Radio, where to start. Hyperlocal?? Hundreds of markets all running ClearComm programming. When there is a local element (morning "shows" which don't SHOW anything), it's the inane chatter you mentioned. Inane chatter plus more ads than cable TV leave small blocks in which two 3.41-minute long pop songs play, followed by another 20 minutes of chatter and ads. The radio stations that played music (classical music radio) have now disappeared like small-town daily newspapers. Radio sucks.
I don’t understand how people are not discovering new music. Podcasts include clips, movies and tv play songs, friends talk about stuff, ads are displayed all over a city, etc. these are all entirely passive and not unlike your radio example.
If we are not finding new music we likely don’t care about music that much and shouldn’t be too concerned. If you care about exploring music, it has never been easier.
Note: radio is not far off an algorithm if you listen to the same channel consistently.
My mum works from home and usually has the radio on all day for background noise. When I've got a day off, I hear the same songs played many times in a matter of hours. I guess it's called Top 40 for a reason.
She also dislikes a certain afternoon presenter but says she 'tunes them out'. Why not change the station? I ask. She just shrugs and sings along to the next track for the third time that day. Habits are funny things...
When radio was the only option, there was always new music, and we all knew the mix of music on different channels. Plus we heard new songs all the way through, or gasp, entire albums.
Maybe we should all go to the dentist more regularly? 😁
Radio, where to start. Hyperlocal?? Hundreds of markets all running ClearComm programming. When there is a local element (morning "shows" which don't SHOW anything), it's the inane chatter you mentioned. Inane chatter plus more ads than cable TV leave small blocks in which two 3.41-minute long pop songs play, followed by another 20 minutes of chatter and ads. The radio stations that played music (classical music radio) have now disappeared like small-town daily newspapers. Radio sucks.
I don’t understand how people are not discovering new music. Podcasts include clips, movies and tv play songs, friends talk about stuff, ads are displayed all over a city, etc. these are all entirely passive and not unlike your radio example.
If we are not finding new music we likely don’t care about music that much and shouldn’t be too concerned. If you care about exploring music, it has never been easier.
Note: radio is not far off an algorithm if you listen to the same channel consistently.
My mum works from home and usually has the radio on all day for background noise. When I've got a day off, I hear the same songs played many times in a matter of hours. I guess it's called Top 40 for a reason.
She also dislikes a certain afternoon presenter but says she 'tunes them out'. Why not change the station? I ask. She just shrugs and sings along to the next track for the third time that day. Habits are funny things...
Agree with your thoughts.
When radio was the only option, there was always new music, and we all knew the mix of music on different channels. Plus we heard new songs all the way through, or gasp, entire albums.
Maybe we should all go to the dentist more regularly? 😁