Re: [OT} Why is Japanese radio so unbelievably bad?

Ben Bullock wrote:

And this is all day, every day, on channels like J-Wave and Tokyo Bay FM.

Today I listened to not just one programme but four different Japanese
FM radio stations, which I listened for about as long as I could stand,
and I've heard this stuff many times in the past. The barber I go to,
who I hope I haven't offended by calling a tokoya, plays the J-Wave all
the time. I really can't understand how Japanese people manage to
tolerate this endless verbal diarrhea.

Fortunately on the way back I got Eagle 810 again which is why I'm still
feeling relatively sane, even after spending four hours in Chiba traffic
jams and three hours in Ikea, which plays even worse music than J-Wave.


80年代後半だったか、Ｊ−Ｗａｖｅがまだスポンサーなしの試験放送だった頃は
ワールドミュージックとかすごくいい内容だったんですよ。当時のＪ−Ｗａｖｅが
取り上げた曲を集めたＣＤを一つもってるけど、今聞いてもいいもんです。

スポンサーがついて、リクエストを中心に編集するようになってから、
視聴者のレベルに(迎合するように）なったんでしょう。


muchan
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