RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Todd Storz, Mick Jagger, Dj Format
9 Sep 2018
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As a result, stations must cuts the costs of production. Often only a dj and a producer or engineer in the station. Christopher stone pioneered this new format to us army forces. 1950"s radio was highly segregated by race. White stations tended to play non-threatening music (sinatra, etc) Black stations more adventurous, played rnb, soul, rock n" roll. This sort of music influenced the beatles, mick jagger. Started by todd storz, a radio entrepreneur. The commercial need of teens, who picked favorites at the time, was met. Creative explosion of a new era of bands. By the late 50"s, hundreds of stations used top 40 formats. Big us djs were the stars of the day. In canada, the leader of this was chum. Dj"s started receiving illegal payments to promote certain songs (kickback) Resulted in scandal and a radio/dj fall from grace. Payola goes underground, or the record labels in question buy stations. Us music is most popular in canada.
