Why don't they ever play good music on the radio

@karen meanwhile in Slovakiaâ¦

Translation: Privately owned radio stations have to play at least 25% of music by domestic artists, state-owned stations have quote set on 35%. One fifth of the Slovak music played on the stations canât be older than 5 years. This also applies to stations that play oldies and classic rock genres.


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@dyske @karen Why should private radio stations play songs the government wants?

@matrix well, you have to abide the laws of coutry youâre in (or so they say). I mean the whole Slovakia is pretty much fucked up. There are far bigger bs laws than this.

@matrix originally they created it to âpromoteâ domestic artists, but the music quality is usually mediocre at best.

@matrix @dyske @karen It's to encourage local artists, industry, and culture rather than just play stuff from the Anglosphere and Russia. Canada has similar laws to help their music and film industries survive having the US next to them.

@karen @mrsaturday @matrix yeah. Not to mention, when it comes to art subsidies, they are less than insufficient.

@karen @matrix @dyske That's the downside, you get government-subsidized shit played on the airwaves and no one tries to do better, just fill a quota
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