Picked up a copy.
Everyone seems to have the Walmart mentality. CC and Cumulus own all the stations.
There are thousands of stations across the country with different playlists. Yet no one seems to mention them.
The film took a trip down the occupy Wall Street route. Keep in mind several stations took the money and ran, nobody forced them to sell.
Even after the great consolidation of the 90's many independent operators remain to this day.
Very few stations gave the DJ the power to play what they wanted.
Today's computers are no different then the clunky mechanical automated reel machines of the 70's and 80's, or the Satellite formats such as Transtar, Westwood 1 etc. of the 70-80's. I remember voicetracking in the 80's with carts (for those who remember those ;D).
Very few garage bands made it to the airwaves in the 80's and 90's. Stations have always run tight playlists.
The singers and groups who play in the same 500 song rotation day after day still manage to sell out concert venues around the nation, and outsell today's turbo pop, AAA, and Hip Hop (that is another topic).
The only loss is stations had the ability to create a few regional hits by established singers & groups. If they were successful in a market (sales & airplay).
