Drama in Dancehall – Weekly Reggae Music News
A reader and listener sent Trinidad Express a letter talking about his concerns about how there are many radio stations that are playing soca only during Carnival times. Many stations are choosing to play dancehall music more than Trinidad’s native music of soca. He also complained about how explicit the lyrics have become and being subjected or forced to listening to that type of music. He felt their traditional music was being thrown out the door. While I agree with the listener he must understand that the radio stations are focused on the demand and the demand from listeners is that they want to hear dancehall and reggae music than soca. The reader doesn’t understand that if a station were to play what isn’t in demand right now such as soca music the station would lose money and end up closing down. It’s about money and overall demand that listeners and advertisers want from the radio stations.
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