Why do radio stations all play the same songs?
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Right, that's it! I can not listen to the radio any more. I have had enough of the same rubbish every day. I have 6 pre-set radio stations on my car stereo. Unfortunately I have just recently changed cars and don't have my CD multi-changer fitted otherwise I would not have this problem. |
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I have noticed for some time now that all the commercial radio stations that I can tune in to seem to have the same play lists. You see, I'm a bit of a channel surfer, when I hear a song I don't like or that has been over-played I will change station. I listen to the radio on my short (20 minutes) journey... I listen to the radio on my short (20 minutes) journey to work every morning and evening. Recently my local radio station Oxford’s Fox FM, have changed their morning quiz to "Guess the Year". This wasn't a problem to me until they played a song that I really didn't like so I decided to switch over to another radio station, this time I tried Horizon. |
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I could not believe my ears when I realised they were playing exactly the same song at exactly the same time and strangely enough were also playing the same quiz. So once again I decided to change station, this time GWR Swindon and to my horror they too were playing the same song and the same quiz. It was definitely different radio stations as the presenters were all different. I want to know what exactly is going on here. Why are all the commercial radio stations playing from the same play list, sometimes in a different order, and now the same quizzes? It really cracks me up when they advertise themselves as 'your local music variety station' or whatever. Tell me, where's the variety if everyone is playing the same stuff? |
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Try listening to Real Radio in Scotland it is pure torture ,they play the same songs over and over until you want to scream.,and even some of the news headlines gets repeated from the previous day.I no longer listen to this station its an insult to call this a radio station.
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We're forced to listen to Heart FM on a Friday at work. It sucks worse than Radio one and that's saying something. Give me Kerrang any day!
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The radio situation is so bad in the West Midlands( BRMB, Beacon, Mercia and Wyvern, as well as Capital, Heart FM and Smooth Radio)., I have resorted to listening to Polish radio on the net, namely RMF FM and Radio Zet. They play a better variety of music and less chit chat. There's only so times that Dan Morrissey can ram his name down our throats, Sam & Mark sound like to little kids and Heart FM only plays half of a song.
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The UK is not big enuff. The USA have a wealth of different types of Radio stations playing every type of genre. Try the t'internet as a source for radio. I love Reggae and if I waited for the radio stations in the UK to play it, well!!!!
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Try Absolute Radio now thats variety more than Heart. Unlike Heart they have a 10-5 no repeat guarantee Monday to Friday & don't play hip hop, RNB & manufactured crap as the reflect on real artist from the last 40 years & this day
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Were I work they have the local radio station on 8hrs a day,40 hrs a week and its so awfull!! the same records over and over again. for instance ive callculated that over the last 6 months ive had to listen to Lady Ga Ga Poker face for over 18 hrs. this is not entertainment its Torture.
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Only listen to Radio 2, 6Music, and occasionally Radio Sussex (I live in Brighton). I wouldn't wipe my bum on Heart FM. Radio 1's nonsense since the death of John Peel. All commercial radio sounds the same, with the same music (heavily rotated), terrible 'DJ's', and same patronising, moronic adverts. Dull, dull, dull zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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I don't listen to the radio for the reasons given above and below and for various others. Can't stand it, especially Radio one. Saying you hate radio one in this society is almost a crime, you don't like radio one people say?? No I don't. Dj's talking about themselves and their own lives all day, (There just self centered celebrities). the mention of radio one events coming up which are mentioned all day every day until the event has passed. Even then it's talked about afterwards. How much new music there bringing to the public but they tend to forget about the bands who were they were campaigning last year. Make sense?
The amount of crap chart music played which I only found out recently they have record executives who sit in on their playlist meetings to decide which music is being played. Surely favouritism or maybe a backhander going on there??
There not a station for the people but yet another organisation telling people what they should like, listen to, where they should go and the worst thing is people follow blindly like sheep with low self esteem.
Screw radio one.
The amount of crap chart music played which I only found out recently they have record executives who sit in on their playlist meetings to decide which music is being played. Surely favouritism or maybe a backhander going on there??
There not a station for the people but yet another organisation telling people what they should like, listen to, where they should go and the worst thing is people follow blindly like sheep with low self esteem.
Screw radio one.
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Pedro Rocks! - 26-May-10 08:43
My last sentence should read "it's radio without guts" not "with"
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Ruby Tuesday - 23-May-10 21:06
BBC local radio in particualr is about as awful as it gets.I don't want to hear any more songs by Queen,Elton John,James Blunt,Hot Chocolate, Dr Hook ,,god the list goes on and on and on and on.Bland doesn't begin to describe the drivel that they churn out.Stop playing the same rubbish over and over and over again.
Alan Partridge was meant o be a spoof,but listen to any of a number of BBC local stations now and it's life imitiating art ,or maybe the art was imitating life.
Bland innocuous DJ's with their lame competitons,subjects for phone ins( " I want to hear from people who have seen a famous celebrity in the street") and the over all lame patter that is an insult to my intelligence.
