tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post5769993620038128311..comments2023-09-17T04:20:48.417-07:00Comments on Jaye Albright's Breakfast Blog: The Toughest Jobs In Music CityAlbright and O'Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933457732458275539noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post-27389008765610105332012-01-23T21:09:23.476-08:002012-01-23T21:09:23.476-08:00I'm sure you may disagree Jaye, but I personal...I'm sure you may disagree Jaye, but I personally feel that the gradual dismantling of the 'chart system' would be the best thing to happen to country radio moving forward.<br /><br />Of course, I use charts to verify music decisions I make.<br /><br />But ask the question: 'what if they weren't there tomorrow?' We still have a log to schedule, full of what the audience wants to hear and separates us from the other guys.<br /><br />It might force we radio programmers to do something that's deeply fallen from our daily routine: caring what our own audience has to say. Sure, we'd still play the A+ from Nashville, but I'll bet we'd give a lot more spins to the B- in our own backyard over Nashville's third or fourth tier.<br /><br />And just imagine the thousands of different 'types' of country radio 'mini formats' that would follow in their wake. Call letters with character once again.<br /><br />I don't hate charts, and I'm not saying tomorrow, but it is starting to look like the way the business is going in general.Scott Fullerhttp://www.myuscountry.comnoreply@blogger.com