tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post6669558834824010728..comments2024-03-29T10:17:18.826+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: XFM hangs the djSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-17307576734226899822007-05-17T17:19:00.000+00:002007-05-17T17:19:00.000+00:00awful, awful, awfulhow can you vote for a new song...awful, awful, awful<BR/><BR/>how can you vote for a new song you've never heard before? <BR/><BR/>stagnation is herebounderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261536972479044192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-35050807950047100282007-05-17T15:07:00.000+00:002007-05-17T15:07:00.000+00:00That's the shame of it, isn't it, anon? They have ...That's the shame of it, isn't it, anon? They have the answer to their problem in their own schedule, but instead ignore it.<BR/><BR/>There's management sitting around saying 'how can we engage our listeners, offer something distinctive, really connect with a solid core au... could someone go and ask that Kennedy bloke to turn that music down... we're trying to think here. How about we be like The Box, but on radio?'Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-59802362438197673842007-05-17T14:22:00.000+00:002007-05-17T14:22:00.000+00:00They still have X-posure though, which is the tota...They still have X-posure though, which is the total flipside of the daytime programming. John Kennedy rocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-76204798855401502432007-05-17T14:20:00.000+00:002007-05-17T14:20:00.000+00:00It all sounds very noble and democratic, handing c...It all sounds very noble and democratic, handing control of a station's daytime playlist to the listener. Something like bringing the community/recommend-a-song aspect of sites like last.fm to traditional radio.<BR/><BR/>That's how it <I>sounds</I>, anyway. But would I be far off the mark in predicting that this will end up with XFM's output being decided by whichever bands' PR team can send out the most mailshots to their databases? Once it was "Don't forget to vote for Phixx in the Smash Hits Poll!". Now I can see the internet groaning under the weight of weekly emails trilling "Text KOOKS to XFM!"<BR/><BR/>If I wanted the youth of today to choose what I listen to, I'd sit near them on public transport as they played 'Brianstorm' out of the crappy speaker on their Nokia. Bastards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-61520715598433891892007-05-17T13:38:00.000+00:002007-05-17T13:38:00.000+00:00XFM is rly going down the pan though, they play th...XFM is rly going down the pan though, they play the same 8 records every morning...CarsmileStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569787692912613393noreply@blogger.com