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Greg Clow
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Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:44:29 -0400
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Re: [idm] meanwhile, in the innovative world of corporate radio...
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At 04:57 PM 24/06/02, hime1@gte.net wrote:
quoted 10 lines > > http://www.quick106.com/quick/Press.htm > > > > Just in case you needed another affirmation in the general idiocy of > > the world, check out Quick 106 based in Portland (and run by the puppy > > dogs at Clear Channel). To cater to the short attention span of today's > > radio listeners, they will only be playing clips of songs which will > > amount to a startling 426 songs being played EVERY FUCKING HOUR. > >Something like this is usually a betweener on format changes, so this will >probably not last.
Yup. They did something similar in Seattle a month or two back when they changed the format of a "Hits of the 80s and 90s" station to "Hits of the 60s and 70s" (woo, big change there!). In fact, the website is still up (http://www.quick96.com), and is virtually indentical to this new one. Greg :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Greg Clow ::: greg@stainedproductions.com ::::::::: concert & event promotions ::: http://www.stainedproductions.com :::::: electronic music radio & reviews ::: http://www.feedbackmonitor.com ::: electronic/experimental record label ::: http://www.pieheadrecords.com ::::::::: 158 Close Ave. 2nd Floor ::: Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V5 ::: Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org