As good as Hot AC gets?

[Billy Uranus]

If you follow the Hot AC format, you have to check out this playlist.

www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?format=R2&c_let=KKPL-FM

That's KKPL, a station from Wyoming I discovered. If it wasn't for Jason Derulo and the LW-style selection of Sugar Ray songs, I'd think that I made that playlist myself. ;D Can you believe they have two songs from Stone Temple Pilots and two from Sublime? A lot of '90s music there, it's awesome!

I just wonder how often it gets played.

[Late Winter]

In My Head almost seems like a HAC staple at this point

[Pipa]

That's kinda what our small-market Hot ACs look like. Not nearly as thorough, but the same idea.

[Atlantaboy]

Yeah, really small market Hot AC stations can play a lot of Alternative, cause there usually isn't an Alt. station there - one of the best HAC stations I ever heard was in Northern Michigan/Wisconsin (when I spent a summer up there)

KP you should check out the Sophie HAC station in San Diego (KSCF) - it plays tons of Alternative stuff

IMO Washington DC used to have one of the best Modern Hot AC's in the country (Z104) but they went off air I guess in '04 or '05 cause the signal wasn't strong enough for people in office buildings or something weird like that...

[Drag]

My station plays some of my favs: Poker Face, Bulletproof, King Of Anything and Bad Romance.

[Billy Uranus]

^Drag, I don't hear much "Bulletproof" lately (sadly). I still hear those other three often though.

Oct 26, 2010 20:49:01 GMT -5 Atlantaboy said:

Yeah, really small market Hot AC stations can play a lot of Alternative, cause there usually isn't an Alt. station there - one of the best HAC stations I ever heard was in Northern Michigan/Wisconsin (when I spent a summer up there)

I didn't even think of that. Small markets usually have a Mainstream Rock station. Or if they're lucky, a Classic Rock and an Active (or maybe a Classic Hits station that plays a lot of rock). I guess the whole Alt deal goes unnoticed in a lot of small markets.

It's cool that a station in Upper Michigan doesn't have to rely on syndication.

Oct 26, 2010 20:49:01 GMT -5 Atlantaboy said:

KP you should check out the Sophie HAC station in San Diego (KSCF) - it plays tons of Alternative stuff

IMO Washington DC used to have one of the best Modern Hot AC's in the country (Z104) but they went off air I guess in '04 or '05 cause the signal wasn't strong enough for people in office buildings or something weird like that...

Great suggestion, man. I just checked it out and KSCF is awesome.

www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?format=R2&c_let=KSCF-FM

I can hardly believe that a Hot AC station is willing to play "My Hero" by Foo Fighters. And I used to listen to Z104 all the time back in middle school. It was a favorite of mine back then, I liked it a lot more than WRQX. I remember it was weird...they had two different locations on the dial. I think 103.9 and 104.1, for two seperate areas of metro DC. But they were a great station, despite being so short-lived.

[Atlantaboy]

Hey KP - you should try streaming WSDD (100.3 The Sound)/St. Louis - it's a complete Alternative/Hot AC hybrid

