F50, WBWG, vote rigging etc.

[hammieweb]

I started this WBWG debate and I couldn't agree more with Graham 
Steel.  Also as I said previously, JP should determine the top 50 
tracks voted for and then play them randomly or alphabetically.  Andy 
Kershaw used to do something along these lines and it was a joy.

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "graham steel" <g.j.steel@e...> wrote:
> My 2 (Euro) cents on this:
> 
> Many of us on the list probably have a large proportion of WBWG 
music
> in our record collections. However the great thing about listening 
to
> JP is the *variety* of stuff you hear - that's why you listen for 
the
> whole two hours, and why I could never listen to some indie guitar
> music show. The problem with many festive fifties is not that I 
object
> to any *particular* WBWG band being in there, they're often quite 
good
> songs, just that I object to hearing 40+ WBWG songs - in fact, I'm
> desperate for the normal shows to start again by the end of it.
> 
> I suspect the problem is that the order of your choices is
> over-weighted. A lot of people probably vote for their favourite 
WBWGs
> as number 1, since they saw them at a gig last week and feel a 
certain
> loyalty etc, and then maybe vote for something more unusual as 2 or 
3,
> but this rarely weighs up to enough to get the unusual bands up
> there. And it mean non-JP listeners who just log on to vote thanks 
to
> some stupid fan club campaigns etc. have a big influence. I say, 
scrap
> the ordering - make the three songs equal!
> 
> gram
> 
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