http://www.newsome.org/2006/04/bring-out-yer-dead-last-days-of/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2006/04/bring-out-yer-dead-last-days-of/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 John Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=2875#comment-4680 You've hit on part of radio's problem, but the most telling number there is this: 22 percent attribute it to "tired radio programming." Given the choice between hearing the same crap over and over (with no hope of actually hearing something new that is also surprisingly good), people choose to limit themselves to their own collections with the knowledge that they'll always hear something they like. Until radio wises up and brings back programmers who actually care about music and can adapt to the evolving tastes of their listeners, and thus puts pressure on the industry to release quality music rather than fluff, there will be no turnaround. You’ve hit on part of radio’s problem, but the most telling number there is this: 22 percent attribute it to “tired radio programming.” Given the choice between hearing the same crap over and over (with no hope of actually hearing something new that is also surprisingly good), people choose to limit themselves to their own collections with the knowledge that they’ll always hear something they like. Until radio wises up and brings back programmers who actually care about music and can adapt to the evolving tastes of their listeners, and thus puts pressure on the industry to release quality music rather than fluff, there will be no turnaround.

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