I'm pretty sure playlists are determined by political reasons and/or whatever radio is being paid to play, I think that's a little obvious. It is decided by the powers that be beforehand what is going to be played on the radio and there is little anyone can do about that. Of course everyone is told ...

I NEVER listen to public radio at all anymore. I suppose there has always been an element of payola and agenda in public radio but it has never been more pronounced. I am tired of being force fed the same American Idol winners or streamlined corporate entertainer/celebrity singer types year after ye...

I'm glad radio is dying, it deserves to. Its death is self-inflicted, here's hoping listenership continues to plummet to record breaking lows that relegate mainstream radio to complete irrelevancy.

I am so sick of the manufactured pop drivel crammed down our throats by the conglomerate monopoly Clear Channel Radio/American Idol machine I can't even listen to the radio anymore. The reason no-one buys records anymore is because the public is force-fed a steady diet of soulless, 1-dimensional, 1-...

tvguy-you write as if you have Stockholm Syndrome.

Radio used to help set trends by responding to its audience-not anymore. Think about certain musical genres such as disco, grunge, rock-rap, etc, etc. They all emerged from an underground, became mainstream for 3-5 years until the new big thing took its place and such the cycle went. Not anymore. We...