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Radio stations failing to adapt playlists to the current music trend?
DarrenPop
04-06-2014
In my office they play loads of Heart & Capital as well as a local Glasgow radio station and one thing I've noticed is that these stations have not adapted well, or at all to the current resurge of 90's inspired house that's all over the charts. (See: Duke Dumont, Kiesza, Route 94, Gorgon City, Bem Pearce - who have all had huge chart hits recently).

Instead all these stations seem to be playing loads of dated pop-edm from 2 years ago. Rihanna, Maroon 5 etc.

I think (personally) music taste has now shifted from that pop-edm sound that used to control the charts, and the demand is now on this commercial house resurge.

The only radio station I have heard who play truly stuff that's in the charts is Radio 1, and although I am not a fan, they are current right now.

Thoughts?
gashead
04-06-2014
It's not (necessarily) a radio station's job to adapt to current musical trends, simply to play the music that reflects the tastes of their target demographic. That's why Radio 1 and Heart, for e.g. play different stuff; they're not competing for the same people. As you say, if you want current chart music, you have Radio 1. If you want more pop, MOR, soft-rock all day, you have Heart. If you want 60's, 70's and 80's, you've got Gold, and so on.

In short, stations will only change their 'trends' to suit their audience, not the charts.
Aura101
04-06-2014
Heart and capital are both awful stations music wise.

And thats from someone who really doesn't like this dreadful bland type of house music ruling the charts !
shackfan
04-06-2014
Stop the front page. HEART DON'T PLAY UP TO DATE MUSIC. Wow. Heart play AWFUL music (in my opinion). I actually don't like most of that regurgitated 90s crap either and have just found Absolute radio which is more my sort of thing. For example they just played The Rolling Stones and are now playing Elbow. Great stuff (apart from the terrible adverts)
marianner
04-06-2014
Originally Posted by DarrenPop:
“In my office they play loads of Heart & Capital as well as a local Glasgow radio station and one thing I've noticed is that these stations have not adapted well, or at all to the current resurge of 90's inspired house that's all over the charts. (See: Duke Dumont, Kiesza, Route 94, Gorgon City, Bem Pearce - who have all had huge chart hits recently).

Instead all these stations seem to be playing loads of dated pop-edm from 2 years ago. Rihanna, Maroon 5 etc.

I think (personally) music taste has now shifted from that pop-edm sound that used to control the charts, and the demand is now on this commercial house resurge.

The only radio station I have heard who play truly stuff that's in the charts is Radio 1, and although I am not a fan, they are current right now.

Thoughts?”

This has always been a problem with commercial radio. Radio has never accepted dance hits unless its a popstar involved.

If you want to hear current house etc, you need to listen to radio shows with carl cox, pete tong or other ibiza DJ experts
Neil_N
04-06-2014
To be honest 95% of the music in the charts and "cool" stations such as Radio 1 is crap. Just no character and substance.

"Heart" is indeed an awful station, and I say this as someone who likes older music. Too much emphasis on those annoying songs from the last three years; "Blurred Lines", "Beneath You're Beautiful" and everyone's favourite tax evader Gary Barlow and VERY limited playlists during the day. However, after 10pm they are risky playing lots of love ballad classics you haven't heard and a chance to showcase some artists who fit the bill. I have even heard Frank Ocean on there!

Prefer Absolute and their spin-offs, plus a bit of Smooth, Magic and occasionally Heat when they have themed weekends.
Ezra_Koenig
04-06-2014
Originally Posted by Neil_N:
“To be honest 95% of the music in the charts and "cool" stations such as Radio 1 is crap. Just no character and substance.”

I totally agree.
21stCenturyBoy
04-06-2014
I stick to 6 Music nowadays- everything from Blondie to The Shins, and the DJ's aren't ruled as much by a frantic desire to be seen as "cool". Sara Cox's Saturday Night 80s show on Radio 2 is also worth a listen, and I say that as someone not even born then.

Heart is crap and has about seven songs on rotation at any one time (two of which will be my Michael Buble and one will be Shine by Take That)
Eric_Blob
05-06-2014
Heart FM is a HAC station, so it doesn't really need to adjust. Capital FM adjusted terribly at first. They refused to play Latch by Disclosure for a long time, but it was clear they knew they made a huge mistake in ignoring that song, since they started playing White Noise since its release day, and other songs around that time like Need U by Duke Dumont.

Capital's favourite kind of music is dance-pop though, so frankly it would prefer to play songs like Moves Like Jagger and We Found Love. Fortunately, there haven't been any big dance-pop hits recently, so Capital is sticking to the old ones I guess...
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