BKRPDM is right if you're talking about someone sitting at home listening to a desktop radio, or maybe on a long drive.BKRPDM wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:23 amWhy would you even bother then, to listen to the same 275-song playlist over and over? In that case, wouldn’t you rather build your own playlist in Spotify, You Tube, etc.Round Six wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:12 amI vote for nobody.
No morning "show".
Just play one song after the other. No news. No weather. No traffic reports.
Pay the bills and play the music.
That's it.
I know I'm in the minority here on Buzzboard. But just how many Metro Detroiters would refrain from hitting the preset because they're not hearing gums flapping in the breeze?
Another option would be good ol' SiriusXM. Less gums and more music.
But let's talk about the average commercial radio listener. What type of radio are they listening on?
Let's just say 50% of commercial radio listeners are in a car with presets.
How many of those are hitting the presets as soon as a commercial or an "online personality" starts talking?
How about those reading this post right now? What do you do when you're in your vehicle?
Do you sit thru six commercials in a row while you're in the vehicle?
Or are you hitting a preset as soon as you hear something other than music?
Maybe this is why radio stations play the same 275 tunes. They want to "catch" that driver surfing the band with their presets. Yeah maybe it's a worn out tune, but are people going to listen to the song, or an ad for Gartner White?