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theoldguy
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i am referring to music radio in general.i figured this was as good a place to ask.if the telecomunications act of 1996 was not passed what would the state of nusic radio stations probally be like?
I agree it became much more if it works for one station 10 more decided to do it..Much more monkey see-monkey do..
Stations used to play the more "peripheral" songs in their format for fear that if they didn't, their competition would, and listeners would associate that hot new song with a competing station. Nowadays, stations own their own "competing" stations, so that really is not an issue anymore.Consolidation removed a lot of the "quirky" people from radio. The local music directors/programmers that had input into their playlist. Increased amounts of centralized playlisting. So in that sense, it did reduce the amount of titles/artists being exposed, even in specialist programming that often got cut when a station was acquired. Much more conformity.
Consolidation removed a lot of the "quirky" people from radio.
I think there are a lot less of the risk taking, maverick PDs and MDs than there used to be.