As a kid I used to think radio stations just slammed the disc album into the reader and played the music they needed, but now as an adult and as most music releasing digitally I don’t think they just play Spotify songs
In: Technology
You’re not as far off as you think. Record lables send stations things called electronic press kits. They’re basically a file folder, either a medium that used to be CDs but are now more like USB sticks or, more likely these days, a cloud storage medium.
Basically in 2024 Spotify isn’t *that* far off. Record companies send music files digitally to stations/give them access to/upload their files to a cloud storage.
Given internet speeds these days, more often than not radio stations are just playing what they’re streaming. So the Spotify example…isn’t terribly inaccurate.
Latest Answers