Villages Radio Station Music Selection
 

We are Having a discussion about the music selection played on the station. Mostly "B" list type music - lesser known one off's from the sixties and seventies etc...….rather than "A" list music....in other words you rarely hear Rolling Stones, Beatles, Kinks or anything from today etc.....
One argument is that is it just the selection they want to play - I say it's a financial decision. Google says major stations pay 12c per spin for royalties, it's goes down to 1c depending on the contract. Obviously our station is a small market.
Anywho just wondering if anybody knows for sure …...I say most of ours are in the 1c range :)

Are there not other music sources?

Has been discussed many times in this forum, you can search and find a lot of responses. All conjecture of course but mostly focused on generational. Average age is 66 so they frame the music on both sides of that average. IMO

Apple music, Spotify, Pandora................listen to what you want

Love am 640! I will even stream it when in VA.

I’m 81 and don’t consider myself in the 1c group, while my first love is jazz I have enjoyed music from each decade including some very good music being played today from all over the world I would rather go without food then to give up my satellite radio or pandora on my phone . If you listen to the oldies all day there not the oldies there just now

My kinda music listener! :)

Care to share some of your current music stuff...”stations”, playlists, sources, etc.? Especially the current music you listen to...what and from what source?

They should get paid for some of the music they play. Before u get started, my wife likes to listen to that station. I am not a fan

The question is not about the music itself - good, bad or indifferent. My question is about the financials of it. Do certain songs get played over and over because the royalties are cheaper - particular on older stuff. This is just for curiosity not for any other reason.

Just one more thing for the boomers to complain about.

I love the music WVLG plays and don't consider the 60s and 70s music they play to be "B" music - The BeeGees, Carpenters , Beatles, Gary Puckett, Petula Clark...

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I love this music.

One part of the decision has to be the awful sound of electric guitars from outdoor speakers in the town squares. Really super annoying. For instance, I like the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" but its repetitive twang from a poor speaker would just be really annoying. I think they must curate for a more "easy listening" style because their songs will be heard in public. (And I do not want harder rock, e.g. heavy metal, even from the 60s, coming out of any speaker.)

I enjoy the WVLG music. The addition of the FM band a while back was a nice touch.

If you haven't already, check out watercolors on Sirius radio. I think it is channel 66, or 56. GREAT station.