Radio festival
Encyclopedia
A radio festival is a music show featuring live bands that are created and promoted solely by commercial radio stations or media conglomerate
s. Often, bands are not paid for their performances, but they are given free air play in addition to the exposure received by the promotion of the festival.
s of music already proven to appeal to certain demographic group
s such as Kelly Clarkson
. The accusation is that this leads to music quality that appeals to the lowest common denominator
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Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...
s. Often, bands are not paid for their performances, but they are given free air play in addition to the exposure received by the promotion of the festival.
Controversy
The practice of radio stations producing music festivals is seen by some to be unfair to the musicians, who do not get paid for their performances. Another criticism of radio festivals is that the radio station may be less interested in promoting diversity of bands than they are interested in promoting certain bands that perpetuate existing genreGenre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
s of music already proven to appeal to certain demographic group
Demographics
Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology , public policy, and marketing. Commonly examined demographics include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location...
s such as Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
. The accusation is that this leads to music quality that appeals to the lowest common denominator
Lowest common denominator
In mathematics, the lowest common denominator or least common denominator is the least common multiple of the denominators of a set of vulgar fractions...
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