mainstream radio

[low_delta]

Do you have any radio stations in your city that play Bjork or other "alternative" artists? What sort of stations are they? Are they mainstream stations, or are they college, public or other "alternative" venues?

I was listening to our local callege station, and after the played a Bjork song, the DJ said, "and what other radio station in town plays Bjork?!" I had forgotten how much music is lost in our local radio landscape. And Bjork isn't exactly unknown.

Comments

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds cool!

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

huh. i never really thought about this~ i grew up in san diego
and there were always alternative radio stations~
in chicago too i find a couple, but they are a bit tamer (except for the college stations of course)~
i did live in texas for about a minute and a half in 1985 and i remember having
radio culture shock! i listened to my own music during that horrific time and banned
the radio!
i think the best "alternative" radio is npr~
but that's just me~

[banana.livejournal.com]

There's quite a good choice here, along with a majority of commercial dross.

[zonal.livejournal.com]

I don't listen to the radio these days but I know they used to play her videos on MTV years ago, and her songs on college radio. She rocks. Some people (myself included) like that some great music exists more strongly in the "underground" via word of mouth etc. rather than in the "mainstream" though.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

The underground is a lot bigger now than it used to be. For a while, after the "alternative" explosion in the '90's, a lot of the underground artists came out, but now it seems like they've disappeared again.