Re: listening trends....

[Jibguy@aol.com]

Dan's assumption is right.  (meaning "Dan is Right").  --  I grew up with 
WABC which played usually 4 commercials between each song! --day and night!   
 In fact, whenever they ever played 2 songs in a row, they had a special 
jingle to announce such a surprising event. The jingle went:  "77 WABC 
Twin-Spin!"  - It wasn't for 2 songs by the same artist or any other such 
connection, but rather, WOW! -WABC plays another song without having to wade 
thru 4 more commercials.  -  Radio critics of today have no ground to stand 
on when they say there are too many commercials. Its just that the 
commercials are arranged differently.    I also remember WSRO in Marlboro, 
(locally owned), a typical small-town station, back in the 60's and 70's and 
even 80's, played a record once every 20 minutes!
    My theory on why some 35-year-olds are complaining about too many 
commercials, is that they grew up with AM and FM, and the commercial-load was 
split between the two, and therefore most stations seemed to have less 
commercials.
----jibguy (who leans slightly, but ever so slightly to the Left)

In a message dated 7/10/01 8:52:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dib9@gwi.net 
writes:

<< 24 minutes of commercials an hour?  Maybe in beloved good old days, but I
 have heard that today.  I have been told by old timers (people like Jibguy)
 that in the golden days on top 40 radio the stations played lots of
 commercials, often stopping down between every song or every other song.
  >>