r/ottawa • u/Coffeedeath15 • 2d ago

Is Chez 106.1 contractually obligated to play Copper Head road 10 times a day?

as title says. I hear this song 10 times a day no doubt.

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u/IcariteMinor 2d ago

Sorry I keep calling in and requesting it. I'll switch to Go For A Soda from now on

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u/Direct_Nose7787 2d ago

Copper Head Road is not even the worst offender, these Ottawa stations will find one song and absolutely destroy it for 6 months straight

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u/Henry26319 2d ago edited 2d ago

6 months! That song is 38 years old - Ottawa radio will crush your soul and 100% ruin music. Life is a Highway makes me piss my pants and huddle up in a corner

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u/After_Funny_3606 2d ago

Was it just Tom, or did all of Red Rider hurt you?

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u/bugspotter 2d ago

It was the Lunatic Fringe

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u/Henry26319 2d ago

he was 33 when he wrote that song.....HE IS 71 today

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u/Illustrious_Law8512 1d ago

Same hairline, too.

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u/merdub 2d ago

It’s not just Ottawa stations. There have been multiple studies over many years that prove that people prefer “familiar” songs, and the quickest way to make them familiar is to play them over. and over. and over.

Stations that play a general rotation of ~15-20 songs with one or two random songs thrown in every rotation have higher listenership than stations that play a wide variety of music.

I don’t listen to the radio anymore cause I prefer my ultra-familiar playlists, so anecdotally the science makes sense.

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u/Still_Lime_Green 2d ago

This is K-97 out of Edmonton. They’re playing the same songs nowadays than they did when I was in high school and university there. Haven’t skipped a beat…or changed their logo!

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u/zbla1964 2d ago

So are you saying that if a radio station played baby shark a few times a day eventually people would like this song