It's more likely an older song, but even then we're talking about 11 times during 168 hours. Nobody actively listens to the radio for 168 hours. If we were programming an on-demand service, that would be a different structure. But that's not what this is. If you work in a store that plays "muzak" or some piped in music service, it's very likely you'll hear the same songs repeated during your 8 hour shift. What the poster wants is something more like an on-demand service where the user controls what they hear.
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It's more likely an older song, but even then we're talking about 11 times during 168 hours. Nobody actively listens to the radio for 168 hours. If we were programming an on-demand service, that would be a different structure. But that's not what this is. If you work in a store that plays "muzak" or some piped in music service, it's very likely you'll hear the same songs repeated during your 8 hour shift. What the poster wants is something more like an on-demand service where the user controls what they hear.
I never said that. My opinion is that radio companies have gone about improving the wrong way. And the proof is there. Revenue is down and so is listenership. But nearly all of you want radio to continue doubling down on these strategies.
Then how about something new? You are a radio genius. I say that with sincerity. It must pain you to see what radio has become. I am sure you have dozens of ideas about improving radio.
Might have been Chesney's previous single, "Knowing You," which did slightly better than "Everyone She Knows" on the airplay chart and was a strong recurrent on the stations I listen to during the latter song's run as a current. Would a gold title get that many spins in a week? Chesney has so many ultra-popular, playable songs in the gold category that I can't imagine one title getting played every day.
If I want to base my opinions on false information, that is my right. Your trolling is making my experience on this board - as well as those of at least six others - miserable. And not all of my opinions are based on false information. For example, it remains a fact that there was more station-to-station variation in playlists in 1995 than there is today.
Name a new idea then. All I hear are extremely repetitive playlists, voicetracking, and incredibly boring presentation.
The song was from summer 2020, and it was "Happy Does."
For someone who has been in this business as long as you have, I find it shocking that you aren't sick of all of these songs.
It was "Happy Does" from summer 2020.
That's one of the Chesney titles that's in play at our local country stations. I suppose some station could be playing it every day, since I hear his "Get Along" a couple of times a week on one of those stations, which could correlate to 11 spins in seven days. But twice a week, or even twice that, doesn't bother me if I like the song, and I do.
That's the risk people take when they enter a public space and say things others disagree with. I get the same treatment. I'm not going to be silenced because what I say makes you miserable. You want to call discussion trolling? OK.
There is a function in this board called "ignore" which allows you to ignore what other posters say. I suggest you use it.
That's not a fact. That's your "experience." You haven't posted anything that shows what you're saying.
I just find it to be too much, especially when Kenny Chesney has dozens of other great songs that are no longer played.
I am not silencing you, nor do I have that power. But - and I say this respectfully - your arguing with my every opinion has made my experience on these boards unpleasant.
Because I am not an insider, like you claim to be.
Responding to a post is not arguing. And I only respond to a handful of posts. A lot of others are also disagreeing with what you say. Not just me.
And, by the way, I did. I noted that WHYI and WLDI have identical playlists today. They did not in 1995.
You have a track record of arguing with every opinion I post. Let me have my opinions. And you've consistently done it in an arrogant and often mean-spirited way. David does not treat me that way. Only the gentleman above, who laughed at my post, behaves in such a manner.
Nobody's stopping you from having opinions. Just correcting your mistakes.
False. An opinion is not a mistake. It is someone's personal belief.
I'd appreciate it if you just leave me alone instead of always needing the last word. Good day, sir.
I just checked their official playlists as monitored by Mediabase.
#1 on WLDI is Doja Cat. #1 on WHYI is Harry Styles. Not the same song.
#2 on WLDI is Post Malone. #2 on WHYI is Lizzo.
I also notice that WLDI plays its heavies more frequently than WHYI.
So they're not identical.
Please stop this pissing contest.
Both stations regularly play all four songs. They. Have. The. Same. Playlist.
They play those songs because they're current hits. Just as in 1965 all Top 40 radio stations played Help by The Beatles. That's how this works. In 1995 every Top 40 radio station played Waterfalls by TLC. It was the #1 song of the year.
But they're not "identical." Just playing the same songs doesn't mean they have the same playlist. Each station has its own PD who makes his own decisions of how he wants to play those songs.
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