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skipworkman
2 years ago

This is their profession, so perhaps people are interested in it. You don’t talk badly about his job either. And their motivation is surely also that the music likes listening to the radio. Can be that the private metal core at home. As a rule, you are satisfied if you do your job well and the customer is satisfied even if you have a different taste in person. And if that works with mainstream music, then a moderator is happy with his tool.

RomantismeNoir
2 years ago

Unfortunately, they have to do this, so the stations get a lot of money from the record companies. As a result, the mainstream is determined, because the simple influential person has no high demands and no real own taste. In the meantime, of course, YouTube, Spotify and co. are more influential on the young generation, but the middle ages (35+?) are mainly influenced by radio.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, it was still “in” classics and evergreens to play alongside the current music, and at that time there was still rock (pop rock, pop punk, alternative…) on the mainstream radio, now broadcasters like SWR3 play mainly in 2010 and later. This is relatively unpretentious music, but they still have to sell it as the “Nonplusultra”.

At SWR3 I sometimes feel that someone sits there with taste, because I have heard more often without special occasion “Sisters of Mercy” (a gothic band that doesn’t fit into the transmitter concept).

RomantismeNoir
2 years ago
Reply to  Schindi25

Production with real instruments is probably too expensive.

JWDHF
2 years ago

It is even worse: the MÜSSEN radio moderators represent the mainstream and create and push it at the same time, they are paid for. But, and that is important: this is only true for the big broadcasters! The smaller, independent, can also present and promote creative marginal zones.

spelman
2 years ago

A radio station has to play the music that his audience likes. The moderator must at least pretend he likes the music and knows it. He might hear something completely different.

SvartBlod
2 years ago

Well, it’s just playing mainstream or wanting alternative stuff on the radio.

AustinButler
2 years ago

Yes, they’re supposed to say they’re good at it. Most radios always play the same mainstream songs. There are also exceptions to Schwarzwaldradio sitting real experts and lovers.

Dorfrocker
2 years ago

Depends on which station you hear… There are radio stations that play 80s-years-watch; then who are playing rock music…. Not really mainstream.

RomantismeNoir
2 years ago
Reply to  Dorfrocker

80 is also mainstream, but good, old mainstream;)

TimeosciIlator
2 years ago

That’s how it’s gonna be.

Apparently, they only take those who wrote up the current charts. And all the time they have to let their praises go over the great stars of today. There’s nothing from the music of the past. Except for a few exceptions. Especially the BRTF4 (95.6Mhz).

How to be happy in such a mainstream job is perfectly sneaky to me. ^^