Just a little background -- I felt like a hypocrit for writing off my local radio station without actually trying contribute and make it better. So, instead of just continually bitching, I wrote a very pleasant e-mail making a few suggestions about adding local artists and not playing "Moves like Jagger" every other minute. (Just for the record---I effin' hate that song. It is the epitome of everything that is wrong with the music industry right now.) This is the reply I recieved:
Hey! Thanks for the email and thanks for listening to ****. It's nice to get an email from someone who knows music. I can tell because you feel **** is getting stale. At the end of the summer, the charts start to slow, making the playlist seem to be in a slump. You picked up on this, therefore you are "music aware". I wish there were more like you.
I listened to the songs and will give a few spins next week to see how it is received. Thanks for the tip.
The local artist show has been kicked around the station for about a year now, they are looking for a sponsor for the show and discussing the platform (On line or on air) for a local spotlight. For example, if we did it online we would make it a weekly contest where the winner would get a spotlight play on the air.I listened to that radio station nonstop for two weeks straight and I didn't hear any deviation from the norm. Lying bastard. You can't decry your audience for not having taste when you simultaneously control the content they hear. They didn't even give people a chance to say whether or not they liked the change of sound.
Oh. And he straight up lied about the change of new music slowing down at the end of summer. I know for a fact that more albums came out during one week of September than the entire month of July. And more awesome stuff is coming out soon (Hello Vanaprasta!) I'm tired of this sh*t. Internet radio all the way, baby.
