Requests and Shows

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Avian


It's seasonal - folks get on a new songs and start requesting it like crazy for awhile, then switch to another song and repeat the process.

In other words, a request driven station manages to fall into a Current/Recurrent/Oldie pattern, just like a commercial station. Perfect! Now it really is "radio."

Songs go in a bell curve:

New - rarely played
Semi-new - Played occasionally
Slightly known - played frequently
"Hit single" - Played all the freaking time
Starting to get old - played frequently
Getting really old - played occasionally
Old - rarely played



Perfect, I'd say let it regulate itself - unless someone has a crush on the same song every day for two weeks.