It's radio with guts run by controillers without balls for a corporation without ideas.
Alan Partridge was meant o be a spoof,but listen to any of a number of BBC local stations now and it's life imitiating art ,or maybe the art was imitating life.
Bland innocuous DJ's with their lame competitons,subjects for phone ins( " I want to hear from people who have seen a famous celebrity in the street") and the over all lame patter that is an insult to my intelligence.
It's radio with guts run by controillers without balls for a corporation without ideas.
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Ruby Tuesday - 23-May-10 21:03
In my opinion the best station in the UK is only on the Internet and satellite.
Tune to www.radiocaroine.co.uk on the web or
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One day they may get a licence for AM or FM, or even DAB.
Tune to www.radiocaroine.co.uk on the web or
Astra2/Eurobird
Transponder Frequency: 11224 Ghz
Polarisation: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27.5 (or as Auto) on Freesat or FTA satellite or
Sky 0199.
One day they may get a licence for AM or FM, or even DAB.
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Heard "less music variety" for a while last night; apparently Spiller's "Groove Jet" is now a classic! This means they have another excuse to play the wretched thing.
grumpyoldwoman
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GRUMPYOLDWOMAN - 8-Nov-09 10:51
Agreed. I work in a warehouse where they play Mercia (I think that's what its called) all day long and I swear, if I hear flippin "Buttercup" one more time I'm going to loose it!
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These radio stations need to be a little less flippant with their 'more variety' claims. That's like showing two fingers to everyone, as we all know that their is very little variety. They shouldn't even be aloud to broadcast. It wouldn't be half as bad if there were other independant stations to listen to, but they are all getting squeezed out by these sterile corporate money making machines that are driving people mad all over the country. It's only a matter of time before we have our first suicide... when some poor soul, trapped working in a factory that only plays the local radio station all day long, will completely lose the ability to live, they probably won't actually commit suicide, I expect that, while they're trying to work (with the radio blah blahhing in their ears) that their heart will just stop beating, or they will just become brain dead, although technically still alive, and therefore still be counted as a listener in the all important listening polls.
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steelmusicuk@hotmail.com - 7-Nov-09 13:38
I listen to Heart on a regular Basis, They are easily the best and play a fairly broad mix of music. Im never sulky when I listen to heart!
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sulky stanley - 11-Sep-09 10:32
Oops, that was an unintentional typo! Connection went & came back with the comment posted before I'd checked it!
Meant to say "most of them ARE current chart ones"
Meant to say "most of them ARE current chart ones"
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grumpyoldwoman - 11-Sep-09 08:35
If Heart is now such a big company you'd think they could afford to but a few more cds. I'd swear they only have about 20 or 30, and most of them a current chart ones they probably got free!
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grumpyoldwoman - 11-Sep-09 08:32
Just to add to a few other comments here
indeed Heart are all over the place, the Horizon station in Milton Keynes is now a Heart station, or "Heart MK" just to distinguish it from other heart stations.
Its all down to cost cutting. "Global Radio" who own the Heart group along with the Galaxy set of stations somehow convinced Ofcom to let them buy these stations, then slowely change there branding to their own "Heart" or "Galaxy" branding, then sack most of the DJ's and production staff with exception of those who broadcast Breakfast and Drive Time.
All the other shows are networked, which means you get the same DJ, playing the same music across ALL the stations. In Hearts case, all 33 "Heart" branded stations.
Imagine the wages saved from sacking off 32 mid morning DJ's and staff, along with another 32 afternoon DJ's and staff.
Its never ending.
There is hardly any proper independant local or regional radio stations left.
indeed Heart are all over the place, the Horizon station in Milton Keynes is now a Heart station, or "Heart MK" just to distinguish it from other heart stations.
Its all down to cost cutting. "Global Radio" who own the Heart group along with the Galaxy set of stations somehow convinced Ofcom to let them buy these stations, then slowely change there branding to their own "Heart" or "Galaxy" branding, then sack most of the DJ's and production staff with exception of those who broadcast Breakfast and Drive Time.
All the other shows are networked, which means you get the same DJ, playing the same music across ALL the stations. In Hearts case, all 33 "Heart" branded stations.
Imagine the wages saved from sacking off 32 mid morning DJ's and staff, along with another 32 afternoon DJ's and staff.
Its never ending.
There is hardly any proper independant local or regional radio stations left.
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Totally argree, have you tried listening to Heart they claim more music variety yet every night the same music at the same time (saves me using a watch). They repeat <this is Heart> the other night 35 times in 30 minute, why do I listen? well we are forced to listen to it at work we are not allowed to take our own cd's in case it offends any one well 'this is Crap' sorry Heart is more offensive.
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Listening to radio talk shows is very painful for me these days because a dreadful habit has developed with the way people speak. Even many high profile people are very inarticulate. This is because they keep saying [YOU KNOW]. Don't they listen to themselves speak. It is so annoying to me I want to scream at the radio [No I dont bL--dy know please tell me]. When is somebody going to have the guts to point this out to anyone who has this very bad habit!
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