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2Son said:
Can you honestly say that the playlists were as tight back then as they are now on even these stations I mentioned?
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I think there are alot of factors in that answer. John made a good point, that today, the same artist is on many tracks with the colabs. I'm sure we all agree that Rihanna is over exposed, but are those all her tracks? No, she is on an Eminem song, a David Guetta song, a T.I. song, and so forth. I'm sure a station would be fine playing all those in the same hour, in addition to her newest record. So with that being said, the rules are more loose now. But keep in mind, in the late 80s / early 90s....I was about 15. I would think others here were close to that or in early 20s. Our perception was different then. Music didn't suck as bad. We weren't quick to notice a 75 minute rotation when radio was fun.

BTW, how come nobody complains about how often commercials rotate? Do we ever stop and say, Hey they played that 20 minutes ago! The music is just bait to broadcast what they actually get paid for.
 
DJ_Perry said:
2Son said:
Can you honestly say that the playlists were as tight back then as they are now on even these stations I mentioned?
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I think there are alot of factors in that answer. John made a good point, that today, the same artist is on many tracks with the colabs. I'm sure we all agree that Rihanna is over exposed, but are those all her tracks? No, she is on an Eminem song, a David Guetta song, a T.I. song, and so forth. I'm sure a station would be fine playing all those in the same hour, in addition to her newest record. So with that being said, the rules are more loose now. But keep in mind, in the late 80s / early 90s....I was about 15. I would think others here were close to that or in early 20s. Our perception was different then. Music didn't suck as bad. We weren't quick to notice a 75 minute rotation when radio was fun.

BTW, how come nobody complains about how often commercials rotate? Do we ever stop and say, Hey they played that 20 minutes ago! The music is just bait to broadcast what they actually get paid for.
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I understand what a few of you are trying to portray, but I really do not think any of you are going to convince me that radio is the same now as it was then. I was well aware of what radio was like then just as I am well aware of what radio is like now. Things have changed. You have less than a handful of record companies who are in bed with a handful of media groups and THAT is what is dictating what we hear on the radio. All you have to do is research a station's playlist, search the artists, and look at their label/distributor.
 
Never said radio was the same then. It was obviously different. There was more variety. The songs were not as disposable as today. There were more currents then, as opposed to radio playing many recurrents today. That makes a difference in delivery. When radio today still plays songs that have been pounded for over a year, it loses any freshness that stations had years ago.
 
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