I actually like music by the Killers, Cage the Elephant and to a lesser extent Missio. Some of the other artists are hit-or-miss with me, such as Sir Sly and Glass Animals.

Sirius XM First Wave (channel 33) plays some of the artists you mention, like the Cure.

I agree with stormin-norman; too many stations keep songs in power rotation way too long. One example is the Weeknd's "Blinding Lights". Great song, but this is its 45th week on the Mediabase Top 40 chart, and it is still in the top 10. Really? One station that tweaked their format earlier this year...

In previous years, Billboard's Hot 100 would only include singles in commercial release. Accordingly, some songs received play but did not chart, such as....Elton John's "Pinball Wizard"...Donna Summer's "Sunset People"....Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"....also, singles that were giveaways or h...

I just checked out bullseyeradio.com - very cool. Early 60s songs that I was NOT familiar with, including an early rendition of MEMPHIS by the Beatles from 1962...listening to this station is an 'adventure'

Oldies aren't dead. but they are less interesting. I listen to them from time to time, but not that often. What I DON'T want to hear is the same limited playlist over and over. Roy Orbison had other hits besides 'Only the Lonely' and 'Oh Pretty Woman' and 'Crying'. Surely the programmers can find an...

It is a catchy song. Sirius Hits 1 is playing it; the song is in the top 20 of the latest Weekend Countdown. Will it catch on with the land-based radio competition?

The song shot up from 44 to 23 in the latest Hot AC Published chart, so it is already off to a strong start. Probably best to play it, and tone down/muffle/obscure or delete the offending words. That's what Top 40 stations do with songs like that...it seems to work...

I listen to Top 40 and Alternative music and switched to satellite radio for music 9 years ago. Why? The terrestrial radio stations in town had music directors who were either overworked or amazingly timid with regard to adding new music. In years past they would add maybe 5 new songs a week; in rec...