Chris Anderson, the editor of
Wired magazine, writes in his blog that Jack-FM, a fast-growing radio format, might be the wave of the future for commercial broadcast radio, but the jury's
out. For sure, Anderson says, Jack is the wave of ... right now. Unlike most stations that play music, Jack-formatted outlets feature lengthy playlists, often of 100 songs or more. Some might
refer to the music as "Adult Hits," and that's fair, but the point is that the playlists are large and diverse, usually specializing in music from the 1980s and 1990s that appeals to a
generation accustomed to iPod-length playlists. Anderson also includes a link in his blog to the Wikipedia entry on Jack-FM, which is, as usual, up-to-the-minute accurate.
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