> Over here we have the problem that all the stations become
> more and more similar.
> They want to satisfy the "general publics" tast best, with
> the result that they're all playing the same songs and
> hire flat and boring djs, one sounding like the other.
> And if theres a good dj, who's doing things different,
> fresh and new, they cut his show down and in the end fire
> him.
>
> Luckily I'm working for a public station, where we're
> allowed to do pretty much our thing, what gives us many
> listeners who dont wanna listen to the boring mainstream
> programs anymore.
The station is split between all of the above. It used to be that during the day, the DJ's had playlists that were generated by the programming staff or a computer, and at night the DJ would be able to play what they want. One prominent DJ has that as his calling card, calling it "free form radio" but my guy can do the same thing if he wanted to in the middle of the night, though he takes the station's suggestions more often than not...I can hear when he plays a particular song and I get a kick out of it. His personality is much different, but then maybe I'm biased....he has opinions, just used the word, "untamed" to describe himself at this particular moment, and so it could be as you described. He's quite the spark.
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