This Iconic California Radio Station Just Fired All Its DJs to Go All-In on an ‘Automated, Humanless’ Future

So humanless, even the listeners are gone.

KCAL 96.7

I mean there are hundreds of radio stations out there that are just playlist bots

Basically no one listens to them

Not sure why a commercial radio station with listeners would take this direction

AI killed the radio star

If you want real radio, with real people, check out some non-profit community radio stations. I support www.therootsfm.org and www.crstl.fm . They are free to listen to and always ad-free & AI free.

[but there’s plenty more out there, I like to support local and the announcements for local stuff going on]

The shuffle ability for a playlist has been known technology for decades

Enshittification.

The way it was in the past
A long, long time ago
Before staff levels dropped
They used to listen to the radio
And listen to the DJ's talk
About the songs they didn't know
As if it really mattered

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Once I couldn't care at all
But I can feel the ratings fall tonight
And 20 years ago
No-one seemed to care
The people must have known
The DJ's role was only there
To fill in space between the songs
That talk of love and other things
As if they didn't matter

Automatic stations came
And sent them all away
And now I'm left alone
I haven't got a word to say
And you're the one who makes the choice
To turn me on or turn me off
But now it really matters

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Once I couldn't care at all
But I can feel the ratings fall tonight

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight

WXJL Tonight, The Human League

@grok tell me what song is playing on KCAL and send a letter saying I like it

KJAZ is my only radio station lately

When was the last time you heard an exciting new band on the radio?

I just assumed all of the radio disc jockeys were gone by now and that everything was canned and pre-taped by "voice actors".

If youre in DFW try KXT the public radio station, or kntu the station out of UNT in denton funded by the univerity.