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On Jul 12, 1:42 am, "David Eduardo" wrote:

The problem with stations with thousands of songs is that nobody listens
to
them.

you cannot have it both ways. you say that a broad selection means
that people will not listen, yet in the same breath out of the other
side of your mouth, you say people are turning to the net in droves
for just that sort of selection.

I said no such thing. When people go to the net, for music, they go to find
a selection of songs that they personally like. They do not generally go for
a large number of songs... they go for their personal favorites.

all one has to do is take a peak at a download site, its full of
music and movies, and lots of them are never seen nor heard on
american corporate owned media.

And that is because the word "broadcasting" contains the word "broad" which
means that a radio station must appeal to a fairly large group of people
with some common taste; obscure music and deep cuts appeals almost to the
individual and not a group.

When you find out the high scoring songs with an individual, you will find a
group of songs that may not be on the radio. But you do the same with
another individual, and the list of songs not on the radio will be there,
but will be different songs. by the time you are through, there will be lots
of songs one or two individuals like, but which nobody else likes or wants
to hear.

Individuals buy music, while groups listen to the radio. The fringe songs a
few like but the majority dislike or don't even know have no place on radio
because the job of radio is to please masses, not each person individually.

And 90% of US radio stations are owned by individuals, families, small
partnerships and small companies. They program the same way because they
understand that listeners in their majority do not want what you suggest.

David Eduardo wrote:

And that is because the word "broadcasting" contains the word "broad"
which means that a radio station must appeal to a fairly large group of
people with some common taste; obscure music and deep cuts appeals
almost to the individual and not a group.

Individuals buy music, while groups listen to the radio. The fringe
songs a few like but the majority dislike or don't even know have no
place on radio because the job of radio is to please masses, not each
person individually.

This is where you are completely wrong. Radio is one-on-one. People
listen to the radio alone, or in very small groups.
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Freeform stations

Freeform radio stations in the United States:
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

* k94rocks.com Your Rock Station US,VIRGINIA
* KANM (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas)
* KAOS (Olympia, Washington)
* KBOO (Portland, Oregon)
* KCMP (St. Paul, Minnesota)
* KCR (San Diego State University, San Diego, California)
* KDVS (University of California, Davis, Davis, California)
* KEOL (Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon)
* KEXP (Seattle, WA)
* KFJC (Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California)
* KHUM (Ferndale, California)
* KJHK (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas)
* KMNR (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri)
* KLOS (Los Angeles, California)
* KPSU (Portland State University, Portland, Oregon)
* KRFH (Humboldt State University, Arcata, California)
* KRUI (University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa)
* KTEC (Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon)
* KTRU (Rice University, Houston, Texas)
* K-UTE (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah)
* KUGS (Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington)
* KUOI (University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho)
* KVRX (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas)
* KVSC (St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota)
* KWRP (Pecos, New Mexico)
* KWUR (St. Louis, Missouri)
* WARC (Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania)
* WBGU (Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio)
* WCBN (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
* KCRW (Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California)
* WCNI (Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut)
* WESS (East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
* WESU (Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut)
* WETX-LP (Tri-Cities, Tennessee)
* WEVL (Memphis, Tennessee)
* WEXP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* WFMU (Jersey City, New Jersey)
* WGDR (Plainfield, Vermont)
* WHRW (Binghamton University, New York)
* WIKD-LP (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach,
Florida)
* WKDU (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* WLRA (Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois)
* WMBR (MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
* WMFO (Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts)
* WMSC (Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey)
* WMSR (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio)
* WMUC (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)
* WNJR (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania)
* WOBC (Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio)
* WPKN (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
* WPRK (Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida)
* WRCT (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
* WRFL (University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky)
* WRFW (University of Wisconsin-River Falls)
* WRNC-LP (Northland College (Wisconsin), Ashland, Wisconsin)
* WRUR (University of Rochester, Rochester, New York)
* WSPN (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York)
* WRVU (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)
* WSGR-FM (St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, Michigan)
* WSUM (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin)
* WUMD (University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan)
* WUSB (Stony Brook University SUNY, Stony Brook, New York)
* WVBR (Ithaca, New York)
* WXBC (Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
* WXDU (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina)
* WXYC (UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
* WZRD (Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois)
* WKCO (Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio)

Freeform radio stations in Canada:

* CKCU (Ottawa, Ontario)
* CKUT (Montreal, Quebec)
* CKRL (Quebec, Quebec) is the longest running french speaking
community radio station
* CKIA (Quebec, Quebec)

Freeform radio stations in Europe:

* Radio Centraal (Antwerp, Belgium)

[edit] Freeform radio vs. eclectic radio

Eclectic radio describes radio programming encompassing diverse music
genres. Unlike freeform radio, the eclectic radio format involves
prescribed playlists. While freeform radio stands in contrast to
commercial radio formats, a number of commercial radio stations offer
programs showcasing an eclectic variety of music.

Some eclectic radio stations in the United States a

* KALX (Berkeley, California)
* KCRW (Santa Monica, California)
* KEOS (College Station, Texas)
* KEXP (Seattle, Washington)
* KFAI (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
* KGLT (Bozeman, Montana)
* KNYE (Pahrump, Nevada)
* KUOM (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
* KUSF (San Francisco, California)
* KUT (Austin, Texas)
* KXUA (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
* WERS (Boston, Massachusetts)
* WHPK (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
* WJCU (University Heights, Ohio)
* WUSM (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
* WXPN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
-wikipedia

"dave" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

Individuals buy music, while groups listen to the radio. The fringe songs
a few like but the majority dislike or don't even know have no place on
radio because the job of radio is to please masses, not each person
individually.

This is where you are completely wrong. Radio is one-on-one. People
listen to the radio alone, or in very small groups.

You miss the point. To reach each listener individually, a station can not
play any, or more realistically, more than a few songs that each listener
does not care for. To do this means on radio finding the songs that everyone
likes, at least a little, and discarding the ones that irritate some of the
listeners.

So to make the experience personal, a station has to make sure that more
than one person is satisfied. So it takes a large group of listeners with an
affinity to make each individual happy with the station.
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Freeform stations


(List cut).

Most of the stations you list that are in rated markets have essentially no
listeners. A few, like the stellar KUT in Austin, are highly rated (KUT is
5th in Austin) because they have focus and structure and are definitely not
free form.

The ones that have no plan fail.

Dumbass.
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/r...?ArtNum=269094

I didn't wrote the title of that article about DUMBASS B HO the
USURPER, somebody else did.I might plagiarize it though.
cuhulin

Haw Haw Haw!
B HO the DUMBASS!
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