www.soundstl.com

4 1 PHOENIX Lisztomania 56 55 1
2 2 MUMFORD & SONS Little Lion Man 54 57 -3
3 3 NEON TREES Animal 54 55 -1
5 4 ONE REPUBLIC Secrets 54 54 0
1 5 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Dog Days Are Over 53 58 -5
10 6 MGMT Kids 33 31 2
7 7 BLACK KEYS Tighten Up 32 32 0
8 8 TEMPER TRAP Sweet Disposition 32 32 0
9 9 ANBERLIN Impossible 31 31 0
6 10 LINKIN PARK Waiting For The End 31 33 -2
15 11 SICK PUPPIES Maybe 31 28 3
14 12 MAROON 5 Misery 30 28 2
13 13 MUSE Undisclosed Desires 30 30 0
11 14 PLAIN WHITE T'S Rhythm Of Love 30 31 -1
61 15 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Shake Me Down 25 1 24
16 16 TRAIN If It's Love 25 28 -3
27 17 DIRTY HEADS Lay Me Down f/ Rome 21 18 3
30 18 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire 21 17 4
18 19 PHOENIX 1901 21 22 -1
21 20 THEORY OF A DEADMAN Not Meant To Be 21 21 0
12 21 30 SECONDS TO MARS Closer To The Edge 20 30 -10
17 22 BRANDON FLOWERS Crossfire 20 22 -2
20 23 HEDLEY Perfect 20 21 -1
28 24 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 20 18 2
33 25 SHINEDOWN Second Chance 20 17 3
38 26 O. A. R. Shattered (Turn The Car...) 19 16 3
25 27 3 DOORS DOWN It's Not My Time 18 18 0
22 28 30 SECONDS TO MARS This Is War 18 19 -1
24 29 MUSE Uprising 18 19 -1
26 30 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell 17 18 -1
40 31 LIFEHOUSE Halfway Gone 17 15 2
19 32 SHINEDOWN If You Only Knew 17 22 -5
42 33 TRAIN Marry Me 17 15 2
47 34 SARA BAREILLES King Of Anything 16 12 4
23 35 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida 16 19 -3
44 36 NICKELBACK Gotta Be Somebody 16 14 2
41 37 ONE REPUBLIC All The Right Moves 16 15 1
32 38 OWL CITY Fireflies 16 17 -1
39 39 DAUGHTRY Life After You 15 15 0
36 40 DAUGHTRY September 15 16 -1

[Billy Uranus]

That's awesome! Thanks for posting that...I've always wanted a station like that, haha.

It's cool how they're willing to play Sara Bareilles and Train, but still willing to play stuff like Cage the Elephant.

[Drag]

This is the playlist for the hot ac station in my area. Tell me your thoughts guys .

2 1 NEON TREES Animal 65 63 2 0.7851
8 2 RIHANNA Only Girl (In The World) 64 51 13 0.7915
4 3 PLAIN WHITE T'S Rhythm Of Love 62 59 3 0.7484
1 4 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are 60 68 -8 0.7596
5 5 LIFEHOUSE All In 59 58 1 0.7451
3 6 ONEREPUBLIC Secrets 59 63 -4 0.7159
6 7 PINK Raise Your Glass 57 58 -1 0.7007
10 8 MAROON 5 Give A Little More 44 44 0 0.5478
13 9 USHER F/PITBULL DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love 43 43 0 0.5349
14 10 SICK PUPPIES Maybe 41 42 -1 0.4841
9 11 KATY PERRY Firework 40 45 -5 0.4868
15 12 TAYLOR SWIFT Mine 40 42 -2 0.5295
12 13 THE SCRIPT For The First Time 39 43 -4 0.4899
11 14 KID ROCK Born Free 38 43 -5 0.4856
7 15 TRAIN If It's Love 34 56 -22 0.4295
16 16 TRAIN Marry Me 31 31 0 0.3904
18 17 ADAM LAMBERT If I Had You 24 25 -1 0.3059
17 18 BLACK EYED PEAS I Gotta Feeling 23 28 -5 0.3
24 19 KE$HA Your Love Is My Drug 23 21 2 0.2889
20 20 TAIO CRUZ Break Your Heart f/Ludacris 22 23 -1 0.2879
21 21 JASON DERULO In My Head 21 23 -2 0.2479
22 22 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I Like It f/Pitbull 21 23 -2 0.2758
28 23 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 21 19 2 0.2257
23 24 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Pocketful Of Sunshine 19 22 -3 0.2332
34 25 BOYS LIKE GIRLS Love Drunk 19 17 2 0.2053
30 26 MICHAEL BUBLE Haven't Met You Yet 19 18 1 0.2217
37 27 LADY GAGA Bad Romance 19 16 3 0.2221
19 28 MIKE POSNER Cooler Than Me 19 24 -5 0.204
35 29 DAUGHTRY September 18 17 1 0.2034
31 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now 18 18 0 0.2207
36 31 LADY GAGA Just Dance f/Colby O'Donis 17 17 0 0.1823
33 32 MAROON 5 Misery 17 18 -1 0.1819
29 33 KATY PERRY California Gurls f/Snoop Dogg 17 19 -2 0.2029
25 34 KATY PERRY Teenage Dream 17 21 -4 0.202
27 35 LADY GAGA Alejandro 16 20 -4 0.1612
39 36 LADY GAGA Poker Face 16 15 1 0.2232
53 37 THE SCRIPT Breakeven 16 11 5 0.1908
41 38 THEORY OF A DEADMAN All Or Nothing 16 15 1 0.1715
46 39 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Say Hey (I Love You) 15 13 2 0.1824
0 40 GLEE CAST Last Christmas 15 0 15 0.1709
26 41 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell 14 20 -6 0.1728
32 42 LADY GAGA Paparazzi 14 18 -4 0.1572
40 43 LEONA LEWIS Better In Time 14 15 -1 0.1235
44 44 OWL CITY Fireflies 14 14 0 0.1695
38 45 KATY PERRY Hot N Cold 14 16 -2 0.142
51 46 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story 14 12 2 0.1502
47 47 FRAY You Found Me 12 13 -1 0.1289
45 48 PINK Please Don't Leave Me 12 14 -2 0.131
43 49 KELLY CLARKSON My Life Would Suck Without You 11 14 -3 0.139
54 50 ONEREPUBLIC All The Right Moves 11 10 1 0.1287

