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ROCK
RADIO
How different it was....
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If you are one of the millions who dream of stardom,
you will also will need radio to play your songs. That
in itself is one of the hardest things you'll have to
conquer because without it, you will never get success.
It
isn't easy now and it wasn't easy at the start! In fact,
it was harder then because there were less stations
and very few who wanted to play Aussie recording stars
no matter how good the records were.
Today
at least there is one savior... Community Radio! You
can go to the stations yourself, meet the girls and
guys who play the CD's and ask them to play your CD.
Unfortunately not many people will hear it because not
many people listen to Community Radio yet. Still, there
is a station in every area, so go to them all. Don't
send your CD, go take it to them, meet them, they'd
love to meet you too.
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In Sydney the first stations to play Rock'n'Roll were
2SM and 2UW and the Top 40 format
came to Australia in early 1959 when 2UE was
the first station to adopt it. 3UZ did the same
in Melbourne. It was later picked up by other stations
in other states.
Basically this meant that 40 records
were chosen by the station to be played over and over,
with another few, possibly up to 40 also getting lesser
play. Up until this time announcers either chose their
music content as they wished or based on requests. The
libraries were open to them and the program could be
changed 'on the fly' simply by running to the library
to get the desired record.
Recording artists were frequently interviewed
and their records were played without having to be promoted
by 'major' labels or being on a 'best selling' list.
This allowed listeners to hear new artists or new material
by well known artists.
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