voicetrack said:sounds like a great idea....why would someone want to actually know the songs they are hearing on their favorite station?
Actually It was standard up till 1990, as far as mix shows.....As far as regular roation rotation, jocks was able to do 3 songs per hour up till 1987....carter was long gone by then....
Countrykev said:That said, there's a great reason why they are stuck to a playlist. You don't let your other jocks pick the songs, so why on Earth would you let someone who typically is a part-timer? You've got the songs to choose from, you get to have the fun and put them together.
Radio is, obviously, a lot different in 2007 than it was 20 or more years ago. You can argue all day about stifling creativity, but it has been proven time and time again that the stations that have the most listeners have the tighter playlists.
How do you know that for sure? Who wants to listen to the same songs every two hours?Countrykev said:Actually It was standard up till 1990, as far as mix shows.....As far as regular roation rotation, jocks was able to do 3 songs per hour up till 1987....carter was long gone by then....
Of course, your mileage may vary. Some stations did that, some didn't. Some still let you pick the songs. Some don't. That certainly wasn't the standard...
That said, there's a great reason why they are stuck to a playlist. You don't let your other jocks pick the songs, so why on Earth would you let someone who typically is a part-timer? You've got the songs to choose from, you get to have the fun and put them together.
Radio is, obviously, a lot different in 2007 than it was 20 or more years ago. You can argue all day about stifling creativity, but it has been proven time and time again that the stations that have the most listeners have the tighter playlists.
How do you know that for sure? Who wants to listen to the same songs every two hours?
Hamp said:How do you know that for sure? Who wants to listen to the same songs every two hours?Countrykev said:Actually It was standard up till 1990, as far as mix shows.....As far as regular roation rotation, jocks was able to do 3 songs per hour up till 1987....carter was long gone by then....
Of course, your mileage may vary. Some stations did that, some didn't. Some still let you pick the songs. Some don't. That certainly wasn't the standard...
That said, there's a great reason why they are stuck to a playlist. You don't let your other jocks pick the songs, so why on Earth would you let someone who typically is a part-timer? You've got the songs to choose from, you get to have the fun and put them together.
Radio is, obviously, a lot different in 2007 than it was 20 or more years ago. You can argue all day about stifling creativity, but it has been proven time and time again that the stations that have the most listeners have the tighter playlists.
One would think that mixshows would be slightly different from the rest of the station programming. Granted, you want to play the club "hits", but at the same time, you want to keep the playlist varied since it is supposed to be a specialty show.Countrykev said:How do you know that for sure? Who wants to listen to the same songs every two hours?
Research. Of course, the resulting ratings as well.
You also have to realize that CHR stations play the same songs every two hours because they're not designed for long periods of listening. CHR stations have low AQH scores but high cume. That's because your audience is tuning in for short periods of time and then leaving. In that time, they want to hear their favorite song, which typically are the top 5 songs. So playing Fergie's "Fergalicious", while annoying to the programmers and DJ's who have to play it every hour and a half, serves the audience well.
Gone are the days when people would wait hours to hear their favorite song. With CD's, satellite radios with hundreds of channels, and iPod's giving the audience what they want when they want it you've got to make sure your playing the right songs at all times.
Hamp said:One would think that mixshows would be slightly different from the rest of the station programming. Granted, you want to play the club "hits", but at the same time, you want to keep the playlist varied since it is supposed to be a specialty show.