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| Jackin' in the Free World |
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May 10, 2005
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Another iPod side effect? According to this MacWorld article ( iPods killed the radio star), there's a new trend in Commercial Radio. Vast Playlists, ala, people's iPods. LA's Arrow becomes Jack-FMThe Los Angeles station is one of eight FM stations across the U.S. bearing the Jack moniker, according to this Chicago Tribune article. In Chicago, for example, the station formerly known as WKQK has bumped its playlist up by approximately 1,000 songs. Its Web site features a MP3 player device and the new slogan “Now on shuffle.”
And just in case those allusions to the iPod seem too veiled, consider what Mike Stern, vice president of programming for Emmis Radio Chicago, told the Tribune when explaining the rationale behind the format change.“With an iPod in their hands, people are getting used to a huge variety.”
Kuff and Pete may have something worthwhile to listen to soon, if Houston joins KC, Baltimore, Jackson, Aspen, and Indy in this grand experiment...
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| .:Posted by Michael on May 10, 2005 8:40 PM:.
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Yeah, LA got Jack a month or two ago. I still listen to my iPod more often when I'm driving, unless the battery craps out. But Jack is one of my radio presets, and they seem to be scaring some of the local competition... the last two weekends another more mainstream station has been doing "we play what you want" weekends, dusting off a lot of old library material and non-playlist type stuff.
| .:Posted by ChuckEye
( total) on May 11, 2005 2:14 AM:. |
Unfortunately the Jack in LA has created that big playlist not by playing more obscure songs, but by merging the playlists of short-playlist stations from several different formats (classic rock, 80s, whatever KLOL was in Houston in the 90s).
| .:Posted by Jason
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Jack!You know how I've been grumbling about the utter lack of variety, innovation, and trust in the intelligence of the......
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