Everett
What you say is very true.

But my two Grand daughters rarely listen to commercial radio. They use the internet and most of the music they listen to is never heard on the radio. They have a lot of Idie music. Their friends also have a lot of Indie Music. Some of it Local bands.
They also have a lot of oldies stuff. 60's and 70's mostly it seems.
They also like clasic rock like Buddy Holly, Elvis, Beatles, Etc.


My take on the Oscar's and Grammy's
None of the stuff is nominated by the public.
If I am not mistaken you have to be a member of the Grammy's or the Oscar's to nominate someone, you have to be a member to vote, etc.
So it is not the public picking the winners it is the industry.
It is not an indication of what the people are actually listening too.

While I will agree that clear channel owns about 1200 radio stations nationwide they cannot by law own all of them. I think they are limitted to around 10% to 20% in a given area. There is still some competetion for the listener.

Last edited by Bill Robinson; 03/22/08 01:53 PM.
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