Mojotronica
Expect Irony.
Do you listen to the radio? If so, what do you listen to? Music? Talk? News? Sports?
I listen, but I get frustrated w/ it sometimes. Here in the US, it seems like radio stations are getting stingier and stingier about playing music. It seems like every station in Seattle has adopted a morning anchor team, who prattle on and on, instead of tunes. And the commercial segments seem longer and more frequent.
I have to listen at off-hours to hear more music than talk -- late at night, for instance, or listen to a station that specializes in oldies, classics, adult hits, jazz or classical. New music is at a premium. No wonder young people are downloading their music!
It's even more obvious with talk radio. They make a statement, rephrase it, go to commercial. Restate the premise, expand a little, go to commercial. Restate the premise, expand a litle more, mention they are taking calls, go to commericial. Restate the premise, take a call, go to commercial. Repeat a couple more times. Wrap up. Show over.
Only public radio, because it's commercial free, offers a satisfying amount of content -- until pledge time. And I feel badly for the Republicans who will doubtless be convinced to buy more crap they don't need in order to listen to content they agree with. It's tragic.
I don't know if there is a solution to the problem. Radio stations have to be profitable. But it seems like in the past they offered more content but fewer commercials.
What happened?
I listen, but I get frustrated w/ it sometimes. Here in the US, it seems like radio stations are getting stingier and stingier about playing music. It seems like every station in Seattle has adopted a morning anchor team, who prattle on and on, instead of tunes. And the commercial segments seem longer and more frequent.
I have to listen at off-hours to hear more music than talk -- late at night, for instance, or listen to a station that specializes in oldies, classics, adult hits, jazz or classical. New music is at a premium. No wonder young people are downloading their music!
It's even more obvious with talk radio. They make a statement, rephrase it, go to commercial. Restate the premise, expand a little, go to commercial. Restate the premise, expand a litle more, mention they are taking calls, go to commericial. Restate the premise, take a call, go to commercial. Repeat a couple more times. Wrap up. Show over.
Only public radio, because it's commercial free, offers a satisfying amount of content -- until pledge time. And I feel badly for the Republicans who will doubtless be convinced to buy more crap they don't need in order to listen to content they agree with. It's tragic.
I don't know if there is a solution to the problem. Radio stations have to be profitable. But it seems like in the past they offered more content but fewer commercials.
What happened?
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