Comments on: The decade’s most important radio trends: #5 The Age of Pandora http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/ News, views and tough love for radio. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:51 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Decade’s Most Important Radio Trends | Radio Survivor http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-159 The Decade’s Most Important Radio Trends | Radio Survivor Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:15:33 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-159 [...] #5: The Age of Pandora [...] [...] #5: The Age of Pandora [...]

]]> By: Radio Innovation & Audio Competition in the 2000s — Technology Liberation Front http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Radio Innovation & Audio Competition in the 2000s — Technology Liberation Front Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:49:58 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-149 [...] #5 (Matthew Lasar):  The age of Pandora. [...] [...] #5 (Matthew Lasar):  The age of Pandora. [...]

]]> By: Gary http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Gary Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:51:05 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-129 I, too, prefer Pandora for occasional listening but I listen to SiriusXM for the most part. As an opera fan, I don't like how Pandora gives you the "greatest hits" approach. It would be nice to have the choice to hear a full length piece. For satellite radio, XM had the best with VOX but the Met Opera channel in the merged iteration is certainly better than the dearth of opera available elsewhere. I, too, prefer Pandora for occasional listening but I listen to SiriusXM for the most part. As an opera fan, I don’t like how Pandora gives you the “greatest hits” approach. It would be nice to have the choice to hear a full length piece. For satellite radio, XM had the best with VOX but the Met Opera channel in the merged iteration is certainly better than the dearth of opera available elsewhere.

]]> By: Zach http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Zach Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:35:56 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-128 Pandora is the future. Terrestrial or satellite isn't even close - although I will say Sirius XM has enough choices that it might be a worthy investment. I listen to Pandora more than my iTunes now, much of which I own because I heard it on Pandora, and I don't see that changing. Pandora is the future. Terrestrial or satellite isn’t even close – although I will say Sirius XM has enough choices that it might be a worthy investment. I listen to Pandora more than my iTunes now, much of which I own because I heard it on Pandora, and I don’t see that changing.

]]> By: Here’s Hoping for a Better Decade in Classical Radio | by Marty Ronish | Scanning The Dial http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Here’s Hoping for a Better Decade in Classical Radio | by Marty Ronish | Scanning The Dial Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:21:56 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-127 [...] lot of venting about how bad the programming on some other classical stations has become.  And at Radio Survivor Matthew Lasar says his local radio station is so unlistenable he chooses to listen online to the [...] [...] lot of venting about how bad the programming on some other classical stations has become.  And at Radio Survivor Matthew Lasar says his local radio station is so unlistenable he chooses to listen online to the [...]

]]> By: Matthew Lasar http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Matthew Lasar Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:48:57 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-118 Blue is absolutely right when he notes Pandora's lack of local content, something I've <a href="http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/07/09/hey-pandora-id-pay-even-more-than-99-cents-for-djs/" rel="nofollow">written about myself</a>. And like so many commercial stations these days, KDFC can boast of a handful of local connections to the San Francisco Bay Area, most notably the signal's broadcasts of Davies Symphony concerts and the San Francisco Opera. But this represents a very small percentage of the station's air time. I just tuned in. They're playing the first movement of the Grieg piano concerto, which is what I'd expect of KDFC. </p> <p>I seriously doubt that the staff there care about my criticisms, which they have doubtless heard a thousand times. They point to their <a href="http://blogs.kdfc.com/?s=arbitron" rel="nofollow">Arbitron ratings</a> as proof of their success. I'm perfectly happy to concede that KDFC has successfully created an easy listening radio station. But for me classical music is about more than the Grieg concerto at 2:30 PM. </p> <p>As for when I first heard Moszkowski, well, I guess I've got to give away my age here. I heard him first on an actual classical music radio station in New York City which is long, long gone. The station broadcast a live recording of Vladimir Horowitz performing Moszkowski's miraculous Concert Etude in F major. It blew me away. Nothing on KDFC blows me away. In fact, KDFC is carefully designed not to blow me away, as far as I can tell. And so I blew myself away and now listen to Pandora. Blue is absolutely right when he notes Pandora’s lack of local content, something I’ve written about myself. And like so many commercial stations these days, KDFC can boast of a handful of local connections to the San Francisco Bay Area, most notably the signal’s broadcasts of Davies Symphony concerts and the San Francisco Opera. But this represents a very small percentage of the station’s air time. I just tuned in. They’re playing the first movement of the Grieg piano concerto, which is what I’d expect of KDFC.

I seriously doubt that the staff there care about my criticisms, which they have doubtless heard a thousand times. They point to their Arbitron ratings as proof of their success. I’m perfectly happy to concede that KDFC has successfully created an easy listening radio station. But for me classical music is about more than the Grieg concerto at 2:30 PM.

As for when I first heard Moszkowski, well, I guess I’ve got to give away my age here. I heard him first on an actual classical music radio station in New York City which is long, long gone. The station broadcast a live recording of Vladimir Horowitz performing Moszkowski’s miraculous Concert Etude in F major. It blew me away. Nothing on KDFC blows me away. In fact, KDFC is carefully designed not to blow me away, as far as I can tell. And so I blew myself away and now listen to Pandora.

]]> By: Blue http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Blue Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:24:05 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-116 Granted I like KDFC, even if they can't play everything. What Pandora doesn't offer is anything local, even though they are a Bay Area company, I think. KDFC is the only radio station supporting the local arts community by staying classical. Radio can still be about supporting and interacting with the local community. Pandora is cool for folks whose tastes are outside the mainstream, or who just want Romantic Piono Concerts or all songs that sound like britany Spears. By the way, I bet you heard Moskowski on KDFC first. I did. Plus they play all the other composers you mentioned except not much Bartok. I've heard they are the most popular classical station in the country for years. Name a radio station in America that plays a Bartok Piano Concerto in the daytime that has a significant audience. KFUO, and many others that have gone away maybe didn't play enough Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky, the stuff most people like. I suspect the "Bartok stations" are gone or very small. The Oingo Boingo stations and Mott the Hoople stations are rare too. Granted I like KDFC, even if they can’t play everything. What Pandora doesn’t offer is anything local, even though they are a Bay Area company, I think. KDFC is the only radio station supporting the local arts community by staying classical. Radio can still be about supporting and interacting with the local community. Pandora is cool for folks whose tastes are outside the mainstream, or who just want Romantic Piono Concerts or all songs that sound like britany Spears. By the way, I bet you heard Moskowski on KDFC first. I did. Plus they play all the other composers you mentioned except not much Bartok. I’ve heard they are the most popular classical station in the country for years. Name a radio station in America that plays a Bartok Piano Concerto in the daytime that has a significant audience. KFUO, and many others that have gone away maybe didn’t play enough Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky, the stuff most people like. I suspect the “Bartok stations” are gone or very small. The Oingo Boingo stations and Mott the Hoople stations are rare too.

]]> By: Frank http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Frank Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:24:42 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-108 KFUO-FM St. Louis...but not for long. A new owner is in the wings and wants to change it to Christian rock. But we've been lucky up to now. KFUO-FM St. Louis…but not for long. A new owner is in the wings and wants to change it to Christian rock. But we’ve been lucky up to now.

]]> By: Music Downloads http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/12/29/the-decades-most-important-radio-trends-5-the-age-of-pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Music Downloads Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:30:13 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=1973#comment-107 Pandora is a good example of something going right with online music business. Pandora is a good example of something going right with online music business.

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