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Show prep for Classic Hits stations

Classic Hits radio show prep

The songs are classics. The show still needs something new to say every morning.

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For You showing your show, ready by 6:00 am with 6 stories, and Swap on the first story

Classic Hits

What Classic Hits morning shows need

  • Something new about something familiar

    Anniversaries, reunions, farewell tours and the stories behind the songs.

  • Adult real life

    Grandkids, retirement, health and money: what listeners are actually living.

  • A host who sounds like one of them

    Warm, knowing and never trying too hard.

How it works

How Radio Content Pro preps a Classic Hits show

  1. Set your format

    Choose Classic Hits on your profile and tell Ava who listens and where.

  2. Ava picks

    Every morning, For You fills with the stories that fit your show, each with a tease.

  3. In your voice

    «In my voice» writes each story the way you talk, checked against the story.

  4. Ready by your time

    Set a ready-by time and how many stories. Your show is built in running order.

Inside the app

Built for Classic Hits listeners

Stories picked for Classic Hits listeners

Set your format to Classic Hits and For You picks for your show, not a generic feed. Not right? Press «Not for me» and pick «Not my format»; Ava learns.
  • Music news from other genres is filtered out of For You. Browse still has every story.
  • Politics, crime and other hard news are played down, unless your interests ask for news.
  • Set your market and local stories come from there.
A story page with The Story, Why it matters and Key facts

Pop and rock, picked together

Set Classic Hits as your format and Ava picks music news from both pop and rock, the two halves of your playlist.
  • Written like a Classic Hits host: «In my voice» uses your Character Profile.
  • «Key facts» and «Article source» keep the original story a tap away.
A story written in your voice, with «Verified against the story — ready for air.»

Ready before you are

Set a ready-by time and how many stories. Ava builds your show in running order, and can email it to you.
  • Reorder stories and add your own notes in Show Builder.
  • Copy, print or email your show.
The Show schedule card: ready by 6:00 am, days on air, 6 stories, Email it to me ticked

The format

What is the Classic Hits radio format?

Classic Hits plays the biggest pop and rock hits of past decades for listeners who grew up with them. The music is familiar, so the personality and the stories are what make a Classic Hits show feel fresh. Morning shows lean on nostalgia, the artists’ lives today and relatable adult life.

  • Gold-based hits
  • Greatest hits

Included

Everything else comes with it

Ask Ava

Ask Ava about Radio Content Pro for Classic Hits

In the app, Ava takes any question about a story: an angle, a tease, a phone topic or a rewrite. Here, ask her how it would work on your show.
Ava Hart smiling, ready to help with your show

Ask Ava. Thinking about Radio Content Pro for your Classic Hits show? Ask me.

Try it on tomorrow’s Classic Hits show.

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Questions

Classic Hits show prep questions

Will I get today’s pop gossip?

Only if it fits your audience. Tell Ava who listens on your profile, and press «Not for me» › «Not my audience» on anything that misses.

Does it work for an oldies-leaning station?

Yes. Set Classic Hits as your format, and tell Ava your era and your audience in «Your notes to Ava».

Does Classic Hits cost extra?

No. Radio Content Pro is $199 a month or $1,999 a year, for any format.

Can I try it first?

Yes. Start a 7-day free trial and get full access, no card needed. Pick a plan when you are ready to keep going.

I’m already a member. Does my price change?

No. Existing members keep their current rate.

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