Want to listen to a song by Jimi Hendrix?

Not anymore.

You'll have to subscribe to a music server and download songs by the late
Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant, Steve Winwood, or other classic rock or, jazz,
or blues artists.

Now that corporate companies have captured radio stations, it is very hard
to get your request played unless it is a current artist or if the corporate
company has approved of your request as being "important" enough to be fit
in during the day, evening, or weekend playlist.

If you want to hear Avril Lavigne, Coldplay or some other current artists,
then you will get your song played.

If you want to hear the Stones, LeD Zeppelin, or Hendrix, then hold the
phone away from your ear when you get disconnected.

DISCRIMINATION against listeners!

"Criminization" - that hidden fine-text in that word DISCRIMINATION because
of society's over rated music with little respect of other listeners.

You don't want to hear Avril Lavigne on your classic rock station - but you
will have to "Get Over It"! (Why don't you like Avril Lavigne, yo?)

An Avril Lavigne listener doesn't want to hear Rolling Stones - their
request is fully granted. No questions asked.

See the difference in how one is treated in today's society where corporate
america has killed the radio stars that once poured out of our speakers.

"American citizen" wrote in message
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Want to listen to a song by Jimi Hendrix?

Not anymore.

You'll have to subscribe to a music server and download songs by the late
Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant, Steve Winwood, or other classic rock or,
jazz,
or blues artists.

Now that corporate companies have captured radio stations,

Just what is a "corporate company?" A company, by definition, is a
corporation and most radio stations have been incorporated since the idea of
a proprietorship became legally so risky back 50 or so years ago.

it is very hard
to get your request played unless it is a current artist or if the
corporate
company has approved of your request as being "important" enough to be fit
in during the day, evening, or weekend playlist.

Since Mr. Marconi was in radio, very few stations have taken requests.
Usually, and this goes back to music stations in the 50's, the playlist is
predefined and preprogrammed. No self respecting PD is going to let one
listener whose only qualification is owning a phone tell him what to play.
It may come as a surprise, but most "requests" are recorded and played as
part of a preprogrammed song when it is time to play it.

If you want to hear Avril Lavigne, Coldplay or some other current artists,
then you will get your song played.

Nope. Those get played anyway, so the station records a listener requesting
thesong, and drops the recording over the intro when it comes time to spin
that tune.

If you want to hear the Stones, LeD Zeppelin, or Hendrix, then hold the
phone away from your ear when you get disconnected.

If you call a station that plays Coldplay or Avril, you will not get them to
play Zeppelin and friends... two different formats, two different demos. You
are obviously calling the wrong stations.

DISCRIMINATION against listeners!

Requests are not required by law, and are bad programming.

David Eduardo wrote:

Just what is a "corporate company?" A company, by definition, is a
corporation and most radio stations have been incorporated since the idea of
a proprietorship became legally so risky back 50 or so years ago.

A company, by definition, is not a corporation. Just because the corporation
is a popular legal entity doesn't make your generalization true in all cases.

First, there are other legal entities like LLP, LLC and certain types of
partnerships; LLC's, for example, offer the protection of a corporation
without a lot of the paperwork. Second, there are still people that choose
the riskier forms of business, like sole proprietorships and general
partnerships, where the individuals bear all of the liability incurred by
the company.

I believe you interpreted the word "corporate" too literally.

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David Eduardo wrote:

Just what is a "corporate company?" A company, by definition, is a
corporation and most radio stations have been incorporated since the idea of
a proprietorship became legally so risky back 50 or so years ago.

A company, by definition, is not a corporation. Just because the corporation
is a popular legal entity doesn't make your generalization true in all cases.

First, there are other legal entities like LLP, LLC and certain types of
partnerships; LLC's, for example, offer the protection of a corporation
without a lot of the paperwork. Second, there are still people that choose
the riskier forms of business, like sole proprietorships and general
partnerships, where the individuals bear all of the liability incurred by
the company.

I believe you interpreted the word "corporate" too literally.