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# Could Radio Still Be The Key To Music Discovery & Community?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/could_radio_sti/
- Published: 2006-07-10T12:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-07-10T12:01:00.000Z
- Description: It’s easy to put down radio with their short homogenized playlists and too many commercials, but Washington Post writer Marc Fisher makes the argument that the internet has not yet. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/07/could_radio_sti.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

It’s easy to put down radio with their short homogenized playlists and too many commercials, but [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700266.html?ref=hypebot.com) writer Marc Fisher makes the argument that the internet has not yet done a good job of supplanting broadcasters when it comes to mass music discovery and creating a community

[![Radio_27](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/radio_27.jpg "Radio_27")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/radio%5F27.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

beyond the music :

"…The digital world is theoretically the ultimate reservoir of new sounds…The old Robert Klein comedy bit…for "every record ever recorded — we drive a truck to your house" is no longer a joke; everything is out there somewhere, just waiting to be downloaded."

"Despite numerous attempts, no one online has found a way to turn the hat trick that sustained radio through six decades of dominance of the music industry…Various adventures in file-sharing have been a bonanza for music collectors, but have done little to advance the cause of sounds that weren’t already popular."

Fisher’s favorite online attempt at effective music discovery ? Mp3 blog aggregator [The Hype Machine](http://hype.non-standard.net/?ref=hypebot.com). Read the full article [here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700266.html?ref=hypebot.com).