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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen did DJs stop identifying the songs they played?
I thought it was an FCC Rule.
Did it get changed when I wasn't paying attention?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Fucking kids.
And fucking DJs!
taterguy
(29,582 posts)I am so envious.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Thanks to those damned kids.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Glad I don't live near you.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)We xerilandscape around here. If it ain't native and happy growing here, it ain't growing here.
Robb
(39,665 posts)Seems like I rented a car recently that scrolled song/artist info on the face while radio songs were playing.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)and pre-recorded segments that are the same in every station the conglomerate owns?
Are there even DJs anymore?...other than the drive-time/shock-jocks?
Warpy
(111,359 posts)the playlist has to be readily available, usually online.
My favorite station WZBC will play an hour of indie music and then do a few minutes of announcing name and artist. Lately, they've been switching to an online playlist, instead, since so many of us are web streaming rather than trying to pick up their dinky, underpowered station in Boston.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Nowadays I just make a mental note of one of the lines of lyrics and type it into Google.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Just make sure the phone can pick up the music and wait a few seconds and you'll get the title, artist, album, year and lyrics. Soundhound is the app I use to keep me from kicking myself for hours trying to remember a band's name.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)There's services like Pandora, there's zillions of podcasts with every type of music under the sun. It all makes corporate Clear-Channelized radio pale in comparison.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Nor do I care
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)And they let you see lyrics, bookmark the songs, buy them for your own collection, etc. Pretty cool.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)msongs
(67,453 posts)most popular music type stations are all syndicated playlists with no live announcers
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)As a former college DJ myself, I can assure you there is no such rule. The only thing a DJ (or a pretaped spot, what we used to call a "cart" must announce is the station's legal ID: "KCUF, San Jose" or whatever, at the top of the hour.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)called Shazam that identifies music for you. It's pretty neat -- my kids told me about it!
Brother Buzz
(36,469 posts)SoundHound works well if you even hum or whistle the tune. Extensive database, and it continues to grow. Amazing, what the kids bring into our houses.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)I'll check it out -- sounds even better than Shazam.
On edit:
That is a great name too -- Sound Hound! So apropos!
KoKo
(84,711 posts)sorry...that's snark.
I don't know why.
Raine
(30,540 posts)is. I have a car that does but I also have an older car that doesn't have the read out, darn it.
Hekate
(90,829 posts)I couldn't tell who a given artist was, or what the name of the song was, or the name of the album. I would fall in love with a song only to never be able to find it in a store. It was as annoying as hell.
So when I bought CDs I got artists I was already familiar with, in genres I knew for certain I liked.
The one exception was the occasional review or personal essay in the Los Angeles Times Calendar section. That's how I came to know and love both Eva Cassidy and Israel Kamakawiwole.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Have not heard one in years.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Daddio
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Completely forgot about it.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Especially when you're driving past the Stop and Shop
In_The_Wind
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kentauros
(29,414 posts)That's one of the reasons I stopped listening to commercial radio and switched to public stations only. That, and the idiotic habit of commercial DJs talking over the cuts.
Now, if it's Internet radio, some will give you a playlist or song history. I don't know about satellite radio as I don't listen to it. I've found it's basically commercial broadcast radio over satellite, so same shit going on there.
As I recall from being a DJ on public radio, the only FCC rules about music played was keeping a written log of what you played, and a log of every time someone said one of the seven deadlies on mic or phone. I don't think the log we kept of the music played went to the FCC, either, but maybe it was kept as a record in case they requested it. Most of the time, it was for our Music Director to seek out more music for us to play.
Kali
(55,025 posts)makes doing a tribute show when somebody dies a pain - lots of covers or shut the stream off. strange rules.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)that either I or some of my other friends would do at public stations, on just one theme (such as food.) Hour-long tributes weren't uncommon, either.
I haven't listened to late-night public radio in a while, but would guess those DJs still do that kind of thing. For example, WFMU
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)Firstly...there's never been a law requiring a station to mention the songs they're playing. It's the record companies that always pushed for it. Today many stations are either on "auto-pilot" (fully automated) or "voice tracked"...announcements inserted into the programming. Sadly there are fewer and fewer "live and local" stations these days.
Many stations have "RDS"...a system that scrolls the name of the song and artist on your radio or on their web feed. Most newer car radios now come equipped with RDS...
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)all the songs started sounding alike, so why the hell would they bother identifying them...
It's like one VERY long crappy song, all damned day long.
OK maybe that's not the case where other people live, but there's a radio station near me that plays the most useless crap that passes for "music".
and yeah...it does all sound the same.
PS...get off my lawn AND my driveway!