Do Radio Stations Still Play Vinyl

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Do radio stations still play vinyl. 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. The states are one of the few counties in the world that have several competing pros. In the old days i can remember our local station used to get a delivery of vinyl to its hq every sunday afternoon d no modern radio stations play vinyl or cd s anymore or very rarely anyway so how is all the modern chart singles albums distributed between the radio stations in the uk these days. 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.

There s a reason why stations rapidly adopted cds in the 1990s they re easy to use and sound good on air. Works with any device. Before that period some stations were playing all their music on carts. 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.

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. 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. Cueing cds was a lot faster than cueing vinyl but less tactile and fun i thought. Cds sound great on the radio.