Comments on: Thursday Open Thread

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:42:07 +0000

A lot has to do with the business and who wants to play the game. Radio for the last few years is hugely become a small handful of large conglomerates and radio is “bought” to play certain artists and the circle of influence goes around with the radio programmers, label executives and so on. Radio has lost a lot of creditability.

By: AllanLCampbell

AllanLCampbell — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:56:26 +0000

I have listened to the country station Krty 95.3 in San Jose, Ca for 12 years. They have always played a lot of the old and and a lot of the new. The old includes George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Reba, Alabama, Toby Keith, and everybody else. They also play hits from this year and the last couple of years. I don’t listen to the station in San Francisco.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:27:27 +0000

Itmight have been hard for me to believe Lynn’s claim that she hears the same song on two stations at pretty much the same time, but last Sunday morning, I had my alarm clock radio on (I was avoiding getting up) and “I’m Still A Guy” was on all three radio stations within a 5 minute span.I’d flip from one station and find it was being played on the next station, just at a different spot in the song. I couldn’t believe it.

By: gaby

gaby — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:35:45 +0000

my radio station in central va tends to be very male heavy…..in one hour you can hear 12 songs…but generally only 1 or 2 female songs in that rotation

now seeing that i am a bigger fan of the females in country than some of the males, this tends to get a little aggrivating

thank god for the ipod!

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:33:12 +0000

Jordan,

Canadian stations play ALOT more variety than the average USA station, and that’s without the required Canadian percentages.

By: Jordan Stacey

Jordan Stacey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:17 +0000

I live up in Kahnawake, Canada (just outside Montreal) and we don’t have a full time country station. On the weekends they play country though. I work on saturdays and that’s when I listen to the radio the most, and I like my station. They have a good mix of both old and new. And they don’t constantly play the same songs over and over. Carrie and Rascal Flatts and Kenny do get played a little more often but not as bad as some other stations. Last week I heard some songs I’d never expect to hear on other stations (Lisa Shaffer “Just One” / Allison Moorer “Tumbling Down” / Dwight Yoakam “Blame The Vain” / Jamie O’Neal “Every Little Thing” / Megan Mullins “Cryin’ Days” / Jessi Alexander “Make Me Stay Or Make Me Go”). Then on sunday mornings they play nothing but classic country. It’s how I discovered many of the classics for myself. I just wish they played country all week now.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:46:59 +0000

Unfortunately, I spend a lot of time in my car commuting to and from work (hey, I live in So. Cal.), so I’m very familiar with country radio’s repetitive nature. Although I don’t listen to it much these days, I do quickly flip through it frequently, and every time I do they are playing a Rascal Flatts song or a Carrie Underwood song. Although we have 2 stations in town, it’s worthless because they play the same thing — and all too often, the same Rascal Flatts or Carrie Underwood song at the exact same time. Thank goodness for iTunes. My CD mixes actually make commuting fun.

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:41:38 +0000

In Chicago, US99 sucks. They overplay all of the artists above, and will overkill “recent” hits by struggling artists at the expense of giving a new single a chance (they still have “What Kinda Gone” and “Cleaning This Gun” in heavy rotation, at the expense of “No Love Songs” and “Invisibly Shaken”, for example). Last weekend when Chesney/Urban were at Soldier Field, they played nothing but those two artists on Friday and Saturday — even DURING the concert. I wanted to call them and say that those who would be interested in a lineup like that are ALREADY AT THE FRIGGING CONCERT! They were also surely involved in payola when it came to “More Than a Memory” last year.

Indiana 105 in Valparaiso, Ind., is a lot better. They play a lot more variety (songs from artists that only reached #20 or #25 a few years ago), and actually listen to requests (I’ve gotten “Never Mind Me” played recently). They sometimes even play good songs in heavy rotation that don’t chart nationally, like “Girl on the Billboard”. But they’re not corporately owned, so they have a lot more freedom on their playlist, and it’s much bigger as a result.

I’m tempted to try to get into radio (I have a meteorology degree and someday want to be a TV/radio meteorologist), but I know that if I was a DJ I’d be very, very constricted by the limitations of my station’s playlist, and I’d refused to get excited when required to play “Bob That Head”.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:52:16 +0000

I thought you knew that – I’ve referenced Central Florida in a lot of my posts

Anyway I’ll e-mail you my address and phone number so that next time you are down here you can get in touch with me

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:44:45 +0000

And yes, it was 92.3. What a terrible station!