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Originally posted by Celestial
Is the influence of Z100 exaggerated? I ask because one republic is number two on their Top 50, but it isn't doing great ON chr Top 40, no.18 with average updates. Also, Cascada was in power rotation for what was a record at its time of release, yet it didn't make much of an in impact on the Mediabase Top 40 mainstream chart.
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Well, Z100 has power over the rest of the pop panel. When Z100 adds a song, usually many stations will follow suit if they haven't done so already. For example, Z100 has been responsible for the success of songs such as "Misery Business," "Addicted," "See You Again," "Evacuate the Dancefloor," etc. The list goes on and on, but after that, the power of Z100 fluctuates. There have been plenty of examples where a Z100 add helps the song shoot up, but they stall. Such examples could be "Hush Hush; Hush Hush," "With Love," "Sorry, Blame It on Me," and "Just Stand Up!," along with others. The stations add the song because the top station did, but if they get negative feedback, they're not going to play it a lot and may eventually drop it sooner than Z100 does. When Z100 puts a song into power rotation, many stations may follow by playing it more than usual in their own "power rotation." However, again, depending on listener feedback, the station may drop the song from power sooner than Z100 would. So Z100 does have power for the first week or so they do something, but it all comes down to a station's listeners, which can be extremely diverse. The demographics and what people like in New York can be totally different than what people in Los Angeles may like.
As for the "Bad Romance" run... I'm not sure what to think of that. I think this may have been the scenario:
Z100 had "Bad Romance" in power rotation for so long, they were starting to get negative feedback from listeners who were sick of hearing it. So, Z100 takes it off power, and due to high negative feedback, start to drastically drop it. Then, they get negative feedback on how little their listeners are hearing the song. So, they decide to put it back in power, drastically picking its spins back up. I really don't get why they didn't just slowly lower its spins. When they took it out of power, it should've only dropped to maybe #9 or #10 on their playlist and it should'be slowly fallen and they could've dropped it in late April.