| Kahuna32162 |
05-26-2020 03:38 PM |
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Originally Posted by BlackhawksFan
(Post 1771414)
As a former radio air talent (23 years) I can tell you that music stations operate on a clock and a music rotation process.
The songs all get a category. New music might have two or three sub categories like new releases that haven't charted or are low on the chart, current hits which are songs at or near the top of the format chart or fast climbers (with a bullet) and re-currents which are hits that are basically going down the charts or already dropped off. Then there are what they call gold hits or classics and those can be subcategorized in several ways too.
Then each category get slotted into in the hour and given a certain number of slots. The currents, re-currents and new songs also get a certain number of spins per day based on how many songs you have to play in those categories plus how many slots the subcategory is given in an hour.
On an oldies or classic rock station everything is still categorized but has different names and could be based on age of the song. I once worked at an oldies station we played music in a 20 year period 1953-73. Songs were categorized by decade and popularity with the top hits of the core years, 1964-1970, getting the heaviest play, music from 53-59 getting light play, 60-63, 71-73 and secondary hits of the core years getting moderate play.
I hope this helped.
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Having been both on on air talent and a Program Director for different formats and in different markets, ASCAP, BMI and CSAC all get paid for music and publishing rights. About once a year we had to submit a week's worth of logs of all the music we had played that week. In the early days, this was all hand written and what a pain in the a$$ that was. Now, computerized scheduling and automation have made that process almost automatic. There was never a discount for playing songs that were not considered hits or 2nd tier selections. Songs were songs are were all reported.
Please remember that WVLG is not a music station that is competing for ratings. They are a promotional vehicle of The Villages, there to promote the lifestyle, the sales and the open houses that happens to play music in between promos. Given the current demographics of residents, I believe they do a decent job of providing entertainment, information and, of course, sales pitches for new residents.
Bottom line is, it is what it is, and in this day of technology and streaming, the average consumer has a plethora of choices to pick from. |
