Do Radio Stations Still Play Vinyl

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Do radio stations still play vinyl. That means that in most of the world where there is only one pro per country a blanket license from a pro will give the radio station a right to play all music in the world. I interned at a top 40 am station where every single song was on a cart and the only time they needed to drag out the turntable was for american top 40 each week which came on vinyl. Discover the best music sports and news talk radio stations. Radio2 however does have some technics decks for playing old vinyl but they are not used that much and everything is being digitally enhanced as we speak.

Cueing cds was a lot faster than cueing vinyl but less tactile and fun i thought. While the pops and crackle of vinyl have a certain charm i defy most radio contemporary listeners to sit through hours of poorly maintained records played on misaligned community radio turntables. The states are one of the few counties in the world that have several competing pros. There s a reason why stations rapidly adopted cds in the 1990s they re easy to use and sound good on air.

Russ egan the nighttime host at phoenix classic rock station kslx wanted to start playing an actual vinyl record on a turntable each weeknight the way disc jockeys did a generation ago. Before that period some stations were playing all their music on carts. Some radio stations still use cd s for all the music although the majority of stations use computer playout for adverts jingles at least. Play your favorite am fm station s live broadcast instantly on radio com.