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Why do radio stations keep playing the same stuff over and over? (leminal.space)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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This has been on my mind for years now:

Why do most radio stations insist on playing the same selection of songs over and over?

I imagine it must be a copyrights thing? Pay for usage of this particular catalogue for a year?

Don’t those DJs get absolutely sick of it after a while?

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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Does the word "B-b-b-baby" give you PTSD flashbacks?

I didn't have it that bad but I had to spend a whole night as a temp factory worker throwing hay into a machine to shred it into pet bedding and they had Culture Club - Karma Chameleon on repeat for 10hrs.

Liked the song before that night. I refused to work there again after that night.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I had a boss in an office that decided to have an Alice in Wonderland themed pot luck. She turned on the movie on repeat. Then she just never turned off the movie. It was on a screen on low volume right in front of my desk for weeks. She had an office, I didn't. Eventually I sent her an email saying it was phycological torture after like week 3 to have the same movie playing on repeat for 8 hours Monday thru Friday.

    I also worked at a video store once that we had to play the promotional DVD on repeat. It was about 2 hours long of footage over and over and we couldn't turn it down.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    My sister worked at Abercrombie & Fitch back in their late-90s/early-00s peak. Every month or two, corporate would send a CD to be played in store during open hours. A 60-minute (or less) loop of company-sactioned pop music, all shift, every shift. I wasn't the one working there and I still felt miserable on her behalf.

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