SyrupBoy
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Post by SyrupBoy on May 9, 2004 7:25:05 GMT -5
My local alternative station seems to play a much better mix of music when there's no one manning the station. For example, I regularly hear songs late at night or on weekend mornings that I thought were dropped from the playlist years ago. Since I'm not all that familiar with how radio production works, is there an explanation for this?
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irock
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Post by irock on May 16, 2004 23:35:08 GMT -5
During the wee hours of the morning the spot load is much lighter. That leaves extra time, and some stations will fill that time with older or sometimes even slightly-off-format music. They do it in order to preserve the rotation rate of the hit songs. If they didn't do it they would end up playing the hits even more often than they already do. The incentive to overplay the hottest tunes isn't very strong when there aren't nearly as many listeners.
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mst3k
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Post by mst3k on May 17, 2004 0:53:12 GMT -5
Yeah... I've noticed that WFLZ used to play a lot of stuff overnights that didn't seem to "fit" their usual daytime playlist. I loved staying up late for that. :)
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Post by snoman on May 19, 2004 1:59:23 GMT -5
KMJQ Majic 102 (Urban AC) here in Houston does the same thing. During the daytime, MD's are trying to get in spins on their current material, especially heavy rotation music. You have to factor that in with the spot load, promotions, talk, bits, etc. Overnight, most of that is not a factor. One of the stations I used to work for, back when there were such things as overnight jocks, I only had one stop set at 52 minutes past the hour, and I could play basically what I wanted to. Overnight definitely has its advantages... why do you think I am up now?! ;)
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