Repetition on the Radio - Same Songs Played Over and Over

[Zoneboy]

There's one station I listen to frequently that has an annoying habit of shoving the same songs down my throat on a daily basis. This station also runs a promo spot several times during the day that says....Lots of radio stations brag about their huge librairies of music, The 96.5 difference, We actually play our huge library of music. This is nothing but a joke and here are a few examples....

Elton John:
I hear him quite often but only 5 songs.... "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" , "Philadelphia Freedom" , "Rocket Man" , "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer"
I have yet to hear my 2 favorites by him... "Little Jeannie" & "In Neon"

The Beatles:
You would think that with the Beatles' library they would play a variety but nope, Their Beatles playlist is limited to "Come Together" , Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"/"With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Hey Jude"

The Rolling Stones:
5 Songs make up this band's library.."I Can't Get No (Satisfaction") , "Brown Sugar", "Start Me Up" , "Miss You" and that God-awful "Angie"
I have yet to hear "19th Nervous Breakdown" , "Paint it Black" , "Ruby Tuesday" ,"Get Off Of My Cloud" , and "Honky Tonk Women" among others

The Eagles:
Other that "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane", You won't hear much else by them

Led Zeppelin:
"Stairway to Heaven" (no surprise there) , "Black Dog" , "All My Love" and "Immigrant Song" are the only ones they ever play.

The Who:
"I Can See For Miles" and a condensed version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" and nothing else

AC/DC:
Did they do anything other than "Back in Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long"? :confused:

These are just a few examples, In all fairness to the station though, I cannot listen 24/7 so it's quite possible that since the station is mostly automated. their computer has scheduled the songs I'm missing out on during the times that I'm unable to listen.



To sum it all up...This station needs to get serious or I need to get Sirius

[phoebe7165]

That drives me absolutely crazy, too, especially with Queen & Rush!! With all the songs each band has...

With Queen, all you hear is We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody, or Killer Queen. Most of the time. Once in a great while, I'll hear You're My Best Friend or Somebody to Love.

Rush, it's usually Tom Sawyer(once I hear that very first note, I change the station) or Limelight, although I did hear Red Barchetta recently, and once in a while, I'll hear Subdivisions.

Oh, and in the case of Elton John, I love alot of his music, but one of my very LEAST faves is Bennie & the Jets. Yet, what do I hear alot of??

Oh well, alot of people are surprised I don't have satellite radio yet, either. I guess as long as I have my CDs!!

[ABlairican Pie]

I'm getting tired of radio programmers acting like 'Moving Pictures' is the only album out by Rush. ohno: They're one of the greatest bands in the world, but there's more out there by them than the first side of that album which came out in 1981.

[Zoneboy]

With Queen, all you hear is We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody, or Killer Queen. Most of the time. Once in a great while, I'll hear You're My Best Friend or Somebody to Love.


That's another good example and this station plays those exact same songs along with "Another One Bites the Dust." :rolleyes:

[phoebe7165]

I'm getting tired of radio programmers acting like 'Moving Pictures' is the only album out by Rush. ohno: They're one of the greatest bands in the world, but there's more out there by them than the first side of that album which came out in 1981.

Exactly!! Although I still think YYZ is rather a kicking piece!!

[Schmoopie]

I've noticed this especially on vacation. Years ago, when "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia came out, the radio played it all the time. I was on vaction in Vancouver (BC) and now every time I hear it, I think of it as "my Vancouver" song.
Most recently, I heard that new song by Jason Marazz over and over and over.

I listen to an oldies station called KIXI, and I LOVE it, but I do notice that they will play the same song over and over. But then again, they mostly play REALLY old stuff like Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc. The reason I started listening to it was because I had been looking forever for a station in Seattle that plays Harry Connick Jr. The Jazz stations never play him and one night I was watching TV and saw a commercial for KIXI radio with a picture of Harry Connick Jr. And the rest is history!

What's really funny about this station is that one day I heard the same song three or four different times, but each time it was a different singer!!!

Andrea

[phoebe7165]

That's another good example and this station plays those exact same songs along with "Another One Bites the Dust." :rolleyes:

I wouldn't even mind hearing that!!

Another example is Journey - usually hear "Don't Stop Believin', Faithfully, Open Arms, or Wheel in the Sky", most mostly DSB. I'm even happy to hear Separate Ways(Worlds Apart)!!

[MickeyMac]

Mainstream radio is a joke.

The top 40 stations of course play the same tunes all the time but they are not the only ones.

Classic Rock radio plays the same Led Zeppelin, Doors, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Lynryd Skynryd, Boston tunes over and over.

Oldies radio not only plays the same stuff all the time but they seldom play anything pre Beatles(not even Elvis), and the oldies station here mostly plays stuff from the 70's.


A solution is to seek out college radio stations. They tend to play music not often played on mainstream radio and play tunes from various genres. I DJ at Western Michigan University's radio station and we never play the same stuff over and over. Go here and check out their webpage www.widr.org