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Radio is still a thing, and studios decide what goes on there.

Is it though?

I grew up in the Bay Area listening to “Live 105” the local Alt-Rock station. It doesn’t even exist anymore. There’s maybe one station on the dial that caters to a demographic younger then 40.

I’m not sure radio is still relevant for anyone under the age of 30.

Internet radio is real and thriving. I listen to NTS all the time, e.g.

> Is it though?

Yes.

> I’m not sure radio is still relevant for anyone under the age of 30.

Maybe you don't drive? If you drive and you get tired of listening and re-listening the stuff you have on your phone… radio it is.

> If you drive and you get tired of listening and re-listening the stuff

At the risk of being snarky… you know that music streaming platforms are a thing, right?

I "explore" music that is new to me by listening to the full album on Apple Music which is nothing like listening to the radio.

I can't imagine radio is relevant at all to an up and coming musician at this point.

Exactly my point. But it's relevant to listeners :)

Those listeners, who want to listen to old/classic or regurgitated some young woman duetting with Elton John :-)

And it really helps to have a fondness for air headed radio dj ramblings …

What I mean is, the radio listeners are not relevant to a new musician in 2023.

Olivia Rodrigo was launched into the stratosphere by TikTok - yes with label support.

Billie Eilish I think came by way of Soundcloud, no?

Can't imagine radio, being a means of discoverability, as more than a minor factor in this current era of Spotify.

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