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From: ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: How radio stations work: playlists, rotation, life, the universe, etc.
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 10:03:15 EDT
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	Y'know, there are an awful lot of stations (let's call them progressive
FM rock for lack of a better term) that don't use this stuff; but still use
somewhat of a formula...

	I spent 4 years or so around an NPR affiliate that did rock and jazz
late at night; we tried different formats, too...the one that seemed to be
the least obtrusive was the "Play about 4 cuts or so, run a promo, read the
weather, say something interesting about the next tune, back into music" one.

	We did a lot of special things, too...import album shows, and new
releases shows and that sort of thing; sort of broke the monotony.

	One thing that the original article had dead on: the logs.  There's
a lot to remember and write down, and when you're running the whole show
yourself, you stay pretty busy...*without* answering the phone.

	Just for comparison, we kept about 100 new (0-3 months) albums, and 
about 300 old albums in the on-air studio.
-- 
Rsk the Wombat
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