Repetition on Radio Margaritaville

[PalmettoSon]

Am I the only one who's getting tired of hearing the same stuff over and over on RM? The most consistent repeats seem to be John Prine's "Crazy as a Loon" (which I have begun to loathe I hear it so much) and Peter Mayer's "The Last Island" (a song I liked at first, but it's starting to get on my nerves).
It's nice to hear the stuff that doesn't make on traditional radio, but it starts to sound like they have a set playlist when certain songs pop up again and again.
Am I alone on this one?

[Caribbean Soul]

No you're not alone...

And to make matters worse Sirius has a no repeat policy that prevents some of RMs best features - like the guest DJ slots - from being on, as they used to be aired more than once per day.

[PalmettoSon]

I wouldn't mind repeating shows like they used to, provided they had to appear on different days and at diffferent times, that always seemed to expand their playlist a little.
I love hearing:
Lyle Lovett
Jerry Jeff
Little Feat
Jack Johnson
Paul McCartney
The Rolling Stones
and tons others
But it seems like they only have a few songs by each of these artists.

And where are:
Joe Cocker
Buena Vista Social Club (I hear one or two of these guys once in a while)
Ray Charles
Steve Tyrell
The Black Crowes
Brian Setzer
among others

What I love about RM is that it is so eclectic. You go from reggae to country to big band to Buffett to folk to southern rock to calypso etc.

If they have the collection that I imagine they do, and if it's all digitally stored (as it should be), they should just put the whole collection on random, and see what happens. Heck I could do that with my iPod and it would be two weeks before the same version of the same song repeated. I imagine RM could spend about a month or so rolling through their collection, and uncovering some really great stuff in the process..

[Jahfin]

It's nice to hear the stuff that doesn't make on traditional radio, but it starts to sound like they have a set playlist when certain songs pop up again and again.

I wonder what makes people think they don't? I guess the trick is fooling people into believing everything is off the cuff when really it's coming from a playlist. Try tuning in KGSR from Austin sometime. It may sound like their DJs are winging it but actually they're following a format: AAA (with a bent towards Americana).

http://www.kgsr.com/frames.html

[PalmettoSon]

It's nice to hear the stuff that doesn't make on traditional radio, but it starts to sound like they have a set playlist when certain songs pop up again and again.

I wonder what makes people think they don't? I guess the trick is fooling people into believing everything is off the cuff when really it's coming from a playlist. Try tuning in KGSR from Austin sometime. It may sound like their DJs are winging it but actually they're following a format: AAA (with a bent towards Americana).

http://www.kgsr.com/frames.html

It just seems to me that your playlist should be your library. If you've used iTunes, you know it's easy to track how often songs are played, when they were played last, etc. It seems that stations that claim not to have a playlist (RM for example) could easily work in popular stuff that most of the audience knows along with the lesser known stuff that makes that staion interesting without having to resort to a traditional playlist that lays out what to play and how often to play it.

[buffettbride]

The most consistent repeats seem to be John Prine's "Crazy as a Loon"

I used to like that song, before the first 10,000 times I heard it on RM.

[AlbatrossFlyer]

has anyone bothered to email RM and complain to them?

[buffettbride]

has anyone bothered to email RM and complain to them?

i'm too busy posting on BN to send an email.

[PalmettoSon]

has anyone bothered to email RM and complain to them?

I was hoping to build up a groundswell of support, and then send them a link to this thread.

[buffettbride]

has anyone bothered to email RM and complain to them?

I was hoping to build up a groundswell of support, and then send them a link to this thread.

haha! then i'll make sure i'm nice in this thread, 'cause that would be cool.

[nycparrothead]

has anyone bothered to email RM and complain to them?

I was hoping to build up a groundswell of support, and then send them a link to this thread.

DEAR RADIOMARGARITAVILLE,

OTHER THAN THE CONCERT REPLAYS AND BUFFETT BUFFET, YOU SU<K!!!!

LOVE, MONKEY

[rednekkPH]

has anyone bothered to email RM and complain to them?

I was hoping to build up a groundswell of support, and then send them a link to this thread.

DEAR RADIOMARGARITAVILLE,

OTHER THAN THE CONCERT REPLAYS AND BUFFETT BUFFET, YOU SU<K!!!!

LOVE, MONKEY

Damn, that's twice this week you've been right. Bet that's never happenned before.

[nycparrothead]

Damn, that's twice this week you've been right. Bet that's never happenned before.

I'm scared! HOLD ME!

[landshark04]

yes the repeats are annyoing. but what bothers me more is the jimmy songs they play. Before Sirius i never heard cheesburger or five o' clock somwhere on. Now i here sykbh songs all the time and they play the songs of license to chill to death.

[davesnik]

Am I listening to a different RM? Maybe at different times? I hear JB songs, at least 1 a day that I've never heard before. Granted I'm a new parrothead. But I also hear quite a few songs from JB that are not "mainstream" so to speak.

[The Lost Manatee]

I miss all the rarities and the songs that never made it on any album, like the tracks off of Second Wind. And I do miss the "Down South Radio Progam" that Andrew Talbert hosted. I fear that RM has gone a bit more commerical and a little less "pirate radio". It's still better then Clear Channel but it's missing something that made it special. This is from someone who has it on at work all day.

[slimwis]

I emailed Steve Huntington about this very subject, 2 weeks ago. No response as of yet. I also suggested he start playing Pablo Cruise, older Little Feat, Lowell George, etc... Oh Well.

[Ilph]

I've really started listening to RM less lately because of the repitition also. And the phone calls bother me, too. If listeners can call in, why have them talk to a voicemail? Let them talk to a DJ or don't play them on the air.

[aeroparrot]

There is a way to eliminate the "no repetition" for the shows. They should try to develop new shows. If they hire me, I will gladly help them out in developing the new shows or even be a dj on them.

[Glorfindel7]

Someone is bound to suggest a "listener request" hour. What that really is is that they wait for someone to name a song that is on their playlist then they play it .

Seriously I've noticed some repetition, but I have to expect that, otherwise we'd only really need one radio station.

BTW what is this about a "no-repeat" policy on Sirius?