How much longer do music based formats on FM have?

[vchimpanzee]

In smaller workspaces, I'm sure that's how it's done. In the Salvadoran Restaurant they had a Pandora channel playing Salvadoran music. When people are working, they're not paying close attention to the music, after all. A lot of it is just background noise / music for the workers and/or patrons.

Since oil change places were mentioned, the garage where I go has oldies playing. I used to hear radio stations that played alternative rock, classic rock or mainstream rock. But now it's consistently the one radio station. Which makes sense since the garage is an advertiser.

 

[landtuna]

Some formats recognize that and are adapting.

"The BIG 101.5! YOUR FIRST MULTIMAT!!!" 😏

 

[brettbutlerisok]

Very true, but smart speakers exist.

That's how it's done now, every where I go. Even the dairies I load at it'll be Spanish language music with the same commercials I get when I use Spotify.

 

[Kelly A]

I'm sure that's how it's done. In the Salvadoran Restaurant they had a Pandora channel playing Salvadoran music. When people are working, they're not paying close attention to the music, after all. A lot of it is just background noise / music for the workers and/or patrons.

Hey, we're number one with Salvadorian restaurants. That'll pay the utility bill!

 

[davideduardo]

In smaller workspaces, I'm sure that's how it's done. In the Salvadoran Restaurant they had a Pandora channel playing Salvadoran music. When people are working, they're not paying close attention to the music, after all. A lot of it is just background noise / music for the workers and/or patrons.

El Salvador has about the same population as Maryland. While there are a few local artists and recordings, there is no significant music style specific to that country.

There is also really not a lot of typical food that is not found across Central America and southern Mexico. About the only thing of note is the pupusa, a Salvadoran sandwich that is a sort of stuffed tortilla. After that, it is stuff like triipe soup and cow foot soup.

 

[boombox4]

El Salvador has about the same population as Maryland. While there are a few local artists and recordings, there is no significant music style specific to that country.

There is also really not a lot of typical food that is not found across Central America and southern Mexico. About the only thing of note is the pupusa, a Salvadoran sandwich that is a sort of stuffed tortilla. After that, it is stuff like triipe soup and cow foot soup.

They also have loroco, a food which I think is native to El Salvador and maybe adjoining countries. A flowering, green plant.

When I asked about the music and the music channel, the explanation was that it was Salvadoran music, but that may have been a standard explanation, or maybe it was not a formatted channel, but self-curated of a few artists peculiar to the area. The music itself was coming from someone's smartphone that was plugged into the input of a stereo amp that drove a couple speakers in the corners of the store.

The point being that in a workplace, even streaming services can be customized to match the desires of the workers. Not much different from the old days when they'd choose an FM station that enough people agreed on. Or CD choices, for places that had boomboxes or other CD players in the garage or wherever. One guy had his old IPod running in a car shop on random, playing through a small soundsystem, and it had a mix of modern country and 00's rock.

The difference between how music is handled in the workplace today and 30 years ago is the tech used to supply it.