On Jul 12, 9:10*am, dave wrote:
David Eduardo wrote:

The idea that there are musicologist-type DJs rummaging through
thousands of records is a myth, and in the few cases such exists or has
existed, most have failed.

Myth? How so? *Community stations have such programmers to this day.
When I was in Top 40 (50 actually) radio in the '60s we were told where
to choose the next record from, e.g. top 10 current out of the top of
the hour ID; *power oldie out of news headlines, etc. *We were never
told to play a specific song at a specific time.

We had music meetings where we auditioned new records and informally
voted on them. *We discovered and broke new acts. *Our musical knowledge
and opinion was valued.

I blame Lee Abrams more than Ron Jacobs.

thank you for your statement. its what i saw as a kid also. the
truth, its refreshing. back in the 60's, in my area, garage bands were
the thing. my local radio exposed them, and many went national,
remember the trashmen and surfer bird, the gentrys "keep on dancing"
the castaways 'liar liar", today, they would never get heard.
conservative corporate america, is looking for the next well built,
screamer, no matter what sex, who cannot carry a tune, but screams,
and the screaming does not even rhymes, and if it does, its sounds so
out of place and simple that it only appeals to the immature.
we are arguing with a apologetic corporatist.