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So much music that we never hear!

I do a lot of casual music listening both at home and in my car. My go to is local radio stations as I can get strong signals from 8 to 10 in my area. The recent consolidation of the industry is starting to show and not in a good way. There are only a few companies who own all the stations now. We music lovers know that the amount of music is vast and we can spends months with out having to play the same song or album over again. Today in radio I notice that no matter what station I listen to I keep hearing the same few songs over and over again. Even station that advertise as being different formats all play the same loops. They run commercials all at the same time and even run the same promo events. Are we witness to the death of radio and new music discovery at the hands of the corporate profit model?

sgreg1
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Commercial radio been dead for decades as far as I'm concerned. Student University stations can have great programming at times. Public radio stations seem to be going more and more to talk.

 

Streaming is where its at, you can be your own radio programmer.

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fuzztone
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Death of radio?

And here I have avoided it for 16 years.

The most exposure I get now is when I get a haircut.  

If you wanna hear new music try BandCamp or any other streaming service. At least you can hear what genres you like instead of what some computer thinks you wanna hear.

reubent
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Our 2 local independent radio stations that played indy rock and indy/americana are now history. Since they've been gone, I've discovered more new music via Radio Paradise and my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist than from any other sources. I play both in the car via bluetooth or Careplay.

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lowrider57
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Today in radio I notice that no matter what station I listen to I keep hearing the same few songs over and over again. Even station that advertise as being different formats all play the same loops. They run commercials all at the same time and even run the same promo events. Are we witness to the death of radio 

This is true, commercial radio has followed broadcast TV providing a terrible product while trying to survive.

An example of how radio is in trouble financially is CBS selling off all its radio stations. CBS/Viacom/Sumner Redstone invested heavily buying about 200 stations around the country (many were news, talk) Now they're trying to unload them.

stuartk
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My Subaru came with a 3 month subscription to SiriusXM and there was plenty of repetition 

I'm guessing only an independent station, such as KVMR in Nevada City, CA is likely to be free of the afflictions described in this thread.. 

They can be listened to online as well as "on air".

This particular station is very liberal in terms of its news/public affairs content. so some will find this more than enough reason to avoid it.

They offer a very wide selection of genres so I'd strongly suggest consulting their program guide , unless one's tastes are extremely eclectic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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