When radio was rock’s gatekeeper, before everything got hyphenated, sliced and diced by genre and sub-genre,
there was always one mainstream station you could rely on to play the music you liked — most of the time. Behind the scenes, program directors tried to find the right balance between new music, recent favorites and classic oldies. That’s what we’re aiming for here: a balance between fresh and familiar, sometimes a little mainstream, sometimes pushing the envelope.
And if you don’t like a particular song, chances are good, really good, that you’ll like the next one.
Mr. Keyes the choice of radio programs has gotten even more limited that when eMusic started this feature. Is that by design (to suppress demand)? Or do you guys need some help thinking up interesting play lists (something I think would be a lot of fun to do)?
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