Comments on: Radio http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/03/03/radio/ mindless observations of the world around us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:52:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: LionBazooka http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/03/03/radio/#comment-2540 LionBazooka Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:48:59 +0000 #comment-2540 Amen! It be about time someone brought this up! I'm weary of disc jockeys doing that stuff...because when I'm driving in my car and I hear that, it makes me "road weary" ;) Amen! It be about time someone brought this up! I’m weary of disc jockeys doing that stuff…because when I’m driving in my car and I hear that, it makes me “road weary” ;)

]]> By: Tigerblade http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/03/03/radio/#comment-1256 Tigerblade Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:29:48 +0000 #comment-1256 Hey there Wendy... long time no see.<br /><br />Funny you mention 102.1, because that's exactly the station it was on. I don't usually listen to it, since I'm usually outside their range, but I happened to be in Milwaukee this weekend and caught a few minutes of it.<br /><br />Yeah... I hadn't thought of the singles thing. I suppose that makes sense, but still. 'Knights of Cydonia' was getting major airplay (even on 102.1) last summer, which is why I don't get how they can still call it 'new' -- if they hadn't played it last summer, then maybe. But not with the kind of airplay they gave it. It was like James Blunt; you couldn't go more than ten songs without hearing it. Hey there Wendy… long time no see.

Funny you mention 102.1, because that's exactly the station it was on. I don't usually listen to it, since I'm usually outside their range, but I happened to be in Milwaukee this weekend and caught a few minutes of it.

Yeah… I hadn't thought of the singles thing. I suppose that makes sense, but still. 'Knights of Cydonia' was getting major airplay (even on 102.1) last summer, which is why I don't get how they can still call it 'new' — if they hadn't played it last summer, then maybe. But not with the kind of airplay they gave it. It was like James Blunt; you couldn't go more than ten songs without hearing it.

]]> By: Wendy http://tigerblade.net/journal/2007/03/03/radio/#comment-1255 Wendy Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:24:23 +0000 #comment-1255 During my travels between Nebraska and Wisconsin, I would often hear 'brand new songs' in Nebraksa that had been on the radio for months in Wisconsin (at least the Milwaukee area stations). I think DJs label something as 'brand new' if it is brand new to their particular station. This makes sense with labeling 'Knights of Cydonia' as new becasue Muse is an Indie band and it sometimes takes a while for them to get noticed. However, Three Days Grace isn't Indie so this reasoning wont work there. But just because the album came out doesn't mean the song came out as a single, which is almost the only songs radios will play now-a-days. Therefore, a song on an album that came out last year could still be considered fairly new if the single only recently came out. ('Pain' has been around for a while though on 102.1, so even as a single I wouldn't consider it 'brand new'. )<br />P.S. Which radio station were you listening to? During my travels between Nebraska and Wisconsin, I would often hear 'brand new songs' in Nebraksa that had been on the radio for months in Wisconsin (at least the Milwaukee area stations). I think DJs label something as 'brand new' if it is brand new to their particular station. This makes sense with labeling 'Knights of Cydonia' as new becasue Muse is an Indie band and it sometimes takes a while for them to get noticed. However, Three Days Grace isn't Indie so this reasoning wont work there. But just because the album came out doesn't mean the song came out as a single, which is almost the only songs radios will play now-a-days. Therefore, a song on an album that came out last year could still be considered fairly new if the single only recently came out. ('Pain' has been around for a while though on 102.1, so even as a single I wouldn't consider it 'brand new'. )
P.S. Which radio station were you listening to?

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