Hello everybody.

This forseshadows, the departure of one of the last free flow radio hosts Jim Ladd in Los ANgeles who played what he wanted, not what focus groups or program
directors ordered him to.

The Los Angeles Times has recently posted a story about how this one wealthy businessman has established a non commerical free form radio station in Arizona. The current culture of radio has poisoned many Americans interest in music radio. KCDX was how this wealthy businessman who also owns formula oriented radio stations kept the station as his private yet public paradise.

Formula driven playlists get tired and annoying, take for example KCAL and KOLA
in San Bernardino County. These radio stations play the same crap over and over
where familiarity brings forth burnout. This is why I have been driven towards buying music and reading websites such as Popjustice and Arjanwrites to find out the real spirit of popular music.

We need radio stations who have diverse playlists of different music, this is one way we can defeat the payola crisis the recording industry has faced. Maybe
make it a requirement for radio stations to deadicate 1 hour a week to playing bands and musicians who have not charted on the Billboard charts under the 100th placing. It is unfortunate that the new Morrissey, Placebo and Goldfrapp have not been aired on KROQ compared to songs by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Matis Yahu who regularly get played on that station.

I conclude that this is the reason that ipods regularly sell well. The ipod makes you the DJ and we have control over the playlist and format of the music we like the best.

If you like new and vibrant music take the time to write and call your local radio stations. Your favorite bands need you.

- originally written May 2006 by me

Matt

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Re: The Spirit of Radio?
By: Matt Munson to All on Sun Nov 06 2011 20:50:50

Hello everybody.

This forseshadows, the departure of one of the last free flow radio hosts Ji Ladd in Los ANgeles who played what he wanted, not what focus groups or prog directors ordered him to.

What happened to Jim Ladd? Did he get fired or did he quit? I lived in LA from 1997 to 2006 and I always enjoyed his show. KLOS, right?

The Los Angeles Times has recently posted a story about how this one wealthy businessman has established a non commerical free form radio station in Arizona. The current culture of radio has poisoned many Americans interest i music radio. KCDX was how this wealthy businessman who also owns formula oriented radio stations kept the station as his private yet public paradise.

Kudos to him. Hopefully the station will be a huge ratings success and others will follow his lead in a commercial context. The proliferation of Clear Channel has turned the FM airwaves into a toxic wasteland. There's too much great music out there that isn't being heard because radio is being taken over by boneheaded accountants. Does anyone really care if they don't hear "Sweet Home Alabama" one more time? I think I could deal with it.

I'm lucky enough to live in a small city that has an independently owned AAA (Adult Album Alternative) station, programmed and staffed by actual DJs, but they could stand to be a bit more adventurous. Still, I try to support them as much as possible due to the fact that they are locally owned and not part of the Clear Channel empire.
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