Is a "play at the office" radio station needed anymore?

[ericspin1]

Now that KHMX has morphed over the years from a Hot AC to an Adult Top 40 and KODA has morphed from an AC to a Hot AC (in my opinion), what can you play at your business that's good, calming, background music? I thought of that the other day when I was at my dentist office. I noticed the music was soft rock, mostly from the 70's, similar to what I used to hear at a doctor's office. Come to find out, he had it on The Bridge on SiriusXM. He said he always had it on KODA until a few years ago, when some of the music became too distracting for his patients.

Just makes me wonder: Is there a need for a true AC station anymore? If so, Houston has a big hole that, if I were a programmer of a dying station, would try to fill.

 

[RadioFaninTexas]

Now that KHMX has morphed over the years from a Hot AC to an Adult Top 40 and KODA has morphed from an AC to a Hot AC (in my opinion), what can you play at your business that's good, calming, background music? I thought of that the other day when I was at my dentist office. I noticed the music was soft rock, mostly from the 70's, similar to what I used to hear at a doctor's office. Come to find out, he had it on The Bridge on SiriusXM. He said he always had it on KODA until a few years ago, when some of the music became too distracting for his patients.

Just makes me wonder: Is there a need for a true AC station anymore? If so, Houston has a big hole that, if I were a programmer of a dying station, would try to fill.

You can still find true AC radio in smaller markets where those stations are locally owned and operated.
Speaking of MIX 96.5, that station was great back in the day. They had a much bigger playlist rotation and played music that was appropriate for the office. They were owned by Nationwide Communications, which don't exist anymore.
Today, unfortunately, you will hear the same song twice (rap, hip hop, pop) every other hour and much longer commercial blocks.

 

[stan]

My experience at employers the past 10 years is that satellite radio is used in most work areas. This gives workers more choices for music that local radio won't provide.

 

[RadioFaninTexas]

There is a station called FM-1 on a satellite and streaming service called Mood Media (formerly Muzak). It's by far my favorite station. My neighborhood grocery store has the service and every time I enter the store, I hear a lot of forgotten tracks that I never hear on the radio anymore. Very appropriate for listening at work if your employer carries the service! The type of music they play is timeless, well-known favorites from the late '60s to right now. Here's a list of the recently played songs in the past few minutes:

Book Of Dreams, by Suzanne Vega

For The First Time, by Matt Wertz

Gypsy, by Fleetwood Mac

Ode To Sunshine, by Delta Spirit

Our House, by Crosby, Stills And Nash

Sleeping Satellite, by Tasmin Archer

Never Again, by Trey Songz

Have a little faith in me, by John Hiatt

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley, by Gnarls Barkley

Don't Go Breaking My Heart, by Elton John with Kiki Dee

 

[CTListener]

There is a station called FM-1 on a satellite and streaming service called Mood Media (formerly Muzak). It's by far my favorite station. My neighborhood grocery store has the service and every time I enter the store, I hear a lot of forgotten tracks that I never hear on the radio anymore. Very appropriate for listening at work if your employer carries the service! The type of music they play is timeless, well-known favorites from the late '60s to right now. Here's a list of the recently played songs in the past few minutes:

Book Of Dreams, by Suzanne Vega

For The First Time, by Matt Wertz

Gypsy, by Fleetwood Mac

Ode To Sunshine, by Delta Spirit

Our House, by Crosby, Stills And Nash

Sleeping Satellite, by Tasmin Archer

Never Again, by Trey Songz

Have a little faith in me, by John Hiatt

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley, by Gnarls Barkley

Don't Go Breaking My Heart, by Elton John with Kiki Dee

I know only five of these -- the Mac, the CSN, the Trey, the Gnarls and the Elton/Kiki. Are those others actually well-known? Were they all hits? Heck, I've never heard of Archer or Wertz, and I like to think I've kept up with popular music over the decades.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

I know only five of these -- the Mac, the CSN, the Trey, the Gnarls and the Elton/Kiki. Are those others actually well-known? Were they all hits? Heck, I've never heard of Archer or Wertz, and I like to think I've kept up with popular music over the decades.

Who is even allowed a radio at work any more? You play a radio, you PO the guy next to you with different taste. Or it sounds unprofessional to people on the phone / visitors / managers. Radio in the office? Never been allowed in over 35 years I've been on the job ----

 

[CTListener]

Who is even allowed a radio at work any more? You play a radio, you PO the guy next to you with different taste. Or it sounds unprofessional to people on the phone / visitors / managers. Radio in the office? Never been allowed in over 35 years I've been on the job ----

Earphones or buds plugged into the audio jack of the computer, occasionally, but never anything that anyone else in the office can hear. There must be offices somewhere in which a manager (or the employees, by consensus) decides on a station to have playing in the background, but I've never been in one. I've heard classic rock and active rock stations mixed in with the sounds of auto repair when I take my car to the garage, though. Somehow, I don't think the workers in that environment are looking for a soft AC to enjoy while they fix my A/C.

 

[stevenNOLA]

I don't work in a customer-facing office (cubicles in a high rise in downtown) and everyone in the office listens to some sort of music while working. Sources and devices also vary widely but most opt for music on their personal mobile phones and earbuds. I have an Accurian HD radio on my desk that stays at a volume low enough for no one else to hear and change stations only every few days once I am burned out of the current one. My typical stations in rotation for my workday are Hot 95-7, 93Q, 94-5 The Buzz, 94-5 HD2 The Rock, 106.9 HD2 (when it is working), Sunny 99.1, The Eagle, and Country Legends 97.1. I also occasionally stream a few stations from Louisiana: 94.5 KSMB (Lafayette) for "Way back Wednesday", Bayou 106.7 (KSIG-Rayne/Lafayette) for Cajun/country mix, KVPI 92.5 (Ville Platte, my hometown station) for classic hits, and B-97 (WEZB-New Orleans) for CHR.

 

[johndavis]

AC Radio was designed to appeal to 25-54 year old women.

The tastes of today's 25-54 year olds are different than those 30 years ago, and those who listened to AC back then aren't in the demo today.

So the songs are different. It's still AC.

The people who decide if a station is appropriate to be played at the office are the people who work there.

 

[93QClassic.com]

Listen at work? Why listen to a station somebody else programs when Pandora, Spotify, Fuzz, and numerous others let us create our own. I listen to my own station at work, home, and everywhere else.

www.JoeFM.net

 

[RadioFaninTexas]

I miss the old days of radio. The dj's, jingles, sweepers, imaging and community involvement gave the station a personality. 98FM KFMK was a great example of one of those stations and great for listening at work as well.