I don't know why, but I have a kind of love/hate relationship with the radio. I used to really enjoy listening to the rock stations as a kid, and sometimes I'd listen to the talk shows, although it was before Rush Limbaugh and before right-wing radio became much of a thing.
But over time, I started to get more and more frustrated with them playing the same songs over and over and over. The "classic rock" genre covers quite a number of years, from the 60s to 70s (or perhaps early 80s), which is dozens, if not hundreds, of artists, thousands of songs to choose from, yet their playlists seem rather short.
But to add insult to injury, the local classic rock station here (which I mostly grew up with) has these commercials telling people to go to their website and listen to their online station which they call "Deep Cuts." They say they play those songs which are "rarely" played on the main station. But they're the ones who decided that these songs should get rarely played in the first place.
Some of my favorite stations in the past went through format changes, some of them several times - as if they can't figure out what they want to do. I remember an all-heavy metal station which I thought was the greatest radio station ever conceived. But then one day, it turned into a Spanish-language station, then it became a hip-hop station, then it was a gospel station, and now (I think) it's a sports station. It makes me think that Herb Tarlek and Les Nessman were left in charge.
I was also thinking about this when reading the thread about RW media, but when it comes to radio, it seems like such a vast wasteland. I don't think radio is dead, but it seems like they've been going downhill in terms of quality and entertainment value.
But over time, I started to get more and more frustrated with them playing the same songs over and over and over. The "classic rock" genre covers quite a number of years, from the 60s to 70s (or perhaps early 80s), which is dozens, if not hundreds, of artists, thousands of songs to choose from, yet their playlists seem rather short.
But to add insult to injury, the local classic rock station here (which I mostly grew up with) has these commercials telling people to go to their website and listen to their online station which they call "Deep Cuts." They say they play those songs which are "rarely" played on the main station. But they're the ones who decided that these songs should get rarely played in the first place.
Some of my favorite stations in the past went through format changes, some of them several times - as if they can't figure out what they want to do. I remember an all-heavy metal station which I thought was the greatest radio station ever conceived. But then one day, it turned into a Spanish-language station, then it became a hip-hop station, then it was a gospel station, and now (I think) it's a sports station. It makes me think that Herb Tarlek and Les Nessman were left in charge.
I was also thinking about this when reading the thread about RW media, but when it comes to radio, it seems like such a vast wasteland. I don't think radio is dead, but it seems like they've been going downhill in terms of quality and entertainment value.