[Billy Uranus]

I have to say that playing "Born Free" 38 times this week makes up for playing "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" 43 times. Otherwise it is a pretty solid (although typical) Hot AC playlist for 2010.

But I could go without hearing "I Gotta Feeling" three times a day, or really any song from 2009. But my Alt station must play "1901" five times a day so I'm used to it.

[Drag]

They recently added pop leaning songs about a month ago (Only Girl, I Gotta A Feeling, Poker Face and DJ).

[Atlantaboy]

^Yeah that's pretty close to my Hot AC (except I like how yours plays Born Free) - it's actually weird cause we have a lot of the same recurrents

Our Alternative station's pretty close to Modern AC though, so I mostly listen to that instead

[Drag]

Dec 25, 2010 23:59:44 GMT -5 Atlantaboy said:

^Yeah that's pretty close to my Hot AC (except I like how yours plays Born Free) - it's actually weird cause we have a lot of the same recurrents

Our Alternative station's pretty close to Modern AC though, so I mostly listen to that instead

My station is the Detroit one so that explains why they play it .

[Atlantaboy]

^WDVD?

[Drag]

Dec 26, 2010 0:01:53 GMT -5 Atlantaboy said:

^WDVD?

Yup! I also love that they have alot of GaGa recurrents .

[Atlantaboy]

^Yeah my Hot AC is pretty close to that, except no Rihanna, Usher, or Jason DeRulo - instead we have Jar Of Hearts, Dog Days Are Over, and a couple other songs like that - but everything else is almost exactly the same (weird...)

[Atlantaboy]

So that station in St. Louis flipped to 90s hits the day after I made that post lol -

But there's a brand new station in Seattle that's absolutely the best Hot AC I've ever heard - it's basically an Indie-based Modern AC, and it streams online at click989.com/listenlive

Here's their past hour:
Cake/Sick Of You
Owl City/Fireflies
Linkin Park/Waiting For The End
MGMT/Kids
Death Cab For Cutie/Soul Meets Body
Sara Bareilles/King Of Anything
Muse/Uprising
Florence & The Machine/Dog Days Are Over
Maroon 5/Misery
Sick Puppies/Maybe
Dave Matthews Band/The Space Between
Mumford & Sons/Little Lion Man

[Billy Uranus]

That's way too ironic that they switched the day after you posted it. ;D This new one looks awesome too. Thanks for the link!

I heard Seattle also got some new station called "the Seattle Sound" or something. They called it "Heritage Alternative", so I'm guessing they play a lot of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Just like every other Alt station in the country.

[kevinkdc]

Dec 25, 2010 22:52:03 GMT -5 Drag said:

This is the playlist for the hot ac station in my area. Tell me your thoughts guys .

