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I think the new record company will work harder to get it on the air...And if fans like it and buy it then more radio
stations will Pick it up!
CALL YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND ASK FOR IT!!!!
Doubt that'll work, to be honest.
In an era dominated by Clear Channel crap, most radio stations have a fixed playlist thats set well in advance, and with the music being computer-programmed, there's usually little room for manouevre for impulsive things like fan interaction.
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hot stuff
I think the new record company will work harder to get it on the air...And if fans like it and buy it then more radio
stations will Pick it up!
CALL YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND ASK FOR IT!!!!
Doubt that'll work, to be honest.
In an era dominated by Clear Channel crap, most radio stations have a fixed playlist thats set well in advance, and with the music being computer-programmed, there's usually little room for manouevre for impulsive things like fan interaction.
That's right. You can call and email all you want, but if your classic rock station's playlist says it's time for that day's fifth playing of Steve Miller's Keep On Rocking Me Baby, then that's what you're gonna hear. Go ahead, give your classic rock jock a call, but don't be surprised if he/she's totally clueless about there even being a new Stones single.
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another way of looking at it is: how much does it matter whether it gets airplay? We all seem to be saying that classic rock radio is not important.
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Either way the Stones need to push their new music. They need to play it live and find some type of marketing strategy that will at the very least make the public aware that the Stones have new music out there.
I am well aware of how radio stations play to their demo's, but I also believe that a band of the Stones status should be able to transend those demos.
If Led Zeppelin put out some new music I'd bet my life that rock stations would play it. Why not the Stones?
The Stones must find a way around this issue or they will truly become an oldies act.
P,S. True oldies acts don't play 70,000 seat football stadiums. I am convinced that there is an audience for new Stones music. They could start by delivering some great new music (don't try to compete with Lady Ga Ga) and promoting it.
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Either way the Stones need to push their new music. They need to play it live and find some type of marketing strategy that will at the very least make the public aware that the Stones have new music out there.
I am well aware of how radio stations play to their demo's, but I also believe that a band of the Stones status should be able to transend those demos.
If Led Zeppelin put out some new music I'd bet my life that rock stations would play it. Why not the Stones?
The Stones must find a way around this issue or they will truly become an oldies act.
P,S. True oldies acts don't play 70,000 seat football stadiums. I am convinced that there is an audience for new Stones music. They could start by delivering some great new music (don't try to compete with Lady Ga Ga) and promoting it.
Agreed. The Stones are not a true oldies act. They have way too many fans and are still attracting new ones.
Radio in the US is boring as .... these days. The JACK (insert call letters and frequency)FM stations that have sprung up all over the country are really one radio station run via satellite with local DJs in the morning for drive time.
Community radio and college radio have the best playlists, because each DJ gets to choose their own music. Most NPR stations have a few locally produced music shows as well that aren't too bad. Bill Shapiro hosts Cyprus Avenue on NPR. He is syndicated around alot of the country. When ABB came out he did an entire show around it. He's done a show around Exile too, so I'm sure there will be one that is exclusively the new Exile material.
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another way of looking at it is: how much does it matter whether it gets airplay? We all seem to be saying that classic rock radio is not important.
it matters not at all to me. haven't flipped on the radio in a couple of decades - do they still have jockeys?
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another way of looking at it is: how much does it matter whether it gets airplay? We all seem to be saying that classic rock radio is not important.
it matters not at all to me. haven't flipped on the radio in a couple of decades - do they still have jockeys?
I don't think they do, in the sense of someone sitting there putting on records, let alone choosing what records to put on. But I think they still have "personalities": some guy had his car radio on loud outside my window the other day, and there was some banter between a male and female announcer about what
"guys" like and what "gals" like. It was like Jay Leno on the radio. I thought, who still listens to this crap?
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another way of looking at it is: how much does it matter whether it gets airplay? We all seem to be saying that classic rock radio is not important.
it matters not at all to me. haven't flipped on the radio in a couple of decades - do they still have jockeys?
I don't think they do, in the sense of someone sitting there putting on records, let alone choosing what records to put on. But I think they still have "personalities": some guy had his car radio on loud outside my window the other day, and there was some banter between a male and female announcer about what
"guys" like and what "gals" like. It was like Jay Leno on the radio. I thought, who still listens to this crap?
i think the daze of the tom donahue's and the KSAN's are long gone - throw your radios away and put on some vinyl....
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another way of looking at it is: how much does it matter whether it gets airplay? We all seem to be saying that classic rock radio is not important.
it matters not at all to me. haven't flipped on the radio in a couple of decades - do they still have jockeys?
I don't think they do, in the sense of someone sitting there putting on records, let alone choosing what records to put on. But I think they still have "personalities": some guy had his car radio on loud outside my window the other day, and there was some banter between a male and female announcer about what
"guys" like and what "gals" like. It was like Jay Leno on the radio. I thought, who still listens to this crap?
i think the daze of the tom donahue's and the KSAN's are long gone - throw your radios away and put on some vinyl....
No their will never be another KSAN. But locally KFOG is still pretty good. It's not the automated robotic style of most radio stations.
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I can see Radio 2 in the UK playing it a fair bit as they have a very diverse programming schedule.
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I can see Radio 2 in the UK playing it a fair bit as they have a very diverse programming schedule.
Good assumption still ill. Chris Evans did indeed play it this morning. So great to hear a great new Stones song again on the radio. Takes me back to the 70s.
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They are pretty good about supporting new Stones material. I believe that they gave "Rough Justice" more spins that any radio station in America, but I'm not 100% positive on that.