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i love this station to chill out http://www.lounge-radio.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 cheers Luis --- Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh yeah - I forgot that element. Now all the radio > stations are owned > by just a few companies (Clearchannel being the > biggie.) Which means > that playlists are much more standardized than they > used to be. Less > variety means less "survival of the fittest", which > in turn lowers > quality and gradually lowers the need to get the new > cd. > > Wasn't there once a time when radio playlists were > more regional? > > There's a fairly recent development in this in the > last 5 years or so > too - radio stations without dj's. They just throw a > larger-than usual > playlist into a central computer, and feed that > playlist to the > 'variety' station in each city. The biggest one in > San Francisco has > the motto "70's, 80's, 90's, whatever we feel like". > They should be > sued for false advertising - "we" implies humans and > "feel" implies > emotions! > > Matt > > > > On 7/6/07, BreachinThePeace@aol.com > <BreachinThePeace@aol.com> was all: > > > > To me, this is literally the crux of the societal > evolution angle. RADIO. > > It's sad that the media has become such a common > place and completely > > effective tool of corporate business. Long ago > they put a stop to giving us > > free choices in that we (as a unsuspecting > society) via their programming > > are not allowed independent differentiations of > anything, but rather their > > focus became training us "how" to differentiate in > an effort to best suite > > their greed manifest. > > > > I personally am very happy with the current state > of the music business. > > Like it was many years ago in the advent of the FM > radio, the Internet has > > HELPED musicians to reclaim a more so "music > first, business second" stance. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > See what's free at AOL.com. > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/