Shaboozey : "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"
Sept 27, 2024 22:56:43 GMT -5
Post by RoseColoredGirl on Sept 27, 2024 22:56:43 GMT -5
I do somewhat understand radio's catering to the "comfort" model of playing songs are familiar with, since the vast majority of people are turning on the radio for convenience and as a source of discovering new music. I realize I'm probably not the average pop radio listener in the sense that I enjoy being exposed to songs I haven't heard before, and hearing a quirky/obscure gold track every now and then lol. On the same token, I don't feel it's nearly as difficult as radio is making it to play what's streaming well and ensure they're sticking to what audiences will be familiar with. It's really surprising radio believes it's going to lose listeners by sending stuff like "Not Like Us," "Austin," "360," and "Apple" to the top.
The increasingly Hot AC-ish behavior of putting very few songs on a pedestal and dumping all the rest really worries me about the future viability of pop radio, especially from the standpoint that even once said songs leave the chart, they're still played to death as recurrents. ("Paint the Town Red" and "Creepin" are still being played every 2-3 hours on my station, which is just ridiculous imo) As much as I'd like to believe it's just a temporary thing, I can absolutely see radio doubling and tripling down on this mentality even more in the future, and rendering itself even more obsolete in the process.
The increasingly Hot AC-ish behavior of putting very few songs on a pedestal and dumping all the rest really worries me about the future viability of pop radio, especially from the standpoint that even once said songs leave the chart, they're still played to death as recurrents. ("Paint the Town Red" and "Creepin" are still being played every 2-3 hours on my station, which is just ridiculous imo) As much as I'd like to believe it's just a temporary thing, I can absolutely see radio doubling and tripling down on this mentality even more in the future, and rendering itself even more obsolete in the process.
