We have had the radio on Star 94 today at work (if you're not familiar, it's the pop "hit music" station here in Atlanta). As I type this, it is 4:43 pm. This is a real tally of songs I can remember hearing since 12:30.
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon - 4 times
Wanted - Jessie James - 4 times
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas - 3 times
Second Chance - Shinedown 4 times
The Climb - Miley Cyrus - 3 times
Poker Face - Lady Gaga (no relation to the title of this entry) - 2 times
I've looked up run times on these songs, and at the quantities mentioned, they all add up to seventy-six minutes and fifty-seven seconds. That's almost an hour and seventeen minutes of the same six songs over a four hour and fifteen minute time span. They just pepper in a few of last month's hits along the way, so as to not make the listeners go completely insane.
Ridiculous.
Is this just Atlanta radio? Is it the same no matter where you go? I know this is just one radio station, but it doesn't matter what station you stop on. Go over to the rock station, and it's the same six rock songs over and over. Go to the hip hop station, and it's the same six hip hop songs over and over. Same with classic rock, country, and just about every genre that has a station devoted to it.
Are program directors not aware that albums actually have anywhere from ten to fifteen songs on them? I know that's not how radio works. I'm just saying it'd be nice if it was.
By the way, since I started typing, I've heard Second Chance by Shinedown and I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas again.
