Spins.fm is simple yet clever. When I'm not living in New York City and I actually need to drive a car to get to places, the radio becomes the most essential feature of my journey, followed by the seat belts of course. And thanks to the founders of Spins.fm anybody can now send song requests straight from their phones to any of the local radio stations. Just type the name of any song/artist and this site will give you a list of all of the nearby stations with the option to generate an automatic facebook or twitter song request on their pages. Not bad as long as you do it on a red light. But then again, who isn't an expert at texting while driving?
The site also gives you the option to "like" or "follow" the radio station benefiting everyone involved.
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Just when you thought there would be a move to limit incentives to text while driving... Is there any data on how likely stations are to grant your song requests? I am also curious to know how much time lag there is between sending a request and when your song is potentially aired. If its just a short road trip, I wonder whether sending a text is worth the risk of a moving violation (at least in New Jersey).
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ReplyDeleteThat is THE question, isn't it? After some research, one (I'm guessing very popular) radio station claims that they get so many requests an hour(even a minute)that they just have to go for the most popular ones. So your request may not be played, but it will partly influence what gets on the air.
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