Part of it is conglomeratisation (can that be a word?). All of my local stations were locally owned, and locally advertised on. They played what we wanted to hear, or they played to some other genre that was interested, or they went broke. Clear Channel originated here, bought them all up and they turned to shit. Same songs, over and over and over.
I make my own playlists now. Or I listen to Public Radio jazz. Our local PR station is still locally hosted and I actually know them.
Part of it is conglomeratisation (can that be a word?). All of my local stations were locally owned, and locally advertised on. They played what we wanted to hear, or they played to some other genre that was interested, or they went broke. Clear Channel originated here, bought them all up and they turned to shit. Same songs, over and over and over.
I make my own playlists now. Or I listen to Public Radio jazz. Our local PR station is still locally hosted and I actually know them.
Local, local, local is always the best.