The State of Radio

Let's be honest with one another, broadcast radio pretty much sucks. I have a friend who is a DJ on local rock station. He is forced to play a list of music that must grate on him daily. DJ's today have no input into what they play with the exception of specialty shows such as this one.

There's talk in Philly that once Howard Stern--a staple of rock radio morning programming--goes satellite, this station may switch formats as has happened previously. Perhaps even KRock in NYC will switch.

The vast wasteland that is over the air radio (at least on the FM side) will be reduced to Top-40, R & B and Rap.

The Commissar posts about just this at his site and at Enrevanche.