Breeze in S.F or 106.1 in Philly.
If they want to be the hybrid format I mentioned, then they need to drop the soft ac format, drop the relaxing favorites branding, and get on with it already.
If they want to be a Soft AC, then they need to be one.
None of this in between nonsense.
The old playlist was the best Soft AC out of all the ones I've heard in the entire country.... but after less than 2 months they go and screw it up.
Coupled.with no real on air personality/jingles/advertising/morning show....
I expect this type of behavior from Ifart. I always have thought very highly of CBS/Entercom.. but this is making them look like total monkeys.
I also should add that my mom is THE demographic the station wants and she was hooked on the station with the old playlist... and she never even listens to the radio!
Now she took it off her car presets and is pretty much back to her ipod only.
...that's an issue.
This is a Soft Ryhthmic Oldies / Urban AC hybrid.
You can't add 7 or 8 soft rock songs to that and call it "Soft AC".
I'm officially making my home / in bed listening choice 98.1 The Breeze in S.F or 106.1 in Philly.
If they want to be the hybrid format I mentioned, then they need to drop the soft ac format, drop the relaxing favorites branding, and get on with it already.
If they want to be a Soft AC, then they need to be one.
None of this in between nonsense.
The old playlist was the best Soft AC out of all the ones I've heard in the entire country.... but after less than 2 months they go and screw it up.
Coupled.with no real on air personality/jingles/advertising/morning show....
I expect this type of behavior from Ifart. I always have thought very highly of CBS/Entercom.. but this is making them look like total monkeys.
I also should add that my mom is THE demographic the station wants and she was hooked on the station with the old playlist... and she never even listens to the radio!
Now she took it off her car presets and is pretty much back to her ipod only.
...that's an issue.
Music is my life.