"But when you want to sit back and listen to music you know and love, you still can’t beat radio."
Unfortunately, this must be a NYC thing because I've not found a whole lot of stations outside of the big three "classic rock" play lists that are worth tuning into. On the West Coast I've tuned into a couple of stations that I would lock into my station list, but that's about it.
While Bob talks about breaking new acts in his post, he's also talking about the medium in general and how far it's fallen. You’re a big fan of finding and discovering new music, but for guys like me and many others (it think Bob is a member of this group too), we like to get invested in a band and are far more selective. I really don't think much new music is all that good, and would much rather listen to deep cuts off the millions of existing records that have stood the test of time than listen to whatever the Arctic Monkey's have to offer, or chase down whomever next 15 minute pop star will be. That’s just my preference, but there are a LOT of us out there that would make up quite a dedicated listening audience for a radio station who had the guts to program such music. As for the new stuff, if it really is any good I’ll hear it in time perhaps sandwiched in between the deeper cuts from a Neil Young record. Radio used to have a home for us dedicated fans, now it doesn’t.
No, radio isn’t a place t break bands anymore, and it’s because the big three see it as a risk to “steady†advertising revenue these tired and worn out play lists bring in, but it could be again with an infusion of FCC directed competition. A redistribution of the wealth by auctioning licenses vs. giving them away to the big three. It’ll be through the success of satellite radio who seem to know much better how to make radio listenable again like it once was. I take my family to local pizza place where they have Sirius piped through the house speakers and we sit there well after we’re done eating just listening to all the great “old†music that we haven’t heard in a long time. THAT’s what I’m talking about. There are millions of people who want this and we’re not a buch of nostalgists either.
We both agree that music “pushed†to us is often fun to listen to, it’s WHAT’s being pushed to us that will make the difference as to whether radio will ever regain it’s relevancy in my opinion.
Tom Watson
· 2 years ago
I'm much more in Tony's category here. In NY 'burbs we have both WXPK-FM, “The Peak†in White Plains and as Fred mentioned, WFUV from the Bronx. But the classic rock station here just adheres to a short playlist. When I travel and rent cars, I'm a huge fan of Little Steve's Garage Band channel on Sirius - that's a station I'd stay glued to. At the desk, I either scramble my own 2500 songs on iTunes or go for a lastFM channel. I'm not as hungry for "new" music - meaning, of this moment - as I am for new experiences in music from throughout its recorded past.
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Unfortunately, this must be a NYC thing because I've not found a whole lot of stations outside of the big three "classic rock" play lists that are worth tuning into. On the West Coast I've tuned into a couple of stations that I would lock into my station list, but that's about it.
While Bob talks about breaking new acts in his post, he's also talking about the medium in general and how far it's fallen. You’re a big fan of finding and discovering new music, but for guys like me and many others (it think Bob is a member of this group too), we like to get invested in a band and are far more selective. I really don't think much new music is all that good, and would much rather listen to deep cuts off the millions of existing records that have stood the test of time than listen to whatever the Arctic Monkey's have to offer, or chase down whomever next 15 minute pop star will be. That’s just my preference, but there are a LOT of us out there that would make up quite a dedicated listening audience for a radio station who had the guts to program such music. As for the new stuff, if it really is any good I’ll hear it in time perhaps sandwiched in between the deeper cuts from a Neil Young record. Radio used to have a home for us dedicated fans, now it doesn’t.
No, radio isn’t a place t break bands anymore, and it’s because the big three see it as a risk to “steady†advertising revenue these tired and worn out play lists bring in, but it could be again with an infusion of FCC directed competition. A redistribution of the wealth by auctioning licenses vs. giving them away to the big three. It’ll be through the success of satellite radio who seem to know much better how to make radio listenable again like it once was. I take my family to local pizza place where they have Sirius piped through the house speakers and we sit there well after we’re done eating just listening to all the great “old†music that we haven’t heard in a long time. THAT’s what I’m talking about. There are millions of people who want this and we’re not a buch of nostalgists either.
We both agree that music “pushed†to us is often fun to listen to, it’s WHAT’s being pushed to us that will make the difference as to whether radio will ever regain it’s relevancy in my opinion.