This letter is in response to every reference I see in your magazine to the God-awful blandness of American radio today. As I tune my northern Colorado FM radio dial this very moment, here's what I hear: KPKE, "Play the Game Tonight," Styx; KGBS, "Lady," Little River Band; KUAD, "Band on the Run"; "Juke Box Hero,' Foreigner; Q103, "Even the Nights Are Better," Hair Supply (Elton's fave band.)
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This letter is in response to every reference I see in your magazine to the God-awful blandness of American radio today.
As I tune my northern Colorado FM radio dial this very moment, here's what I hear: KPKE, "Play the Game Tonight," Styx; KGBS, "Lady," Little River Band; KUAD, "Band on the Run"; "Juke Box Hero,' Foreigner; Q103, "Even the Nights Are Better," Hair Supply (Elton's fave band.)
Had enough?
The reason you're hearing the same old/new stuff on the radio today is really quite simple— THAT'S THE STUFF MOST PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR ON THE RADIO TODAY. PERIOD.
To be crassly realistic, Ed., here's the way it is in average America today: l)most people have never hegrd of a band like, say Squeeze; 2) most people in this country on/y want to hear the Styx/Journey/Foreigner/Kansas axis; 3)most people don't read and have never even heard of CREEM Magazine. (Sorry, Ed.)