What Kind of AAA Station do you have? Part IV

Next to correct for distortions due to size of playlists. The first is the ratio of songs appearing on the alternative chart to the songs appearing exclusively on the AAA charts. 40 percent and above is an alt leaner, 20 to 39 a neutral and below 20 is a soft alternative station. Let's see how they did on this one.

Alt leaning

WRNR 40
WXRT 40.9
CKPK 84.6
WRXP 100 (that means they played NO AAA exclusive songs!
WLCE 50
WYEP 57.1
WDVI 60
WCNR 49
WNNF 40

Neutral

KMMT 34.8
WTTS 34.8
WRLT 29.6
WMMM 37.3
WXPK 24.2
KINK 22.7
KFOG 33.3
WXPN 29.2
WAPS 34.3
KPRI 35.3
KRSH 27.7
CIDR 33.3
KHJK 30
WXRV 25
WDST 27.2
KGSR 34
WFIV 36
KTHX 20
KTCZ 27.3

Alt Hatin'

KMMS 18.6
KRVB 8.3
WTMD 11.1
KLRR 9.5
KPND 16
KBCO 18.5
KPLL 4.2
WEHM 18.2

What Kind of AAA Station Do You Have? Pt III

The raw numbers tended to give high alt scores for stations that had large playlists so the next category I did was percentage of number of songs on the alternative charts as against the current songs on the station's playlist. 30 percent and over indicates an alt leaner 10-29 a neutral and less than 10 indicates a station that is not alt-friendly.

alt leaning

KMTT 30.8
WTTS 30.1
CKPK 36.7
WRXP 72.2
WLCE 40.9

Neutrals

WRNR 21.3
WXRT 20
WRLT 22.2
WMMM 29.9
WXPK 18.9
KMMS 10
KINK 15.6
KFOG 20
WXPN 10.4
WAPS 17.6
KPRI 21.4
WDVI 27.2
KRSH 14.2
WNWV 11.4
WCNR 22.2
WRNX 20.6
CIDR 25
KHJK 25
WNNF 16
WXRV 16.2
KBCO 10.6
KGSR 23.7
KTCZ 13.6

Alt hatin'

WYEP 8.8
KRVB 6
KFPK 4
WTMD 3.1
KLRR 7.4
KPND 8.5
WFUV 8
KPLL 4
WDST 8
WEHM 5.7
WFIV 9.8
KTHX 9.8

Note: The scores of Public radio stations and WRNR may be somewhat depressed by the presence of indy rock tunes that do not make the commercial alternative charts

What Kind of AAA Station Do You Have Part II

Yesterday we did a little test to explore which AAA stations lean alternative and which don't -- we counted up the number of songs on each station's playlist that appear on any of the Alternative charts appearing in Billboard/Radio-Info.com. Today will be the mirror image of yesterday -- another raw number count this time focusing on songs on the current playlists (measured last December) that appear on the AAA charts but not on any of the alternative charts. Yesterday's chart tended to give higher "alternative" stations with large playlists. This one tends to penalize -- if that's the right word -- them. Today under 10 will indicate an alternative leaner 10-19 will indicate a neutral and 20 and over will indicate a "soft" alternative station.

Altenative-leaning

CKPK --2
WRXP -- 0
WLCE -- 9
KFOG -- 8
WYEP -- 6
WFPK -- 9
WDVI -- 4
WFUV -- 8
WNNF -- 6
WDST -- 8
KTCZ -- 8

Neutral

WRNR -- 15
KMMT -- 15
WTTS -- 15
WRLT -- 19
WMMM -- 12
KINK -- 17
WXPN -- 12
KPRI -- 11
KRVB -- 11
WTMD -- 16
KLRR -- 19
KRSH -- 19
WNWV -- 16
WCNR -- 17
WRNX -- 14
CIDR -- 10
WXRV -- 18
WEHM -- 18
KGSR -- 17
WFIV -- 16

Soft

WXPK -- 22
WAPS -- 23
KPND -- 21
KBCO -- 22
KPTL -- 21
KTHX -- 24

Intersting some stations results were consistent -- WRXP, CKPK for example. However WAPS, a station urn by the Akron. OH school district, went from one end of the chart. More tommorow.

What KInd of AAA Station Do You Have?

One thing that has struck me about the Album Adult Alternative format is that there is a wide variance. Some are fairly close to the pre-2000 alternative format, before the female portion of the audience was ruthlessly weeded out and the remainder was force fed Korn. Others are on a mission to air every singer-songwriter in every coffeehouse in America. Still others are trying to sell hot AC with the Katie Perry and Pink lfet out.

So I took a semi-scientific stab at defining the differences. First I took a look at the AAA chart and compared it to the Alternative chart. They usually have several songs in common -- Right now it's Radioactive, Sick of You, The Cave, Dog Days Are Over to name a few. To those I add songs that are exclusively on the alternative chart. Then I compare it to the playlist of the AAA station, whether it's on their website, or in YES or TuneGenie. I count up the "alternative" current songs on the station's playlist. Ten and over will count an alternative leaning AAA. 5-9 will count as a neutral AAA Four and under will count as soft AAA.

So How did your station fare?

Alt-leaning

WRNR 10
CKPK 11
WRXP 13
WAPS 12
WCNR 12

Neutral

KMMT 9
WTTS 8
WRLT 8
WXRT 9
WMMM 7
WLCE 9
WXPK 7
KINK 5
WXPN 5
WYEP 8
KPRI 6
WDVI 6
KRSH 8
WRNX 6
KHJK 6
CIDR 5
WXRV 6
KBCO 5
KGSR 9
WFIV 9
KTHX 6

Soft

KMMS 3
KFOG 4
KRVB 1
WFPK 3
WTMD 2
KLRR 2
KPND 4
WNWV 4
WFUV 3
WNNF 4
KPLL 1
KTCZ 3

More on this tommorow