Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums

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(11-20-2015, 02:19 PM)GMDino Wrote: I went to college for, and worked in, radio.

You have no idea.

But in addition you also have to consider that in the last 20 years the stations have mostly been bought up by corporations that push the same music over several stations in the country.

Back in 1995 right before I got out of the business I worked at a country station in a small town.  And even THEY were getting a pre-programmed list of songs that "were popular" to play in heavier rotation.  

The corporations control what is a "hit" and when people here it enough they buy into it.

I remember many moons ago, I was doing some field work in Adams County in Ohio. For those of you who don't know Adams County, it is a pretty backwoods area along the Ohio River (at least it was back in the 90s). I was trying to find something on the radio to listen to while I drove and came upon a local, non-formatted station. They played things like Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" followed directly by Ozzy Osborn's "Crazy Train" followed directly by Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" followed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's version of "Sweet Chariot". It was the most awesome thing! It is like you had 16 different record-spinners in the room each taking turns playing what they liked, and none of them gave a f*** about format or genre. You wanted to listen just to hear what the heck they were gonna play next.

Having pretty eclectic musical tastes, I thought that was the coolest station ever.