Hello Radio

[vovat]

So many radio stations seem to advertise themselves as playing "the most music." Of course, this can't be true for all of them, unless all of the ones that use that line play exactly the same amount. But am I alone in thinking that "less talk" isn't always a good selling point? I don't listen to the radio much, but when I do, I don't mind a certain amount of talk. That doesn't mean the sort of talk practiced by morning shock jocks who run dehydration contests, or Delilah's Corn Syrup for the Soul (they play her on the station they've been pumping into work while the satellite hasn't been working, more's the pity), but the more old-fashioned style of just talking between songs. Nowadays, it seems like a lot of stations don't even say what songs they're playing, which is a little weird. If the point of commercial radio is to advertise the music, well, how effective is an advertisement where they don't bother to say what the product is?

WEATHER UPDATE: It's been fluctuating a lot around these parts. During the nights, it's getting to the point where it's no longer comfortable to sit in my car and read during my breaks. On the other hand, I had to turn on the air conditioner in my car for a little while during the day today. I guess that's fall for you.

TOE UPDATE: I went to the podiatrist today, and he told me my toe was healing up nicely. I no longer have to soak my toe in water with salt and vinegar, which is something I'd been doing so long it had pretty much become part of my daily routine. He did say I should put moisturizer on it until it returns to its normal color and texture, though.

After my appointment, I stopped by the music store to see if they had the new Carolyn Mark album, which they didn't. They offered to order it for me, but I declined, since I can do that myself. I did, however, pick up the new Simpsons soundtrack album, Testify. It's kind of cool there's a new one out. You have no idea how much I used to listen to Songs in the Key of Springfield back in my college days.

Comments

[arfies.livejournal.com]

WTF has talking, but music too! Listen online! :D

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Do the shows get archived, or just streamed in real time?

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Delilah's Corn Syrup for the Soul

HAH!

I think less talk is usually a good thing. I get what you say about the names of songs and artists though-- my favorite radio station, Bob, did a lot of that when it first came out, which was especially annoying because it plays such a wide variety of sometimes slightly obscure music so you're like "What WAS that song? That was Cool! I've never heard it before and have no idea what it is!" But they've since learned apparently and have a bit more Deejay interaction now. I think the key is to have deejays talk briefly about the MUSIC, as opposed to deejays talking about every other random thing on earth for long periods of time.

Then again, I'm also a habitual station-jumper and never stay at any one station to LISTEN to talk, anyway.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I think some modern car stereos will tell you what song is playing on the radio, although they don't always work.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw one once that was naming a song in the middle of a commercial break.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

A lot of devices like that seem to operate on somewhat of a delay. Do you know if the song it was naming was the one it had played before the commercial break started, or was it something totally different?

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I forget now. I think it was the song before the break, and it just kept naming it until the next song came on, but I think I saw something totally different once too.

And I can't even remember whose car it was I was in.