I have noticed that radio stations often do not name the tracks they
play (Gold never does, at least during its automated programming). In
the old days they used to name the artist and title, either before or
after (back announcing) playing the record, which I thought was for
copyright reasons. Was this ever a requirement, and has this changed?
Not that I know of, they only need to keep a record of the things they play, sometimes you can see it scroll on the display, but you are correct, they obviously don't give a hoot about blind listeners. It is perfectly possible using software like play station radio for anyone to make a voice tracked program in a very short time as they only need to ehear the start and ends
of the tracks and even get a countdown till the vocals if the database of tracks is kept updated.
In my view its merely cheapskate behaviour
On 30/08/2022 08:29, Brian Gaff wrote:
Not that I know of, they only need to keep a record of the things they
play,
sometimes you can see it scroll on the display, but you are correct, they
obviously don't give a hoot about blind listeners. It is perfectly
possible
using software like play station radio for anyone to make a voice tracked
program in a very short time as they only need to ehear the start and
ends
of the tracks and even get a countdown till the vocals if the database of
tracks is kept updated.
In my view its merely cheapskate behaviour
I thought the track being played was on RDS and DAB. Not really
anything the broadcasters can do about the equipment being used by
listeners.
I notice that "Please note, the radio will not speak the station name,
as this feature is not currently compatible with digital radios."
So someone needs to produce a radio that speaks the track being played
but it would be expensive and would there be sufficient market to make
viable so would need a grant or subsidy.
On 30/08/2022 08:29, Brian Gaff wrote:
Not that I know of, they only need to keep a record of the things they play, >> sometimes you can see it scroll on the display, but you are correct, they
obviously don't give a hoot about blind listeners. It is perfectly possible >> using software like play station radio for anyone to make a voice tracked
program in a very short time as they only need to ehear the start and ends >> of the tracks and even get a countdown till the vocals if the database of
tracks is kept updated.
In my view its merely cheapskate behaviour
I thought the track being played was on RDS and DAB. Not really
anything the broadcasters can do about the equipment being used by
listeners.
Not all stations bother using the RDS or DAB data stream to show the
track names.
I have noticed that radio stations often do not name the tracks they
play (Gold never does, at least during its automated programming). In
the old days they used to name the artist and title, either before or
after (back announcing) playing the record, which I thought was for
copyright reasons. Was this ever a requirement, and has this changed?
(Incidentally, with regard to spoken song names, I am told that
phonograph cylinder recordings once started with an announcement of the
title and artist.)
On 29/08/2022 22:33, Scott wrote:
I have noticed that radio stations often do not name the tracks they
play (Gold never does, at least during its automated programming).
In the old days they used to name the artist and title, either
before or after (back announcing) playing the record, which I
thought was for copyright reasons. Was this ever a requirement,
and has this changed?
When records started to be broadcast on radio the record companies
insisted that the presenters quote the record label (e.g. Decca) and
record number. I don't know when the requirement ended, but I recall
that some long term presenters continued with the practice (on the
Light Programme) into the 60s.
Record labels soon discovered that hearing a record on the radio
increased the chance that people would want to buy it, not reduce it.
(Incidentally, with regard to spoken song names, I am told that
phonograph cylinder recordings once started with an announcement of
the title and artist.)
On 30/08/2022 08:29, Brian Gaff wrote:
Not that I know of, they only need to keep a record of the things they
play,
sometimes you can see it scroll on the display, but you are correct, they
obviously don't give a hoot about blind listeners. It is perfectly
possible
using software like play station radio for anyone to make a voice tracked
program in a very short time as they only need to ehear the start and
ends
of the tracks and even get a countdown till the vocals if the database of
tracks is kept updated.
In my view its merely cheapskate behaviour
I thought the track being played was on RDS and DAB. Not really anything
the broadcasters can do about the equipment being used by listeners.
I notice that "Please note, the radio will not speak the station name, as this feature is not currently compatible with digital radios."
So someone needs to produce a radio that speaks the track being played but
it would be expensive and would there be sufficient market to make viable
so would need a grant or subsidy.
It is being worked on, but I was mostly referring to the overnights >automation. it seems to me that they just don't want a presenter, even if >they are only engaged for an hour for a multi hour program recorded in >advance.
Brian
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