I was just watching the news here in MPLS. Prince was in a
segment called the buzz. He had called in to the t.v.
station to talk about a brand new radio station that has
recently come on the air here. It is 96.3. They played
prince music nonstop for like a week. Sounds good right,
but they played only about 8 different songs over and over
agin. Don't get me wrong I adore prince but It did get a
bit repetative after the tenth time hearing it. Durring the
recorded message he left for the station he stated that he
was approached by the station about playing his music in
excess but he never oked it. He himself was annoyed and he
wanted the public to know that he had nothing to do with
this radio station. They are now just playing alot of old
school r&b. k bye

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ShabasLove (ShabasLove@hotmail.com) adds:



On the 10 o'clock news tonight, channel 9 KMSP (local Mpls
news) aired a call from Prince discussing the
Prince-and-related-artists loop of tunes playing on 96.3 FM.
He said that he had not endorsed it, and when they asked
his permission, he simply asked if they were going to play
local artists; he was Still Waiting to see what the format
would be like.



Apparently, the new corporate big-wheels from Blue Chip
Technologies made the decision over the local station's
head. Prince commented that he was tired of hearing himself,
or hearing anyone's songs three or more times -- including
his own songs. He said that he wanted the people of
Minneapolis to know that it was not his doing, as some
fools had gone to him thinking it was. He also thought it
was an opportunity for us, as a society, to look at what we
want on the airwaves, and what can happen when national
companies try to hit the waves with the 'popular' junk.



Personally, I'm just happy to hit the dial and hear some
funky shit for once.