Why do radio stations play the same fooking songs every show!?.......arrgghhhh!.....Help me......?
930296
Well it simply comes down to politics and money\nRecord labels dish out alot of money to radio stations to have certain artist(s) in heavy rotation. The idea behind it (fr labels stand point) is, if the single does well then there is potential for the whole album to sale as well. Then secondary, listeners call in and request artist and song play.\n\nHowever it creates a problem bcuz we listeners get very sick of hearing the same 5 artists every 25mins. Also many artist dont have a chance in hell of selling records simply becuz they arent getting alot of exposure. Especially artists on labels where the record execs are releasing THEIR OWN albums (def jam: Jayz  & bad boy: P diddy)\n\nJust think if labels pay stations to promote songs/albums...whose album do u think Jayz is gonna promote,  shereefa's or his own???? (just examples im giving) jay z's new album just came out yesterday...shereefa's dropped 2 or 3wks ago...now where do you think the promoting dollars are going? Politics of the biz.\n\nBut it really seems to me most labels are too stupid to promote more than 1 act at a time...which is another reason overall album sales drop each yr...also illegal downloads contribute.\n\n*sigh* sorry i got so long winded...i work in the biz, so i cant help but run off at the mouth. =}
38753
Try a music service like Yahoo Music Unlimited, Rhapsody, or Napster.\n\nThey offer internet radio stations in each of the genres you listed.  They also offer you the ability to explore, stream, and even download music in each of these genres.\n\nOne of the things that the services do is recommend bands based on your tastes.  They also highlight bands that you may not of heard of.  Rhapsody was particularly good at highlighting bands that I hadn't heard of.  Yahoo Music has good recommendations as well.\n\nI've built up collections of 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and 00's music, created my own playlists of the tracks that I like (over 1000 songs from over 300 albums) that I can listen to on-demand.  The services even offer the ability to transfer these songs to portable music players without actually purchasing the songs.  (Higher monthly fee involved).\n\nI'm addicted.  I've been using music services for over two years.  First Rhapsody and now Yahoo Music Unlimited.\n\nAlso, a some internet radio stations that you might be interested:\n\nhttp://www.kfog.com/ -- a San Francisco Bay Area radio station that plays a great mix of music\nhttp://www.live365.com/ -- a collection of "personal" radio stations that cover a wide variety of music\n\nOkay, now a single artist that I like that doesn't get much airplay in the mainstream -- Beth Orton.
139722
the next time you try to listen to a radio station. keep your control key pressed. that way it will bypass the popup blocker. \nif still it does not play then you can try something else. \nprobably some setting within your browser. \nsometimes your os may not be up-to-date..\nupdate ur os and see.!
634648
Music Lab has the best variety of music that I haven't heard 1000 times before.  I like the dirty comedy channel also, but I hear a lot of the same material recycled on that. There's some good stuff on the Unsigned bands channel as well.
649827
WHAT???  They play SONGS on VH-1???  Since when?!  ;)
601487
You can do that, but try not to play them too close together. Sometimes bands' songs all sound the same i.e. Everclear. It worked for them, but its not too talented to do something like that.
1146662
It's probably something inherently wrong with the songs themselves.  You can't fix that, because it's part of the file of the songs.  It's probably not a virus, but you can run an antivirus program just in case.\n\nHowever, it might be something wrong with your music player.  Maybe your music playing program has activated the radio.  Try playing the music in a different program.\n\nIf that doesn't work, I suggest downloading the same songs again using a different website/program like Limewire.
402685
Format it and reload the songs, make sure they are in the correct format, even better get a MP3 player  ;-)
59702
For Radio stations there are no set commericial breaks because each song has a different length. \nThere are other reasons, some city's have more competition which means the radio stations have to reduce the number of breaks/advertisements.\n\nFission
137900
I thought they were not half bad, always looking for new music!, not my normal genres of country, metal, rock and folk, but I enjoy all forms of music. As previously mentioned, good lyrics, and a decent beat. As far as I'm concerned, there is not alot of good music played on the radio, just pop and music with no soul (same thing I guess). So no, I don't think they'll make it on "big" radio, but it's too bad.
896388
There was a hostage case some years ago where the gunman holding people hostage demanded that the local radio station play the same Celine Dion song over and over. The radio code is an urban legend that sprang from that situation.\nUsually when I hear a Celine Dion song my greatest concern is that I won't be able to change the station quickly enough.
570768
i would just as soon listen to nothing.  could you imagine the same song forever?  i would get so tired of it sooo fast
1100222
Well first of all- what file type are the songs?\nIf Wav; MP3; or WMA; I can recommend a converter. It's called dBpowerAMP. Now; you have to get a codec to have the ability to convert them (one for MP3; WMA; and mP4-sorry no qcp).\n\nIts a very niffty program. I hope this helps.
811545
It's a marketing ploy.  KISS FM is owned by Clear Channel Radio, the big comglomerate everyone hates.  Obviously, you live in Austin and realize the traffic that goes through the city daily.  Many folks are just passing through the city, and that's how KISS FM reels in a listener.  It makes the listener think the format is new and improved.  (I know a former DJ from 101X who would tell me all about stuff like this.)\n\nI would listen when it was KHFI, but not KISS FM.  My other favorites were 101X, KLBJ, KGSR and Mix 94.7.  And for awhile, there was an 80's station on 107.7 called The Edge that I liked and there was like a sister station to KISS FM that played club music.  I LOVED that station.  \n\nI left Austin due to health reasons in 2002, but I still love the city, the people in it, and the neat stuff in town that just says "Austin".\n\nPeace, my Austin friend!
734286
Country music sounds horrible these days!\nIt really gets on my nerves...\nIt is like all the singers sound the same and they all sing with the SAME band!
364595
I am actually listening to it right now.  Just go to www.xmradio.com.  You can get a free trial if you don't have an account.  But if you have an account, all you have to do is register with your Radio ID (which you get off your radio channel 0) and thats it.  Its fast and great to listen to at work.  :)
722972
I use Winamp player. It contains radio stations you can listened to all over the world. I believe there might be a Indian/Pakistani radio station I am sure of. I know that it has Russian, German, Korean, Japanese (the ones I do listened to so I know for certain). You can get the basic free of charge, or the Pro for a small fee.