Our website of the day…
The tech team at Absolute Radio has released a nifty site that allows the world to peek into the playlists of UK radio stations. Their site robot monitors the “Now Playing” information transmitted by radio stations, and uses this to work out the number of songs on a station’s playlist, and how frequently songs get repeated.
Feel you’re hearing the same songs on your commercial radio station? You probably are, and this site proves it.
The site highlights that Capital FM has played 8,800 or so songs in the last 30 days – but that’s made up of the same 223 tracks… a pretty small playlist. Artists JLS, Beyonce and Lady GaGa clock in with over 350 plays a month.
Go to comparemyradio.com and see how your station compares.
“The needle returns to the start of the song, and we all sing along like before…”