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Default Retail/Business Music Systems with FM-tie-in

John Williamson wrote: "What may have happened is that the person in charge of the playlist has
looked at the most requested (or played) songs from your local stations
and used those, as they are, presumably, the most popular songs in your
area, so will tempt the customers to spend more time and money in the
store. Staff preferences do not enter the equation. "


Yes, the service I linked to - the one we
apparently use, does provide the option to
tailor the playlist to suit business needs.

I did breach it to our district mgr. last year, and I
asked her if there is someone at headquarters who
makes changes periodically to what songs are
played . She replied, "It's an outside service we
pay for; we don't control the content, except the
PSAs."

From what I'm hearing, it seems whomever
created this playlist assumed the average ages
of staff and customer are 18! Drake? 'Hotline Bling'?
Bieber? 'Sorry'? Rihanna 'Umbrella'?? Don't misread
me John, I actually do like some of what I hear in the
recent Top 40 and Billboards. But: I have a strong
sense of what's appropriate - and not - in a family/general
store environment, possibly honed by my prior retail
experience thirty years ago at places like Woolworth
(USA) and A&P during college. 'Elevator' muzak not
withstanding.

And where I work, I do see a lot of grey hair and
wrinkles - on both sides of the checkout counter,
and I know most of them would probably prefer
Diana Ross, Billy Joel, and America to my
aforementioned examples above. !