Received an email from Giorgos Baliotis at the mix grill music blog regarding a survey about American radio stations' music.
Dear Johnny,
We are a Greek music blog (mix grill) and this month we are researching "music radio" across the world. On this subject, we have already posted many articles about music radio in Greece within the last 25 years. We tend to believe that the current state in Greek radio is unsatisfactory , as you can see in our view below.
Furthermore, we would like to re search the state of radio in other countries and we hope to help Greek music radio, by posting articles, which show this issue.
For this reason, it would be very helpful if you could answer our questions, which follow. Please, feel free to express your opinion. Besides your answers, this will give our readers the chance to see your own site and get acquainted with you.
1. How would you describe your country's music radio stations? Are you satisfied in general?
(A) It covers me completely.
(B) Enough thanked! It informs me relatively fast for the new circulations, even if I have already learned them in the Internet.
(C) Neither cold, neither heat... I would like more, but am satisfied by what I take.
(D) I am not thanked! Continuous play lists, small until by no means briefing on the new things, retrospections in past.
(E) I am not satisfied at all. We have only 4-5 producers with opinion...! I prefer hearing foreigner radio or Internet radio stations...
(F) Other: Please write us your opinion.
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2. What do you expect from a music radio station?
(A) Radio shows with different musical viewpoints and many researches about past music periods.
(B) Radio Shows with information about new albums.
(C) Both the above.
(D) Other: Please write us your opinion.
Your answer>
3. Are there mostly playlists or shows with different musical viewpoints in your country's radio stations?
(A) Radio shows with different musical viewpoints.
(B) Playlists.
(C) Other: Please write us your opinion.
Your answer>
4. Do you have many shows, in which the producers express their musical opinions freely, actually look into music and promote new albums, without being pressured by their sponsors?
(A) Yes, we have many of them.
(B) There are a few producers, who really have good shows, informing us about new stuff in music, researching the past and expressing their opinion freely
(C) Other: Please write us your opinion.
Your answer>
5. What kind of a relationship is there between record companies and music radio stations?
(A) They have a close co-operation, but the record companies don't demand things in radio shows.
(B) The record companies control the shows of a radio station
(C) Other: Please write us your opinion.
Your answer>
6. Do you prefer to listen to internet or traditional radios?
(A) Radio stations.
(B) Internet radio stations
(C) Both of them
(D) Other: Please write us your opinion.
Your answer>
In order to help you, you can see my own answers to the above questions below:
1. I'm not satisfied at all. We have many music radio stations, which have only a few producers and a continuous play list. You can find producers, who play dance music in one radio station for 3 hours and Greek modern music in another station for the next 3 hours, the two stations being owned by the same person. To me, they are professionals, not producers. As you can understand, we don't have many producers, expressing their actual musical opinions. They mostly promote their sponsors and talk about parties etc. Unfortunately, many good producers, who really love radio, don't have radio show anymore.
2. I expect shows with different musical viewpoints, information about new albums and songs – and not only about one specific record label albums – researches about past musical periods, co operations with other radio stations from other countries. Nowadays, we have very good information about music from many Web Sites. It would be perfect if the producers would listen to all the songs of every album (and not only their singles) and share their opinions with us. It is so simple, but we rarely have this information from most shows.
3. 90% playlists and maybe more.
4. I believe that there are only 4-5 producers, who really have good shows, informing us about new stuff in music, researching the past and expressing their opinion freely. Obviously, most of them belong to Public or Municipal radio stations. In most music radio stations, everything revolves around their sponsors and commercial spots. One could say that this makes sense, but I cannot believe that a music station could not have profit, if it is like the one I dream of, like some radios that we had in Greece in the past.
5. Some Greek radio stations belong to record label owners. How objective can they be?
6. Unfortunately, I would prefer to listen to radio stations in my old radio, but I can find better radio stations in Internet. Some of them are Greek and some not.
We assure you that you will be informed for our article, which shows your opinion and if you don't want to show your identity and your site, we will do it. Thank you very much in advance. We are looking forward to reading your answers and any other information about music radio in your country.
With our best regards, Giorgos Baliotis e-mail: gbaliotis@gmail.com
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