{"id":10883,"date":"2011-09-01T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T07:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=10883"},"modified":"2011-08-31T22:16:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T05:16:15","slug":"contextual-radio-programming-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/contextual-radio-programming-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTEXTUAL RADIO PROGRAMMING WITH MUSIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have written extensively about the importance of putting the music you play into some sort of context. I even coined a name for this that has become widely used: Contextual Radio Programming<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve pointed out that the difference between a music personality and a jukebox is:<\/p>\n

The experience of the song is always the same when played by a jukebox.<\/p>\n

A while ago I found myself in a restaurant in England, having dinner with a couple of radio blokes the night before a seminar.<\/p>\n

The restaurant had a music track in the background, consisting of pop hits from the early ’70s. Being an old radio programmer, during the dinner I found myself noticing & critiquing their music programming.<\/p>\n

One pair of songs they played leapt out at me, because they shared a context.<\/p>\n

Those songs were Don McLean’s<\/strong> “American Pie” and Roberta Flack’s<\/strong> “Killing Me Softly With His Song.”<\/p>\n

Both had been massive hits, of course. But they form a unique context.<\/p>\n\"Radio<\/a>\n

In 1972, “American Pie” was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.<\/p>\n

It lost both awards to a record by Roberta Flack: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”<\/p>\n

In 1973, another Don McLean song \u2014 Perry Como’s<\/strong> recording of “And I Love You So” \u2014 was nominated for Record of the Year.<\/p>\n

Once again, though, Roberta Flack came out on top, winning Song of the Year and Record of the Year again with “Killing Me Softly With His Song.”<\/p>\n\"Radio<\/a>\n

“Killing Me Softly With His Song” was written by Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox<\/strong> and originally was recorded by Lori Lieberman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lori had attended a performance at a small club in Los Angeles called The Troubadour, and she was blown away by one of the songs by one of the acts.<\/p>\n

She described her feelings to Gimbel & Fox, and they turned her feelings into a song.<\/p>\n

The singer who impressed her so much was…Don McLean.<\/p>\n

And the song that affected her so deeply was…”American Pie.”<\/p>\n

Pretty cool, huh?<\/p>\n

That’s a context.<\/p>\n

It’s also pretty solid evidence that you do not want to eat dinner with me….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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