2 1 NEON TREES Animal 65 63 2 0.7851
8 2 RIHANNA Only Girl (In The World) 64 51 13 0.7915
4 3 PLAIN WHITE T'S Rhythm Of Love 62 59 3 0.7484
1 4 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are 60 68 -8 0.7596
5 5 LIFEHOUSE All In 59 58 1 0.7451
3 6 ONEREPUBLIC Secrets 59 63 -4 0.7159
6 7 PINK Raise Your Glass 57 58 -1 0.7007
10 8 MAROON 5 Give A Little More 44 44 0 0.5478
13 9 USHER F/PITBULL DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love 43 43 0 0.5349
14 10 SICK PUPPIES Maybe 41 42 -1 0.4841
9 11 KATY PERRY Firework 40 45 -5 0.4868
15 12 TAYLOR SWIFT Mine 40 42 -2 0.5295
12 13 THE SCRIPT For The First Time 39 43 -4 0.4899
11 14 KID ROCK Born Free 38 43 -5 0.4856
7 15 TRAIN If It's Love 34 56 -22 0.4295
16 16 TRAIN Marry Me 31 31 0 0.3904
18 17 ADAM LAMBERT If I Had You 24 25 -1 0.3059
17 18 BLACK EYED PEAS I Gotta Feeling 23 28 -5 0.3
24 19 KE$HA Your Love Is My Drug 23 21 2 0.2889
20 20 TAIO CRUZ Break Your Heart f/Ludacris 22 23 -1 0.2879
21 21 JASON DERULO In My Head 21 23 -2 0.2479
22 22 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I Like It f/Pitbull 21 23 -2 0.2758
28 23 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 21 19 2 0.2257
23 24 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Pocketful Of Sunshine 19 22 -3 0.2332
34 25 BOYS LIKE GIRLS Love Drunk 19 17 2 0.2053
30 26 MICHAEL BUBLE Haven't Met You Yet 19 18 1 0.2217
37 27 LADY GAGA Bad Romance 19 16 3 0.2221
19 28 MIKE POSNER Cooler Than Me 19 24 -5 0.204
35 29 DAUGHTRY September 18 17 1 0.2034
31 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM Need You Now 18 18 0 0.2207
36 31 LADY GAGA Just Dance f/Colby O'Donis 17 17 0 0.1823
33 32 MAROON 5 Misery 17 18 -1 0.1819
29 33 KATY PERRY California Gurls f/Snoop Dogg 17 19 -2 0.2029
25 34 KATY PERRY Teenage Dream 17 21 -4 0.202
27 35 LADY GAGA Alejandro 16 20 -4 0.1612
39 36 LADY GAGA Poker Face 16 15 1 0.2232
53 37 THE SCRIPT Breakeven 16 11 5 0.1908
41 38 THEORY OF A DEADMAN All Or Nothing 16 15 1 0.1715
46 39 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Say Hey (I Love You) 15 13 2 0.1824
0 40 GLEE CAST Last Christmas 15 0 15 0.1709
26 41 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell 14 20 -6 0.1728
32 42 LADY GAGA Paparazzi 14 18 -4 0.1572
40 43 LEONA LEWIS Better In Time 14 15 -1 0.1235
44 44 OWL CITY Fireflies 14 14 0 0.1695
38 45 KATY PERRY Hot N Cold 14 16 -2 0.142
51 46 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story 14 12 2 0.1502
47 47 FRAY You Found Me 12 13 -1 0.1289
45 48 PINK Please Don't Leave Me 12 14 -2 0.131
43 49 KELLY CLARKSON My Life Would Suck Without You 11 14 -3 0.139
54 50 ONEREPUBLIC All The Right Moves 11 10 1 0.1287

I'm glad my life would suck is still being played on pop

[Drag]

It's actually a hot ac station Kevin . They also play Already Gone (although it fell out of their top 50).

[kevinkdc]

LOL oky

[Billy Uranus]

Look at the thread title, dude. ;D