Do I Sound Like a Broken Record? A Comparative Analysis of Music Playlists in Portuguese Commercial Radio Stations

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dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Fábiopt_PT
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Teresa Costapt_PT
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-23T09:27:59Z
dc.date.available2021-06-23T09:27:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractRadio is all about intimacy and words (Balsebre, 1994). Since radio’s significant shift from verbal to musical content, songs have been able to create a special bond between broadcasters and audiences across the world. Nevertheless, selecting songs is far from being an innocent choice; it is part of a cultural framework (Ala-Fossi, 2005; Gjerdingen & Perrott 2008). Recently, scholars explained radio’s alliances with the music industry and the adaptation to audiences’ preferences (Kaplan, 2013; Uimonen, 2017), thus arguing that the music in radios’ playlists is far from diverse, especially on stations owned by the private sector. This article draws upon the premise that a more comprehensive approach towards this topic is needed. Inspired by previous studies on commercial radio musical policies (Uimonen, 2011; Hellman & Vikko 2019), this research makes use of a methodological tool to characterize music diversity in the two most popular Portuguese commercial radio broadcasters. After two weeks of observation, in March 2020, the authors of this article analysed 2366 song entries, concluding that the general policies for the playlists seem to be similar: a typical predominance of international singers/bands, male artists and English-spoken songs, including the overwhelming presence of worldwide labels associated to the majority of the songs. However, these national broadcasting stations seem to have their own set of artists, especially when it comes to Portuguese singers/bands. Future research should aim at analysing artists’ and broadcasters’ views on this cultural framework, as a way to expand the possibilities of understanding this complex and decisive topic within radio broadcasting and music industries.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis article is part of the research of the Communication & Society Research Centre, of the University of Minho, in Portugal. This research centre is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology (FCT) with reference codes UIDB/00736/2020 and UIDP/00736/2020. More precisely, this study is part of the ongoing research project “AUDIRE: saving sonic-based memories” (PTDC/COM-CSS/32159/2017), also funded by FCT.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationRibeiro, F. & Alves, T. (2021). Do I Sound Like a Broken Record? A Comparative Analysis of Music Playlists in Portuguese Commercial Radio Stations. Media Research: Croatian journal for journalism and the media, 27(1), 75-98. https://doi.org/10.22572/mi.27.1.4pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn13306928
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10348/10494
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherUniversidade de Zagreb - Croáciapt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=376739pt_PT
dc.rightsopen accesspt_PT
dc.subjectradiopt_PT
dc.subjectmusicpt_PT
dc.subjectplaylistspt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectpoliciespt_PT
dc.titleDo I Sound Like a Broken Record? A Comparative Analysis of Music Playlists in Portuguese Commercial Radio Stationspt_PT
dc.typejournal articlept_PT
degois.publication.firstPage75pt_PT
degois.publication.issue1pt_PT
degois.publication.lastPage98pt_PT
degois.publication.locationZagreb - Croáciapt_PT
degois.publication.titleMedia Research: Croatian journal for journalism and the mediapt_PT
degois.publication.volume27pt_PT
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