Team A'Hearn

There was a great article in the Washington Post earlier in the week about the world of commercial radio. While some of the details behind radio programming aren’t a secret, it’s nice to see a story like this get big press. Personally, I think I have uniquely broad musical interests, and am still able to enjoy the guilty pleasures of the latest pop or urban tunes. But the kind of ridiculousness we’re currently seeing and hearing teeters on inexcusable, especially in a major market like Washington, DC. We now have three identical classic rock stations, one inept classical, one weak jazz, no oldies, and tons of fluff. And corporate radio wonders why people are flocking to their iPods and satellite radio. Sure, even my XM is subject to similar screening and focus groups as commercial radio, but extensive variety (and lack of ads) is worth that twelve bucks a month.