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unusual facts about contemporary hit radio



Brandon Heath

The album's first single "Give Me Your Eyes" was released in July 2008 and ended the year as the second most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.

CFHK-FM

By August 2012, CIQM-FM flipped to top 40, leaving CFHK as the only hot AC station again in London.

CHBN-FM

When CFMG-FM flipped from AC to contemporary hit radio as "Virgin Radio, it marked the first three-station FM top 40 battle in Edmonton as of February 2011 (the other competitor being CJNW-FM).

CKIX-FM

By January 2012, regarding CHOZ-FM's format shift back to hot adult contemporary, the station returned to their contemporary hit radio format as it has been always a reporter to the Canadian top 40 panel.

Hands on Me

According to the website FMQB.com, it is to be released to mainstream contemporary hit radio in the United States on February 19, 2008 (see 2008 in music).

Hits Now!

Its playlist is composed of mostly Top 40 (CHR) music from artists such as Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ke$ha, The Black Eyed Peas, and Usher among others, that mainly targets listeners ages 18–49.

How Soon Is Never

If like Joe Green you were coming of age during this boom era, your main concerns include one or more of the following: a rainbow assortment of Polo shirts worn with the collar flipped up, K-Swiss tennis shoes, a new cable channel called MTV, and Top 40 radio.

KEEZ-FM

While Z99 was a Hot Adult Contemporary format playing a mix of hit music from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and today, it became a full fledged Top 40 (CHR) at night as it added hip-hop and Rhythmic Contemporary product to its rotation, thus it could be considered an Adult Top 40.

KHKZ

The station also changed its logo, with the new branding, but retained the Adult Top 40 format since KVLY caters the Contemporary hit radio format.

KJML

On January 18, 2008 the KMOQ call sign along with the CHR format was swapped with the KJML call sign and Active Rock format that had been broadcast on 105.3 FM in Columbus.

KKBJ-FM

In recent years, the station began evolving to a hybrid of Hot AC and Top 40 (CHR), also known as an Adult Top 40 format.

KQWB-FM

The station signed on as KKIB in 1983 as the flagship station of contemporary hit radio (Top 40) formatted Superstation Double K FM network, which was also broadcast on KKWS 105.9 FM in Wadena, Minnesota and KKVC in Valley City, North Dakota.

KWID

In early 2000, KFMS flipped to top 40/CHR 101.9 KISS FM, KFMS broadcast Rick Dees' morning radio program in the morning and Buck Head Show for evenings.

WBBM-FM

By 2012, WBBM-FM was moved to the Mediabase contemporary hit radio panel; however, it continued to report to the Nielsen BDS rhythmic contemporary panel until November 2012 when BDS moved the station back to the Mainstream Top 40 panel.

WJFX

They were an urban contemporary until the 2000s, when they changed their direction to rhythmic contemporary and finally to contemporary hit radio in 2012 as the station was moved to the Mediabase contemporary hit radio panel.

WTBX

In 2008 the station began leaning Adult Top 40 during the evening hours with the addition of tracks topping CHR charts, similar to KBMX in Duluth, MN.


see also

WCOA-FM

On November 5, 2009 at Noon, the station flipped to Top 40 as "i100, Today's Hit Music", mirroring similar (and Cumulus owned) contemporary hit radio stations KLIF-FM in Dallas, Texas and WNFN in Nashville, Tennessee.

WKSC

WKSC-FM, a contemporary hit radio station (103.5 FM) licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States