Originally Posted by Radio 123:
“Most areas don't have CHR stations. I notice you're from Scotland, where there's Capital and no Heart, so you may be unaware of the fact that in England, the Capital network is pretty much the extent of CHR radio and that's not in every area. All the other CHR stations are re-branded as Heart, a station common as muck in England but may be unfamiliar to the Scots.
As for music TV channels and other outlets to hear the hits, it all depends if most young people can be arsed to use them or if they just put up with wha thteir local Heart palys.
I'm not sure about Scotland, but in England when I've been to karaokes, the amount of younger people who choose what you describe as 'housewife classics' such as Young Hearts Run Free hugely outweighs the amount that choose to sing current stuff, believe me. And that's probably why there's 'less of a generation gap' as you put it.
No, you can't judge exactly what radio station someone listens to from their karaoke choices, but they do represent the type of music they're into. Karaokes seem to indicate most young people prefer oldies to chart hits, and if someone prefers oldies then chances are they aren't listeing to Capital.”
“Most areas don't have CHR stations. I notice you're from Scotland, where there's Capital and no Heart, so you may be unaware of the fact that in England, the Capital network is pretty much the extent of CHR radio and that's not in every area. All the other CHR stations are re-branded as Heart, a station common as muck in England but may be unfamiliar to the Scots.
As for music TV channels and other outlets to hear the hits, it all depends if most young people can be arsed to use them or if they just put up with wha thteir local Heart palys.
I'm not sure about Scotland, but in England when I've been to karaokes, the amount of younger people who choose what you describe as 'housewife classics' such as Young Hearts Run Free hugely outweighs the amount that choose to sing current stuff, believe me. And that's probably why there's 'less of a generation gap' as you put it.
No, you can't judge exactly what radio station someone listens to from their karaoke choices, but they do represent the type of music they're into. Karaokes seem to indicate most young people prefer oldies to chart hits, and if someone prefers oldies then chances are they aren't listeing to Capital.”
I possibly mis-spoke a bit there. What I meant was that the majority of the population has a CHR option. I suspect that is the case, taking into account that London, central Scotland, Birmingham, Yorkshire etc certainly do. I am aware we are lucky with radio choice in central Scotland though and that not all areas are the same. In Aberdeen I had the choice of Northsound 1 or some other stations which, when you listened to them in the urban Granite City, felt like they were being beamed in from the wild west. Fair to say you wouldn't have been a fan.
With regards to the karaoke argument, is that not young people just selecting different songs for different occasions? If they were in nightclubs they're going to dance to a lot of current stuff as it's a lot more bouncy (showing my age here) and sexual. Whereas in karaoke you generally want to sing a song you've heard a million times before, know how it goes and one which the audience (of mixed ages) will sing along to and carry you through. Given the increasingly complex structure of modern songs, that ain't as easy as picking a Beatles song.
I'd love to see the roles reversed for a night though, just for a laugh.
