| ▲ | Affric 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
100% No algorithm has been able to be able to be as weird but consistent as a community radio DJ. The radio can still surprise and delight like little else. All the tech companies have been able to replicate is the disappointment. Not to say never but people’s great advantage here is that they’re people. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | hypercube33 2 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I respectfully disagree. If you're into classic rock those stations are pivoting around here to 90s and 2000s rock since that's "classic" now. Then you're left with ButtRock stations that play mostly the same thing every day at the same times in the same order. The best radio we had in our area was a college station that has an hour or two of stuff I'm interested in or as close to a legal pirate radio you can get (100w tower) that shut down - THAT was amazing. Had a ton of DJs who played things they liked. Outside of rock you're left with automated pop and country stations who have computerized playlists. note - I'm in the Midwest US. | |||||||||||||||||
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