I live in the market and there is room for improvement big time. But I hear that in other markets too. If stations want a listener to listen to them all day, then why do they feed us all of the same crap over and over every 2 to 4 hours. I listen to the rock stations and I need to remind the programmers that Skynyrd had other songs besides "That Smell". "Dream On" and "Sweet Emotion" were'nt Aerosmith's only songs. Maybe try playing "Toys in the Attic" or "Seasons of Wither" or "Mama Kin". Instead of "Dude Looks Like a Lady" all the time try "Hangman Jury" off Permanent Vacation every now and then. "Voodoo Medicine Man" and "F.I.N.E" could be played instead of "Love in an Elevator" every now and then. Everything after Pump pretty much stunk. That was just one band in the rock/classic rock format. Just an idea programmers...I mean consultants.
The really bad part of automation is jocks and on air PD's no longer have to sit there and listen to their full 4 to 6 hour shift thus being torturted by the same crap they are forced to play over and over because the all mighty consultant or brand manager told them too because these songs "tested well". I'm sure a tbone at Cagles would test really well in market research. After you feed it to people non-stop every two hours because it "tested well" I'm sure no one would ever want to eat it again.
So playing the same garbage all day will not make me listen all day at work. But I know no station cares that you really listen, only that you think you listen all day and write it down in your Arbitron Diary and give them a kiss for that book.
